The classical Swing big-band ensemble includes 5 saxophones: 2 Altos, 2 Tenors and 1 Baritone. The Alto saxophone is very versatile and apart from taking the lead voice in big band scores is also a common solo instrument. The Alto saxophone is a transposing instrument in Eb, sounding a major 6th lower than it is notated. It became famous especially through musicians like Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker.
The musician for all the instruments, Robert Bernhard, plays in illustrious circles. His experience in orchestral music is as profound as his improvisations in jazz, funk and blues. He has captured all the nuances of the Selmer Mark VI series instruments (reissues of the famous vintage saxes of the Sixties) – from sensitive to aggressive, from whispering to screaming, exploiting the full dynamic range of these instruments.
The Standard Library of the Download Instrument contains all of the Alto saxophone samples of the Vienna Special Edition and of the Special Edition PLUS as well as some additional articulations. The Full Library offers the complete articulations on par with the ones of the big DVD Collection Saxophones Extended Library. Please find a detailed list of included playing techniques under the menu item Sample Content.
If you have already registered a Special Edition product that contains the Alto saxophone, you can buy the download instrument Alto saxophone at a reduced price. Your personal discounts are displayed under the menu item Discount Details when you’re logged in.
Your purchase of Alto saxophone entitles you to download the free Vienna Instruments software player as well as the Vienna Ensemble mixing and host software.
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Please note that all discounted user-specific orders must be processed manually by our sales team and therefore may take up to one business day to be completed.
Your purchase of any VSL library entitles you to download the free Vienna Instruments Pro player software that includes the Vienna Ensemble mixing host.
Mac:
- macOS 10.13 or higher
- 64 bit
- Intel Core i5 (Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2 recommended)
- RAM: min. 8 GB (16GB recommended)
Windows:
- Windows 10/11 or higher
- 64 bit
- Intel Core i5 / AMD Athlon Pro (Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon recommended)
- RAM: min. 8 GB (16GB recommended)
Free hard drive space according to the library size.
Vienna Symphonic Library products require you to register with the manufacturer at www.vsl.co.at and with www.ilok.com to activate your license.
This product requires an activation!
You can either "soft" activate the software on your computer without addditional hardware or transfer the license to an iLok USB dongle which has to be purchased separately. The iLok dongle can be used to run the protected software on different computers. Your licenses can be easily manged using the iLok Licence Manager. To protect your investment against theft or loss we recommend the iLok Zero Downtime protection with TLC.
An internet connection on any computer and a free user-accout at www.ilok.com is required to authorize the product. In order to download and install your software products and sample libraries authorized via iLok, please use the Vienna Assistant.
Please check with the software manufacturer which iLok version is required at least if you want to use a hardware iLok!
