High woodwinds
Expressive solo instruments for captivating melodies and phrases. Wonderfully playable with a close, intimate sound, these are perhaps the best woodwinds available that aren’t actually made of wood.
5 expressive solo instruments from the higher registers: A perfect complement to the main Berlin Woodwinds collection.
Highlights
Specifically designed for solo passages
Solo Flute
Solo Alto Flute
Solo Oboe
Solo English Horn
Solo Clarinet
Recorded in the dry Teldex Solo Booth
Define your sound
Sonically, these instruments are designed to be flexible: They can take center stage, or sound close and intimate, depending on what you need. They also form the perfect complement to the ensembles in our Berlin Woodwinds main library.
Playable and expressive
Each of the players is a true soloist—from Yeon Hee Kwak on the oboe and English horn to Jelka Weber on the flutes. And you can channel these performances easily—three legato modes let you play fluid melody lines, while still offering plenty of scope for detailed editing later.
The soloists for your ensemble
These solo instruments complement the ensembles in the Berlin Woodwinds main collection. The up-front, intimate sound of the solo instruments sits well with the more spacious ensemble sound of the main room, while at the same time giving the soloists the spotlight they deserve. We’ve taken great care to make sure that playability, techniques, and levels are consistent across all Berlin Woodwinds—in fact, across the whole Berlin Series.
About the legato styles
Play straight out of the box with adaptive legato—play moderately, and you get a nice slurred legato. Play faster and you’ll automatically get faster legato transitions. Additional re-tongued transitions, where the player ‘re-attacks’ a note, provide added realism.
A single velocity layer for maximum expressiveness
Instead of recording fixed p, mf and f layers, the musicians were free to follow their instincts in choosing the best dynamic for a solo part. This gives rise to lively, dynamic long notes in different styles. While higher velocity leads the instrument to play a subtle crescendo, playing more softly results in a slight decrescendo. By using a single velocity layer, we reduce any phasing effect to a minimum.
This collection is included in these bundles:
Runs in SINE
Mic merging
Preserve your system resources: Fine-tune your mix using multiple mic positions, then merge into a single channel within the player.
Greater usability
SINE is designed to complement the compositional workflow. Create on the fly with auto keyswitch options, and easy remapping tools.
Download single instruments
Choose only the instruments and mic positions that you currently need—no need to download the entire collection at once.
Berlin Woodwinds
Woodwinds Soloists 1
High woodwinds
Teldex Solo Booth, Berlin
SINE version
Works with Orchestral Tools’ SINE Player—NOTE: Latest version required!
Size
11.2 GB of samples (4.8 GB SINEarc compressed)
24 bit / 48 KHz patches
SINE system requirements
Mac: macOS 10.15 or higher | Intel Core i5 or similar | Apple ARM chipsets supported | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Windows: Windows 10 | Intel Core i5 or similar | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Formats supported: Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
Kontakt version
Works with Kontakt 5.5.1 full
Please note: Kontakt versions bought after Feb 17, 2021 can be upgraded to SINE for a support fee of 10% of the regular retail price