Description
Vienna Symphonic Library Studio Oboe da Caccia || Guildwater Gear is an authorized Vienna Symphonic Library dealer. Your digital software registration code and instructions will be sent to you, along with an URL connecting you directly to the manufacturer, who will provide you with your software digitally. Please be aware that software is non-cancelable and non-returnable. If you have any questions about this product, please do not hesitate to contact us.
- Short and long notes, dynamics, legato, repetitions
- Recorded at Silent Stage
- Mixer Presets for authentic placement at Vienna Synchron Stage
- Switch off internal reverb for placement in any virtual acoustic environment
Like other representatives of the oboe family, the oboe da caccia is a double reed woodwind. It covers the alto register of the Baroque oboe. The instrument was recorded in the relatively dry and controlled environment of Vienna’s second studio, the Silent Stage, and offers all typical articulations.
Hunting Shape. With its curved tube and brass bell, the oboe da caccia looks like a hunting horn. It is a transposed instrument in F and sounds a 5th lower than the oboe. As opposed to the modern oboe, the Baroque oboe has only three keys. In order to produce higher pitches, the player has to “overblow”, meaning to increase the force of air to reach the next harmonic.
Chase Music. As the name caccia (hunt or chase) suggests, the oboe da caccia was frequently used in hunting music, and in the 18th century was employed by the French military for signals. Bach wrote parts for the oboe da caccia in his cantatas, passions, and especially in his Christmas Oratorio. The successor to the oboe da caccia is the French horn.
Recording. The instrument samples were recorded rather dry at the Silent Stage, making it possible to place it on your virtual stage wherever you like, but also to integrate it with the Synchron Series collections. Use the internal convolution reverb for perfect placement options in the large hall of Vienna Synchron Stage, or switch off any internal reverb and use an external reverberation tool of your choice, such as the rooms of Vienna MIR Pro 3D.