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A solo oboe that can carry the theme alone
Memory Oboe
Lyrical when it needs to be. Percussive when it doesn't.
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“Cannot recommend Auddict’s libraries highly enough.” — Stephen Barton, composer of Call of Duty 4, Titanfall & Titanfall 2
Written for the melody, not the middle of the mix
Memory Oboe
A solo oboe sample library for Kontakt
Memory Oboe is a solo oboe Kontakt library for composers who put the tune in the open air. It sits exposed, holds a phrase, and still has teeth when the cue turns. Built for film, TV and games.
- 13 articulations
- 3 mic positions
- 4 dynamic layers on legato and sustains
- 7 round robins on staccato, staccatissimo, staccatississimo
- 2 legato types: vibrato and straight
- 3 lengths of short
- Legato Aid included
- Kontakt 5 full version or above
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Feature Deep Dive
AI-P on a double reed
On an oboe, a legato join is two buzzes meeting. Get it wrong and the line reads as a patch. AI-P is the processing stage every sample passes through before the library reaches you — models and algorithms working on the recorded waveform, not synthesis, not a real-time effect. The performances stay the performances; we refine them below the level hands can reach.
What's new in this release is the loops. We aimed phase convergence at the loop point itself, so holding a note down is far more seamless than anything we've shipped before. A long, exposed note just sits there. These are the cleanest loops we have made.
The rest of the pipeline runs across the whole instrument — every articulation, round robin, dynamic layer and mic position. Internal testing rates the legato at roughly twice the realism of conventional true-legato.
Feature Deep Dive
Legato Aid
AI-P handles the samples. Legato Aid handles you. It works in real time, closing gaps and overlaps as you play — whether you're performing a line in on a keyboard or hitting play on MIDI you wrote last week. The moment where two notes don't quite meet and the phrase snags gets taken care of while you're still playing.
The payoff is time. Sketches come out closer to finished takes. Finished takes need less clean-up before the cue goes out. Less nudging note ends around in the piano roll.
Feature Deep Dive
The shorts, and the slap
Three lengths of short, down to staccatississimo, so you can articulate a run without reaching for a different patch. Repeated notes are timbre-matched, so a fast passage doesn't expose a cycle. Beyond that: harmonics, semitone and whole-tone trills, key clicks, and slap tongue recorded both with and without the reed.
The slap is performed on the instrument. It is not a short note reversed.
Performer
Eleanor Tinlin
Eleanor Tinlin is an oboist known for her versatility and passion for crossing different musical genres and worlds. Equally at home in a concert hall, recording studio or West End pit, her work spans classical, jazz, pop, rock, and contemporary music. She has performed in many of the most prestigious venues both across the UK and all over the world.
In demand as both a live and session player, she has recorded, performed and toured with a wide range of artists, bands and musical theatre productions, and can be heard on numerous albums, TV and film soundtracks.
Recorded with London oboist Eleanor Tinlin, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. Her credits include oboe and cor anglais for Cosmo Sheldrake, and oboe with Parallax Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. She plays a line rather than a note, which is the whole reason this library can sit out front.
What's inside for $79:
Core
- Solo oboe, 13 articulations
- 3 mic positions, each with independent volume, mute, solo and power
- Stereo width control
- Reverb
- Legato Aid real-time performance smoothing
- AI-P processing applied to every articulation, round robin, dynamic layer and mic position
- Kontakt 5 full version or above (Mac or Windows)
- Performed by Eleanor Tinlin
Legato
- Vibrato legato — 4 dynamic layers
- Non-vibrato legato — 4 dynamic layers
Longs & Sustains
- Sustain vibrato — 4 dynamic layers
- Sustain non-vibrato — 4 dynamic layers
- Harmonics — 1 dynamic layer
- Semitone trills — 1 dynamic layer
- Whole-tone trills — 1 dynamic layer
Shorts
- Staccato — 7 round robins
- Staccatissimo — 7 round robins
- Staccatississimo — 7 round robins
- Slap tongue with reed
- Slap tongue without reed
- Key clicks
- Key clicks short layer, velocity crossfade
Get Memory Oboe Now
A melody line that stays a melody line, all the way to the last bar. $79 opening price, down from $200.
Buy Memory Oboe on its own.
Or grab a launch bundle for even bigger savings.
- Solo oboe, 13 articulations
- 3 mic positions, each with independent volume, mute, solo and power
- Legato Aid real-time performance smoothing
- AI-P processing applied to every articulation, round robin, dynamic layer and mic position
- Performed by Eleanor Tinlin
BUNDLE 1
- Everything in Memory Oboe
- PLUS Nocturne Clarinet
- 68% off the combined RRP of $400
BUNDLE 2
- Everything in Memory Oboe + Nocturne Clarinet
- PLUS Daniela Mars Flutes
- 68% off the combined RRP of $720
Technical specifications
Format & Compatibility
Kontakt instrument — requires Kontakt 5 Full Version and above. Mac or Windows.
Instrument
Solo oboe, 3 mic positions.
Legato
Vibrato (4 dyn), Non-Vibrato (4 dyn).
Longs
Sustain Vibrato (4 dyn), Sustain Non-Vibrato (4 dyn), Harmonics (1 dyn), Semitone Trills (1 dyn), Whole-Tone Trills (1 dyn).
Shorts
Staccato (7 RR), Staccatissimo (7 RR), Staccatississimo (7 RR).
Slap Tongue
With Reed, Without Reed.
Key Sounds
Key Clicks.
Short Layer
Key Clicks, velocity crossfade.
Mic Positions
3, each with independent volume, mute, solo and power.
Onboard Processing
Stereo width, reverb, Legato Aid.
Sample Processing
AI-P applied across all articulations, round robins, dynamic layers and mic positions, including phase convergence on sustain loop points.