e-instruments have announced that their beautiful-sounding Cremona Quartet Stradivari Cello Kontakt-based virtual instrument, which to date has only been available as part of the Cremona Quartet Bundle, is now available to buy separately.

This faithful version of Antonio Stradivari’s “Stauffer” cello from c.1700, offers a warm and delicate character which means the instrument performs just as well on its own as it does within a full ensemble.

Stradivari Cello Features At A Glance

• Solo Cello Instrument

• Smart fingerboard positioning

• Multi-channel, stereo phase-aligned dynamic layers

• Mix between close, mid and far mic positions, or use patch with bespoke stereo mix for

  lighter CPU / RAM requirements.

• Additional room noise control

• Performance-captured vibrato emulates human vibrato technique

• 20 Professionally played articulations

• Including up to 3 legato transitions per articulation

• Virtuoso articulation combines multiple playing techniques without the need for key

  switching

• Native Instruments NKS compatible

Background

The Quartet was recorded in the heart of Cremona, the birthplace of Stradivari and the very auditorium designed to hear them at their best, the Auditorium Giovanno Arvedi. The meticulous recreation of these iconic instruments makes playing the collection a reality, in more ways than one. Not only does the high-quality sample content preserve the sound of these revered instruments for future generations, but also packs the mastery of this historic collection into a set of powerful instruments for modern composers.

The project brought new technical challenges to the e-instruments team who wanted to ensure that this recreation would be free of compromise both in terms of sound and playability. The instruments feature new technologies such as;

• Multi-channel, Stereo phase alignment - Every single note of each instrument has been painstakingly sampled at different dynamics and phase-aligned in stereo across multiple microphones. This ensures that all dynamic transitions are free from any phasing artefacts and dynamic changes over long legato transitions, from the softest pianissimo to the most forceful fortissimo, are indistinguishable from that of the real thing.

• Performance Captured Vibrato - The e-instruments innovation of performance captured vibrato takes the recording of a professional player’s vibrato technique, then reapplies the behaviour of the vibrato parameters to the sample, allowing you to automate or control in real-time, resulting in full and realistic control for an expressive and natural sound.

The Stradivari Cello is available now at the introductory price of €149 until 31st January 2022. Solo Cello customers also have the option to upgrade to the full quartet for €199,00 at a later date.