Woodwind Evolutions
Soaring, evolving woodwinds
Soaring, evolving woodwinds
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Woodwind
48 evolutions & 19 presets
Dedicated plugin
Listen to Woodwind Evolutions
The presets are an example of the range of possibilities that can be achieved through Evo Grid technology — from simple tutti patches containing all 48 evos (evolutions) spread evenly across your keyboard, to specially curated patterns. With a number of FX accessible from the front panel, this is a tool designed for producers, composers and sound designers looking to create spellbinding, award-winning material from the moment your fingers hit the keyboard.
Our bespoke, sophisticated Evo Grid interface, inspired by the EMS VCS3 synth, positions ‘pegs’ via an onscreen 12 x 48 grid arrangement, giving you access to recordings across 12 intervals, organised in a grid with an almost infinite number of possible configurations. Instantly select which evo sits on each of those 12 key ranges, toggle your pegs, or hit 'Feeling Lucky' to generate randomised evolutions, replay the MIDI, and no cue will ever sound the same twice.
What's included
Instruments
Band A - Woods
- Flute (3)
- Alto flute (1)
- Bass flute (1)
- Contrabass flute (1)
- Bb clarinet (3)
- Bb bass clarinet (3)
Band B - Reeds
- Oboe (3)
- Cor anglais (2)
- Bb clarinet (2)
- Bb bass clarinet (1)
- Baritone sax (1)
- Bassoon (3)
Light woods
- Light — full
- Light — shimmer
- Normale — pulse
- Light — tongue shudders (episodic)
- Light — shudders
- Shudders — strong
- Breath — tone
- Light — accelerating siren
- Light — beautiful siren
- Normale — overtone flickers
Pitch woods
- Normale — semitone cells
- Normale — tone cells
- Normale — dissonant pulse
- Normale — multiphonics
- Normale — episodic overtones
- Gentle shimmer — overtones
- Normale — harmonic wisps
- Normale — building trill
- Normale — multiphonics and pedal
- Light — dissonant tongue shudders
- Normale — dissonant overtone pulse
- Shimmer — multiphonic overtones
- Light — harmonic cell bursts
- Breath — dissonant pulse
Light reeds
- Light — full
- Light — shimmer
- Normale — pulse
- Light — tongue shudders
- Light — shudders
- Light — shimmer bursts
- Light — accelerating siren
- Light — beautiful siren
Pitch reeds
- Normale — semitone cells
- Normale — tone cells
- Normale — dissonant pulse
- Normale — down bends
- Normale — multiphonics
- Light — siren shudders
- Normale — episodic overtones
- Normale — singing pitch
- Light — random bursts
- Light — shimmers and sirens
- Chatter — dissonance
- Light — chaos
- Soft — overtone pulse
- Singing — shimmer bursts
- Light — shimmered bends
- Soft — full multiphonics
Curated presets
Simple
- A simple start — bright
- Episodic bursts — bright
- Harmonic woodwinds — bright
- Movement pad — dark
- Pulsing presence — dark
- Shimmering ensemble — bright
- Steel pans — bright — distorted
- Stretched moments — dark
- Reed swamp — dark
- Woodwind swamp — dark
- Ensemble swamp — dark
- Grit bursts — dark — distorted
Intense
- Always building — bright
- Cracks of beauty — dark
- Intense sirens — dark
- Is it broken — dark — distorted
- Semitone shimmers — bright
- Is it more broken — dark — distorted
- Dirty moments — dark — distorted
Mics & mixes
Close
- A tight, dry mix
Tweaked
- A compressed version of Close with occasional glitches
Ambient
- Reverberant and atmospheric
Distorted
- A full-on, gritty signal, useful for adding some dirt into the mix
Stretch X2
- The Close mix stretched to be twice the length, giving the sounds a more ethereal quality
Stretch X8
- The Close mix stretched to eight times the length, to slow down busy evolutions
FAQs
What software will I need to run the Spitfire evolution libraries?
For Angular String Evolutions, Fragile String Evolutions and Woodwind Evolutions we provide an AU, VST2, VST3 and AAX, so as long as your chosen DAW supports one of those plugin formats, you’re good to go.
Evo Grid 3 needs Kontakt Full to run. For more information on Kontakt Full click here.
Hey, why isn't Evo Grid 3 a dedicated plugin?
Due to some of the technology needed for Evo Grid 3, we have not released it as a dedicated plugin yet.
What are Evolutions, and what is an Evo grid?
Evolutions are long notes that change over time then loop seamlessly back to the beginning. In our “Evo Grid”, you can select different evolutions based on the range of the note you are playing.
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Mac system requirements
Mac OS X 10.15 to OS 13
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
32-bit systems are not supported.
PC system requirements
Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM
32-bit systems are not supported.
File size
~3312 samples
20.0 GB download size
19.80 GB disk space required during install
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