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Hyperion Strings Oktobass

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Hyperion Strings Oktobass by Soundiron is Soundware (samples or presets that load into other products) for macOS and Windows.
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The Oktobass is the deepest concert string instrument, with a thunderous, room-shaking growl. We've sampled this bone-rattling beast to build a massive virtual instrument offering 30+ articulations and over 12GB of content. You'll find a variety of sustains, shorts, dynamic expressions, true legato, creative effects and hundreds of melodic phrases. As part of our Hyperion symphonic series, it provides a suite of intuitive options, flexible tools and inspiring performance features, from intelligent arpeggiation and articulation switching, to flexible tempo-synching and sound-shaping DSP effects, all at your fingertips to make it easy to craft brilliantly life-like arrangements.

The first Oktobass (also spelled "Octobass") was built in 1849 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, but it drifted into legend by the end of the 1800s, lost but not forgotten for over a century. Then in 1996, double bass player Nicola Moneta, luthier Pierre Bohr and bow-maker Piero Cavalazzi constructed the first modern Octobass. Moneta has gone on to play it in nearly 150 concerts around the world over the last 25 years, though it still remains one of only a handful in existence today.

This 3.48 meter (11.5 ft) mammoth is played from a raised platform, using a row of mechanical levers to control the fingerboard. The cavernous instrument body produces a surprisingly nuanced character, with intense stereo movement and subtle mechanical ornamentation.

We worked with Giorgio Riolo and Daniele Bertinelli to capture the Octobass at Moneta's private gallery in Milan, Italy. It was recorded using a close pair of large-diaphragm mics at the F holes to achieve a dry and intimate sound, and a wide-spaced pair of omnis at 2 meters for a bright and vivid chamber quality. The mics can be blended in real-time, and the instrument can be freely positioned on our virtual stage, featuring a huge menu of our custom environments, so it's easy to mix into any arrangement you desire. Your creative options are endless with the Hyperion Solo Strings Oktobass.

Listen to demos of Hyperion Strings Oktobass on Soundcloud

Product Specs:

  • Multi-sampled Oktobass articulations and improvised phrases in two microphone positions.
  • True Legato, Sustains, Shorts, Phrases, Expressions, SFX.
  • 2 Powerful Kontakt .nki instrument presets made for the full retail Kontakt 6.2.2+.
  • 5,558 stereo samples in unlocked WAV format.
  • 24-bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM WAV samples.
  • 12.6 GB installed.
  • A flexible, intuitive user interface with pro features, deep customizability, and simple workflow.
  • Sound stage positioning in dozens of custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments.

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