Contrabass Tuba

The heavy, majestic sound of the Contrabass Tuba is described as the sound of the earth, deep underground, when layers slowly shift and cover each other.

$25.00

In all registers the tone is richer, rounder and darker than the one of the bass tuba and sounds less metallic than the bass and contrabass trombones.

Contrabass Tuba
ARTICULATION GROUP    
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES Staccato
Portato medium
Sustained
Portato medium, soft and hard attack
Portato long, soft and hard attack
02 DYNAMICS Medium dynamics, 2 and 4 sec.
Fortepiano and sforzato
Medium dynamics, 1, 1.5, 3, 6 sec.
Strong dynamics, 3, 4, 5 sec.
Sforzatissimo
03 FLATTER + TRILLS Flutter tonguing
Trills, minor and major 2nd
 
04 MUTE BASIC   Portato medium and long
Sustained
Dynamics, 3 and 4 sec.
Sforzato
Flutter tonguing, crescendo
10 PERF INTERVAL Legato, normal and with sustain crossfading Marcato
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST Legato Marcato
12 PERF TRILL   Trills, legato, minor to major 2nd
13 PERF REPETITION Portato slow
Staccato fast
Portato fast
Staccato slow
14 UPBEAT REPETITION   1–3 upbeats, 80–150 BPM
15 GRACE NOTES   Grace notes
Minor and major 2nd
Up and down
98 RESOURCES   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

  • 4 GB