Like other representatives of the oboe family, the oboe da caccia is a double reed woodwind. It covers the alto register of the Baroque oboe. The instrument was recorded in the relatively dry and controlled environment of our second studio, the Silent Stage, and offers all typical articulations.
Short and long notes, dynamics, legato, repetitions
Recorded at Silent Stage
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With its curved tube and brass bell, the oboe da caccia looks like a hunting horn. It is a transposed instrument in F and sounds a 5th lower than the oboe. As opposed to the modern oboe, the Baroque oboe has only three keys. In order to produce higher pitches, the player has to “overblow”, meaning to increase the force of air to reach the next harmonic.
Staccato
Portato short and long
Repetitions legato, portato, staccato
Sustained normal and marcato
Legato normal and fast
Sforzato, fortepiano, sforzatissimo
Crescendo and diminuendo, 2/3/4 sec.
Piano-forte-piano, 2/4/6 sec.
Fast repetitions between 140 and 200 BPM
Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i3
7200 rpm hard drive (HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
8 GB RAM
iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)
Free storage space: 1.1 GB
Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
16 GB RAM
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
88 key master keyboard