Contrabass Trombone

The sound of the Contrabass Trombone has a dark and metallic timbre and ranges from a melodious and subdued piano to massive explosions.

$26.00

It has great intensity in all registers, but is most often played in the lower register, where it plays the deepest part (4th trombone) in the four-part trombone group.

Contrabass Trombone
ARTICULATION GROUP    
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES Staccato
Portato medium
Sustained
Portato medium, marcato
Portato long
02 DYNAMICS pfp, 4 and 6 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato
Light dynamics, 1, 1.5, 2 sec.
Medium dynamics, 3, 4, 6 sec.
Strong dynamics, 3 and 4 sec.
Sforzatissimo
03 FLATTER + FX Flutter tonguing normal and crescendo Arpeggios, up/down and down/up
Duophonic playing, var. A and B
10 PERF INTERVAL Legato, normal and with sustain crossfading Marcato
11 PERF REPETITION Portato slow
Staccato
Portato fast
Dynamics, portato slow and fast
12 UPBEAT REPETITION   1–3 upbeats, 80–150 BPM
13 GLISSANDI   Performance glissandos, minor 2nd to major 3rd
Fixed glissandos, minor 2nd to 4th, up and down
Please note that fixed glissandos have different up and down ranges.
98 RESOURCES   Isolated dynamics repetitions
Single layer long notes (p, mf, f)

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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

  • 3 GB