PACIFIC – WOODWINDS
The woodwind section from ‘PACIFIC – Classical Symphonic Orchestra‘
OVERVIEW
Pacific – Woodwinds is a symphonic woodwinds library featuring two clarinets, two flutes, two bassoons, two oboes, and a solo piccolo. This is an ensemble woodwind library (with the exception of the solo piccolo). The library was created as an addendum to Pacific – Ensemble Strings and thus recorded in the same space as the rest of the Pacific orchestral project, allowing blending with the rest of the sections. The library’s main patches are based around the familiar multi-length playable patches (in the vein of the Angry Brass Pro libraries), but taken further with more speeds of performance-sampled releases which trigger based on note length – from short to long.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Instruments
- Two Oboes (ensemble)
- Two Clarinets (ensemble)
- Two Flutes (ensemble)
- Two Bassoons (ensemble)
- Solo Piccolo
- Articulations (all with multiple dynamics)
- Multi-length “sustain” patches, which allow playing from RR repetition-sourced tongued staccatos to shorter marcatos to sustains based on note length
- Featuring legato on flutes (up to 3 RR) and clarinets (1 RR)
- Flutter Tongue – not available on oboes
- Trills
- Multi-length “sustain” patches, which allow playing from RR repetition-sourced tongued staccatos to shorter marcatos to sustains based on note length
- Recorded in an ambient hall with close and AB (main/far) mics
- 48kHz / 24bit
- NCW-compressed, ~4.66 GB total
- Built for Kontakt 6.8.0 and above – full, retail version of Kontakt required
- Download via Continuata
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All details and/or pricing subject to change, at any time, for any reason, in Performance Samples LLC’s sole discretion, in each instance. Qualification for loyalty pricing subject to verification by Performance Samples LLC, in each instance.
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Patch List
Pacific – Woodwinds – Bassoons a2 – Flutter Tongue.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Bassoons a2 – Sustains.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Bassoons a2 – Trills.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Clarinets a2 – Flutter Tongue.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Clarinets a2 – Legato Sustains.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Clarinets a2 – Trills.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Flutes a2 – Flutter Tongue.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Flutes a2 – Legato Sustains.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Flutes a2 – Trills.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Oboes a2 – Sustains.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Oboes a2 – Trills.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Solo Piccolo – Flutter Tongue.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Solo Piccolo – Sustains.nki
Pacific – Woodwinds – Solo Piccolo – Trills.nki
Library Limitations
Limited Legato Articulations
No legato for oboes, bassoons, or piccolo.
Musician Placement
The musicians were a bit too close to the main AB pair, which can lead to them sounding a bit upfront. Not quite as obvious as Pacific – Brass.
Known Bugs
Discovered after release, flutes and clarinets when played polyphonically in sustain mode have note hangs. This will be remedied in an update as soon as possible.
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All details and/or pricing subject to change, at any time, for any reason, in Performance Samples LLC’s sole discretion, in each instance. Qualification for loyalty pricing subject to verification by Performance Samples LLC, in each instance.
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v1.0 – Initial release.
v1.0.1 – Pending release of the update, the legato patches (flutes and clarinets) should now function without note hangs when in sustain (polyphonic) mode. No new changes to the instruments themselves, except that they point to the fixed nkr.
As of March 2025, current owners will be receiving a link for the v1.0.1 update. New purchases will have v1.0.1 included automatically.
