Era Medieval Legends

Welcome to Era Medieval Legends another library from Eduardo Tarilonte the maker of renowned libraries like Forest Kingdom, Desert Winds, Epic World and more. Era is a unique sample library featuring a huge set of historical instruments. All you have been waiting for your Medieval, Renaissance or Fantasy musical production in one virtual instrument.

From plucked, wind, reed, bowed, key and percussion multi sampled instruments to an inspiring collection of magical soundscapes to push your music to the next level. With over 10 GB of 44kh-24bits samples, Era features 45 instruments (30 melodic and 15 percussion) and more than 100 soundscapes. A total of 170 patches. One palette of sounds to rule them all!
Era Medieval Legends, an awesome collection from a forgotten fantasy world!

Thanks to the Best Service ENGINE you will enjoy a beautiful and easy to use interface. The Pro-Edit page allowes almost unlimited editing of the sounds. No parameters are hidden!
Deep sampling, round robin, real legato and real portato are the highlights of the library.

Instruments

• Renaissance Recorder Consort (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass)
• Traditional Soprano Recorder
• Traditional Wooden Flute
• Gemshorn
• Crumhorn Consort (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass)
• Bagppipe A
• Bagpipe D
• Chirimia
• Bombarde
• Anyafil
• Shofar
• Bass Viola da Gamba
• Fidule
• Hurdy Gurdy
• Baroque Guitar
• Renaissance Lute
• Renaissance Small Harp Renaissance Small Bray Harp
• Zither
• Psaltery (Stroken)
• Organetto
• Spinet
• Virginal
• Army Piccolo Snare
• Barbarian Frame Drum I
• Barbarian Frame Drum II
• Frame Drum (stick)
• Bombo Leguero
• Bumbac High
• Bumbac Mid
• Bumbac Low
• Distant Drums
• Execution Snare I
• Execution Snare II
• Juglar Snare
• Tambourine I
• Tambourine II
• Tambourine III
• Church Bells
  Advanced information about the instruments can be found in the user manual which is available at <more info> for download (PDF)

Sounddesign

• 46 Soundscapes
• 21 Mysterious Atmospheres
• 3 Mysterious Bells
• 14 Scrapes
• 24 Whooshes

Era Medieval Legends, a wonderful collection from a forgotten fantasy world of knights, princesses and dragons...

Endorsements:

TREVOR MORRIS
2 time EMMY winning composer, The Borgias, Immortals, The Scorpion King 3

"I have lived in the language of Ancient and Medieval instruments for more than
a few years in my work on "The Tudors" and "Pillars of the Earth", and I can
say that ERA is the best sounding, most cinematic library of its kind I have heard.
An instant addition to my palette, Bravo."
 

CHRISTOPHE HERAL
Video Game composer of Rayman Origins, The Adventures of Tintin: The Shadow of the Unicorn among others.

"As a composer I worked last year on Rayman Origin's, a UbiSoft Video Game.
I needed to find Middle-ages Instruments to animate the World of princesses and dragons in our next project, Rayman Legend !
I found all I needed in ERA.
I was really thankful to Eduardo to have succeded in making such wonderful program allowing the best playability possible.
Thank you Eduardo for your wonderful work."

Rupert Gregson-Williams
Disney's Bed Time Stories, Bee Movie, Over the Hedge, Made of Honor…

"Era has been loaded into my template, and has already proven really useful. Eduardo Tarilonte's attention to detail is always top drawer."

Stephan Massimo Jauch
Music and TV composer

"Eduardo Tarilontes ERA Medieval Legends war mir bei der Komposition des Scores zum „Vermächtnis der Wanderhure“ von unschätzbarem Wert. Die beeindruckende Klangqualität und die intuitive Spielbarkeit dieser Auswahl mittelalterlicher Instrumente sucht Ihresgleichen."

Video Demos

	Trailer
	Hurdy Gurdy
	Fidule
	Renaissance Lute
	Bagpipe
	Traditional Soprano Recorder and Early Harp
	Bass Viola da Gamba
	Baroque Guitar
	Soundscapes

More infos

Systemrequirements

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

Mac OS

• Mac OS 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7
• Min. recommended: Intel Mac 1.8GHz, 1GB Ram
• Interfaces: Standalone, AU, VST, RTAS (32bit)

Windows

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 32bit & 64bit
• Min. recommended: Pentium/Athlon XP 3.0GHz, 1GB 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

Music Tech Magazine 09/2012

Excerpt:

Keeping it real
While a collection of authentic medieval instruments won't be to everyones's tastes or requirements, there's little doubt that Era perfectly fills a gap in respect to sensitively sampled authetic music instruments. Those of a more creative persuasion will undoubtedly see the musical potential behind the sounds included especially given the detail and expression behind their sampling and mapping, and for instance inspiration, the Sound Design collection is a great additional resource to an otherwise pletiful collection of instruments. MTM

composerfocus.com 08/2012

Verdict

Conclusion

I don’t believe there’s a product on the market that can match this libraries sound and level of detail on such a wide array of historical instruments. Eduardo Tarilonte has really hit it out of the park with the entire package. Although I have my gripes about the interface, it can be easily overlooked when there is such a wealth of opportunity within the library.

I believe this library is going to immediately appeal to video game composers as fantasy and historical music tends to be more prevalent in the medium, although many film and TV composers would have use for this library if their projects are fantasy/historical orientated.

Era Medieval Legends provides a great collection of realistic, authentic and most importantly, usable instruments. If you’re a composer looking to add some new color into your historical or fantasy music, this library is a must buy. Chris Mooney

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scorecastonline.com Video-walk-through

Composer Dirk Ehlert takes you through a first look at Eduardo Tarilonte’s newest creation, ERA Medieval Legends — a unique sample library featuring a huge set of historical instruments covering the Medieval, Renaissance and Fantasy production genres. Dirk deconstructs a demo track using ERA and shows you how to build new worlds using this unique and exciting library.

video

SoundAndGear.com

What’s the bottom line?

Anytime Best Service releases a new product from Eduardo Tarilonte…I get excited.

I know the instruments are going to be super realistic and organic, and I know there are going to be another collection of amazing soundscapes, ambiances, and fx.

I give Era 4.5 out of 5 subs, regardless if this is your style of musical instrument or not, the quality and playability of the content just can’t be denied.

His libraries always allow me to experiment with instruments I may otherwise never encounter. Many I have no clue how to pronounce or their history….but that doesn’t stop me from playing them!

I also really dig how he gives you a quick info block on the instruments directly in the interface, really helps in exploring the content.

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