VSL Studio Special Woodwinds: Contrabass Clarinet
Clarinet Virtual Instrument
Deep Down
The rare contrabass clarinet is almost twice as long as the bass clarinet, and so not only the deepest, but also the biggest instrument in the clarinet family with a very powerful and sonorous sound.
The instrument was recorded in the relatively dry and controlled environment of our second studio, the Silent Stage, and offers all common articulations.
Features
- Recorded at Silent Stage
- Short and long notes, legato, dynamics, flutter tongue, repetitions
- Mixer Presets for authentic placement at Synchron Stage Vienna
- Switch off internal reverb for placement in any virtual acoustic environment
Foundation
The contrabass clarinet is a transposing instrument and notated in treble key, but sounding a major ninth lower.
Some instruments even have extra keys to extend the range down.
It is found more often in brass and military music than in the orchestra.
Its tone is rich and full, the lowest notes having an understandably rough quality.
Swing Low
Although the contrabass clarinet makes an appareance in contemporary orchestra pieces more regularly, it was more readily adopted by jazz musicians, where it can show its strengths and versatility.
Anthony Braxton and Hamiet Bluiett are among the surprisingly not-so-rare players of the contrabass clarinet.
Sampling
The library features a full set of articulations, offering various short and long notes, legato (including fast legatos that let you play trills), crescendos and diminuendos, sfz, sffz, pfp, flutter tongue, and repetitions.
Recording the samples relatively dry at the Silent Stage makes it possible to place them on your virtual stage and in the stereo field wherever you like, but also enables you to integrate them with our Synchron Series by using the internal convolution reverb of our very own Synchron Stage Vienna.
System Requirements
- MacOS 10.14 Mojave and above
- Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
- Intel, AMD, or Apple Silicon CPU
- 8GB RAM or more (16GB or more recommended)
- 3GB free storage space
- Free iLok account and iLok License Manager
- iLok Cloud and iLok USB licensing methods are supported
Plugin Formats
AAX Native, AU, VST2, VST3, and Standalone