Available for download, this complete collection of Chris Hein Orchestral Woodwinds from Best Service is a sample library giving you flutes, clarinets, oboes, and bassoons in one virtual instrument. Each family of woodwinds contains up to four different instruments in its categoryโfor example, there are four flutes in the flute packโand every instrument makes use of fourteen articulations and up to eight dynamic layers.
This virtual instrument is powered by the included Native Instruments Kontakt Player, which allows for a panoply of configuration choices to accommodate many different styles of workflow. 26 key-switch presets at the lower end of the keyboard range allow you to choose among various options in triggering different articulations, for example.
With around 10,000 samples per individual instrument, this library's 50GB of content will come in handy for producers and composers alike, whether your taste is for film work or orchestral pieces. Furthermore, while all instruments have been close-mic'd individuallyโaffording you multiple blending options in postโparticularly dynamic expressions have been recorded in a manner that will always synchronize, giving you a coherent tone in volume swells, decrescendos, and other situations.
This virtual instrument collection is compatible with both Mac and Windows platforms. It can run in standalone mode, or operate within VST, AU, or AAX formats.
Notable Features
- 13 orchestral woodwind instruments
- 50GB content
- 130,000 samples
- 14 articulations
- Up to 8 dynamic layers
- Phase-aligned samples
- 4 dynamic modes
- Dynamic expression sustains
- Note-head designer
- Hot keys
- Intelligent legato
- Glide-mode to play realistic runs
- 10 built-in DSP effects
- 2 independent convolution reverbs
- 63 impulse responses
- Attack and release controls
- Special noise controls
- Ensemble maker
- Micro-tuner
- Adjustable fader settings in the GUI
- Intelligent LFO vibrato with EQ
- Customizable auto-vibrato
- Key-vibrato
Instruments
- Piccolo
- C-flute 1
- C-flute 2
- Alto-flute
Clarinets:
- Eb-clarinet
- Bb-clarinet
- Bass clarinet
Oboes
- Oboe
- Oboe d'amoreย
- English horn
Bassoons
- Bassoon
- Bassoon barock
- Contra bassoon