Westwood Instruments ROTOR Solo Cello [KONTAKT]

A cello with human rhythm
A solo cello sample library made with rhythm in mind. 150 playable rhythms, recorded with true human feeling and timing. A variety of tempos, time signatures and feel, all completely tempo-syncable.

There's an impressive collection of exciting short articulations and individual 'flourishes' which you can use to add interest and accents. And if this wasn't enough there is an entire percussion instrument included made purely from sounds of the cello.

Set your music in motion with this truly remarkable cello.

Emotion in motion
The rhythms have been influenced from scores and artists from every musical corner imaginable. Etta James to George Gershwin to NWA to Radiohead to Daft Punk and beyond. Our challenge was to create a huge variety of styles and feels that would work across multiple genres.

Taking these references into the studio, our method was to improvise and create rhythmical cello parts. The end result is 150 original looped rhythms that all have a individual feel and are right at home in both modern scores as well as fitting in to songwriting and production.

- 150 tempo-synced rhythms
- 15 Short articulations
- 15 Flourish articulations
- Percussion sounds
- 4 production-ready mixes
- 4 mic signals
- Uses the free KONTAKT PLAYER

- 150 playable tempo-synced rhythms
- 90, 120, 140 bpm
- 4/4 and a handful of 6/8
- Simple, Gentle, Lively and Alternative playing styles

Shorts

- Spiccato
- Brushed Short
- Brushed Long
- Short Harmonics
- Col Legno
- Guitar Pick
- Pizz Muted
- Staccato Muted
- Staccato Dug
- Quiver
- Sul Pont Scrapes
- Ricochet
- Detuned Spiccato
- Detuned Spiccato Long
- Detuned Sul Pont Swell

Flourishes

- Decrescendo 8ves
- Decrescendo 5ths
- Crescendo 8ves
- Crescendo 5ths
- Crescendo Sul Pont 8ves
- Crescendo Sul Pont 5ths
- Chromatic Down
- Chromatic Up
- Gliss Down
- Gliss Up
- Bend Down
- Bend Up
- Fall Off
- Trill Semitone
- Trill Wholetone

Percussion

- A whole range of interesting and useful percussion sounds
MX1 – Close
An ultra close-up and detailed mix.

MX2 – Natural
A great all-round mix suitable for most purposes.

MX3 – Hyped
More grit, compression and bite. Not too over the top, but a great start if you need the cello to cut through a loud mix.

MX4 – Ambient
This mix sounds like you're outside the studio and listening in.
Spot
A mono position that's super dry and super detailed.

Close
This stereo pair is still very close but with bit more space to breathe.

Room
An XY stereo pair with plenty of natural acoustics. Can easily collapse to mono if needed.

Ambient
A mic placed in the hallway outside the studio, whilst the studio door was left open. A very distant perspective.

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