CineSample Viola da Gamba KONTAKT

 

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The Viola da Gamba is a 6-stringed bowed and fretted instrument
that first appeared in Spain in the mid to late 15th century and
was most popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Cinesamples Viola da Gamba was recorded at the MGM Scoring Stage
in Los Angeles.


This instrument is strung with 6 gut strings that are tuned to
(relative to Kontakt): D1, G1, C2, E2, A2, and D3.

Viols are fretted in a manner similar to early guitars or lutes,
by means of movable wrapped-around and tied-on gut frets.

The movable nature of the tied-on frets permits the viol player to
make adjustments to the tempering of the instrument.

On this particular instrument, the frets only extend 7 semi-tones
on each string.

* ARTICULATIONS / PATCH

The main articulations patch contains sustains, True Legato,
staccato, chug, sforzando, pizzicato , (via the red keyswitch),
with an optional accent overlay.

* TRUE LEGATO

What is True Legato? We sampled all of the intervallic leaps
throughout the ranges, upwards and downwards, for each instrument.
When you play a True Legato patch, it instantly analyzes the inter-
vals you play, and then plays the appropriate transitional leap
between the notes. The result is a smooth and realistic legato
performance.

* VIBRATO CROSSFADE

CC02 will crossfade into vibrato on notes D3 thru D4. Vibrato is
stable only on non-fretted notes on the Viola da Gamba.

* DRONES PATCH

The Drones patch contains Measured Sustains, Trills, Tremolos,
Sul Ponticello Drones, and Open Strings. By default these articul-
ations are chosen using keyswitches.

* SPLIT KEYBOARD PATCH

The Split Keyboard patch is essentially a combination of the Drones
patch and the main Articulations patch. The lower octaves keyswitch
between Measured Sustains, Tremolos, and Sul Ponticello Drones,
while the upper octaves play sustains and legato with the pedal down
and Staccato with the pedal up. The two halves of the keyboard can
be played together or independently.

* INFINITE BOW

Most patches contain a green, non-latching Keyswitch. Hold it down
before transitioning to a note you want played with an infinite
sustain. This is understandably an unnatural occurrence, but it
provides the necessary bow length needed in slower tempi.

* ARTICULATION MAPPINGS

This allows you to access any of the instrument’s articulations
and play them however you choose. In this example (01 Viola da
Gamba Articulations) the legato samples are triggered when the
pedal is down. When the pedal is up, short articulations are
triggered depending on note velocity.

Articulation Mappings page also contains an optional Accent
Overlay, which layers an additional Staccato, Chug, or
Sforzando sample when a note is played above a user defined
velocity threshold.

In the Drones patch, the keyswitches select the type of drone.
The drones can be switched, or cross-faded mid-note and can even
be layered. Enable this feature in the EDIT tab. The crossfade
time can be adjusted using the FADE TIME knob.

* SYNCHRONIZED BOW CHANGES

The Measured Sustains were recorded as whole notes at 60 BPM.
Therefore their bow changes will occur every 4 seconds. As an
added bonus, after playing a note, the bow changes of addition-
ally layered subsequent notes will play in sync with the first.

* Technical Spec

- Requires Kontakt FULL VERSION v5.5.0 or higher

- Native 64-bit support for stand-alone and plug-in
versions on both Mac & PC.

- Compatible with all major DAWs and with music notation
software, using the Kontakt Engine

 

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