Created by Giorgio Tommasini & Peter Siedlaczek
French horn and Tuba version 1 were released in 2012. Although they already contained some advanced technologies of the latest instruments, such as early reflection and microtuning, we were asked to bring them to the level of Trombone 3 and Pipe 3.
The package includes four different French Horns and a Tuba. The main material of the instruments consists of 270 megabytes of samples, chromatically performed by professional musicians in a wide dynamic range. All samples are not looped and have a duration of 9 seconds. As in the Trub and Trombone, the musical algorithm is structured in accordance with the adaptive model based on the performance of the “real” instrument. The purpose of the model is to minimize the differences between real phrases and phrases played on a virtual instrument.
What’s new in French horn and Tuba 3?
In addition to the improved fortissimo in the upper range, the French horn and Tuba 3 includes several interesting features:
New Early Reflection (ER) algorithm Early reflections are components of sound that reach the listener immediately after being reflected from the nearest back or side walls, ceiling and floor. They convey information about the spatial location of the instrument and significantly increase realism. The new ER algorithm uses information about the direction of the multi-microphone in recording conditions in a muted room in order to transmit a full, rich tone, including its directional pattern and add “to taste” of the virtual space.
Virtual Soundstage. This new feature allows precise positioning of tools in a “dimensionless” virtual space, using early reflections, pre-delay, complex panning, and distance-sensing algorithms. You can move the tool forward, backward, sideways – or combine these movements. Moreover, the tool can be moved in real time, simulating the musician’s movement around the stage. You can change the ratio of direct and reflected sound and even shift the rear wall, controlling the effect of depth. This gives you the freedom to add a suitable acoustic environment, avoiding the occurrence of multiple space problems. This can be done within the framework of a single Kontakt Player that provides high quality convolution reverb.
Real time Timbral Shaping (real time timbral profiling). This revolutionary new function adds an almost infinite timbral variety to individual instruments, acting on the amplitude of individual harmonics, or groups of harmonics, even in real time. This is not a graphic equalizer. Variable segments are not tied to certain frequencies, but to the first 10 harmonics of the note being played. As a consequence, the affected frequencies change according to the selected area. So, for example, the added compartment # 1 will increase the fundamental frequency (the first harmonic) of each sounding note, making the sound rounder. The growth of compartments # 3, # 4, # 5 will increase the intensity of the corresponding harmonics, making the sound more “nasal”, etc.
Microtuning This completely new function meets the requirements of musicians using an un-tempered system, so necessary for example in the music of the Middle East and Asia.
Expression Mapping. The user is able to independently draw changes in the response of the SS, which allows you to better control the dynamics. Especially with input devices such as breath and wind controllers.
“For Unison Ensemble” IR. A specially designed impulse response significantly reduces the phasing problems that can occur when several instruments are controlled by the same MIDI track (ie in unison).
Unison Ensemble Multi (Multi-Unison Ensemble). Particular attention was paid to creating realistic ensembles of solo instruments. Like when used on separate tracks in MIDI format, and when you play in unison in a single MIDI track. The advanced ensemble maker was designed to influence the temporal, dynamic and static pitch changes, the phase, the response of the dynamic pitchbend, velocity, portamento time parameters in such a way that if the instrument is controlled by the same MIDI track, each instrument will Sound as if another musician is playing. Ready-to-use Multi, in which three specially designed Pipes, the ensemble maker and the corresponding reverb, are suitable for playing in unison. Included with the tool.
Publisher : Sample Modeling
Website : www.samplemodeling.com/en/products_horntuba.php
Format : KONTAKT
Quality : 24 bit 44.1 kHz stereo
Activation: Add Library
KONTAKT 5.5.1 +
