ilya efimov UILLEANN PIPES KONTAKT

The Uilleann Pipes are the national bagpipe instrument of Ireland. It’s unusual and complex in its construction, requiring from a player quite a bit of mastering. Seven playable reeds – the chanter, drones and regulators provide the instrument’s unique blend, harmonic structure, sweeter and quieter sound.

In the library Ilya sampled two full octaves for the chanter – main instrument’s reed, – including fast and slow legato notes, as well as other articulations like vibrato, staccato and mordents. There is also a special range on keyboard for playing regulators and regulators’ chords to accompany the chanter’s melody with simple harmonic backing. Plus Ilya designed suitable ways to turn on/off the drones, bellows noise and other bagpipe FX, which helps to provide the realistic sound of the library.

With this library a complicated instrument, like the Uilleann Pipes, now becomes easy to incorporate in your music.