Embertone Joshua Bell Violin v1.1.1 [KONTAKT]

Embertone has introduced Joshua Bell Violin, a new solo violin virtual instrument, created in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning violin virtuoso Joshua Bell. Joshua Bell Violin features the sound of Bell, playing his rare Stradivarius, carefully recorded in a great space, more than 20,000 samples, programmed with ‘an insane amount of detail’ and packaged as a virtual instrument for Mac & Windows.

True Legato like you've never heard
We recorded every possible note-to-note transition throughout of the range of Joshua's Stradivarius… in 12 different styles. Bow Change, Slur, Portamento, with different speeds and dynamics. When playing melodies you hear an actual performance!

The Sound of a Virtuoso
The sound is what separates Joshua Bell from the rest - it's what makes him one of the most sought after classical musicians in the world.
Every sample Mr. Bell recorded was a performance imbued with his artistry and finesse.

Make it Your Own
We created an articulation assignment system that lets you tailor-make the instrument to the performance style you prefer.

Keyswitching, CC's, Aftertouch, Velocity, Playing Speed, Pitch Bend, and more… it's all available for you to personalize!

Intuitive Performance
There's an entire page of humanization controls that allow you to alter tuning based on speed, interval and attack, as well as a bow/slur switching system that will let you sound amazing with very little effort. Take a look at the INTUITION page to see what other controls let you customize your sound.

Natural + Modeled Vibrato
We recorded full sets of vib and non-vib performances, so that you can choose what you want. The nature vibrato is incredible… it's an integral part of Mr. Bell's tone.
But if you want to control vibrato yourself, we've integrated our scripted vibrato into the instrument.

Standard + Unique Articulations
Legato, sustains, staccato, spiccato, tremolos, trills, harmonics… we recorded everything you'd expect from a solo violin.

But we also captured an incredible set of ricochets, super-flautando sustains, tasto + ponticello sustains, and even true-legato harmonics (bows, slurs and portamento)

Pristine Sound
We spared no expense with the recording… We recorded at the former Avatar Studios (now owned by Berklee), bringing award-winning engineer Richard King to lead the sessions. The room was the perfect space for us because it gave the sound enough space to flourish without coloring the sound without unnecessary reflections.

► Features:

• True Legato – Embertone recorded every possible note-to-note transition throughout of the range of Joshua’s Stradivarius… in 12 different styles. Bow Change, Slur, Portamento, with different speeds and dynamics.
• The Sound of a Virtuoso – features 20,000 samples of Joshua Bell
• Customizable – articulation assignment system lets you tailor-make the instrument to the performance style you prefer.
• Keyswitching, CC’s, Aftertouch, Velocity, Playing Speed, Pitch Bend, and more
• Intuitive Performance – humanization controls that allow you to alter tuning based on speed, interval and attack, as well as a bow/slur switching system.
• Natural + Modeled Vibrato – Embertone recorded full sets of vib and non-vib performances, so that you can choose what you want.
• Standard + Unique Articulations – Legato, sustains, staccato, spiccato, tremolos, trills, harmonics.
• Ricochets, super-flautando sustains, tasto + ponticello sustains, and even true-legato harmonics (bows, slurs and portamento)
• Pristine Sound – recorded at the former Avatar Studios (now owned by Berklee), with award-winning engineer Richard King leading the sessions.

Kontakt Full/Player 5.6.8+ is required to load the instrument in the library tab of Kontakt. If you are running an older version of Kontakt, we have made a special legacy patch for Kontakt FULL 5.4.1+. The legacy instrument is identical except that it cannot be loaded into the library tab (on the left side of Kontakt).

[sepblock]v1.1:

NEW FEATURES

Portamento Speed Control
Change the speed of Portamento samples in real-time based on user-selected control input via the Control Preset editor. See Settings page for new controls.

Legato Accent
New Control element for playing accented legatos.

Portamento Override
New Intuition automation for automatically triggering Portamento samples during slower playing.

Rebow Control
You can now configure how to trigger instant re-bows during a held sustain, in the Control Preset Editor.

Mono Mic Mode
New option in the Settings page for switching between stereo/mono mics.

[sepblock]Version 1.1.1 Changelog
- Articulation selection now persists across project/patch saves
- Fixed the 'Joshua Bell Violin (Legacy)' patch to properly load in Kontakt 5.4.1
- Fixed the Control Preset backup files to reflect the new feature configurations in v1.1.0
- Fixed missing library information and graphics
- Added missing NKS preview file
- Corrected some Info Pane descriptions
- Minor tweaks and cleanup

KNOWN ISSUES
- Modifier buttons sometimes don't display in Kontakt version 6 when scrolling the Control Preset Editor.[/sepblock]

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