Alto Saxophone

The classical Swing big-band ensemble includes 5 saxophones: 2 Altos, 2 Tenors and 1 Baritone. The Alto Saxophone is very versatile and apart from taking the lead voice in big band scores is also a common solo instrument. The Alto Saxophone is a transposing instrument in Eb, sounding a major 6th lower than it is notated. It became famous especially through musicians like Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker.

$21.00

The musician for all the instruments, Robert Bernhard, plays in illustrious circles. His experience in orchestral music is as profound as his improvisations in jazz, funk and blues. He has captured all the nuances of the Selmer Mark VI series instruments (reissues of the famous vintage saxes of the Sixties) – from sensitive to aggressive, from whispering to screaming, exploiting the full dynamic range of these instruments.

The download product contains all of the Alto saxophone samples of the Vienna Special Edition and of the Special Edition PLUS as well as some additional articulations. Please find a detailed list of included playing techniques under the menu item Volume Contents. Of course you’ll also get access to download the Vienna Instruments player software.

Alto Saxophone
ARTICULATION GROUP    
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES Staccato, portato short
Sustained with and without vibrato
Portato medium
Slap short and long, key noise
Sustained with progressive vibrato, "dirty"
Short and long bends
02 DYNAMICS pfp with vibrato, 5 sec.
pfp without vibrato, 4 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato with vibrato
Medium dynamics with vibrato, 1.5/2/3/4/5 sec.
Strong dynamics with vibrato, 3/4/5 sec.
Medium dynamics without vibrato, 1.5/2/3/4 sec.
Strong dynamics without vibrato, 2/3/4 sec.
pfp without vibrato, 2 and 3 sec.
Sforzatissimo with vibrato
Fortepiano, sforzato, sforzatissimo without vibrato
03 FLATTER + TRILLS Flutter tonguing, crescendo
Trills normal, minor and major 2nd
Trills accelerando, minor and major 2nd
Dynamics for all trills
10 PERF INTERVAL Legato with vibrato Legato without vibrato, sustain crossfading
Grace notes, minor 2nd to octave
Portamento
Glissandos, up, minor 2nd to octave
Marcato
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST Legato Marcato
12 PERF TRILL   Trills, legato, minor 2nd to major 3rd
13 PERF REPETITION Legato slow
Portato
Staccato
Legato medium and fast
Dynamics for all repetitions
14 FAST REPETITION Staccato, 9 repetitions, 150, 170, 180 BPM Staccato, 9 repetitions, 140 and 160 BPM
Dynamics for all repetitions
15 GRACE NOTES   Grace notes
Minor 2nd to octave
Up and down
16 SCALE RUNS   Octave runs
Legato, chromatic and whole tone
Up and down
17 BENDS DOWN Sustained with and without vibrato
Legato with vibrato
Sustained with progressive vibrato, and 'dirty'
Grace notes, portamento, glissando up, marcato interval performances
Performance trills
98 RESOURCES Legato with sustain crossfading Isolated dynamics repetitions
Single layer long notes (p, mp, mf, f, ff)

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System Requirements

  • Windows 8.1 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • macOS 10.14 (latest update), Intel Core i3
  • 7200 rpm hard drive for the sample content
  • 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • iLok Account and iLok License Manager software for activation in the cloud or on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key

Recommended

  • Windows 10/11 (latest updates, 64-bit), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 11 (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • 8 GB RAM
  • SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • 7 GB