An expansion of Vienna's original saxophone library that delivers key articulations and performances.

The Vienna Instruments II Saxophones Collection is the sequel to Vienna's Horizon Series Saxophones I software library. With this instrument, the saxophones are now complete, and the performance algorithms of the Vienna Instruments work wonders with these samples. The focus has been directed equally to orchestral settings as well as to jazz. Famous examples for orchestral appearances of these instruments are the saxophone quartet by Alexander Glasunow, the alto saxophone concerts by Glasunow and Debussy, or the Castello from Mussorgsky's "Pictures." In addition, a lot of articulations for jazz and big band requirements are included, such as bends, tongue slaps, growling, screams, extended flageolets, key sounds, etc. And there's the cool long and short downward ending phrases triggered as release samples. The breathy tones stem from the legendary Barfly sessions at the Silent Stage, when the lights were dimmed, setting the mood for softer tones.

Please note: Vienna Instruments require the ViennaKey. The ViennaKey is necessary to run any Vienna instrument. This USB protection device by Syncrosoft is not included in the box of any collection, it is a separate item you have to purchase additionally.

Vienna Instruments Saxophones Features:

Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, and Bass saxophones
Full library of articulations
Interval Performances: legato with and without vibrato, grace notes (minor second to octave), portamento
Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato
Performance Trills
Repetition Performances: legato (slow and fast), portato (slow and fast), staccato
Fast repetitions: staccato
Octave runs: legato, chromatic and whole tone runs, up and down
Grace notes: minor second to octave, up and down
Bends down: sustains with and without vibrato, progressive vibrato, "dirty" (screams); legato with vibrato (grace notes, portamento, glissandos, marcato, trills)
Single notes:
Short notes: Staccato, portato (short, medium, long), marcato
Long notes: Sustained notes with and without vibrato, with progressive vibrato, slaps normal und muted, key sounds, screams, long and short end phrases
Dynamics: Various crescendos & diminuendos; fp, sfz, sffz
Flutter tonguing: normal and crescendo
Trills: Half and whole tone, crescendo & diminuendo, constant speed and accelerando

Vienna Instruments Saxophones Specifications:

System Requirements
Apple:
G4 800 MHz (G5 recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. AU or VST host program.
PC:
Intel/AMD 2 GHz (3++ GHz recommended) with Windows XP. VST host program.
Requires the ViennaKey