Ventus Winds Duduk
An ethereal solo woodwind for haunting, expressive performances.
$99
Audio Demos
- Aletheia Andrew Aversa 1:08
- Lost Kingdom Ben Hicks 2:28
- Cultic Cory Pelizzari 1:07
- Mana Sands (Naked) Cory Pelizzari 2:09
- Architect Reborn Nabeel Ansari 0:54
- Sandstone Henning Nugel 2:39
- Tranquil Tremendouz 1:32
Overview
The haunting, mysterious sound of the Armenian duduk, more playable and expressive than ever before, with a mellow tone reminiscent of an oboe. Ideal for cinematic music. Capable of emotional performances as well as nimble grace notes and articulations. Includes 12+ playing techniques as well as over 700 prerecorded phrases! Featuring an improved Kontakt Player compatible version of the Ventus engine with smooth legato playing, poly legato, harmonization, and much more.
Product Info
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.
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
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)
Featured Artists & Composers
Brian Pickett
PAW Patrol, Lucas the Spider, Daniel Tiger
"I never would have thought that sampled guitars could sound as good as ISW's do. The fact that I can use them to lay down a realistic solo is unprecedented. They’ve pushed the boundaries of realism."
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. They feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It's so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations & phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments... from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each 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."
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!
Ventus Winds 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 is our mixer and modular effects rack, designed to give you full control over your virtual instrument tone. with 30 effects modules to choose from!
Using Console, you can easily save and load FX chains or presets between projects or even different Console-based products. It also allows you to mix and blend between mic positions.
Ventus Duduk includes TACT, which allows you to customize how all articulations are mapped and triggered! Everyone has their own preferences for how to perform or write for virtual instruments, and with TACT you can create the perfect setup for your DAW.
While Ventus Winds Duduk can be played like any traditional multi-sampled instrument — one note and technique at a time — we’ve also included a Phrases patch with hundreds of categorized performances. These range from short articulations and effects, to arpeggios, emotive melodies, and everything in between.
The included phrase editor allows you to modify the sample start and end times, dynamics, playback speed, and envelope — all in a single interface.
Reviews
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)