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Virtual Drumline 2.5 (Direct Download)The world"s most powerful marching and concert percussion software instrument. (version 2.5.5)Price: $199.00
Level: version 2.5.5 |
Description
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AN ENTIRE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS |
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ENDLESS VARIETY AND DETAIL FOR ULTRA REALISM
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INTEGRATES INTO YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC SOFTWARE!
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WANT TO LEARN MORE?
Visit our list of frequently asked questions about Virtual Drumline.
Click here to browse the User Guide (version 2.5.5).
FINALE USERS
Finale (2009 or newer) ships included with a small sub-set of "VDLite" instruments from VDL, so you may have already tapped into what it sounds like. There's a whole lot more to be found in the full version of VDL 2.5, though. Click here to see how the full version of VDL compares to what comes with Finale.
*UPGRADING FROM VIRTUAL DRUMLINE 2
The "upgrade" version of Virtual Drumline 2.5 is only available for registered users of VDL:2 purchasing the Boxed DVD version of VDL.
Watch/Listen
| ABC
College Football Jim Casella |
Football fans may recognize this. This spot has aired frequently on ESPN and ABC during the college football season. Written using Sibelius, Logic, and percussion sounds exclusively from Virtual Drumline. (quicktime required) |  |
| Frameworks 1 by David Knight and Marty McCartt visit David's site |
All percussion was sequenced using Virtual Drumline sounds. Wind musicians were recorded live while playing to the sequenced VDL parts. | |
| Frameworks 3 by David Knight and Marty McCartt visit David's site |
All percussion is sequenced using Virtual Drumline sounds. Wind musicians were recorded live while playing to the sequenced VDL parts. | |
| Limbo Marianne arr. Jeff Moore |
This is an arrangment for steel drum band using the VDL 2.5 steel orchestra and drumset patches. These were created in exclusively Sibelius 4, recorded through Wiretap with a bit of reverb added. | |
| Jamaican Farewell arr. Jeff Moore |
This is an arrangment for steel drum band using the VDL 2.5 steel orchestra and drumset patches. These were created exclusively in Sibelius 4, recorded through Wiretap with a bit of reverb added. | |
| Contemplation by Brian Flack |
Written for the Tate Creek Indoor Percussion Ensemble from Lexington, Kentucky, this original piece was part of their WGI Independent Open fourth place finish. Bass, harp, and wind sounds are from other sources, but all percussion sounds are VDL. | |
Picture Perfect - parts 3 and 4 |
From Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," this excerpt was arranged for arena marching percussion ensemble. All sounds are from Virtual Drumline 2.5, and playback was all created directly in Sibelius 5.1. Audio recording and reverb were rendered using Audio Hijack for Macintosh. | |
| Native Echoes arr, Robbie Green sequenced by Bryan Harmsen |
This is an arrangement of the Tapspace piece Rite of Passage by Jesse Monkman, adapted for arena marching percussion ensemble. This is a licensed arrangement which is available from VisAudio Designs. All percussion sounds and bass guitar are from VDL 2.5. | |
Anthem,
part 1 |
Indoor marching percussion ensemble arrangement for the Twin Cities Area Independent Percussion Ensemble. All sounds in this demo (except synth sounds) come from VDL 2.5 (including electric and bass guitars). | |
Steel Orchestra Demo |
Virtual Drumline 2.5 brought the addition of some basic steel drum orchestra instruments. In this demo you'll hear the set of six bass pans with double seconds, followed by triple guitar, then the melody on lead pan where you'll hear the instrument alternate between regular strokes and tremolo rolls (controlled with mod-wheel, and available on all steel drum instruments). | |
Rosewood
Chronicle |
Percussion ensemble in three movements. All sounds (including piano and bass guitar parts) are exclusively from VDL 2.5. | |
Uncle Creepy |
12-tone percussion etude from the new Tapspace book Up Front Etudes. This demo makes great use of the various orchestral tambourine articulations, rolls, and thumb rolls, as well as various timpani glissandi. Vibraphones also demonstrate various pedaling techniques that can be employed with VDL. | |
Wild
Asses |
From the new Tapspace book Up Front Etudes, this short arrangement from Carnival of the Animals highlights the conecert snare drum, and 18" Zildjian Constantinople crash cymbals while also demonstrating extreme range of the marimbas and xylophones. | |
| Leyenda Isaac Albéniz arr. Gifford Howarth |
This concert percussion ensemble arrangment of the famous classical guitar transcription is published by Tapspace, but also works as a great VDL:2 demo to show the strength of our mallet percussion sounds. All sounds are from VDL. | |
