Continuing our popular libraries of strings, winds and saxophone instruments, Intimate Studio Woodwinds is the latest in our series of contemporary studio ensembles. With over 160 hours of session material and countless other material in post production, Intimate Studio Woodwinds continues our concept of a fully modular ensemble. The library has five very expressive woodwind soloists, including the flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bass clarinet. Each player has been recorded in complete isolation, so you can seamlessly switch between any instrument and any articulation without compromising the sound or timing of your music.
The sound of the ensemble is easily customizable with many options in the advanced user interface. Each instrument also allows full stereo field control with individual volume, panning, output routing, and new distance control that allows you to freely mix the direct signal with a more spacious and ambient microphone position.
Intimate Studio Woodwinds contains a vast collection of 26 articulations covering everything you need to create authentic woodwind melodies. Each articulation is divided into four main categories, so they are all easily and quickly accessible from the built-in browser. Select articulations such as staccato, staccatissimo, sustain, trills and legato from the traditional category. Or choose more subtle techniques such as measured tremolo and tempo sync phrases such as duols and triplets from our performance category. Finally, the Arcs and Effects categories contain dynamically layered arcs of varying lengths and a range of effects such as Runs, Scoops, and Flutter Tonguing. The advanced user interface allows you to load and unload articulations of your choice, so you only need to load sounds,
The legato articulation available to every player is incredibly fluid and can play just about anything you put into it. We wanted to record each player at the same time so that each musician can work with each other and adapt their playing style and coloring to the overall sound of the ensemble. Recording each player this way allows you to choose the instruments you want, and no matter which combination you choose, the sounds of the ensemble will still blend beautifully.
Intimate Studio Woodwinds lets you download the perfect set of articulations for your project, with dozens of play styles grouped into four main categories; Traditional, Arcs, Performance and Effects. In the main patch, everything is conveniently placed in one easy-to-use interface, so you can focus on making music even faster. In addition, we’ve included individual patches for each articulation, offering you a variety of ways to accurately load your desired play styles and allowing you to choose the perfect workflow for your next production.
In both the main patch and individual articulation patches, each instrument in an ensemble can be instantly loaded and unloaded, allowing you to choose exactly which players you want. Each instrument features volume control, panning, mute, solo and our unique mic distance control for complete control over studio sound. We’ve also included individual output routing options for each instrument so that you can easily assign each instrument to an independent track in your DAW.
Intimate Studio Woodwinds was created from over 160 hours of flawless studio recordings. Every articulation is recorded and processed with the greatest care, all instruments are recorded simultaneously and in complete isolation. The advanced recording techniques included allow you to mix any combination of instruments while maintaining an authentic, believable and symmetrical ensemble sound.
We’ve also included basic controls that affect all of the instruments in the ensemble. The main controls include Dynamics (CC1) and Expression (CC11), which can be linked using the provided switch, Speed Control (CC16) and Sample Offset Control to create tighter legato passages. We’ve also included a global noise switch that re-introduces analog noise that was captured during sessions, perfect for recreating the natural sound of a room and giving you the feeling of a live recording.
• 21.87 GB compressed to 11.4 GB (25,564 Samples)
• Deep-Sampled Emotional Woodwind Quintet
• Deep-Sampled Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Oboe, Cor Anglais & Flute
• 26 Symmetrical Articulations with instant access via browser
• Advanced Individual Instrument Controls
• Tempo Synced & Measured Articulations
• Fluent Microphone Control Between Near-Field and Ambient Positions
• Master patch and individual patches for each articulation
• Staccato
• Staccatissimo
• Staccatissimo II
• Marcato
• Sustains
• Sustains with Vibrato
• Legato
• Trills Whole
• Trills Half