Team DECiBEL | 14 May 2020 | 496.1MB

The "Cello Textures" instrument by Ben Osterhouse is a carefully curated playground of expressive cello articulations.

If you are looking for inspiring, niche string sounds to add splashes of color and realism to your music, this instrument is for you!

Multiple Articulations & Playing Styles!

"Cello Textures" employs a visually stimulating GUI inspired by Spitfire's "Evo" series of instruments, that uses only shapes and arrows to communicate the articulation type and performance options.

Articulations & Effects

Four cello articulations: Staccato, Accent, Dramatic Swell, and Slow Swell

Each articulation recorded with 3 different tone qualities (normale, ponticello, fingered harmonics)

Performance Options

Up/Down Arrows - use these to transpose a particular articulation up or down an octave.

Loop - layers both a reverse articulation and a normal articulation so that they loop continuously.

Reverse Articulation - plays the chosen articulation backwards.

Random - by using the "Dice" button on the top left of the interface you can completely randomize which articulations and performance controls are activated, which can be great for discovering new and unusual textures!

Convolution Reverbs - choose from 4 convolution reverbs.

DETAILS

971 samples at 48kHz 24-bit

Played on a cello created by Frederick Bethke. This cello won a certificate of merit for tone in the 2018 VSA competition.

770MB of samples

5 snapshots

4 impulse response reverbs

For Kontakt 5.8.1 or above Full Version Only - Not for Kontakt player

OVERVIEW

Four cello articulations: Staccato, Accent, Dramatic Swell, and Slow Swell

Each articulation recorded with 3 different tone qualities (normale, ponticello, fingered harmonics)

Options for each articulation to be octave shifted, reversed, or looped.

Options to randomize articulations

Intuitive interface

Changelog:

V1.1:

Now compatible with the full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or above

V1.2:

Improved performance

Retuned Samples

V1.3

New skin

New IR's

Clipped off extraneous sounds at the end of some samples.

Articulation buttons now light up properly

V1.4

Minor bug fixes