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Some interesting things I found recently:

# Experibass – violin, viola, cello and double bass combined together.

Diego Stocco writes:

Few weeks ago I visited a luthier looking for instruments parts, I had an idea in mind for an instrument I wanted to build. My curiosity was to hear the sound of violin, viola and cello strings amplified through the body of a double bass. I came up with a quadruple-neck experimental "something" that I thought to call Experibass.

To play it I used cello and double bass bows, a little device I built with fishing line and hose clamps, a paintbrush, a fork, spoons, a kick drum pedal and a drum stick. I hope you'll like it!

Thanks to luthier John Wu for providing me the parts, even though I warned him that I was probably going to create a "monster" : )

Prokits has announced a new collection of unique and individual sampled instruments.

Prokits is a portal for buying and selling professional sampler specific sounds, libraries, multi-samples and instruments online. We have a dedicated team of highly individual sound engineers from around the world providing regular content for the site.

New Prokits instruments

• Tibetan Singing Bowls by Michael Dunn – 250MB of long hits and loops.
• Bulbul Tarang Indian Banjo Instrument by Michael Bietenholz – Scripted Kontakt sampled instrument, tuning modes, natural decay.
• Kantele by Eric Van Gent – Traditional Finnish 5 string Kantele (plucked string instrument).
• Feedback Response by Eric Van Gent – Textured Layered and Toned Soundscape.
• Darbuka by Michael Bietenholz – Aluminium Goblet Hand-drum with round robin variants.
• Toy Glockenspiel – Extensively sampled, massively playable metal plate glockenspiel.
• Violimba by Pingu – Unique authentic sampled instrument producing deep metallic groans.
• Waterphone by Pingu – 28 rod Waterphone played with beaters.
• Amiga Kit by Koney – 6 drumkits and 10 synths from original Amiga Demoscene days.

Prokits instruments for Kontakt are available for purchase with prices starting at £1.50 GBP.

More information: Prokits

Vienna Symphonic Library has released Solo Strings II, a sample library which features the muted solo instruments violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

The Solo Strings II Collection contains articulations such as muted short and long notes, crescendo and diminuendo variations, as well as Interval Performances like legato, portamento, and trills. Furthermore, additional Performance Legatos with very long notes have been recorded for use in slower parts. Thus, every single pitch and velocity is available in 24 variations, and going the extra mile proved worthwhile!

Solo Strings II features

• Solo Strings Full Library contains 46.5 GB of uncompressed sample data in 44.1kHz/24-bit.
• Performances:
  • Interval Performances: Legato with medium, progressive, and without vibrato, portamento, marcato, spiccato
  • Fast Interval Performances: Legato
  • Performance Trills
  • Repetition Performances: Legato, portato, staccato, spiccato
  • Fast Repetitions: 16ths from 150 to 190 BPM
• Single notes:
  • Short notes: Staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each
  • Long notes: Sustains with medium, progressive, and without vibrato
  • Dynamics: Medium and strong crescendos & diminuendos with vibrato; fp, sfz, sffz, pfp with vibrato
  • Tremolo
  • Pizzicato
  • Artificial harmonics: Staccato, sustains

Solo Strings II is available in a Standard version for $380 USD and the Full version is $664 USD.

Note: If you have registered both the Standard and the Extended Library of the Vienna Instruments Collection Solo Strings I you will automatically receive a Full Library Activation Code upon registering the Standard Library of Solo Strings II before or on January 15, 2009. This means you will get the Extended Library of Solo Strings II for free.

Visit Vienna Symphonic Library for more information and audio demos.

bioLogic has released a free set of violin samples.

He writes:

Recorded with a Rode NT3 small diaphragm condenser about 6″ from the strings, fed to a Really Nice Preamp and into my M-Audio 2496.

Violin Ricochet features

• 16 Samples, 6.3MB extracted.
• 32bit, 44.1KHz.
• 4 Strings: G, D, A, E stretched to fit.
• 5 Alternate Strikes: for round robin playability.
• 1 Velocity Layer: ricochet style (bow held several inches high, and dropped).

The sampleset includes HALion 3, sfz and wav and can downloaded here.

Vienna Symphonic Library has released Chamber Strings II, the sequel to Chamber Strings I, offering all-new articulations and sonic subtleties for the small string ensembles.

Chamber Strings II contains many of the playing techniques that the first Collection includes, but played “con sordino” (with mutes). They lend themselves well to soft, intimate arrangements, and provide nuanced variations to your orchestral pallet. The muted chamber ensembles are a refined addition to your treasure chest of string varieties from Vienna!

Chamber Strings II features

• All of the recorded samples were performed by an accomplished ensemble of string players who have been lending their talents and their international experience to the Vienna Symphonic Library for years:
  • Violin ensemble (6 players)
  • Viola ensemble (4 players)
  • Cello ensemble (3 players)
  • Double bass ensemble (2 players)
• Offers various facets of short and sustained notes, crescendos and diminuendos, but also includes Vienna’s unique Interval Performances, including legato, portamento, and trill performances. Check here for a complete list.

Chamber Strings II is available on DVD in a standard version for €365 EUR (13,245 samples), and a full version for €510 EUR (30,405 samples).

Visit Vienna Symphonic Library for more information.

DSK Music has released DSK Strings v1.0, a freeware classic string instruments VSTi plugin.

Features

• 2 Layers (22 instruments)
• ADSR for each layer
• Octave and micro-tunning selector
• Effects: Flanger, Delay and Reverb
• Midi Automation

The instruments included are:

1. Cello (p, sp, sf, sm)
2. ContraBass (p, sp, sf)
3. Viola (p, sp, sf)
4. Violin (p, sp, sf, sm)
5. Full String section (sp, sf, sm)
6. Glisando Fx

p = pizzicato, sp = section piano, sf = section forte, sm = section marcato

DSK Strings v1.0 (31.0 MB) can be downloaded below.

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Make sure to check out DSK’s other synths if you haven’t before.