VELA WOODWINDS

EXPERIMENTAL BASS AND CONTRA CLARINET

$129

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

KONTAKT VERSION REQUIREMENTS:

Kontakt or Kontakt Player 8.4+ or later

STORAGE REQUIREMENTS:

  • 4.22 GB Installed
  • Requires double the space during installation due to temporary files.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

  • macOS 13, 14 or 15 (latest update)
  • Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack)


  • Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, or Apple Silicon, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)
  • Graphics hardware support for Direct 3D 11.1 (Feature Level 11_0) or higher
  • 2 GB free disk space
  • Supports ASIO, Core Audio, and WASAPI


  • An internet connection is required to download, install, and activate the products in this collection. Once installed, all products can be used offline. Certain products may require additional free downloads.

SUPPORTED INTERFACES:

• macOS (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX

• Windows (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AAX

FREE KONTAKT PLAYER INCLUDED:

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NATIVE ACCESS DOWNLOADER REQUIRED:

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overview

• Experimental Bass & Contra Clarinet

• Infinite Motion Engine™ 2.0

• Non-Static Sampling™ learn more

• Dynamic modulation sculpting

• Long evolving performances

• 32 Unique articulations learn more

• 200+ presets to spark inspiration

• 100+ micro controls to fine-tune your sound

• 24bit 48kHz samples

• 4.22 GB installed

• Midi Learn/Automation

• VST3 / AU / AAX

FREE Kontakt Player Included

NKS Compatible

Free updates for infinity

quick guide manual

SOURCE SOUND LIST

BASS CLARINET:

Air Vibrato

Breath No Vibrato

Breath Fast Vibrato

Breath Slow Vibrato

Flutter

Grace Note Half Step

Grace Note Whole Step

Grace Note HS ALT

Grace Note WS ALT

Pure No Vibrato

Pure Vibrato

Slap Long Tone

Slap Long Reverse

Spectral Multi Static

Spectral Multi Slide

Spectral Multi Vib

Staccato

Staccato Reverse

Trill Half Step

Trill Whole Step


CONTRA CLARINET:

Fast Vibrato 1

Fast Vibrato 2

Long Notes 1

Long Notes 2

Long Notes 3

Long Notes 4

Short Notes

Short Notes Rev

Slap Tongue

Slow Vibrato

Spectral Multiphonics

Swells

videos

IN-DEPTH WALKTHROUGH

DEMO SHOWCASE

INTERFACE WALKTHROUGH

ORIGIN STORY

The Sound Between The Sea and The Stars

Vela Woodwinds was born from the drift between gravity and stillness, the low breath of clarinet, refracted through starlight, silence, and suspended motion.

Where traditional woodwind libraries emphasize agility, articulation, and orchestral form, we turned toward something slower, deeper: a meditation on tone as atmosphere. Inspired by the Vela constellation, Latin for “sail”, we imagined an instrument that doesn’t perform, but floats.

Using organic recordings of Bass and Contra Clarinet as our foundation, we sculpted evolving textures not through virtuosity, but through transformation. Powered by our Infinite Motion Engine™ and Non-Static Sampling™, Vela breathes without looping, revealing new dimensions with each sustained note.

What emerges is neither classical nor ambient, but something weightless in between. A library that reimagines woodwinds as vessels of sonic motion, drifting through oceanic depths and interstellar space.

Vela Woodwinds is for composers who seek movement over momentum, and for sound designers who navigate tension, isolation, and awe. Whether scoring a dream sequence, a slow sci-fi expanse, or an experimental short, this is sound that sails between the sea and the stars.

Set your course. Vela is ready.

NON-STATIC sAMPLING™

MOVEMENT THAT FEELS INFINITE

Non-Static Sampling™ developed by Founder Michael Vignola was born from a desire to capture what makes real instruments feel human, the way a tone shifts as breath changes, how texture wavers under pressure, or how resonance deepens with time. Instead of isolating a single, perfect moment, this technique preserves the unfolding nature of sound, shaping each note to evolve, to move, and to subtly transform as it sustains. Every gesture reveals new sonic detail, not through automation, but through the sound itself. No two moments recorded are quite the same. This is the heart of Non-Static Sampling™. Sound that doesn’t just play, it progresses. Tone that doesn’t just hold, it grows.

When fused with the Infinite Motion Engine™, this evolving behavior becomes part of a larger generative system — one that gives composers new expressive control over time, motion, and emotion.

What emerges isn’t just realistic, it’s restless, responsive, and always becoming.

Trusted By Professionals

“Vela Woodwinds is a stunning hybrid instrument, beautifully bridging the organic and the processed. The modulation engine invites deep expression, and I’m already experimenting with it on my next project. It feels like Emergence Audio read my mind and built exactly what I was needing."

David Buckley COMPOSER

Jason Bourne, The Sandman (Netflix), The Good Fight


“Vela is a wonderhouse full of the dark side of the bass and contrabass clarinet.

Very creative sound design that never gets predictable"

Mark Korven COMPOSER

The Lighthouse, The Witch, The Black Phone


Meet The Musician

Raymond Brien is a British-Canadian clarinetist and composer whose work sits at the edge of contemporary and electro-acoustic music. Known for expressive depth and a love of extended techniques, he brings sensitivity to the bass and contra clarinet, transforming their tonal range into something deeply human and otherworldly. A frequent collaborator with ensembles like Apartment House, Riot Ensemble, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Raymond also leads The Thinking Minds Project, a platform for experimental and interdisciplinary creation. For Vela Woodwinds, he lends both his technical precision and artistic intuition to shape a sonic world that floats between the sea and the stars.  

CREATIVE Freedom

Experience generative synthesis in real time, shape textures that breathe, morph, and move with you.

Effects

50+ Convolution Reverb · Delay · Chorus

Phaser · Rotator · Stereo Imager

Distortion · SATURATION · LOFi · Tape Saturation

Go deeper with our FX section's top-shelf convolution reverbs and attenuverter options that bring next level control