Adagio Violas Vol. 1 contain three main groups of Violas. Full Ensemble Violas (7), Divisi Violas (3) and Solo Viola (1). All groups have been extensively sampled and recorded in a signature church environment with a hand-selected group of great viola players from the San Francisco Bay Area. All groups were sampled with three different microphone positions (close, far, mixed) and we deployed the same unique sampling techniques we applied to all our Adagio products, including round robin legato and the ability to connect legato effortlessly with other articulations like loure (floating notes) and dynamic bowings (expressive notes). We also recorded new specific viola articulations (ex. 3 different types of sordino spiccato, deep-sampled sordino loure and sordino bowings etc).

Ensemble Articulations
8 Different Types of Ensemble Legato(s)
Cantabile
Colin’s Favorite
Instinct (Round Robin Legato)
Village
Emo Slur
Sweet Soft Slur
Perdition (sordino)
Soft Sordino
Ensemble Sustains (PP, P, MF, F) MW/Crossfade Controlled
Ensemble Sustains Non-Vibrato to Vibrato MW/Crossfade Controlled
Ensemble Sustains Vibrato
Ensemble Sustains Vibrato Soft
Ensemble Sordino (P, MP, F)
Ensemble Tremolo (P, MF, F)
Ensemble Trills:
Ens Half Note Trill
Ens Whole Note Trill
Ens Min3rd Note Trill
Ens Maj3rd Note Trill
9 Different Ensemble Dynamic Bowing (Natural Flowing Gesture)
10 Different Ensemble Sordino Dynamic Bowing (Natural Flowing Gesture)
6 Ensemble Loure (connected notes) Tempo-Synced
3 Ensemble Sordino Loure (connected notes) Tempo-Synced
Ensemble Feathery Spiccato (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Tapped Spiccato (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Spiccato Fast (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Spiccato Fast Arp (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Sordino Spiccato (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Sordino Spiccato Feathered (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Staccato (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Marcato (x 4 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Sordino Marcato (x 3 reps) (P/MF/F)
Ensemble Pizzicato (x 9 reps)
Ensemble Bartok Pizzicato (x 9 reps)
Ensemble Staccato (x 9 reps) (P/MF/F)
Bonus Ambiences