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Welcome to our new Claire Virtuoso Woodwind series produced by Emmy Nominated Composer, Colin O’Malley. The Claire Woodwind Series is a deep-sampled collection of the finest virtuoso woodwind soloists ever sampled. These are highly playable instruments soared with true emotion, effortless and equilibristic behavior. Our English Horn Virtuoso is the most expressive, playable and lifelike English Horn (aka Cor Anglais) ever sampled. The English Horn Virtuoso was recorded in a symphonic hall and contains three microphone positions (Close, Decca, Wide). The core of the instrument is its highly advanced legato system, which contains both lyrical and strong legato. The legato system allows you to play legato with passionate arcs and sustains. We recorded arcs with both light, medium and strong vibrato, so you can freely sculpt your performance from the subtle to vibrant. In addition we also added trills, runs, staccattissimo, marcato and even non-tonal effects like breaths, valve sounds and natural click noises etc.
Advanced Legato

Claire English Horn Virtuoso is based on a highly intuitive, playable and expressive legato system. We sampled a variety of different types of expressive arcs that are all connected to the legato system, so you can go between sustain types that are gentle (p-mp) to strong (f-ff) or sustain types with less or more vibrato. All these articulations can seamlessly be connected while you are playing using our highly advanced legato system.
High Definition

Claire English Horn Virtuoso contains three microphone positions (Close, Decca, Wide) and everything was sampled at 96Khz, which provides an unprecedented detail in the sound and reveal details that would otherwise have been lost at lower resolutions. The fidelity of the library is especially revealing once you start combining the microphones and hear the warmth of the instrument, reflections of the room, the air and all the tiny, little details so often missed.
Articulations

    2 Different Types of Solo Legato (Lyrical & Strong)
    Legato Articulation Types:
        Legato Natural
        Legato Medium 1
        Legato Medium 2
        Legato Strong 1
        Legato Strong 2
        Legato Sustain X-Fade
        Legato Staccatissimo
        Legato Marcato Expressivo
    Sustains MW/Crossfade Controlled
    Staccatissimo
    Marcato Expressivo
    2nd Minor Trill
    2rd Major Trill
    1 Octave Runs Up/Down
    2 Octave Runs Up/Down
    Arcs:
        P-MP-P
        P-MF-MP
        MP-MF-MP
        MP-MF-MP 2
        MP-F-MP
        MP-F
        F-FF-MP
        MP-F SHRT
    Bonus: 2nd player option
    Bonus: Breath Samples
    Bonus: Valve/Click Samples

Specifications

    Unique Programming for Kontakt 5 users
    Hall based release triggers
    Custom Kontakt Scripting
    6 .NKI files (using internal browsing system)
    3.613 wave files
    4.4GB installed (compressed down from 99GB+), 5GB .rar download
    Multiple download servers to ensure smooth download
    Sample resolution: 96Khz / 24Bit stereo .ncw (lossless compression)
    Format(s): Kontakt and .ncw
    Kontakt 4.2 (Full Retail) is 32 and 64-bit compatible on both PC and MAC platforms
    Claire English Horn Virtuoso requires 5GB of hard drive space
    Runs as a stand-alone application, VST® or Audio Units plug-in, RTAS® under Pro Tools 7/8.
    Minimum: Mac OS X® 10.4 / 10.5, G5 1.8 GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM or Windows® XP (32 Bit) or Windows Vista® (32/64 Bit), Pentium® or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM. 2 GB of RAM or more is highly recommended!
    Library mapping is unlocked. Library audio pool is locked.

Overview

    Price: $139
    Hyper Expressive & Playable Classical English Horn
    96Khz / 3 Microphone Positions (Close, Decca, Wide)
    Direct download / Cloud Server System
    Product only available as download
    Deep-Sampled Virtuoso English Horn / ultra hi-def (96Khz)
    Recorded in symphonic hall w/ 3 mics (Close, Decca, Wide)
    Lyrical and Strong Legato Patches
    Arcs, Marcato, Runs & Sustains, Staccatissimo and Trills
    Full Retail version of Kontakt 4.2 or later required

nJoy!