Ventus Winds Duduk

The 6th entry in our VENTUS Winds series features the haunting, mysterious sound of the duduk, more playable and expressive than ever before. This library is the debut of the AGILITY engine for smooth legato playing, poly legato, harmonization, and much more. Includes 12+ playing techniques and over 700 pre-recorded phrases!

$99

$99

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Audio Demos

  1. Aletheia Andrew Aversa 1:08
  2. Lost Kingdom Ben Hicks 2:28
  3. Cultic Cory Pelizzari 1:07
  4. Mana Sands (Naked) Cory Pelizzari 2:09
  5. Architect Reborn Nabeel Ansari 0:54
  6. Sandstone Henning Nugel 2:39
  7. Tranquil Tremendouz 1:32

Product Info

Content

Over 5,500 24-bit samples

Recorded through warm ribbon & room mics in an intimate studio space with a touch of air.

7 types of sustain articulations with ornaments

Normal, emotive, tongued, bend up-down, bend up, trill sustain, fast trill sustain.

Extended articulations

Staccato & tongued staccato, five release types, and TRUE recorded vibrato.

True legato playing w/ adjustable settings

Play nimble and agile parts or slow, romantic, and emotional lines with true legato and portamento transitions.

700+ phrases of assorted lengths and styles

Arps & Runs, FX, short, medium, and long styles. Play and edit from within the KONTAKT patch or use the included WAV files.

Duduk

Features

Beautiful unified AGILITY interface
Ornament system for effortless authentic performances
Phrase playback editor
Digital & analog-modeled FX rack
Customizable articulation mapping and triggers

Requirements

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5GB disk space

7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.

4GB RAM

Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.

Kontakt 5.7+ Player

This library is compatible with the free Kontakt Player.

Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS

Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update).
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)

Kontakt Requirements - Windows

Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.

Tutorials

Library Walkthrough (v1.1)

Details

Ventus Duduk is the sixth entry into our acclaimed series of deep-sampled woodwinds from all over the world, and showcases an all-new Kontakt Player engine for the first time in the series. This new script allows for even more realistic performances and legato transitions, and adds long-awaited features such as polyphonic playing, harmonies, and scale locking for extra authenticity.

All of this new technology supports a beautiful set of duduk performances: single notes, legatos, ornaments, and phrases. The duduk itself is among the most widely-used non-Western woodwinds in cinematic music. It can be heard in classic TV/film scores from Gladiator, Avatar, Battlestar Galactica, and Game of Thrones to video game soundtracks like Civilization, WarCraft, Uncharted, and God of War. Its mellow, haunting tone can be compared to that of an oboe, and with a skilled performer, is capable of very nimble grace notes and articulations.


Console: Modular FX Rack and Mixer


Console is our new mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your virtual guitar tone. Unlike our previous FX racks, which were limited to a small amount of preset modules, Console gives you 30 effects modules to choose from!

These include multiple EQs (digital and analog-style), compressors, spatial FX, modulation FX, amps, distortion pedals, reverbs, and a selection of over 30 custom cabinet IRs recorded just for Shreddage 3! These cabs cover all the most important sounds you would want, with both dynamic & condenser mics in multiple positions plus a ribbon mic for certain models.

Using Console, you can easily save and load FX chains or presets between projects or even different Shreddage 3 products. It also allows you to mix and blend between guitar pickups, with custom inserts on each if you’d like.

Download the Console manual here to learn more!


Total Articulation Control Technology (TACT) 2.0


Ventus Duduk includes an updated version of TACT, allowing you to customize how all articulations are mapped and triggered! Everyone has their own preferences for how to perform or write for virtual guitar, and with TACT you can create the perfect setup for your DAW.

Download the TACT 2.0 manual here to learn more!

Reviews

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Ventus Winds Duduk – Sound on Sound

“Upon loading Ventus Duduk in Kontakt the first impression users may get is that Impact Soundworks have packed quite a bit under the hood of such a modestly priced instrument… In the end we have a beautifully performed and playable duduk virtual instrument, with great customisability at a steal of a price.” (Sound On Sound)

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Richard Jacques

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, James Bond 007: Blood Stone

“I’m a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. These libraries feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It’s so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations and phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments.  They have such unique qualities, from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each one is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further.”