Desert Winds

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Welcome to DESERT WINDS, another virtual instrument from Eduardo Tarilonte, the creator of "Epic World" and "Forest Kingdom", featuring 21 exotic and oriental soundscapes based on four unique ethnic solo wind instruments. It’s a perfect tool for composers and sound designers to create ambience and music for films, documentaries, video games and new age music.

A wonderful collection of sounds from the sands of time.

Desert Winds is a 2.5 GB library with more than 2000 individual samples. In Desert Winds you will find up to 6 different real legato types per instrument, deep sampling, amazing playability.
For each of the wind instruments you will find a microtuning folder with 16 patches featuring the most important arabic/turkish microtuning tables.

Thanks to the Best Service Engine 2 you will enjoy a beautiful and easy to use interface. Get easy real-time control over all the important performance parameters.

Additionally the library offers 21 beautiful and inspiring bonus soundscapes to create cinematic and evolving desert ambiences. Every soundscape offers 2 to 6 different individual layers which can create indefinite new ambiences by mixing them at will.

Play the real thing like never before - Desert Winds will blow your mind!

 INSTRUMENTS LIST

• ARMENIAN DUDUK
• PERSIAN NEY
• TURKISH NEY
• ZOURNA

SOUNDSCAPES LIST

• Akashic Records
• Alexandria
• Cavern of Winds
• Desert Echoes
• Desert Ghosts
• Desert Loneliness
• Desert Sky
• Desert Voice
• Desert Wind
• Djhin, Desert Spirtis
• Doomed Sands
• Dune Wind
• Forbidden Sands
• Lava Caverns
• Lost City of Akkad
• Mirage
• Mumakil Drums
• Sand Temple
• Taklamakan Desert
• Talking to the Wind
• The Anunnaki

Endorsements:

David Newman

  Hollywood Film Composer: Ice Age, Scooby ....

"Desert Winds really "speaks" as a library, allowing me to write fluid, flowing lines that would be difficult with other libraries of this type"

Jesper Kyd

   Composer of Assassin's Creed saga among others.

"Eduardo has created another great instrument with Desert Winds. The ethnic flutes are performed with a lot of emotion and passion which makes them ideal for cinematic soundtracks."

David Arkenstone

With 3 Grammy nominations, 20 Billboard hits, and millions of fans worldwide, David Arkenstone has established himself as one of the best contemporary instrumental musicians of our time. Arkenstone was also a member of the composing team who developed the music for Blizzard Activision's World of Warcraft videogame's Cataclysm expansion.

"Eduardo's beautiful sample libraries enhance the spirit of my music. They are full of unique inspiration."

Video Demos

	Teaser
	Armenian Duduk Legato Demo
	Turkish Ney Legato Demo
	Wrath of Sekhmet - walkthrough by Alex Pfeffer

More infos

Systemrequirements

Best Service ENGINE 2 Sample Player is included in this product!

Mac OS

• Mac OS 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8
• Min. recommended: Intel Mac 2GHz, 2GB Ram
• Interfaces: Standalone, AU, VST, RTAS (32bit)

Windows

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 32bit & 64bit
• Min. recommended: Pentium/Athlon XP 3.0GHz, 2GB Ram
• Interfaces: Standalone, VST (32bit and 64bit)
• NO RTAS OR AAX AVAILABLE

for all systems

• DVD drive
• Internet connection for product activation required (on any computer)
• Additional hard disc space according to the library size

The latest Engine 2 and a tutorial video can be downloaded here:

Best Service Downloads

Product activation:
An internet connection on any computer is required to authorize / activate the product (Challenge/Response).

Reviews

SoundOnSound 08/2012

Excerpt

With each new release in this series I half expect creator Eduardo Tarilonte to run out of fresh ideas and not warrant our top five-star rating, but he's managed it again. Indeed, I suspect that many film, TV and game-scoring musicians will approve of the move from epic soundscapes to a smaller and more focused set of deeply sampled isntruments. along with a slightly lower price. All this, combined with scene-setting sopundscapes, adds up to a top-notch release!
Martin Walker, SoundOnSound

Wusik Soundmagazine 04/2012

What I think:

No doubt this is a unique, specialized library. That's cool and all, but I have to say that the detail and realism of the sounds are out of this world. I've been a fan of Eduardo's libraries ever since he released 'Sampled Landscape' a few years ago. His work always speaks quality, of which I think Desert Winds is among his best. This library is heaven-sent for those of us who do not know how to play these wind instruments. I know it takes time to practice and get acclimated with an instrument, but with Desert Winds' you get convincing sound and amazing playability that you can incorporate into your own arrangements. Producers like you and me have finally found the missing piece that was once buried in the sands of time. Best Service and Eduardo Tarilonte deliver a sure winner here.

Ginno Legaspi

complete review

Music Tech Magazin 01/2012

SoundsAndGear 12/2011

What’s the bottom line?

You already know I’m a fan of Eduardo, I love his libraries.

They bring something unique and different to the thousands of libraries out there.

The richness and tone of his samples is what I love the most…coupled with the fact that I can go in and edit the layers and parts in each soundscape/texture…pure dopeness!

I give this library 4.5 out of 5 subs, it’s really a unique and amazing sounding library with plenty of control to make it your own.

I always look forward to whatever he does next, and I’m hoping to see a product that is full of nothing but soundscapes and textures, as those are usually my favoirte part of his libraries.

They sound amazing.

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