Traveler Series
Gypsy Fiddle
Traditional fiddle, recorded in Bulgaria and performed by a renowned violinist.
$89
Audio Demos
- Tristan Noon Slatina Dans 1:15
- The Devil Made Me Dance Reuben Cornell 1:47
- Danube Henning Nugel 1:29
- The Best Binge Michael Sciabbarrasi 1:28
- Honey Suck My Toes Craig Sharmat 1:33
- Fiddlin' Around The Fiddle Firoze & Kaizad Patel 1:28
- Don't Tempt Me Christopher Siu 1:49
- The Old Path Nathan Madsen 1:59
- Hot Blood George Strezov 1:57
- Un Romanzo Lawson Madlener 1:36
- Gypsy Concerto Mitchell Gibbs 1:04
- Omega Class Michael H. Lee 1:05
Overview
Expressive, deep-sampled gypsy fiddle, recorded on-location in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring the virtuosity and passion of an acclaimed local violinist. Includes core and extended articulations, traditional ornamentation, and a massive 650 phrases. Personalize your performance style and create authentic music with customizable double stops, adjustable bow attacks, re-bowing options & more.
Product Info
Over 10,000 pristine samples
Recorded on-location in Sofia, Bulgaria in stereo with an emphasis on authenticity, from the performer to the studio. Minimal built-in reverb makes it ideal for blending into any mix or adding your own reverb.
Perform and write expressive solo parts
Create truly authentic, lifelike performances using techniques such as customizable double stops, adjustable bow attacks and re-bowing options, and more.
20 standard & extended articulations, 15 traditional ornaments
4 types of sustains, spiccato, pizzicato, tenuo, repetitions, mid-note ornaments, slides, true legato & portamento, multiple types of trills, and more.
Phrase patch with 650+ improvised phrases
Includes arpeggios, chromatic runs, harmonics, pizzicato, exaggerated vibrato and extreme ornamentation that are characteristic of this style of playing. Chain phrases together with articulations for an authentic and natural performance style.
Designed for realism on every level
Every aspect of the library has been carefully, intentionally designed to best capture the unique nature of gypsy fiddle playing.
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
5 GB of disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
8 GB RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Kontakt 5.8.1+ Full Version
This library requires the FULL version of Kontakt (not 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, 4 GB RAM. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
Tutorials
Instrument Walkthrough
Featured Artists & Composers
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!"
Ben Prunty
FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero
"I've been using ISW since 2015, and their instruments have shown up in Into the Breach and Subnautica Below Zero, and in nearly all of my solo albums. Shreddage helped me fill in the gaps around my own guitar performances. Super Audio Cart provided some great raw synth sounds for parts of Below Zero. Impact Soundworks is often the first place I go to when I'm shopping for a new project. Everything they make works and sounds great."
Jimmy Hinson
Black Ops 4, Mass Effect 2, There Came An Echo, Borderlands 2
“Between Shreddage, Super Audio Cart, Juggernaut, and Mega Brass I don’t remember the last time I haven’t used an Impact Soundworks instrument in a track. The attention to detail is astonishing and it’s all so easy to use out of the box, which is a big deal.”
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.
Gypsy Fiddle was created with that authenticity in mind, to best capture this expressive, energetic style of performance. Every aspect of the library has been thoughtfully designed to enable you to craft realistic fiddle tracks utilizing the signature flair and virtuosity of gypsy fiddle players.
Renowned violinist Stoimen Peev is a member of the elite Sofia Soloists and Sofia Quartet ensembles as well as the Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir. He has performed classical and traditional Bulgarian music all over the world, and his playing reflects the high level of skill and dramatic expression that characterizes this fiddling style. The lively sessions were superbly directed by co-producer George Strezov and engineer Ivan Boshev at “The Bakery” studios on-site in Sofia, Bulgaria.
CORE & EXTENDED ARTICULATIONS
- Sustain
- Sustain – Prog Vib
- Sustain – Accented
- Legato
- Portamento
- Trill (minor, major)
- Spiccato
- Pizzicato
- Gypsy Sustain
- Gypsy Trill (minor, major)
- Gypsy Tenuto
- 8th Rep.
- 16th Rep. (normal, 2x)
- 16th Rep. Spiccato (normal, 2x)
- Bartok Pizzicato
- Sforzando (2 lengths)
- Decrescendo
ORNAMENTS
- Horse (2 variations)
- Ghost (up & down)
- Passion
- Slide Up (minor, major, long)
- Flourish (2 variations)
- Czardas
- Pull Off
- Hammer On
- Triplet
- Crescendo Release
PHRASES & FX
- FX – Percussive
- FX – Chops
- FX – Fiddler Whistles
- FX – Fiddler Shouts
- FX – String Noise
- FX – Scrapes
- Energetic Improvs
- Lyrical Improvs
- Polyphonic Improvs
- Romani Improvs
- Runs & Arpeggios
Reviews
Traveler Series – 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. They sound amazing, playability is wonderful, and the workflow and design really sparked my inspiration.”
Traveler Series: Gypsy Fiddle – Sample Library Review
“The sampling and timbre is absolutely top notch. Every single nuance has been captured and you can get some outstanding results.”
Pete Checkley (Sample Library Review)
Traveler Series: Gypsy Fiddle – BenoniStudio
“This is not just for classical fiddle styles and you can really use this fiddle with any genre at all. Red Room Audio have really done a good job capturing the true feeling and sound of a fiddle, which is not easy to do.”