The Conservatoire Collection

Soniccouture, in conjunction with The Birmingham Conservatoire, has announced the release of The Conservatoire Collection - a completely unique collection of 10 different baroque, renaissance and early musical instruments for Kontakt Player and Kontakt. The collection centres around two magnificent reproduction harpsichords, and also features guitars, theorbos and a hurdy gurdy.

Product Specs:

• 23 GB core sample library (9 GB on disc with NCW lossless compression).
• 24 bit 96 khz stereo sampling.
• 10 Kontakt Player instruments:
  1. French Harpsichord.
  2. Flemish Harpsichord.
  3. Theorbo.
  4. English Theorbo.
  5. Baroque Guitar.
  6. Psaltery.
  7. Baroque Timpani.
  8. Renaissance Side Drums.
  9. Nakers.
  10. Hurdy Gurdy.
• Up to 10 velocity layers, 3 alternate Round Robin layers.
• Key-off samples and multiple articulations according to instrument.
• Real time hand position control for guitar instruments.
• Custom Convolution Reverb Impulse response library.
• User selectable scales and tuning control for all pitched instruments.

Availability and Pricing

The Conservatoire Collection is available now on DVD and Download, priced €199 / $249 (see below for intro offer). As it is powered by the free Kontakt Player plug-in it is available for 32- and 64-bit Windows and Mac OS X in stand-alone and VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats.

Introductory Offer: For 3 weeks only, The Conservatoire Collection is available at an introductory price of €179 / $219. To purchase at this price, simply enter this code at checkout: OVD069KVPK. The offer ends September 16th, 2011.