VSL: Special Woodwinds
INSTRUMENTS
- Bass flute
- Oboe d'Amore
- Heckelphone
- Basset horn
- Contrabass clarinet
This Vienna Instruments Collection is a cornucopia of exotic treasures for symphonic and orchestral works. The sheer rarity of these instruments makes this collection a priceless addition to your Vienna orchestra.
A special gem is the Bass flute. With its velvety, earthy sound, it expands the flute family to its lowest register, evoking mystery and depth in dramatic music.
The Oboe d’Amore adds a lyrical and rich member to the oboe family and was performed by our experienced oboist Markus Deuter, who was also responsible for the French Oboe. The Heckelphone with its dark, expressive character rounds out the oboes’ tenor register.
This Collection features two additions to the clarinet family as well, including the warm, full-sounding Basset horn that covers the alto/tenor registers, and the powerful, sonorous Contrabass clarinet.
Your purchase also entitles you to download the free Vienna Ensemble 2 mixing and host software.
The Special Woodwinds Full Library contains 31 GB of uncompressed sample data in 44.1kHz/24-bit. Due to an innovative optimization process, the Vienna Instruments engine decompresses the samples in real-time, so that they take up only 21 GB of space on your hard disk. Please note: Even if you licensed the Standard Library only, the Full Library of your Collection gets installed on your hard drive since Standard and Extended Library can’t be separated due to structural database requirements.
Content
Special Woodwinds is available in Standard, Extended (requires Standard edition) and Full editions.
| Library: | Standard | Extended | Full |
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| Samples: | 10,197 |
30,397 |
40,594 |
| DVDs: | 2 |
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Please note: Vienna Instruments require the ViennaKey
| Soprano | ||
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| ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | EXTENDED LIBRARY |
| 01 ARTICULATIONS -AA- | Articulations on "aa" Staccatos "aa", "pa", "ra", "sa", "ta" Sustained, normal and espressivo Clusters, sustained Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances Cluster performances |
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| 02 ARTICULATIONS -UU- | Articulations on "uu" Staccatos "uu", "pu", "ru", "su", "tu" Sustained, normal and espressivo Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances |
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| Alto | ||
| ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | EXTENDED LIBRARY |
| 01 ARTICULATIONS -AA- | Articulations on "aa" Staccatos "aa", "pa", "ra", "sa", "ta" Sustained, normal and espressivo Clusters, sustained Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances Cluster performances |
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| 02 ARTICULATIONS -UU- | Articulations on "uu" Staccatos "uu", "pu", "ru", "su", "tu" Sustained, normal and espressivo Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances |
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| Tenor | ||
| ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | EXTENDED LIBRARY |
| 01 ARTICULATIONS -AA- | Articulations on "aa" Staccatos "aa", "pa", "ra", "sa", "ta" Sustained, normal and espressivo Clusters, sustained Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances Cluster performances |
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| 02 ARTICULATIONS -UU- | Articulations on "uu" Staccatos "uu", "pu", "ru", "su", "tu" Sustained, normal and espressivo Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances |
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| Bass | ||
| ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | EXTENDED LIBRARY |
| 01 ARTICULATIONS -AA- | Articulations on "aa" Staccatos "aa", "pa", "ra", "sa", "ta" Sustained, normal and espressivo Clusters, sustained Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances Cluster performances |
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| 02 ARTICULATIONS -UU- | Articulations on "uu" Staccatos "uu", "pu", "ru", "su", "tu" Sustained, normal and espressivo Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato Legato performances, normal and espressivo Trill performances, normal and espressivo Glissando performances |
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| Choir Extras | ||
| ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD LIBRARY | EXTENDED LIBRARY |
| 01 Full Choir | Articulations on "aa" Staccatos "aa", "pa", "ra", "sa", "ta" Sustained, normal and espressivo Clusters, sustained Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato |
Articulations on "uu" Staccatos "uu", "pu", "ru", "su", "tu" Sustained, normal and espressivo Crescendo and diminuendo, 2, 3, and 4 sec. Sforzato |
| 02 Sopran [16+16] | Sustained, "aa" Legato performances, "aa" |
Sustained, "uu" Legato performances, "uu" |
| 03 Creepy | Creepy tones, female and male | |
| 04 Additional | Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Breathing noises, nose and mouth |
All articulations on “A” are part of the Standard Library, articulations on “U” belong to the Extended Library.
Vowels “A” (aah) and “U” (ooh) as staccatos, sustains and Legato Performances, at 4 dynamic levels
Staccato repetitions of the syllables “ta”, “pa”, “ra”, “sa”, and “tu”, “pu”, “ru”, “su”
Sforzatos, crescendos and diminuendos (2, 3, and 4 seconds)
Legato Performances
Legato Glissando Performances
Semi-tone and whole-tone Trill Performances
Interval Cluster Performances (3 tone clusters – “A” only)
“Creepy” tones and breathing noises
“Regular” and “espressivo” versions for many articulations
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- PC Intel/AMD with Windows XP/VISTA 32 and 64 bit versions (Core 2 Duo/Xeon recommended) or
- Apple G4 (G5 or Intel Core 2 Duo/Xeon processor recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
- Fast separate hard drive with 29.0 GB free space for Standard and Extended Library
- ViennaKey (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device or other Syncrosoft eLicenser)
- DVD drive for installation
- Vienna Ensemble 2.0 host software or
- VST (OS X, Win XP), AU (Mac) or RTAS (Mac) compatible host - also works stand-alone
- eLicenser License Control Center 5.4.10.5 or higher (the latest available version from www.eLicenser.net is highly recommended)
- 88 key master keyboard (highly recommended)
