Red Room Audio Traveler Series Celtic Fiddle KONTAKT

THE TRAVELER SERIES:

Welcome to Red Room Audio’s Traveler Series, an ongoing collection of boutique sample libraries featuring traditional world instruments faithfully recorded on location from destinations around the globe. Traveler Series libraries focus on delivering a genuine purity that can only be captured where the instrument and musical style originated, preserving its true character and history.

We seek out a region’s most skilled and renowned performers; amazing folks with stories and bloodlines who live and breathe traditional provincial music. We leave with an education and appreciation for their culture and the role these beautiful instruments serve (as well as a tale or two of our own). We hope our Traveler Series adds an authentic native spirit to your music.

CELTIC FIDDLE:

The fiddle is one of the most important instruments in Celtic music. The fiddle itself is identical to the violin, however it is played differently in widely varying regional styles. Compared to classical violin, Celtic fiddlers tend to make very little use of vibrato. Melodies are embellished through forms of ornamentation, such as cuts, rolls and a variety of grace notes. Slow airs are occasionally performed, but the style is best known for fast, snappy reels and jigs.

For our Celtic Fiddle we journeyed to Dublin, Ireland where we had the honor of working with award winning fiddler Niall Murphy. Niall has carved a reputation for himself in traditional Irish folk circles as a live performer and session player.

A veteran of the trad scene, he has shared the stage with The Chieftains, Sinead O’Connor, Van Morrison, The Dubliners, Alison Krauss and many more. We also had the pleasure of recording at Herbert Place Studios with producer/engineer James Darkin, who was an accommodating and gracious host to us weary travelers and did a fantastic job of running the show.

FEATURES:

Deep-sampled Celtic fiddle recorded in Dublin, Ireland by award-winning fiddler Niall Murphy.
Playable multi-sampled instrument with 7 standard articulations and 13 traditional Celtic ornaments.
Over 360 Phrases & FX including rhythmic loops and free-form improvisations.
2 types of sampled legato.
4 performance modes including customizable Double Stops.
Scale Lock feature automatically selects ornament intervals in the key of your song.
TACT (Total Articulation Control Technology).
8-slot FX rack.
Modern, easy to use, feature-packed GUI.
1.7 GB of content - 5.725 samples (24-Bit/44.1kHz - NCW).

REQUIREMENTS:

Native Instruments Kontakt (full), version 5.8.1 or above.
2 GB disk space.
2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
2008 or later processor. Your system must also meet the requirements for version 5.8.1 of Native Instruments Kontakt. If you cannot run that version, you will not be able to load this library.

ARTICULATIONS:

STANDARD ARTICULATIONS:

Reel Sustain.
Air Sustain.
Fingered Legato.
Slur Up Legato (HT, WT).
Staccato.
Spiccato.
Pizzicato.

ORNAMENTS:

Triplet.
Hammer (HT, WT).
Pull (HT, WT).
Waterfall (HT, WT).
Wiggle (HT, WT).
Scrunch (slow & fast).
Cut.
Roll.

PHRASES & FX:

Chops.
Stomps.
FX - Percussive.
FX - Fret Noise.
Endings (tempo-synced).
Lyrical Improvisations.
Various Improvisations.
Rhythms - Jigs (tempo synced).
Rhythms - Reels (tempo synced).

The Traveler Series Kontakt instruments feature a clean and simple, 1-page GUI with all the controls you need to get the most out of the library, including our TACT (Total Articulation Control Technology) and an 8-slot FX rack.

MAIN GUI:

Articulations panel.
Dynamics, Width and Timbre controls.
4 performance modes.
Rebowing & Open Notes controls.
Scale Lock.
TACT (Total Articulation Control Technology).
8-slot FX rack.

PHRASES & FX GUI:

7 categories of FX.
Waveform display.
Per sample controls for volume & tuning.
For phrases that conform to tempo.
Start & End sliders to adjust loop length.
Tempo Sync controls.
MIDI input quantization controls.
8-slot FX rack.





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