Vienna Symphonic Glass Instruments Full is a sample collection of glass harmonica, verrophone, musical glasses and bottle sounds.
The glass harmonica was invented in 1761. Mozart wrote several pieces for this instrument. The hemispherical glass bowls which rotate around a horizontal axis driven by a pedal were rediscovered only in the last decades of the 19th century. Sounds are produced by touching the rotating glasses with moistened fingertips. Today, the glass harmonica is an absolute rarity, with roughly ten professional players world-wide.
Another rather rarely encountered jewel is the verrophone (from the french word βla verreβ for glass). The youngest of the glass instruments was developed only 20 years ago in Germany. Chromatically tuned glass tubes are rubbed with moistened fingers like the musical glasses, but are also struck with mallets. The lingering, atmospheric sound is highly esteemed by modern composers due to its extraordinary intensity.
The musical glasses present one of the oldest forms of making music and sounds with glasses. The instrument consists of several custom-made wine glasses. In order to get different pitches the musical glasses are filled with varying amounts of water. The musical glasses sampled by the Vienna Symphonic Library have a chromatic range from G3 to G6.
Sample Content:
- GLASS HARMONICA: Half tone trills, mallet hits normal and secco, mallet glissandos
- VERROPHONE: Portato, tremolo, half tone trills, mallet hits normal and secco, chromatic mallet trills, mallet glissandos
- MUSICAL GLASSES – A: Staccato fast and slow, portato fast and slow, sustained, tremolo, mallet single hits
- MUSICAL GLASSES – B: Portato, tremolo, half tone trills, single hits with soft, medium, and hard mallets, mallet glissandos
- MUSICAL GLASSES – C: Staccato fast and slow, portato fast and slow, sustained, tremolo, mallet single hits
- BOTTLES: Portato, sforzato
System Requirements:
- PC Windows 7/8/10 (latest update, 32/64-bit), Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
- Mac OS X 10.8 (latest update) or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- VIENNA KEY (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device) or other USB eLicenser (e.g., from Steinberg or Arturia)
- 2.3 GB free hard drive space for the Standard Library, 2.3 GB for the Full Library
Recommended:
- Windows 7/8/10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel i5/i7/Xeon
- Mac OS X 10.9 (or higher), Intel i5/i7/Xeon
- 4 GB RAM
- SSD or fast separate hard drive (7200 rpm or faster)
- AU/VST/AAX Native/RTAS compatible host (also works stand-alone)
- RTAS version requires Pro Tools 7.3 or higher
- AAX version requires Pro Tools 10.3.5 or higher
- 88 key master keyboard



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