Traveler Series
Celtic Fiddle
A truly authentic instrument — recorded right in Dublin by a renowned Celtic fiddler.
$89
Audio Demos
- Sea To The Skye Traditional, orchestrated by Dickie Chapin 1:14
- Trad Henning Nugel 1:23
- Dawn's Lament Nathan Madsen 1:18
- Hills of Light Mahmoud Altaf 2:17
- Travel Pal Pixelee 1:04
- Fields of Gold and Glee Nabeel Ansari 1:05
- Sea To The Skye (Naked) Traditional, orchestrated by Dickie Chapin 1:09
Overview
The iconic sound of Celtic fiddle playing, deeply sampled for every use imaginable! Write unique melodies with traditional embellishments, or lay down phrases performed by an award-winning Irish fiddler, packaged in an easy-to-navigate UI. Get a sound so authentic, it could have only come from Dublin.
Product Info
Timeless Celtic sound
Recorded on-location in Dublin, Ireland with an award-winning performer central to Irish folk music. Minimal built-in reverb makes it ideal for blending into any mix or adding your own reverb.
True-to-life sound and style
Multiple sustain & attack types, staccato, spiccato, pizzicato, true legato, 13 traditional Celtic ornaments, and various FX, with even more under the hood.
Deeply sampled, deeply flexible
2 types of sampled legato, Scale Lock to keep ornamentations in key, plus 4 performance modes including customizable Double Stops.
Included phrases patch with 360+ phrases & FX
Phrases feature the distinctive techniques and musical styles of Celtic fiddling, including rhythmic loops, jigs, reels, free-form improvisations, and chops, alongside various percussive FX.
Designed for realism on every level
Every aspect of the library has been intentionally designed to help you create realistic, authentic Celtic fiddle tracks.
Features
Beautiful and feature-packed high-res UI
Per-articulation tweaking and editing
Automatically set ornament intervals with Scale Lock
Trigger and map any articulation any way you want
8 FX inserts and 25+ included FX modules
Requirements
2 GB of disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Kontakt 5.8.1+ Full Version
This library is NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 12 or higher
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11, 12 or 13 (latest update).
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows: Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 2 GB RAM. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
Tutorials
Instrument Walkthrough
Featured Artists & Composers
Lena Raine
Celeste, Chicory, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, Deltarune
Instruments from ISW are a staple of my soundtrack work for games. Vocalisa has been a mainstay vocal aesthetic of nearly every game I've worked on including Celeste & Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Shreddage 3 has also given me the confidence to write some really fun guitar riffs & solos despite not being able to play a real one. I've started incorporating Tokyo Scoring Strings into the acoustic side of my scoring work, and can't wait to try out more from ISW in the future!
Kevin Manthei
Angry Birds Mystery Island, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Villainous, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online
"ISW creates some of the most inspiring & realistic guitar sample libraries. I had to write a bunch of really gritty, angry heavy metal & sports action rock cues. I used Shreddage 3 Serpent for leads and was blown away by its onboard processing, programming, and amazing live-sounding leads. I also created a signature sound based on the lead guitar in David Lynch's Twin Peaks series, originally played on baritone guitar. [Serpent] built a convincing replica of that sound just using on-board FX. It was so fun and easy to do!"
Stewart Winter
(Co-founder, VideoHelper)
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The Traveler Series, originally created by Red Room Audio, was created to authentically capture instruments from around the world, and the cultures they live in, by tapping into the most talented artists on location and recording their iconic performance styles.
Celtic Fiddle is no exception — this deeply-sampled virtual fiddle is the result of recording in Dublin with award-winning fiddler Niall Murphy. Chock full of authentic phrases, this fully playable instrument also includes a myriad of traditional embellishments to boot. From cuts and rolls, to brisk grace notes, this library is perfect for those looking to bring that classic Celtic sound to their work.
Fiddler Niall Murphy has carved a reputation for himself in traditional Irish folk circles as a live performer and session player. A veteran of the trad scene, he has shared the stage with The Chieftains, Sinead O’Connor, Van Morrison, The Dubliners, Alison Krauss and many more. This library was recorded at Herbert Place Studios by producer/engineer James Darkin.
STANDARD ARTICULATIONS
- Reel Sustain
- Air Sustain
- Fingered Legato
- Slur Up Legato (HT, WT)
- Staccato
- Spiccato
- Pizzicato
ORNAMENTS
- Triplet
- Hammer (HT, WT)
- Pull (HT, WT)
- Waterfall (HT, WT)
- Wiggle (HT, WT)
- Scrunch (slow & fast)
- Cut
- Roll
PHRASES & FX
- Chops
- Stomps
- FX – Percussive
- FX – Fret Noise
- Endings (tempo-synced)
- Lyrical Improvisations
- Various Improvisations
- Rhythms – Jigs (tempo synced)
- Rhythms – Reels (tempo synced)
Reviews
Traveler Series: Celtic Fiddle – Professionalcomposers.com
“If you want a true and authentic sound of traditional instruments, played on location by experienced players, in order to record the very root, heart and history of the sound the Traveler Series by Red Room Audio will feel like a blessing to you. Both fiddles have amazing playability. I instantly started playing The Shire Theme from LOTR, The Braveheart Theme, and others that simply felt natural as soon as I started playing these instruments. That to me, is the ultimate test of a software instrument… does it inspire me to play, and does it feel natural to perform on? The answer is yes to both these questions.”