SOLOS OF THE SEA – SOLO VIOLIN B
Solo strings recorded in motion. Featuring expressive pitch-memory legato.
Solos of the Sea – Solo Violin B is a very simple solo legato instrument. This library explores a fairly specific sound: a loud, ff-esque dynamic with heavily slurred legatos. You can trigger even more dramatic portamento legatos by playing hard velocities on certain idiomatic intervals. In addition, this release also has same-note bow-change repetition samples which can be triggered by repeating notes with the sustain pedal pressed down.
The library continues along the lines of the unfolding Con Moto series with ‘active-bow’ sustains and legatos recorded con moto (with motion). The latter is here expanded upon with a ‘pitch-memory’ adaptation, which helps minimize a musician’s susceptibility to timbral variation between sustain and shorter legato assets.
- Solo violinist
- One dynamic layer (in the territory of ff)
- Slurred pitch-memory legato, recorded con moto (with movement in the bowing and vibrato)
- Dramatic portamento legato, triggered by playing velocity 100-127 on upwards-intervals of P4-P8
- Same-note bow-change repetitions, triggered by repeating notes with the sustain pedal pressed down
- “Active-bow” sustains (non-static longs that move and evolve while simultaneously maintaining the dynamic/timbre)
- Short, responsive release samples
- One mic position – recorded at a moderately close distance in a hall with a stereo pair
- 48kHz / 24bit
- NCW-compressed, ~517.2 MB total
- Built for Kontakt 5.8.1 and above – full, retail version of Kontakt required
- Download via Continuata
NOTE ON DELAY: this library has a moderately delayed response (140 ms) when playing, to further the musicality of the legatos. The library is heavily optimized for this delay amount. All the elements of the library (legatos, sustains, attacks, releases, etc) are on the same delay, which allow you to play in your parts, quantize them, set the track delay to -140 ms and have everything be on the beat.
Same-note bow-change repetitions
These can be triggered in by holding down the sustain pedal while you repeat a note.
Delay
This library has a delay of 140 ms – not just the legatos, but also the sustains and the same-note bow-change repetitions. Set your MIDI track to -140 ms, quantize, and you will be on-time.
Patch List
Solos of the Sea – Solo Violin B.nki
Library Limitations
- The library has a very specific, over-the-top sound.
- Some of the dramatic portamento intervals aren’t overly different than the normal slurred intervals, which are already fairly dramatic .
- While pitch-memory legato helps to balance out timbral variation overall, there are still timbral shifts when the interval fades to the sustain. In many cases it’s a fairly ‘musical’ sounding shift, but there are more obvious timbral shifts on some intervals as well. There are also timbral shifts within the sustains at times.
- This library has a moderately delayed response (140 ms) when playing, to further the musicality of the legatos. The library is heavily optimized for this delay amount. All the elements of the library (legatos, sustains, attacks, releases, etc) are on the same delay, which allow you to play in your parts, quantize them, set the track delay to -140 ms and have everything be on the beat.