Expressive Violin

True Emotional Legato

Give big emotion to your music

Expressive Violin is a violin virtual instrument for the free Kontakt Player sampler.

It focus on delivering highly realistic, emotionally rich, and expressive melodic true legatos.

 

Expressive Violin - UI

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A captivating and emotive
virtual instrument

Masterful artist, authentic performances

A skilled violin virtuoso was carefully selected for outstanding performance quality.

Samples are music

Samples were collected in a musical setting, not just individual sounds.

It's authentically moving

Human vibrato and dynamics.

A True Legato instrument

We recorded two types of True Legato samples:
We captured how the violinist adapted vibrato and dynamics in two different note lengths in a melodic context.
Short Legato

Short

Immediate vibrato.
Faster bowing.

Use in shorter notes.

Long

Progressive vibrato.
Slower bowing.

Use in longer notes.
Switch easily between the two legato types in real time using Velocity or CC
Vel-CC

What is True Legato?​

"True Legato" means recording interval transitions of an instrument for a connected melodic playback experience.
Legato - 2

We sample music

We capture samples in a musical context, where musicians merge with music.

A handful of controllers

Dynamics

Go from soft to loud using your modwheel, adding further expression to your playing.

True Mid/Side
Stereo width

Recorded using Mid/Side technique.
Mono compatible.

Bow noise

Control the friction noise between the bow and strings in real time.

Reverb

Recorded in a studio for detailed sound, with a hint of reverb for added depth.

Lookahead

Lookahead is an smart controller that adapts the instrument's "speed response"
to optimize its sound for faster or slower melodies, ensuring the best performance in any musical context.
Lower lookahead sounds better on faster melodies. Has less latency.
Higher lookahead sounds better on slower melodies. Has more latency.
Compensate the latency in your DAW's track.
Easily switch between a zero latency mode (Record mode) and a previously set Lookahead value (Playback mode).

Specs

Operating Systems
Windows 8 or later

macOS 10.12 or later
Hardware Requirements
4 GB of RAM

1.17 GB of disk space

1000x600 px display

Internet connection

We recommend the use of SSDs for a faster experience
Software Requirements
Kontakt Player 6.7.0+

Meet the soul behind Expressive Violin

Miguel Ángel Muñoz

1st Chair Violin
Chile's National Symphonic Orchestra
Would you like Miguel to play your music?
We can arrange you a custom recording session.
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