Demo pieces for the microForj Sound Libraries...

microForj.Demos

Just a quick demo from my new freebie library - "microForj - Fiedler Tin Whistle". It's available here: http://goo.gl/eaQdQG

"Fiedler Calls Them Home" - microForj.FiedlerTinWhistle (demo)

A short demo ofmy new freebie library - "microForj - Van Houzen Trumpet".  It features 3 dynamic layers and uses Kontakts optional "Authentic Expression Technology" (AET).  It's available here: http://goo.gl/VwW71y 

FYI - All other brass is from the Notion native instruments.

"El Matador Enters the Kitchen!" - microForj.UofI.VanHouzenTrumpet (demo)

An outstanding demo of the Van Houzen Trumpet performed by Roberto Soggetti (http://www.robertosoggetti.com/).  You can get the Van Houzen Trumpet here: goo.gl/VwW71y

Joseph Hydan - Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (Roberto Soggetti - Van Houzen Trumpet Demo)

A short demo of my new freebie library - "microForj - Melodic Sopranos" (you know, as opposed to other kinds of sopranos out there ;-) ).  

Derived from BigCat's "Sweet Melodic Choir", it also features Big Bob's WIPS scripting for realistic legato and superb glide.  It makes for a great Morricone Western "high desert choir" sound.

Also making appearances are two other microForj libraries - "Fiedler Tin Whistle" and "Van Houzen Trumpet".

The library is available here: 
http://goo.gl/Us3CsY

And the score for this demo is available here:
http://goo.gl/kLK0Bp

Mildred's Skies Are Dragonflies - microForj.Melodic Sopranos (Demo)

A short demo of my new freebie library - "microForj - Mourning Violin".

Derived from BigCat's "SSO Solo Violin" (originally created by Matt Westlund as part of the Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra), it also features Big Bob's WIPS scripting for realistic legato and superb glide.  For only a 14 mb library, it has a wonderful, poignant sound.

Also making appearances are three other microForj libraries - "Fiedler Tin Whistle", "Van Houzen Trumpet", and "Melodic Sopranos".

The library is available here: 
http://goo.gl/wySM7X

And the score for this demo is available here:
http://goo.gl/H8h9Mj

Those Small Voices, Now Stilled - microForj.Mourning Violin (demo)

Small musical snippets for a series of children's audiobooks by Katja Habicht. The printed versions include 9 seperate short stories per book, so the publisher (www.boas-verlag.de) asked for musical interludes about 20-30 seconds to seperate them.

Habicht Interludes - Orchestral

A short demo of all the various microForj Sound Libraries released to date:
"Van Houzen Trumpet"
"Melodic Sopranos"
"Fiedler Tin Whistle"
"Mourning Violin"

It also uses Karl Feuerstake's "Epic Organic Solo Floor Tom" (along with a host of other freebies), which you can find out about here:
http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=40239

The score for this demo is available here:
http://goo.gl/3xhjN3

A Few Theme Thieves More - "meta demo" for various microForj sound libraries

It's the microForj.Xmas.Freebie!

I needed something church-belly to accompany a monk-style chant, which unfortunately didn't work out (well, the monk thing did, but my piece didn't). However, I thought the carillon bells turned out pretty well by themselves. It features a fun "ghostverb carillon" that adds a nice chilly ambiance. For those who care about such things, I found the samples here: http://www.pem.org/aux/sound/Westerkerk-Carillon-Sample-Library.zip 

They run a bit sharp, so they're tuned them down a bit. You may have to readjust it to taste... 

The Kontakt version of it is available here: http://goo.gl/jhuvo2 

And the score for this demo is available here: http://goo.gl/Cu6oS7 

Here's hoping y'all have some wonderful holidays! 

And many thanks to the many, many developer folks who've contributed to VI Control this year (both professional and really-wish-we-were-professionals)! 

Kurt M. Landre' 
https://www.SoundCloud.com/kmlandre 

Winter Is Come (microForj.Westerkerk.Carillon Demo)

A mildly modified version of a freebie I found here on VI-Control:
http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43583&highlight=

Score available here:
http://goo.gl/Bq6bdo

A Daemon's Dance (Keyed Fiddle test)

Demo for the "microForj Samulis Recorder".

An early gift from the Xmas Fairy...

You can find the library here:
https://goo.gl/fKRKPq

And the score here:
https://goo.gl/HywMgw

Enjoy!

The Betrayer (microForj - Samulis Recorder Demo)

Kurt M. Landré 

Born in the dimming haze of the latter half of the late 20th Century, Landré's musical fate was sealed even before his birth when his mother began pushing the family piano around the living room in an attempt to induce a fruitful end to her 10-month pregnancy. Landré apparently got the message and found his way into this world the very next day, with piano moving lessons following just a few years later. 

He was afterwards raised on a steady musical diet of Bach, Beatles, Beethoven, Chicago, Rossini, Three Dog Night, and the raw, pure horror of live, dueling accordion music (and yes, there were many fatalities). After his first musical forays into classical piano and cello, he discovered synthesizers in the mid 80's and his tastes began rapidly migrating from New Wave, to Punk, to modern classical composition.

Landré's formal education consisted of stints at Pacific Lutheran and the University of Oregon, where he annoyed all his professors with a continual and unyielding insistence on parallel fifths in every composition. Finally, in a desperate attempt to get himself barred from all things musical, he began playing Post Pop Punk and quickly devolved into a cruel Pacific Northwest caricature of an over-caffeinated, rim-spectacled, folk-strumming-three-chord monstrosity. He is most famous for having blackened the jubilant mood of a crowd of over 1000 people after striking only a single, well-timed chord on a poorly tuned mandolin.

Having fully alienated all popular music lovers worldwide, Landré returned to his roots and began composing music for entirely virtual orchestras, and quickly established himself as a demo composer, creating works for sound library companies such as Impact Soundworks, CL-Projects, Samplism, Lux Nox, Versilian Studios, and others. 

He is currently the House Composer for Bela D. Media, but can be still found attempting to strangle and torture the joy and happiness out of numerous acoustic instruments.

Influences:

Alexander Courage (Star Trek, Original Series)
John Williams
Samuel Barber
Gustav Holst
Steve Reich (steve Reich Steve reich steve riech STEVE REICH - does *anyone* other than me ever get that joke?)
Sean Beeson
Ennio Morricone
Peter Gabriel (Birdy, Last Temptation of Christ)
My grandfather and mother's accordion playing (play the accordion, go to jail - THAT'S THE LAW.)
Martin O'Donnell