Adagio Violins v.1.1 KONTAKT

TEAM MAGNETRiXX | 20 November 2013 | 22.3 GB

ADAGIO is the air, the flow, the burn and the sorrow of symphonic strings.

Produced by Academy Award, TEC and G.A.N.G Award Winning Composer, Troels Folmann and Emmy nominated composer and orchestrator, Colin O’Malley, 8Dio Adagio String Series marks the most expressive collection of deep-sampled emotional strings ever created. Adagio contains a variety of advanced techniques that were specifically developed for the library. The techniques allow you to create completely realistic string sequences with true emotion and passion. You don’t need to be a master orchestrator to sound great.

Adagio Violins contain three main groups of violins. Full ensemble Violin (11), Small Ensemble Violin (3) and Solo Violin (1). All groups have been extensively sampled and recorded in a signature church environment with a hand-selected group of master violinists. All groups were sampled with three different microphone positions (close, far, mixed). We employed all current generation sampling techniques (ex. true legato, deep sampled repetitions etc). New techniques were also developed to capture a higher level of emotion and humanity in the performances. The result is a passionate virtual instrument which is extremely agile to play.

“Adagio Violins and Cellos are fantastic!”

NEAL ACREE (DIABLO 3, STARCRAFT 2, WOW)

10 unique types of Legato

Adagio is next-generation orchestral sampling. We recorded 10 different types of liquid legato to cover the vast majority of natural flow techniques. The legato performances are modeled around lyrical melodies, capturing some of the spirit of the composers we love. The power of this approach cannot be over stated. Adagio captures great musicians performing as they were born to….never a static moment. Legato intervals were sampled up to 4 times round robin allowing for an even greater degree of realism. Loure or “floating notes” are also a key part of Adagio, allowing composers to perform repeated notes with connectivity. We’ve also included unprecedented “Loure Legato” patches. They have to be played to be believed.

Dynamic Bowings

Adagio allows for traditional dynamic cross-fading of sustains to shape notes. In addition to this, we deep-deep-deep sampled “Dynamic Bowing” articulations. These are notes that weep and soar effortlessly. With our intuitive programming we believe this “dynamic” approach is far superior to traditional cross-fading in the quest for a final degree of musical realism. It’s more AIR then you can breathe in a lifetime baby.
Comprehensive short notes are another highlight of Adagio. With feathery spiccatos, biting marcatos, lively pizzicatos and more, Adagio is both nuanced and acrobatic. Short notes are sampled in up to 10 round robins. The attacks of the notes have an energy and musical imperfection that will re-define your string template. Trills, tremolos and measured tremolos are also sampled in great depth for an extra shimmer or relentless pulse in your music. Adagio is an intuitive out-of-box tool. It works fluently without mangling.

Overview

Price: $499 $399
True Ensemble. True Divisi. True Solo.
26GB / 33.000 Samples
Direct download / Cloud Server System
Product only available as download

Core Specifications

Deep-Sampled Orchestral Violins
Recorded in rich church w/ 3 mic. positions (Close, Combo, Far)
Ensemble Violin (11). Divisi Violin (3). Solo Violin (1).
10 Uniquely Recorded Legato Types
Legato with 4-way Round Robin
New Articulations (ex. Dynamic Bowing & Loure)

Core Requirements

Full Retail version of Kontakt 4.2 or later required
26GB harddrive space
Ability to download
PC 2.4GZ+, 4GB ram
MAC 2.6Ghz, 4GB ram

WHATS NEW IN AADAGIO 1.1 ?

1. All legatos have been polished, refining the level of the intervals and their associated
grafted dynamic bows/post sustains.

2.An entirely new “CLOSE” mic mix has been created for the legato patches. Previously the
CLOSE mix for legatos was not drastically different from the MIX. The new CLOSE mix
provides great clarity and focus in the interval transitions. Essentially you have the detail of a stage recording coupled with the lush sound of a church environment. It’s the best of both
worlds in our view.

3.A “Violins 2” button has been incorporated into all Adagio patches. This button simulates the slightly darker tone of a violins 2 section.

4.Lite patches (patches using direct from disk streaming) are available across the library. In most cases these lite patches are nearly identical to the full versions, but have much smaller memory footprints. As an example, Adagio Instinct Legato full version = 500mb. The Light version = 22mb. Adagio is NOT a resource hungry library.

5. Vibrato “character” control is now incorporated into many of the legato patches, with all new sustain recordings. The control goes beyond simply adding more vibrato. You can
actually alter the character, allowing for more solo-istic detail to shine through when
appropriate.

6.Adagio now includes MULTI LEGATO patches. These patches allow you to switch fluidly
between up to 3 legato types within a single connected phrase. You can switch legato types
based on velocity or midi CC.

7. Short notes have been reprogrammed and mixed to capture more ambience of the natural
church environment. They are MUCH lusher in tone. They have also been balanced allowing
for smoother articulation switching.

8.There are now host tempo synced patches available for all loures and phrase patches.
There are versions for both Kontakt 4 and Kontakt 5 users.

9. 40 Bonus Ambiences have been crafted from our lush Adagio source material.

10. Output mapping has been expanded, allowing routing of different mic positions to
different outputs. This is an essential addition for surround mixing.

11. Every patch in the library has been smoothed, polished, buffed and spanked.