Description
Staying home because of a global pandemic is a strange experience: some people take up baking, others binge-watch TV, and me? I’ve started playing the viola. I was trained as a violinist, and before April, I had never picked up the instrument. It took a while to get used to playing on a larger fingerboard, but it hasn’t been too bad: 10 minutes one day, 15 minutes the next; slowly remapping my brain to new, wider finger positions.
Anyway, it’s gotten to the point where I actually needed to sample the instrument for some film work I’m doing. This isn’t a sample library I intended to sell, I was really making it for my own use, but since I’ve gone to the trouble, I figured I might as well make it available for others to use it as well.
What I’ve done is created a simple ensemble patch with 8 layers. One articulation: sustain. There are three controls: volume, tone, and reverb. Dynamics are controlled by the modwheel. There are four levels: when the modwheel is all the way down, you’re getting two violas; when it’s all the way up you’re getting 8.
Have fun!
– Dave
Features:
- The Kontakt and Decent Sampler versions comes with three controls: volume, tone and reverb
- Three formats:
- The Kontakt version is compatible with the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.8.1 (or later).
- The SFZ version tested with Plogue Sforzando
- The Decent Sampler version works with the free Decent Samples player plugin. Download it here.
- Sample rate: 24-bit 48khz
- Library size: 58MB compressed
Sample track:
![Nagoya Harp (Taishogoto / 大正琴) [Kontakt]](https://www.decentsamples.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Nagoya-Harp-Cover-Art-Idea-1-324x324.jpg)
![Dan Keen BLM Piano Toolkit [Kontakt]](https://www.decentsamples.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DK-BLM-Piano-Tookit-Cover-Idea-2-324x324.jpg)
John Joe Daly (verified owner) –
A premature entry in the review section on my part….
I bought this library but I haven’t actually played with it yet (but for $15 it’s impossible to go wrong on this)
It sounds great in the demo tracks, and I get soo much use out of everything of yours that I already own.
So why bother with the comment?….
Just a thought, that if you ever produced something similar for the violin and cello in this ensemble style it would be an instant purchase 👍
Thanks for great samples.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
I found even with the tone knobs, this has a generally bright, metallic feel – if that’s what you’re after, it’s perfect. Pairing it against other DS viola options (e.g. Venus Theory’s VOLITIONS) has some great results.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Oh yes, this is wonderful! I’m so impressed at the sounds, and the decent sampler is a breath of fresh air as an interface. Very clean and useable. Fits right into my mix. Totally a “secret sauce” for my work 🙂