El Mariachi

• El Mariachi features a variety of traditional Mexican instruments, including violins, trumpets, guitars, vihuela, and guitarrón.
• The library includes 12 patches with adaptive articulations, allowing for expressive performances that respond to playing style.
• Articulations for violins and trumpets include sustain, staccato, and adaptive, enhancing the authenticity of the mariachi sound.
• The guitar engine allows real-time chord strumming with samples at every fret position, enabling realistic chord voicings.
• Compatible with AAX format; does not require Kontakt.

Product Overview

El Mariachi immerses you in the vibrant sounds of traditional Mexican music, featuring a rich array of instruments recorded in Oaxaca. This library captures the essence of mariachi with expressive violins, trumpets, guitars, and more, making it ideal for both lively tracks and intimate compositions.

Details

The library includes a diverse selection of instruments, such as five violins, two solo trumpets, a duet trumpet, guitar, vihuela, guitarrón, harp, and accordion. Each instrument is equipped with focused articulations tailored to mariachi music, including adaptive techniques that respond to your playing style. For violins, articulations like sustain, rebow, tremolo, and pizzicato are available, while trumpets feature staccato, staccatissimo, and a unique "doit" articulation for expressive effects.

The guitar and vihuela benefit from a dynamic strumming engine, allowing real-time chord generation and control over strum direction and dynamics. The guitarrón provides deep bass lines with sustain and octave options, anchoring the ensemble's rhythm. The harp offers both fingertip and fingernail techniques for varied tonal nuances, while the accordion adds a lively layer with its clarinet and musette reeds.

El Mariachi also includes over 100 MIDI strumming patterns and mini-masterclass videos from the musicians of Mariachi De Oaxaca, enhancing your understanding of the genre and facilitating creative workflow. This library is designed to deliver an authentic mariachi experience, making it a valuable tool for composers looking to explore this rich musical tradition.