| Estancia arr. Jim Casella |
Full percussion ensemble arrangement using marching battery, as well as several concert and world percussion instruments. This demo also uses snareline and tenorline instruments that have been "reefed" up slightly with VDL's simple "tune" feature to better match the sound of your drumline tuning preference. | |
| Take
Hold of Me Olin Johannessen |
Vibraphone and Marimba duet. This demo uses the medium mallet vibes and medium mallet synthetic marimba from VDL and illustrates the expressive nature of our mallet keyboards. | |
| Ascension Jim Casella |
This is a full marching battery/pit score written to accompany a full band program for the 2005 LD Bell marching band from Hurst, TX. Uses a wide variety of concert and marching percussion instruments, all from VDL. | |
| Timpani Demo | Medium, Hard, and Soft mallets playing a variety of articulations including hand dampening, center of the head, rolls, bowls, and various glissandi effects. | |
| Effects Demo | A random collection of various effects including: Vibe FX, Bell Plates, Thundersheet, Cactus Rainstick, Frogs, Tambourine, Snare Drum, Ocean Drum, Bass Drum, Flexatones, Tam Tam, Echo Chimes, Meinl Birds, 18" Constantinople Cr. Cyms, Concert Toms, and Propane Tank. | |
| Latin Demo | Some of the different articulations on Congas, Timbales (w/Mambo Bell), Shekere, and high Jam Block (clave), accompanied by rosewood marimba with medium mallets and timpani with soft mallets. | |
| Maple
Leaf Rag |
This demo features un-edited playback of a standard MIDI file simply using sounds from VDL. Featured are the medium dark xylophone mallet and soft mallet on rosewood marimba. | |
| Zildjian
Spot Jim Casella |
The customized music in this demo was created to accompany a 30 second TV spot for the Zildjian Cymbal company which will air on ESPN2 for the 2005 DCI Summer Music Games world championship broadcast. All percussion sounds are from Virtual Drumline. | |
| Amazonian
Rainforest Bill Castillo (sequence) |
Full marching percussion score from Key Poulan Music. Sequenced by Bill Castillo from arrangements by Shawn Glyde and Dan Bryan using percussion sounds exclusively from VDL (except cuica). | |
| Waves
1 Jesse Mattson visit Jesse's site |
Full marching percussion ensemble demo. All sounds are exclusively from Virtual Drumline (except piano). | |
| SurroundSound
3 Allen Joanis visit Allen's site |
Full marching percussion ensemble demo. All sounds are exclusively from VDL (except synth). | |
| Waves
3 Jesse Mattson visit Jesse's site |
Full marching percussion ensemble demo. All sounds are exclusively from VDL (except synth). | |
System Requirements
VIRTUAL DRUMLINE LIBRARY REQUIREMENTS
For current library version 2.5.5
- Kontakt Player free (version 4 or higher) or full version of Kontakt (version 4 or higher)
- DVD drive to install software (not required if purchasing as a download)
- 4.5 GB available hard disk space
- Native Instruments Service Center (free) to activate library on your computer via internet
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KONTAKT PLAYER 5 REQUIREMENTS
- Mac - OS X 10.6 (latest update) or higher, Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM
- Windows - Windows 7 (latest Service Pack), 32/64-bit, Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2GB RAM
- Supported Interfaces: Stand-alone, VST, Audio Units, RTAS (Pro Tools 9 or higher), ASIO, CoreAudio, WASAPI
- 1 GB available hard disk space
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KONTAKT PLAYER 4 REQUIREMENTS
- Mac: Mac OS X 10.5, Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz, 1GB RAM
- Windows: Windows XP (SP2)/Vista (32/64-bit), Pentium or Athlon XP 1.4GHz, 1GB RAM
- Supported Interfaces: Stand-alone, VST, Audio Units, RTAS (Pro Tools 7 or higher), ASIO, CoreAudio, DirectSound, WASAPI
- 1GB available hard disk space
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NOTE: Virtual
Drumline is not a notation program.
If you wish to write percussion notation using Virtual Drumline sounds, you should use either Finale or Sibelius notation programs. For more info on this and other pre-sale questions, please visit our
FAQ page..
Instrument List
Accessories Chimes Combination Instruments Cymbals (hand) Cymbals (suspended) |
DrumLine Battery Drums Effects Glockenspiels & Crotales Gongs |
Marimbas Rhythm Section Steel Drums Timpani Vibraphones Vocals Xylophones |
KEY TO TERMS:
(KS) - Instrument contains Keyswitch
functions
(MW) - Instrument contains special features controlled
by Mod-Wheel
(AutoRL) - Instrument uses "Auto Right/Left" feature
to automatically rotate between right and left handed strokes
(PED) - Instrument may be controlled via standard sustain pedal
Manual - Instrument allows manual user-control over right and
left-hand strokes
LITE - Instrument is streamlined to help conserve system resources
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