THE TRAVELER SERIES

Traveler Series libraries focus on delivering a genuine purity that can only be captured where the instrument and musical style originated, preserving its true character and history. We seek out a region’s most skilled and renowned performers; amazing folks with stories and bloodlines who live and breathe traditional provincial music. We leave with an education and appreciation for their culture and the role these beautiful instruments serve (as well as a tale or two of our own). We hope our Traveler Series adds an authentic native spirit to your music.
GYPSY FIDDLE
Gypsy fiddle playing is known the world over for its passion, romance and virtuosity and the music is synonymous with the campfire and the open road. Gypsy fiddlers tend to be highly skilled. Their playing swoops dramatically from the highest to the lowest positions, using cascades of arpeggios, chromatic runs, harmonics, pizzicato, exaggerated vibrato and extreme ornamentation.
For our Gypsy Fiddle we traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria where we had the pleasure of working with renowned violinist Stoimen Peev. Stoimen is a member of the elite Sofia Soloists and Sofia Quartet ensembles as well as the Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir and has performed classical and traditional Bulgarian music all over the world. Our lively sessions were superbly directed by co-producer George Strezov and engineer Ivan Boshev at “The Bakery” studios in Sofia.
FEATURES
Deep-sampled Gypsy fiddle recorded in Sofia, Bulgaria by violinist Stoimen PeevPlayable multi-sampled instrument
20 standard & extended articulations
15 traditional Gypsy ornaments
Over 650 Phrases & FX including hundreds of free-form improvisations
2 types of sampled legato
4 performance modes including customizable Double Stops
Scale Lock feature automatically selects ornament intervals in the key of your song
TACT (Total Articulation Control Technology)
8-slot FX rack
Modern, easy to use, feature-packed GUI
Watermarked for copy protection
4.4 GB of content / 10,562 samples (24 bit/44.1 kHz NCW)
REQUIREMENTS
NI Kontakt (full), version 5.8.1 or above5 GB disk space
4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
2008 or later processor. Your system must also meet the requirements for version 5.8.1 of Kontakt. If you cannot run that version, you will not be able to load this library.
Sustain
Sustain – Prog Vib
Sustain – Accented
Legato
Portamento
Trill (minor, major)
Spiccato
Pizzicato
Gypsy Sustain
Gypsy Trill (minor, major)
Gypsy Tenuto
8th Rep.
16th Rep. (normal, 2x)
16th Rep. Spiccato (normal, 2x)
Bartok Pizzicato
Sforzando (2 lengths)
Decrescendo
Horse (2 variations)
Ghost (up & down)
Passion
Slide Up (minor, major, long)
Flourish (2 variations)
Czardas
Pull Off
Hammer On
Triplet
Crescendo Release
PHRASES & FX
FX – Percussive
FX – Chops
FX – Fiddler Whistles
FX – Fiddler Shouts
FX – String Noise
FX – Scrapes
Energetic Improvs
Lyrical Improvs
Polyphonic Improvs
Romani Improvs
Runs & Arpeggios
MAIN GUI
Articulations panelDynamics, Width and Timbre controls
4 performance modes
Rebowing & Open Notes controls
Scale Lock
TACT (Total Articulation Control Technology)
8-slot FX rack
Coming soon!