Virtuoso Ensembles

$299.99

The Most Playable Ensembles To Conduct Your Orchestra!
Virtuoso Ensembles for Kontakt Retail

The Orchestra At Your Fingertips

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VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLES is an epic virtual orchestral collection that's ideal for music composition and live music performance. Designed with unprecedented flexibility, you now have the ability to arrange your own custom ensembles putting the orchestra at your command.

Developed in the Native Instruments Kontakt engine, VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLES delivers the finest quality sampled sound of an orchestra with extremely detailed user control; perfect for your final productions.


Get The Sound You Need - Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Piano, Choir…

VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLES goes above and beyond in delivering all strings, brass and woodwind solo sections of a full orchestra while also including auxiliary percussion, epic hits, pristine piano, and an elegant choir.

Of course, the strings, brass and woodwind sections are the collective core of this library. With truly great sounds spanning all sections of the orchestra into one instrument, you will find yourself using this library as your go-to tool for composing, performing, and professional music productions.

Additionally, these instruments are optimized to have a very low memory footprint, while still being "chromatically" multi-sampled. FOR MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT THE ENTIRE PRODUCT PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE MANUAL DOCUMENTATION HERE

 


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The Key Features of Virtuoso Ensembles
  • Control four instrument sections, (strings, brass, woodwind solos) mapped across the keyboard for a realistic feeling of an entire orchestral compliment.
  • Multiple articulations, dynamics, and round robins.
  • Provides efficient and intuitive control to modify the split or crossfade between each of the 4 sections giving you amazing flexibility to get the ideal mix.
  • Intuitive visual dynamic LED indication for active section and active keys played.
  • Effortlessly switch between "Legato” and "Poly" modes.
  • Uses IntervaLive® to add realistic transitional intervals in both "Legato" and "Poly" mode.
  • Stack up any combination of the 4 sections together, or use them independently.
  • Control the mix of each section's volume and pan.
  • Includes many popular "sustained" articulations - Arco, Marcato, Tremolo, Soft and Medium Tongue, Sforzando, and more.
  • Includes many popular "short" articulations - Staccato, Staccatissimo, Spiccato, and Pizzicato.
  • Uses "slur" and "sustain" articulations. Even aggressive ones such as "Marcato" will always have smooth slurs.
  • Provides accent strength control for the Marcato, Sforzando, Staccato, Staccatissimo, and Spiccato articulations via velocity and MIDI CC .
  • Crossfade any "sustain" articulation with the "tremolo" articulation via MIDI CC (Strings only).
  • User-selectable keyswitching.
  • Choose volume control via velocity, or MIDI CC, or both.
  • Velocity sensitivity (strings, brass, woodwinds) and MIDI CC sensitivity (Strings) control for volume.
  • Fine-tune envelope attack and release control.
  • 3 band semi-parametric equalization.
  • Reverb on/off and amount.
  • Room size (for reverb).
  • Stereo/Mono slider (Shown as distance in feet. With or without reverb).

 

How Exactly Are the Instrument Sections Divided?
Instrument Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Articulations
Strings

789 MB total sample size
16 1st and 2nd Violins 12 Violas 12 Cellos 6 Basses
  • Arco
  • Arco w/Velocity Attack
  • Marcato
  • Marcato Poco
  • Tremolo
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Spiccato
  • Pizzicato
Brass

426 MB total sample size
4 Trumpets 6 French Horns 4 Trombones 2 Tubas
  • Soft Tongue
  • Medium Tongue
  • Marcato
  • Marcato Poco
  • Sforzando
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Staccatissimo
Woodwind Solos

496 MB total sample size
1 Flute 1 Oboe 1 Clarinet 1 Bassoon and C. bassoon
  • Medium Tongue
  • Marcato
  • Marcato Poco
  • Sforzando
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Staccatissimo
Church Choir
56 MB total sample size
Sopranos Altos Tenors Basses Sustain "Ah"
Instrument Sections Articulations
Virtuoso Epic Hits and Rolls

