Introducing “Violin Intimate”, a textural violin library featuring intimate articulations and improvisations, recorded in collaboration with violinist Kayvon Sesar at Silent Zoo Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
A tool created for anyone who is looking for an unconventional approach to using a traditional instrument, and creating original, evolving organic textures, allowing you to score a scene in an instant.
Choose from 18 different articulations and create your own blend of up to 4 articulations at a time (via an XY pad) which can be shaped and manipulated with multiple built-in effects.
About Kayvon:
Kayvon is a freelance violinist based in Los Angeles. He performs on a wide variety of platforms ranging from classical concerts, pop shows, to recording sessions for albums films, TV and video games.
Artists Kayvon has worked with include Adele, Beyoncé, John Legend, and Toni Braxton. He has also performed with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Irish Chamber Orchestra, and Santa Barbara Symphony.
Playing Techniques
- Broken Chords (Minor & Major)
- Broken Chord Harmonics
- Flautando
- Col Legno Bowed
- Col Legno Tremolo
- Col Legno Bounce Attacks
- Col Legno Bowed Trills (min2nd & Maj2nd
- Col Legno Bends
- Sul Pont / Sul Tasto Textures
- Scale Clusters
- Fingered Harmonics Sul Pont
- Fingered Harmonics Sul Pont Tremolo
- Improvisation 1 – Hairpin Outbursts / Slow & Fast Bow Changes
- Improvisation 2 – Hairpin Outbursts / Slow & Fast Bow Changes Col Legno
- Improvisation 3 – Muted Sul Pont With Random Accents
Special:
- QR code for quick access to our Recording Artist
- Two-way switchable user interface
- Headshot
- Biography / QR code
Main Page:
- XY pad (blend up to 4 sounds together)
- 5 x mic positions (Close, High Close, Tree, Room, Wide)
- EQ
- Envelope (Attack, Sustain, Decay, Release)
FX Page:
- 5 x reverbs (Chamber, Cathedral, Hall, Plate, Home)
- 5 x delays (Modern, Analog, Tape, Vintage, Diffusion)
- Filter
- Pitch Shifter
- Saturation
- Rotation
Secondary page (per individual playing technique editing)
- EQ
- Filter
- Spreader
- Rotation
- PAN
Runs in full retail version of Kontakt 6.0.4 & above
- 14GB (over 7500 samples)
- 30GB disk space required during install
- System Requirements:
- Mac: Mac OS X 10.13 or later / Intel i5 or newer
- Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, / Quad-core Intel i5 or newer
- Recommended Cores & RAM: Quad-core & above, min. 8GB RAM (16GB & above recommended)
- We strongly recommend storing Violin Intimate on a Solid State Drive (SSD) for better performance – regular spinning Hard Disk Drives (HDD) may not be as efficient
