Like the trumpet, the trombone is one of the most versatile, dynamic,
flexible and expressive musical instruments. It covers an incredibly
wide range of sounds and moods. Whether a classical sacred work, a
military march or a powerful fanfare, a pop song or a huge orches-
tral arrangement - the trombone is an indispensable instrument in a
vast majority of musical styles.

However, it.s extremely difficult to emulate, even more than the
trumpet, due to the presence of the slide - a true challenge for
developers of virtual instruments.

That.s why we chose it next.

The Trombone family expands Samplemodeling. technologies beyond the
original limits. An entirely new class of Harmonic Alignment has
been developed, allowing continuous transition across virtually
infinite dynamics, at the same time perfectly preserving the
peculiar, .spiky. waveform of this instrument. Multi-microphone
anechoic recording, coupled to a specially devised .early
reflections. impulse response, allowed to reproduce the full, rich
timbre of the instrument including its radiation pattern, adding at
same time a virtual space to the anechoic sound.

The base material of the instruments (two Tenor, one Valve and one
Bass Trombone) consists of 714 MB of samples, chromatically
performed by a professional trombone player over a very wide dynamic
range. All samples are unlooped, and have a minimum duration of 8
sec. As .The Trumpet., the Trombone engine is structured according
to an adaptive model, based on the performance .fingerprints. of the
real instrument. The purpose of the model is to minimize the
differences between the real phrases and those played by the virtual
instrument.

Proprietary modal resonance IRs, innovative techniques for sample
modulation, and advanced AI midi processing are used for real time
construction of all articulations and morphing across dynamics,
vibrato, legato, portamento, trills, vibrato-like endings, shakes
and so forth.

Pseudo-random detuning, based on real performance-derived trends, is
another outstanding new feature of The Trombone, adding further
realism.

A completely new chapter concerns the slide. The real trombone is
one of the few wind instruments that can produce a true glissando up
to six semitones. Though very difficult to obtain with a sample-
based instrument, the effect of the slide has been perfectly
reproduced in our virtual trombone by a novel application of the
.Harmonic Alignment. technology. Ultra-realistic slide effects can
be obtained by proper use of the pitchbend, but are also automati-
cally activated by overlapped legato. As in the real instrument, a
continuous glissando effect will be obtained if the portamento
interval is within +/- 3 semitones.


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