Action Woodwinds: Cinematic Woodwind Kontakt Instrument by Native Instruments

The core of Action Woodwinds is its library of pre-built phrases. You can edit them with Live Modules, which let you chop, duplicate and refine building blocks to create trills, crescendos, falls and runs. Melodic mode adjusts note pitches within a phrase, and Arpeggio mode turns chords into moving passages.

You can also play note sequences in real time using a range of articulations. Custom mode lets you design each step of a sequence, choosing which chord notes to play. The 8va button doubles a phrase an octave higher, which can thicken a texture or add a bright top line.

Multiple mic positions and ensemble controls give you options for shaping the sound of the high and low ensembles. The Scaler feature keeps performances within a chosen key, with 20 scale types to select from.

Performances can be exported as MIDI, so you can layer them with other instruments in your DAW. With Kontrol keyboards, the Light Guide helps you switch between phrases, and EQ, reverb and tempo parameters are mapped to the controls.