http://www.embertone.com/instruments/friedlanderviolinupgrade15.php

Here is the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suJGrA9AwC4

It will be ready in a week or so. Here's the new features list:

• Upgrade requires Kontakt 5.3.1+ (Player or Full)
• Price will increase to $120/16-bit, $125/24-bit
• New content sent to current customers first
• previous owners upgrade for free!
• Bow Position Color Morphing
• 800+ MB in new sample content
• Improved Dynamic Response ppp --> ff
• Tons of Bug Fixes / Under-the-hood Enhancements
• Improved Vibrato
• Flexible (and moveable) Keyswitches
• Better Legato Performance
• Dramatically Improved Legato Timing
• New GUI Controls

http://www.embertone.com/instruments/friedlanderviolinupgrade15.php
 

It sounds great and the new features are nice...
 
One of these days...LOL

I like Embertone's libs.. Good to see they've been working on it because for me it's not there yet.
I haven't used it in months, hopefully these improvements will get me back into using it.

I want a Scottytunes plug...

carl
I like Embertone's libs.. Good to see they've been working on it because for me it's not there yet.
I haven't used it in months, hopefully these improvements will get me back into using it.

Hey Carl, before we put the finishing touches on the upgrade - any specific suggestions/issues/reasons why it's not there yet for you?
 
Thanks!
 
-Alex

Hi Alex,
 
I thought the legato timings needed to be worked on, made it a bit difficult to work with in performance & the vibrato felt a bit off, un-natural.
It also felt & sounded dynamically sterile in general.

 
I see some of these points listed in your improvements so I'm guessing they've been tweaked to perform a bit better/ smoother.
 
Looking forward to the update, thanks for asking.

First sound demo...

https://soundcloud.com/em...der-violin-15-upgrade1

carl
Hi Alex,
 
I thought the legato timings needed to be worked on, made it a bit difficult to work with in performance & the vibrato felt a bit off, un-natural.
It also felt & sounded dynamically sterile in general.
 

Legato timings have been adjusted, one sample at a time. Also, there's a lot more flexibility with a new "Responsiveness" knob on the interface.
 
The overall sound of the violin is not drastically changing, however, so if that's not to your liking, don't expect an instrument that sounds a lot different. HOWEVER, the new "color mode" will give you access to some pretty great sul tasto/sul pont samples, and you can morph between them!
 
-Alex