The duduk is an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of aged apricot wood. Its warm, soft and slightly nasal timbre is not unlike the English Horn or a softly played tenor saxophone, but given the ability to shape the sound with air pressure, vibrato and embellishments it’s the wind instrument that most resembles the human voice.
Duduk in Bb, bass duduk in D
Recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna
Exceptional level of realism and sonic excellence
Multiple microphone positions with a variety of pre-configured mixer presets
Instrument specific articulations
Chromatic keyboard mappings
UNESCO proclaimed the Armenian duduk and its music as a “Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. The instrument was made known to a broader audience through film music with movies and shows such as Gladiator, Avatar, Syriana, Game of Thrones, and many more.
The instruments are diatonic (duduk in Bb: Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A; bass duduk in D: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#). Nonetheless, this software instrument provides chromatic keyboard mappings for every instrument – but please keep in mind that a live player may not be able to play your composition if you make use of this feature!
Duduk in Bb, range: F3–C5, scale: Bb Major (Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A)
Duduk in D, range: G2–A#3, scale: D Major (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#)
(c4 = middle c)
Standard
€ 105
Full
€ 140
Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i5
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
16 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 for the Standard Library: 3 GB
Free storage space for the Full Library: 5 GB
Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon
macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
32 GB RAM
AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
88 key master keyboard