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Blakus · Post by **Blakus** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:59 pm

Click Here for the Christmas Spiccato Freebie!!

Hey there,
Just thought I'd stop by quickly to share my first sampling attempt with you all. I dusted off my cello and recorded some expressive sustains and after a bit of help from the VI community with programming, it's starting to become a somewhat useful little tool with scripted legato. This instrument is designed with slow emotional cello lines in mind! (Soak it in your favourite verb!!)

Here's an audio example - http://www.blakus.com/music/pocketBlakusLegImprov.mp3

And a quick one pass of the Game of Thrones Theme

http://www.blakus.com/music/pocketBlakusLegGoT.mp3

Visit this topic on VI Control for more information, demos, and download links!
http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3649832

*Expressive sustains with progressive vibrato
*NEW Expressive sustains triggered by playing velocities >90 - these are slightly louder in dynamic and feature attacks and vibrato that are slightly more immediate for a little bit more flexibility (lol) - Note that these are still really designed for slow expressive passages however. Refer to my v1.1 demo below to hear the kind of phrases I think it excels at - others have found far more adventurous uses though!
*Simulated legato patch - using SIPS scripts. Easily customizeable - much easier to play single melodies with more flexibility.
*Basic release samples (MA-Simon)
*Basic mod volume control (MA-Simon)

Thanks guys, hope it's of some use!

Blakus

chroma · Post by **chroma** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:32 pm

this is absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing!

forw · Post by **forw** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:07 pm

awesome! thanks alot!

bpblog · Post by **bpblog** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:01 pm

very nice, thank you!

i've featured it here:

http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2012/09 ... s-kontakt/

and made a short demo:

http://soundcloud.com/bedroomproducersb ... lakus-demo

sorohanro · Post by **sorohanro** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:13 pm

Thanks for the freebie

donethur · Post by **donethur** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:20 am

Oh man, thank you very much. It sounds great with EWQL Spaces. Nice job!

Can I share it?

Blakus · Post by **Blakus** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:29 am

Thanks! You can definitely share it

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:00 am

Cheers Blakus, Appreciated and just the sort of thing that reminds me why Kontakt can be so awesome apart from all the bigger libraries I have/use

All the best

Dean

core · Post by **core** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:50 am

Many thanks for sharing!

wakax · Post by **wakax** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:35 am

yay !
sounds fat

thank you !!!

budweiser · Post by **budweiser** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:53 am

Sounds really really great ! Thank you very much and congratulations !

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:41 am

Excellent! Thank you so much.

It sounds great. This may be the sample set I'm looking for with some cello phrases I need to put in a song.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:28 pm

Currentlu DLing.

Thanks a lot, the demos are beautiful

Blakus · Post by **Blakus** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:01 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys! I'll be honest, it is turning out to be a lot better than I thought it would LOL!

I recorded another layer, my arm is killing me - haven't played molto vibrato that intensely for a sustained period like that lol! (Still testing at the moment) I recorded this layer even MORE quickly than the last so it's a little messy, but this one features VERY strong marcato attacks with IMMEDIATE fast vibrato at FF. This example is literally a once through improvisation, it's very playable. See if you can spot the new layer It's not that musical sorry, I purposely put boring repeated sections in so you could hear the smooth transitions and variance possible with the 3 layers now. Here's a little taste

http://soundcloud.com/blakus-mfm/pocket ... llo-new-ff

At the moment I am testing mapping velocities like this.
0-70 - Soft expressive progressive emotional vibrato (original layer)
71-110 - mf/f expression with more immediate vibrato (2nd layer)
110-127 - ff layer with marcato attack (which is only heard on clean note beginnings, not during legato obviously) and molto vibrato! This is working out quite well for me without any hassle really!

New samples should be available soon!

eDrummist · Post by **eDrummist** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:13 am

Wow, Blakus, the demos sound really nice! Thanks much for your generosity!

- Peter

pocketBlakus - Cello - Christmas Spiccato Gift! (Kontakt 4.2.3+)