Further instruments in the Solos of the Sea series are forthcoming. Details & pricing is TBA on the unreleased Solos of the Sea instruments. Prices will not necessarily be consistent between the different instruments.

Solos of the Sea – Solo Violin A is a very simple solo legato instrument. The library continues along the lines of the unfolding Con Moto series with ‘active-bow’ sustains and legatos recorded con moto (with motion). The latter is here expanded upon with a ‘pitch-memory’ adaptation, which helps minimize a musician’s susceptibility to timbral variation between sustain and shorter legato assets.

Solo violinist

One dynamic layer (in the territory of mf-f)

Bow-change pitch-memory legato, recorded con moto (with movement in the bowing and vibrato)

(with movement in the bowing and vibrato) “Active-bow” sustains (non-static longs that move and evolve while simultaneously maintaining the dynamic/timbre)

Short, responsive release samples

One mic position – recorded at a moderately close distance in a hall with a stereo pair

48kHz / 24bit

NCW-compressed, ~175 MB total

Built for Kontakt 5.5.1 and above – full, retail version of Kontakt required

Download via Continuata

NOTE ON DELAY: this library has a moderately delayed response (140 ms) when playing, to further the musicality of the legatos. The library is heavily optimized for this delay amount. All the elements of the library (legatos, sustains, attacks, releases, etc) are on the same delay, which allow you to play in your parts, quantize them, set the track delay to -140 ms and have everything be on the beat.