CineWinds Pro

Pro Woodwind Orchestra

CineWinds PRO is comprised of entirely new orchestral woodwind sample content, and as with CineWinds CORE, it was proudly recorded at the SONY Scoring Stage and mixed by Dennis Sands. CineWinds CORE contains the standard orchestral woodwinds — piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. For CineWinds PRO, he went beyond the essentials to bring you exceptional instruments, such as the alto flute and contrabassoon, as well as a comprehensive selection of ethnic woodwind instruments, performed by expert William Lyons, who sampled the exact instruments he played in many film scores, including The Hobbit by director Peter Jackson.

CINESAMPLES' ADAPTIVE LEGATO ENGINE

Cinesamples applied its Adaptive Legato Engine from CineStrings SOLO, Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato, and Viola da Gamba to the orchestral instruments in CineWinds PRO. It allows you to tailor the legato response to your own playing style, and is designed to respond musically to your performance. The engine detects your playing speed and intelligently adjusts the interval speed to match. This means you can play slow, expressive lines and fast runs in a single performance, without touching the speed dial. Additionally, the intensity parameter responds to velocity. 

In the Settings Tab, the VOLUME RANGE controls how much the volume is affected by CC1. So those who use CC1 and CC11 together can keep the slider all the way down, and those who only use the mod wheel can turn it up. 

Using the VEL / ATTACK function, the attack of each note responds to your velocity. Lower velocities will generate a slower attack. 

QUANTIZE MODE: In any True Legato instrument, there will be some lag when playing note-to-note transitions. This is usually compensated for by moving all notes slightly to the left in the sequencer, or by using a track pre-delay. The problem with most legato libraries is that the timings of each note are inconsistent; the first note in a phrase will sound immediately, while subsequent notes will be delayed. The Quantize Mode tackles this problem by calculating the legato lag time, and applying the same delay to non-legato samples. This means you can quantize a performance, shift the MIDI to the left, and the timings of each note will be consistent. 

NEW MAPPING TAB

CineWinds PRO includes a brand new mapping area styled after CineStrings SOLO that allows for greater flexibility in customizing composer workflows. 

ACCENT OVERLAY

The Accent Overlay control layers an additional articulation (Marcato = Short 1/2, Staccato = Short 1/4, Spiccato = Short 1/8) over the attack of sustains. Turning on ACCENTED LEGATO adds this layer to the legato transitions. 

NEW VIBRATO CONTROL

In the Mapping tab, the Vibrato fader allows for a variable crossfade speed into and out of vibrato samples. This control defaults to CC2 but can be assigned to any controller. 

ENSEMBLE PATCH

The new Ensemble Patch includes the Alto Flute, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, and Contrabassoon. 

System Requirements

• All versions of Kontakt v5.8.1 and above
• Native 64-bit support for stand-alone and plug-in versions on both Mac & PC
• CineWinds is compatible with all major DAWs and with music notation software, using the Kontakt Engine.
• PC: Windows 10 (32/64 Bit), Intel®Core Duo 2GHZ or AMD Athlon 64, 4 GB RAM
• Mac: OS X 10.7 or higher, Intel® Core Duo 2 GHz, 4 GB RAM
• To load all main articulations patches with the full mix position it is recommended to have at least 2GB of FREE RAM available
• Minimum of 18 GB of free Hard drive Space

This instrument requires the FREE or FULL version of Kontakt 5.8.1+