We set out to create a new standard for virtual solo strings, offering tons of inspiration without sacrificing flexibility… and featuring the unmistakable, iconic sound of world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell.
The Joshua Bell Violin offers a huge variety of standard articulations such as sustain, pizzicato, staccato, spiccato, and more, as well as a wealth of samples that you are unlikely to find anywhere else. We have captured an incredible legato range of beautiful, mesmerizing harmonics, as well as “super-flautando,” a special technique that Joshua Bell uses on his over three-hundred-year-old violin.
Although this VI is incredibly powerful, containing almost 20,000 individual samples, it is designed to be easy to use. Run it straight out of the box and it will inspire and surprise you! This virtual violin uses intelligent and predictive programming that uses a wide range of musical tendencies and rule sets. Complete with 12 different types of legato transitions, you can authentically play Joshua Bell’s violin at a variety of tempos, dynamics and styles, capturing the nuances of a real performance!
- True Legato Samples
- Modeling-Assisted Vibrato
- Modeling-Assisted Dynamics
- Adaptive Crossfading
- Adaptive Legato
- Portamento Speed Control
- Beyond-Octave Legato
- Unique Articulations
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Version 1.1.1
- Articulation selection now persists across project/patch saves
- Fixed the ‘Joshua Bell Violin (Legacy)’ patch to properly load in Kontakt 5.4.1
- Fixed the Control Preset backup files to reflect the new feature configurations in v1. 1.0
- Fixed missing library information and graphics
- Added missing NKS preview file
- Corrected some Info Pane descriptions
- Minor tweaks and cleanupKnown issues:
- Modifier buttons sometimes don’t display in Kontakt version 6 when scrolling the Control Preset Editor.
Version 1.1.0
New features:
- Portamento Speed Control: Change the speed of Portamento samples in real-time based on user-selected control input via the Control Preset editor. See Settings page for new controls.
- Legato Accent: New Control element for playing accented legatos.
- Portamento Override: New Intuition automation for automatically triggering Portamento samples during slower playing.
- Rebow Control Element: You can now configure how to trigger instant re-bows during a held sustain, in the Control Preset Editor.
- Mono Mic mode: New option in the Settings page for switching between stereo/mono mics.
Updates:
- Improved “Pitch Instability” Intuition engine.
- Short (Ricochet, Spic, Stac, Pizz) control elements now have “Quick Release” and “Instant” trigger options in the Control Preset editor.
- “Instant” control behavior modifier option added to “Rebow” and “Rebow Emo” Control Preset elements.
- Improved “Quick Release” control trigger options.
- Vibrato slider now reflects “Vib Variance” Intuition automation movement.
- Some graphics updated to improve visibility against darker backgrounds.
- Included “attention” button on Intuition page for extra clarification.
- Improved Control Preset triggering within certain articulation “groups” for better expected Control results.
- Improved Sul Pont releases.
- Increased default instrument volume to 0db.
- Added Limiter to protect against loud peaking in certain situations.
- Reduced Harsh Release volume by -2db.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed Legato Volume Awareness engine (this ensures smooth crossfading between samples) from breaking upon loading Snapshots.
- Fixed bad timings and greatly improved consistency of Portamento sample playback.
- Fixed various bad samples.
- Fixed Reverb preset buttons from not working.
- Fixed a graphical bug that caused label bg’s to display incorrectly.
- “Poly” button setting now persists across Control Preset changes.
- Fixed “Contour/Cresc/Decresc” Instant trigger behavior.
- Multi-stops now correctly trigger all notes of a given chord as Vib or NonVib depending on the “Vib/NonVib Variance” Intuition.