[Note: This product requires a FULL version of Native Instruments' KONTAKT or Steinbergs free HALion Sonic SE] Our first phrase library focusing on plucked instruments MEDIEVAL PHRASES LUTE & THEORBO brings you into a world of classic imagination booming with bards and taverns questing knights and roving robber barons and bandits. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance the bards in courts and taverns constantly needed new ways to inspire their audiences. People looked back to the ancients for their inspiration whether in science or medicine or in music. The Ancient Greeks tapped into the divine in their epic recitations accompanied by the lyre and kithara. It was only natural that during the late medieval times – when all things ancient were coming into fashion again – that the lute and theorbo would take a centerpiece. Our MEDIEVAL PHRASES LUTE & THEORBO brings back that flair of medieval castles and the inspiring spirit of the Renaissance transporting you to rustic pubs and medieval markets from Homer’s epics to the court of the Medicis. The light heavenly plucks of the lute are richly accented by the deep voice of the theorbo perfect for period pieces experimental music or ambient dwellings.

ATTILA VÖLGYI – THE ARTIST BEHIND MEDIEVAL PHRASES LUTE & THEORBO

Attila Völgyi was born in 1974. He studied cello piano and guitar from an early age. From this young love of music he added classical guitar organ and jazz guitar. In 1997 he graduated from Franz-Franzens Music School with distinction. In 2007 he began his conquest of the lute under the influence and guidance of the esteemed lutist István Gy?ri. Attila now teaches at the Béla Bartók Music School in Szombathely Hungary where he is also a member of the early music ensemble Capella Savaria. He takes part in numerous concerts recordings – including for the Age of Empires IV and The Elder Scrolls Online soundtracks – and theater plays where he plays guitar lanton lute and other plucked instruments. Attila plays his lute and theorbo with incomparable passion sweeping every listener away and taking them back to the old taverns with their bards and brawls.

CLEAN AND INTUITIVE INTERFACE

Drawing from the same spirit as the Lyrical and Ethnic Phrases series with our MEDIEVAL PHRASES LUTE & THEORBO we present to you a whole new direction: the Medieval times. Keeping the same spirit as our Lyrical Series we crafted a much more medieval inspired set of phrases. The phrases are set in Natural Minor and Dorian modes common for that time. The interface gives you your choice of phrases while an FX page offers you full control over the EQ. Use the added delay to draw out unexpected complexities and reverb to give you the space you need to fill the feasting halls of knights and ladies.

LIVE RECORDED PHRASES

The phrases are all recorded in the darker tones of the Natural Minor and Dorian modes including plucks (with 3 round robins) tremolos a variety of trills – most recorded with 2 round robins. They are meant to inspire the rhythm and movement of the Middle Ages. The zest and dynamic focus on rhythm means they can fit into more projects than simple lyrical phrases.

FREELY PLAYABLE INSTRUMENTS

To connect the phrases further and more individually or to play your own melodies you can also play the lute and the theorbo freely as individual instruments. Create stunning and authentic melodies in no time in combination with the emotional live phrases.

FX PAGE

MEDIEVAL PHRASES LUTE & THEORBO includes a whole set of modern tools including 4-band EQ delay and reverb. Have instant and easy access to the most essential features to craft your sound to perfection.

Features:

• 10 lute and 5 theorbo themes
• Syncs to DAW’s tempo
• Fully playable rhythmic phrases
• Lute playable in arps and chords
• also playable freely as single instruments

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac	Intel Core i5	4	3		FULL VERSION of Native Instruments’ KONTAKT Version 6.7.1 or higher or Steinberg’s free HALion Sonic SE*			0	0	0
windows	Intel Core i5	4	3		FULL VERSION of Native Instruments’ KONTAKT Version 6.7.1 or higher or Steinberg’s free HALion Sonic SE*			0	0	0