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The Icebreaker Audio Akebono Collection is an authentic, sample-based emulation of the SUIKO SK-10 (aka the Akebono Koto Synth), a rare suitcase instrument from Japan.
The Akebono (literal translation: "Dawn") Koto Synth was probably released sometime in the mid-1980s. Detailed information in English is scarce, as it was never intended for use by western musicians. It re-creates a number of traditional Japanese instrument sounds using a combination of samples and digital synthesis.
Designed primarily as a Koto practice instrument, Akebono uses buttons instead of piano keys, has a joystick for pitch and volume modulation, and a speaker built into the suitcase.