# String Studio — Sitar sample pack

Procedurally-rendered sample pack for the MAESTRO String Studio instrument.
Generated by `backend/scripts/render_and_upload_stringstudio_samples.py`.

**License**: CC0-1.0 (no third-party recordings — pure DSP synthesis).

**Render details**

- Sample rate: 48 kHz, mono, 24-bit PCM WAV
- Pack version: 3
- Render duration: 2.5 s per zone
- Algorithm: extended Karplus-Strong (raw string voice — body resonance
  is intentionally NOT baked in; the runtime `BodyResonator` provides
  body coloration for both sampled and physical-model voices uniformly).
  Includes fractional-delay Lagrange interpolation, first-order dispersion
  all-pass, one-pole loop damping, pluck-position comb shaping, and
  per-pluck pitch jitter.

**Manifest schema**

See `manifest.json`. Loader contract is documented in
`src/audio/stringstudio/samples/SampleManifest.ts` in the MAESTRO repo.

**Mirror policy**

Re-renders are reproducible (deterministic per-zone seeds) — re-running the
script produces byte-identical samples.