Name: Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Hulusi Virtual Instrument (Upgrade to Full Library)
Brand: Vienna Symphonic Library
SKU: VIVSLSYY60E
Price: 32.00 USD

The Synchron Hulusi from Vienna Symphonic Library is a comprehensive virtual instrument based on the southern Chinese hulusi, an end-blown free-reed pipe with one melody pipe and two drone pipes. The hulusi can produce soft but beautiful sounds with expressive vibrato techniques, and is now available for the first time as part of VSL's advanced Synchron line of virtual instrument libraries.

Like all Synchron products, this library was created using seven microphone positions with numerous pre-configured mixer presets, and supports stereo, 5.1 surround, Dolby Atmos, and 9.1 AURO-3D mixing. The Hulusi library includes 13 distinct articulations, all fully playable from the free included Vienna Synchron Player program, and is available in Audio Unit, VST, AAX Native, and standalone formats for macOS and Windows computers.

Note:

This license upgrades any Hulusi Standard Library to a Full Library, increasing samples from 2735 to 4376 in a 1.9 GB library.

An Alluring Free-Reed Pipe

The Hulusi is a Chinese end-blown free-reed pipe with a gourd wind chamber. It originally came from the Dai-zu or Dai (Thai) people of southern China. The hulusi usually consists of three bamboo pipes: one melody pipe with finger holes and two drone pipes that are often tuned to an octave and a fifth.

The sound of the hulusi is hauntingly beautiful, but fairly soft. The Dai men would play it to express their love to women, while others often played the hulusi in the fields when taking a break from planting or harvesting. The instrument achieves expressiveness through its vibrato technique.

Played by a Professional

The hulusi 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 seven 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 hulusi'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 hulusi 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

Hulusi in C

Range: C4 to D5
Scale: C major (C, D, E, F, G, A, B)
C4 = Middle C

Short Notes

Staccato bold and agile
Portato bold and agile
Long Portato with vibrato, without vibrato, and with fast vibrato
Dynamic trills

Long Notes, Legato

Sustained with slow vibrato, fast vibrato, and without vibrato
Flutter tonguing
Trills

Fast Repetitions

Repetitions from 120 to 160 BPM with ringing and cut release

Delivery Format	Download
License Type	Upgrade: Perpetual License
User Support	1 User
Sound Type	Woodwinds, Historical Instruments
Library Size	1.9 GB (Full)
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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