Auddict Octohorn [KONTAKT]

We are proud to present Octohorn, the first release from our brass series, with an eight-player French Horn ensemble, boasting no less then seven mic positions, with the aims of giving you absolute and ultimate control over your soundscape.

This instrument was created with the intentions of producing something in a completely new league of sonic sculpt-ability, able to sit in a track with the depth and spread of a real ensemble recording. We have achieved this through multiple new and innovative features, including the seven mic positions, carefully set to cover the whole soundscape, recorded chords and octaves to minimize “sample layering” in tracks, which kills the depth of a track, and much more…

Mix between the perspectives; Decca tree sides and mid, flanks, room, woodwind spots (see more about this below!), close ribbons and close LDCs, with the flexibility aimed at replicating a real scoring session. Now you have control over the different mic and perspective levels in the session, enabling you to morph your own sound in your scores, as if you were at the studio with the console at your fingertips.

You might have noticed that one of the perspectives included is “woodwind spots”. While this is not a woodwind library, the mics that spot the woodwinds were set up and included in the recording. The reason for this, is that a lot of the brass sound bleeds heavily into the woodwind mics in scoring sessions, adding

► Full list of articulations:No Legato

(allows polyphonic playing)

Legato

– normal slurred legato (piano and forte dynamic layers crossfade-able)

Oct Legato

– True octave legato

Fst Legato

– Fast legato specially for fast playing

Stutter

(a quick stuttered grace note before the main sustain)

Chords

– Diminuendo major, minor and open 5th chords

Staccato

– Short notes, with up to 5RR per dynamic layer (three layers)