Folk Fiddle 2 Beatnik Roots Violin

• Folk Fiddle 2 is a roots violin library featuring 27 articulations, including true legato, spiccato, pizzicato, and various grace notes.
• It requires the FULL version of Kontakt 5/6/7 or above; it is not compatible with Kontakt Player.
• The library includes 4 mic positions: Overhead, Room L, Room R, and Distant.
• It offers advanced features like scale-adaptive turns and a hyper-powerful overlay threshold functionality for enhanced playability.
• Included with the library is THE SHAMAN’S DRUM, a frame drum with a simple beater position control for real-time striking position adjustments.

Product Overview

Folk Fiddle 2 - Beatnik Roots Violin serves as a versatile roots violin library, offering a wide range of articulations that cater to folk-inspired compositions. Its expressive character is enhanced by true legato and a variety of nuanced turns and grace notes, allowing for fluid melodic construction.

Details

The library features 27 articulations, including static longs, expressive longs, and various staccato techniques, each with multiple round-robins for dynamic variation. The true legato mode supports both vibrato and non-vibrato options, while additional articulations like crescendos, sforzandos, and pizzicatos provide further expressive capabilities. Grace notes and slides are designed to adapt to the scale, ensuring seamless integration into melodies.

Four mic positions—overhead, room left, room right, and distant—allow for flexible mixing options, whether you prefer a close, intimate sound or a more spacious ambiance. The instrument's overlay threshold functionality enhances playability, making it straightforward to achieve nuanced performances. This library is particularly suited for scoring folk music, character-driven themes, or any context where a rich, expressive violin sound is desired.