VSL Viola Ensemble KONTAKT

P2P | KONTAKT | 7.80 GB

It is constructed using the same components as the violin, the only difference being the larger size. Its stately and dark timbre contrasts sharply with that of the violin and makes the viola perfectly suited as the violin family’s middle voice. Its bow is a little heavier than the violin bow and the horsehair a little broader. The characteristic sound of the viola is a result of the following factors: The viola is tuned to a fifth lower than the violin (C3 = 4th string, G3 = 3rd string, D4 = 2nd string, A4 = 1st string). This means that the frequencies of the two instruments are in a ratio of 2:3. If this ratio were applied to the actual size of the instruments the viola’s body would have to be 12 cm longer (i.e. around 54 cm) than it actually is (around 42 cm).

VSL Trombone Ensemble KONTAKT

P2P | Jan 12, 2012 | 4.32 GB

The Trombone Ensemble instrument from the Brass Section of the Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) in Kontakt (.nki) format.

VSL Violin Ensemble KONTAKT

P2P | KONTAKT | 4.70 GB

The violin is the soprano instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello). It consists of three main parts, the body, the neck and the head, which are composed of a total of 80 separate components. The body not only gives the violin its characteristic appearance but also determines the sound quality as it is the instrument’s resonator. The neck plays an important role in playing technique and is about 13 cm long and angled slightly back from the body. The circumference is the same along its entire length which makes it easier for the left hand to slide up and down to different positions). The head, with the pegbox and scroll, is a continuation of the neck. The pegs, which are used to adjust the tension of the strings, are found in the four peg holes in the pegbox: the instrument is tuned by turning the pegs. The head is rounded off by the scroll.

PVC Beatbox Ensemble KONTAKT

FANTASTiC | 08 June 2016 | 35 MB

The PVC Beatbox Ensemble was created by assembling a vocal ensemble and vocalizing through long, elaborately hand-built pvc pipe “trumpets” to create drones, dirges, booms, horn blasts, drum kit-like percussive chuffs, thumps, hisses, pops and steam effects. We gathered our usual ensemble percussion crew together in a large “epic” glass and tile hall with lush natural reverberation, assembling strange maze-like tangles of pipe using a ton of plastic PVC tubing and fittings and then attempting to beatbox through it all. The best word to describe the result would be STEAM DRUMS.

BRASS ENSEMBLE v1.1 KONTAKT FULL

SYNTHiC4TE | 13.03.2016 | FULL: 27 GB | UPDATE v1.1: 170 MB

SYMPHONY SERIES – BRASS ENSEMBLE delivers high-class orchestral brass recordings arranged in an elegant, supremely usable interface.

Miroslav Vitous Orchestra

Woodwind Brass Ensemble Version 2.0 EMU

Team CHiC | 2003/05/05 | 392.36 MB

One might say to die for, but perhaps it would be more advisable to stick around and enjoy these first-rate sounds, created by the ex-bassist of Weather Report and an unnamed European orchestra. Digitally recorded in stereo throughout, the ensembles retain just the right amount of ‘hall’ in the sound. Expensive, but very good. The first version of this library had no loops, to the bemusement of keyboard players everywhere, but version 2.0 (reviewed here) contains looped sounds. However, Miroslav Vitous himself considers the unlooped samples superior in quality and strongly urge-using them for mastering, which is fine as long as your composition doesn’t employ any very long notes!

Virtual Ensemble Trilogy KONTAKT

TEAM MAGNETRiXX | 30 August 2013 | 22.5 GB

VET contains a powerful collection of meticulously sampled traditional acoustic instruments selected,  features recordings of the World Champion Blue Devils drum & bugle corps hornline (brass), drumline (battery, and front ensemble (concert & world percussion) with contributions by arrangers Scott Johnson, John Meehan, and Jim Wunderlich, recorded by Leslie Ann Jones on the Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound (a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company)…