Joshua Bell Violin

JOSHUA BELL VIOLIN ESSENTIAL

JOSHUA BELL
VIOLIN ESSENTIAL

• Performed by the legendary violinist
• The core articulations from Joshua Bell Violin
• The same legendary tone
• Expressive and realistic out-of-the-box
• Upgrade path to the full instrument

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Grammy® winner Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated winning violinists of his era, and his restless curiosity, passion, and multi-faceted musical interests are unparalleled in the world of classical music. With more than 40 CDS recorded of classical repertoire as well as soundtracks including the Oscar® winning score for The Red Violin, Bell has been embraced by wide television audiences with appearances ranging from The Tonight Show, Tavis Smiley, Charlie Rose, to CBS Sunday Morning and Sesame Street. He was one of the first classical artists to have a music video on VH1 and he was the subject of a BBC Omnibus documentary.

Bell has appeared in publications ranging from The Strad and Gramophone to Time, The New York Times, People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, Vogue and Reader’s Digest among many. Bell performs on the world’s most precious stages from Carnegie Hall 33 times to the Hollywood Bowl with his 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin and his late 18th century French bow by François Tourte.

The 1713 ‘Huberman’ Stradivari violin now owned by Joshua Bell has a thrilling history. Formerly known as the ‘Gibson’ Strad, the violin was twice stolen from the Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman and for nearly 50 years remained undiscovered in plain sight, disguised by its thief – a café violinist named Julian Altman who made a deathbed confession to his wife.

After Altman’s death, his wife had the violin authenticated and reported to the proper authorities. The fiddle was then sold to Norbert Brainin, an acclaimed English violinist, who later decided to sell the violin to a dealer who had an investor eyeing it for a museum piece. Then Joshua stepped in, showing great empathy for its rightful owner, Bronislaw Huberman, who had passed away in 1947, and for the instrument which he felt must be played.

In Bell’s words, “The idea of the violin resting silently in a vault made me ill. This was an instrument meant to be played, not just admired.” He purchased the violin for nearly $4 million, selling his own $2 million 1732 Tom Taylor Strad in the process. The rest is history, and Joshua uses the instrument exclusively to this day!

Embertone set out to create a new standard in virtual solo strings, offering plenty of inspiration without sacrificing flexibility… and with the unmistakable, iconic sound of internationally acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell.

The instrument offers a huge variety of standard articulations, like sustains, pizzicatos, staccatos, spiccatos, and more, along with a number of sample sets you’re not likely to find anywhere else. Joshua performed an incredible set of eerie harmonics transitions, and a set of “ultra-flautando”, a special technique he can harness from his 300+ year-old violin.

Though this VI is incredibly complex, featuring almost 20,000 individual samples, it’s designed to be simple to use. Play it straight out of the box and it will inspire and surprise you! This virtual violin utilizes intelligent and predictive programming using a diverse array of musical tendencies and rule sets. And with 12 complete “legato”/transition types, you can perform the Joshua Bell violin at various tempos, dynamics, in different styles, while retaining an authentic performance!

Features

Amazing Legato

Joshua Bell Violin Essential features 10 distinct legato transition groups, including Bow Change, Slur, Portamento, same-notes, all in multiple dynamics. When you play, you hear actual performance! Mr. Bell's artistry shines through every recorded sample.

Simple

Choose a Control Preset that makes sense for your system. Whether you're a power user or have a simpler MIDI controller, there are presets here to cater to your system and workflow! You can trigger these beautiful legato sets via Midi CC, or even by Velocity

Natural + Modeled Vibrato

We recorded full sets of vibrato and non-vibrato performances. The natural vibrato is incredible… it's an integral part of Mr. Bell's tone. But if you want to control vibrato yourself, we've integrated our own scripted vibrato into the instrument.

Intuition Switch

Ever want a magic button to make your music sound great? INTUITION mode is the closest thing we've ever seen to that! It's just a single switch to automate between articulations and vibrato, making your arrangement sound realistic out-of-the-box.

The Core Articulations

Joshua Bell Violin Essential comes with the core set of articulations you need for an ultra expressive and realistic melody. With 10 full sets of legato transitions, pristine spiccatos, pizzicatos and tremolos, you'll have nearly 10,000 samples Stradivarius in your arsenal.

Pristine Sound

We recorded at the former Avatar Studios, bringing award-winning engineer Richard King to lead the sessions. The room was perfect for us because it gave the Maestro enough space to flourish without coloring his sound with unnecessary reflections.

The Sound of a Virtuoso

The sound is what separates Joshua Bell from the rest - it's what makes him one of the most sought after classical musicians in the world. Every sample is a performance with his artistry and finesse.