160 MB total sample size
Tam Tam, Giant Metal Log, Drumble, Bass Drums, Big Plastic Bottles, Darbukas, Toms, Snare Hits, Snare Rolls, Piatti, Suspended Cymbals, Crash Cymbals Single L/R Hits for shorter sections
Tympani

258 MB total sample size
23 inch tympani, 26 inch tympani, 30 inch tympani
  • Single L/R Hits
  • Roll
  • Roll w/Modwheel
  • Crescendo
  • Sfz Roll w/Modwheel
  • Crescendo
  • Short Roll
Piano 7 foot Yamaha G5 Special Sustain Pedal Effects included
The Key Features of Virtuoso Ensembles
  • Control four instrument sections, (strings, brass, woodwind solos) mapped across the keyboard for a realistic feeling of an entire orchestral compliment.
  • Multiple articulations, dynamics, and round robins.
  • Provides efficient and intuitive control to modify the split or crossfade between each of the 4 sections giving you amazing flexibility to get the ideal mix.
  • Intuitive visual dynamic LED indication for active section and active keys played.
  • Effortlessly switch between "Legato” and "Poly" modes.
  • Uses IntervaLive® to add realistic transitional intervals in both "Legato" and "Poly" mode.
  • Stack up any combination of the 4 sections together, or use them independently.
  • Control the mix of each section's volume and pan.
  • Includes many popular "sustained" articulations - Arco, Marcato, Tremolo, Soft and Medium Tongue, Sforzando, and more.
  • Includes many popular "short" articulations - Staccato, Staccatissimo, Spiccato, and Pizzicato.
  • Uses "slur" and "sustain" articulations. Even aggressive ones such as "Marcato" will always have smooth slurs.
  • Provides accent strength control for the Marcato, Sforzando, Staccato, Staccatissimo, and Spiccato articulations via velocity and MIDI CC .
  • Crossfade any "sustain" articulation with the "tremolo" articulation via MIDI CC (Strings only).
  • User-selectable keyswitching.
  • Choose volume control via velocity, or MIDI CC, or both.
  • Velocity sensitivity (strings, brass, woodwinds) and MIDI CC sensitivity (Strings) control for volume.
  • Fine-tune envelope attack and release control.
  • 3 band semi-parametric equalization.
  • Reverb on/off and amount.
  • Room size (for reverb).
  • Stereo/Mono slider (Shown as distance in feet. With or without reverb).
How Exactly Are the Instrument Sections Divided?
Instrument Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Articulations
Strings

789 MB total sample size
16 1st and 2nd Violins 12 Violas 12 Cellos 6 Basses
  • Arco
  • Arco w/Velocity Attack
  • Marcato
  • Marcato Poco
  • Tremolo
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Spiccato
  • Pizzicato
Brass

426 MB total sample size
4 Trumpets 6 French Horns 4 Trombones 2 Tubas
  • Soft Tongue
  • Medium Tongue
  • Marcato
  • Marcato Poco
  • Sforzando
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Staccatissimo
Woodwind Solos

496 MB total sample size
1 Flute 1 Oboe 1 Clarinet 1 Bassoon and C. bassoon
  • Medium Tongue
  • Marcato
  • Marcato Poco
  • Sforzando
  • Slur
  • Staccato
  • Staccatissimo
Church Choir
56 MB total sample size
Sopranos Altos Tenors Basses Sustain "Ah"
Virtuoso Epic Hits and Rolls

160 MB total sample size
Tam Tam, Giant Metal Log, Drumble, Bass Drums, Big Plastic Bottles, Darbukas, Toms, Snare Hits, Snare Rolls, Piatti, Suspended Cymbals, Crash Cymbals Single L/R Hits for shorter sections
Tympani

258 MB total sample size
23 inch tympani, 26 inch tympani, 30 inch tympani
  • Single L/R Hits
  • Roll
  • Roll w/Modwheel
  • Crescendo
  • Sfz Roll w/Modwheel
  • Crescendo
  • Short Roll
Piano 7 foot Yamaha G5 Special Sustain Pedal Effects included

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  • 2.6GB disk space
  • FULL version of Kontakt 6.6.1 or newer (not the "player" version).
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