Musical Sampling – Atelier Series Barker Clarinet

🎶 Barker Clarinet – Expressive True Legato Clarinet Library 🎶

Barker Clarinet is a deeply expressive, true legato clarinet library performed by acclaimed conductor and educator Joshua Barker, designed to deliver realism, emotion, and musical agility in every note. Recorded at the renowned Orb Studios in Austin, Texas, this library captures the clarinet’s natural warmth, nuance, and dynamic character with exceptional detail.

To achieve a truly organic sound, every performance was recorded with natural, progressive vibrato, allowing the tone to gently evolve and breathe over time. This approach enhances emotional depth, making Barker Clarinet ideal for cinematic scoring, classical arrangements, and contemporary productions alike 🎼✨

Each patch is thoughtfully crafted to serve a specific musical context:

• Emotional Patch 💫 – Features a delicate, restrained vibrato that feels intimate, fragile, yet confident—perfect for heartfelt and subtle passages.

• Workhorse Patch 🎷 – An agile, mezzo-forte clarinet designed for traditional writing, upbeat cues, and everyday scoring tasks.

• Fat Lead Patch 🔥 – Recorded alongside Sasaki Trumpet and Austin Saxes, this bold, energetic clarinet shines in powerful, dramatic moments while remaining beautifully lyrical when pushed to sing.

• Breaths Patch 🌬️ – Includes short and long inhalations to enhance realism and sell authentic clarinet performances with convincing phrasing.

Whether you’re composing for film, television, games, or orchestral mockups, Barker Clarinet delivers a versatile, emotionally rich clarinet sound that feels alive, expressive, and unmistakably human 🎬🎻