Name: Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Gajdica Virtual Instrument (Standard Library)
Brand: Vienna Symphonic Library
SKU: VIVSLSYY57S
Price: 58.00 USD

The Synchron Gajdica from Vienna Symphonic Library is a comprehensive virtual instrument based on the archaic Slovak gajdica, a single-reed wooden pipe used in traditional shepherd's dances. The gajdica has a rich and penetrating sound played with circular breathing techniques, similarly to a bagpipe, and is now available for the first time as part of VSL's advanced Synchron line of virtual instrument libraries.

This Standard Library contains stereo Decca Tree Main/Room mics, a stereo Mid position, a mono close mic, and the Decca Tree mono centre mic. The Gajdica library includes 16 distinct articulations, all fully playable from the free included Venna Synchron Player program, and is available in Audio Units, VST, AAX Native, and standalone formats for macOS and Windows computers.

Note:

This license is for the standard library version, which includes 3115 samples in a 968.2MB library.

An Ancient Shepherd's Horn

The gajdica is an archaic instrument that was preserved in Lipany, a rural village in the Šariš region of Slovakia. The single-reed instrument consists of a wooden pipe made of hazel, elder, cherry, plum, or maple with a cow horn attached to the lower end and six holes on the top part of the melodic reed, with a seventh hole on the back side.

It was originally used to play short pastoral motifs and shepherd songs of the Šariš region, for shepherding signals, and as an accompaniment to the unique shepherds' culture dance. The sound of the Gajdica is penetrating, rich, and intense. Because of its playing style, with circular breathing and accents to melodic notes, the gajdica is similar to a one-piped bagpipe. A special, very quickly played form of vibrato gives the instrument a unique character.

Played by a Professional

The gajdica was played by multi-instrumentalist, folk instruments expert, and member of the Synchron Stage Orchestra, Veronika Vitazkova. She played in many orchestras, among them the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and Tonkünstler Orchestra, toured Europe as a solo flutist with the late Ennio Morricone, and played at esteemed festivals from Salzburger Festspiele to Hollywood in Vienna.

Having performed on countless film scores at Synchron Stage Vienna, Veronika feels very much at home on the large Stage A and marvels at the exceptional acoustics of this scoring stage that contribute substantially to the overall sound of each instrument.

Every Nuance Captured

To capture the spectacular ambience of Stage A of Synchron Stage, VSL's engineers employed phase-coherent microphone configurations to provide a broad range of room options. All signals are available as separate channels in the mixer section of the Vienna Synchron Player. A wide variety of presets offer perfect mixer settings and serve as great starting points for your own sound creations.

Diatonic Scale

Under the Content tab you'll find a listing of the gajdica's natural sampled tones, which are diatonic as opposed to chromatic. Nonetheless, this software instrument provides a chromatic keyboard mapping of notes. In addition, legatos were sampled chromatically. If you want your composition to be played by a gajdica player, please bear in mind that not everything you write and play on the keyboard may be possible to perform for a musician, due to the nonchromatic nature of the instrument.

Articulations

Instrument

Gajdica in D

Range: C4 to E5
Scale: D major (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#)
C4 = Middle C

Short Notes

Staccato bold and agile
Portato bold and agile
Long portato with regular vibrato, strong vibrato, and without vibrato

Long Notes, Legato

Sustained with normal vibrato, strong vibrato, and without vibrato
Flutter tonguing
Trills
Grace notes with normal vibrato, strong vibrato, and without vibrato

Fast Repetitions

Repetitions from 120 to 160 BPM with ringing and cut release

Delivery Format	Download
License Type	Standard: Perpetual License
User Support	1 User
Sound Type	Woodwinds, Historical Instruments
Library Size	968.2 MB (Standard)
Standalone Operation	Yes
System Compatibility/Requirements	Operating System: macOS/Windows Software Requirements: Vienna Synchron Player Supports Plug-in Format AU / VST / AAX (Native) USB Key Authentication: Required (iLok Cloud/iLok3/iLok2)

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