VELA WOODWINDS
EXPERIMENTAL BASS AND CONTRA CLARINET
$129
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
KONTAKT VERSION REQUIREMENTS:
Kontakt or Kontakt Player 8.4+ or later
STORAGE REQUIREMENTS:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
SUPPORTED INTERFACES:
• macOS (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
• Windows (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, VST3, AAX
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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
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
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
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