Fracture Sounds Emotive Woodwind Soloists [KONTAKT]

Expanding our series of award-winning legato soloist libraries, Emotive Woodwind Soloists captures the core woodwind instruments with exceptional depth, nuance, and realism.

From Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky to John Williams, the woodwind section has long been a cornerstone of musical storytelling. With Emotive Woodwind Soloists, this organic expressiveness has been distilled into a focused library, capturing the subtle nuance and intimacy of these instruments with a contemporary tone, perfect for dramatic scoring.

Recorded at Nave Studios with some of England’s finest musicians, Emotive Woodwind Soloists is designed to blend seamlessly with other instruments in the Fracture Sounds Soloists range. Featuring production-ready microphone mixes and customisable positioning, it offers exceptional flexibility for precisely placing instruments within your mix.

With its innovative features, expressive performances, and seamless workflow, Emotive Woodwind Soloists is an essential addition to any composer’s toolkit- designed to streamline creativity and fully immerse you in the emotive strength of woodwinds.

Intelligent Tools

Like our other Soloists libraries, Emotive Woodwind Soloists is powered by the Smart Legato engine, which uses lookahead technology to deliver the most realistic and expressive performances. Additionally, the library features an enhanced Smart Trills engine, first introduced in Petrichor. Simply hold down intervals up to a major 2nd (or a major 3rd on the flute), and a trill is automatically triggered, creating a fluid and intuitive playing experience.

Instrumentation

We have carefully selected the woodwind instruments most commonly featured as soloists in an orchestral setting, including flute, oboe, clarinet, cor anglais, and bassoon. Additionally, a bonus piccolo patch offers unique combinational articulations with the flute. In total, the library features 80 articulations, ranging from expressive legato and sustains to dynamic shorts and trills, providing a comprehensive toolkit for a variety of woodwind performances.

Meet the Musicians

Robert Looman (flute, piccolo) is Professor of Piccolo at the Royal Academy of Music and Principal Piccolo of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Matt Jones (oboe, cor anglais) and Sarah Nixon (bassoon) are seasoned orchestral musicians and educators in the north of England. Sergio Castelló López (clarinet) is Principal Clarinetist of the Hallé Orchestra.

Their expertise and artistry shine through in every note, ensuring an expressive and authentic sound at the highest standard.

Features– Includes flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon
– 80 articulations, including legato
– 3 microphone positions (close, mid, far)
– Advanced Smart Legato performance engine
– Smart Trill performance engine
– Flexible instrument placement (In Situ, Custom Position, and Centre Stereo)
– Recommended 16GB RAM, 8 Core Processor. Store on SSD
– Full NKS support – works with Komplete Kontrol hardware
– 32GB download size (NCW compressed from a 65GB sample pool)
– Download through Native Access

Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v6.7.1 and higher!