VST Clarinet Improvisation

[Marios Paradisis]

Hello to everyone,

Here is my latest effort on simulating an expressive way of playing the clarinet (usually found on Greek or Middle Eastern music).
It's a vst instrument made by myself that runs via NI's Kontakt.
Any opinions are welcomed.

http://www.youtube.com/v/3U9F40aBC7c

[Mitch I.]

Very expressive indeed, way beyond what I'd heard from VST clarinets.

Did you use a wind controller?

Mitch I.

[Marios Paradisis]

Thanks for the comment

Well, I use something similar to a wind/breath controller that I call "voice controller": a mic that sends vocal volume information to be transformed into midi cc. The midi cc modifies several aspects of the sound, not only volume, but saturation/ compressor/ distortion / various filters and more.

Any more comments would be appreciated.

[pathosmusic]

Hi Marios,

I know this is an old thread but I hope you find this reply. I am looking for any way I can download or retrieve the kontakt package that you made for this. I have been looking for a responsive greek clarino for some time and have not found any that sound as well as yours!

[fessorman]

I know this is an old thread but I think the last question is worth a reply - listening to that demo also made me get the cravings

I just found out that if you look at Marios' profile you can see that he is a Sample Library Developer at Neocymatics:
http://www.neocymatics.com/

Looking at their page it seems that they are in the business of making VERY expressive instruments for Kontakt - at the moment they have The Clarinet Collection and Hybrid Strings.

Wow - those are amazingly expressive!
I hope you Guys will make some more instruments that are just as expressive - I think they are simply game changing!

Hmm.. I better start saving up for these instrument packages (and Kontakt).