REQ: Decent Samples Viola Ensemble [Decent Sampler, Kontakt, SFZ]

The warm, highly cinematic tone of this often overlooked member of the string family. Now available in three convenient formats: Kontakt (requires the full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or later), SFZ, & Decent Sampler.

Description:
Staying home because of a global pandemic is a strange experience: some people take up baking, others binge-watch TV, and me? I’ve started playing the viola. I was trained as a violinist, and before April, I had never picked up the instrument. It took a while to get used to playing on a larger fingerboard, but it hasn’t been too bad: 10 minutes one day, 15 minutes the next; slowly remapping my brain to new, wider finger positions.

Anyway, it’s gotten to the point where I actually needed to sample the instrument for some film work I’m doing. This isn’t a sample library I intended to sell, I was really making it for my own use, but since I’ve gone to the trouble, I figured I might as well make it available for others to use it as well.



What I’ve done is created a simple ensemble patch with 8 layers. One articulation: sustain. There are three controls: volume, tone, and reverb. Dynamics are controlled by the modwheel. There are four levels: when the modwheel is all the way down, you’re getting two violas; when it’s all the way up you’re getting 8.

Have fun!

– Dave



Features:

The Kontakt and Decent Sampler versions comes with three controls: volume, tone and reverb
Three formats:
The Kontakt version is compatible with the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.8.1 (or later).
The SFZ version tested with Plogue Sforzando
The Decent Sampler version works with the free Decent Samples player plugin. Download it here.
Sample rate: 24-bit 48khz
Library size: 58MB compressed