Spitfire Audio announces availability of optimum compendium of symphonic strings sampling
Spitfire Audio, purveyors of the finest virtual instruments from the finest musical samples in the world, is
proud to announce availability of SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS — quite literally the ultimate encyclopaedic
compendium of symphonic strings sampling, with blockbuster content originally recorded with no expense spared
via the finest signal path at Lyndhurst Hall within London’s legendary Air Studios, playing host to the same 60 star
string players performing on the same instruments featured on so many memorable scores recorded there for films
that have grossed billions between them.
Spitfire Audio was built upon a very simple core concept: the best way to create samples that enable some of the most successful, award-winning recordings of recent times to be successfully recreated is not to imitate but rather simply replicate where and how they were recorded. Results dictate, therefore, that if there was ever a single product that should surely sum up the foundations of Spitfire Audio’s affluent approach to sampling then it would, without doubt, be SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS. After all, if you want the blockbuster sound then you have to boldly go where no sample-based virtual instrument-maker has gone before; if you want to sound cinematic then, simply speaking, you have to go big.
By its very
nature,
then, when it comes to symphonic strings sampling, it doesn’t get much
bigger than SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS. But boasting no fewer than 60 star
string players to its notable name — namely, 16 1st VIOLINS; 14 2nd VIOLINS; 12 VIOLAS; 10 CELLOS; and eight BASSES,
beautifully recorded in-situ (in
the positions that they occupy in a scoring session) at Air Studios to
two-inch Studer tape using a stunning selection of vintage valve and
ribbon
microphones via Neve ‘AIR Montserrat’ preamps and a Neve 88R large-scale
console before being digitally stored at 96k is only the start of that
admirable approach to this latest long and winding road to sampling
glory.
Get this, though: SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS is actually a consolidation of almost a decade’s worth of sampling experience, befriending London’s finest string players and through a process of kaizen — that can be tracked through over 20 unique strings libraries that Spitfire Audio has created during that time, perfecting the ideal balance of life, realism, and soul with the accuracy, playability, and scripting innovations that the company’s customers have collectively come to expect from a library containing a component that was named MusicTech Platinum Award Winner in the Best Library category in that British music technology magazine’s Gear of the Year 2014 list.
Fortunately for all, by rationalising what was previously provided across four separate volumes, SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS is now an encyclopaedic compendium of symphonic strings sampling — hence its appropriate appellation that leaves little doubt as to its raison d'être. Every articulation for every section (plus ensembles) formerly featured in the ‘tongue-twisting’ BML308 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS VOL. 1, BML309 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS VOL. 2, BML310 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS VOL. 3, and BML311 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS - ENSEMBLES are all present and accounted for in SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS — that’s those 16 1st VIOLINS; 14 2nd VIOLINS; 12 VIOLAS; 10 CELLOS; and eight BASSES, super-deep sampled with over 175 articulations, including 59 shorts, 94 longs, and five phenomenal legato patches programmed by UK composer Andrew Blaney.
But
that’s not
all. Also included in addition to each individual string section is a
comprehensive selection of articulations and techniques presented in an ENSEMBLES
format for
sketching and composing with ‘out of the box’ satisfaction guaranteed.
Go as detailed as musically desired with each section individually
or dive in with those carefully curated ENSEMBLES tools to allow for broad brush strokes. The choice is in there, that’s for sure!
So there you have it. In a nutshell, SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS is Spitfire Audio’s
shot at creating the definitive compendium of symphonic strings
sampling, recorded with a no-holds-barred approach. All and everything
from classic, elegant vibrato, and expression-controlled ‘dolce’ samples
(allowing music to be performed gently and sweetly) to the company’s own
up-to-the-minute techniques duly designed by its award-winning team of
composers and producers — highlights of which include the hugely popular
Long Flautando (directive to create a flute-like sound with a bowed
stringed instrument) and Long Super Sul Tasto (directive
to keep the bow over the fingerboard so as to produce a soft thin tone
with a stringed
instrument) articulations — are available for all to access and use via a
new and intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface) with an accompanying
inline
help system that’s as easy on the eye as it is easy to use. Users can
choose from the three essential, diverse, and most favoured mic
positions —
namely, C(lose), T(ree), and A(mbient).
Owners of Native Instruments’ industry-standard KONTAKT PLAYER platform — included for free with SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS — seeking to join A-
list composers and producers around the world who are already accessing Spitfire Audio’s
affluent approach to symphonic strings sampling surely
owe it to themselves and their musical endeavours to embrace the
company’s latest and greatest sample-based virtual instrument library to
offer full
compatibility with NKS® (NATIVE
KONTROL STANDARD), an extended plug-in format allowing advanced
integration with NI’s KONTROL keyboard
controllers. Cross-grading or buying into this core set of samples also
affords an opportunity to purchase expansion packs with more mic
positions and
stereo mixes — namely, SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS (EXPANSION PACK), as well as additional add-ons like the exclusive SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC
STRINGS EVOLUTIONS (EXPANSION PACK II).
Spitfire Audio was built upon a very simple core concept: the best way to create samples that enable some of the most successful, award-winning recordings of recent times to be successfully recreated is not to imitate but rather simply replicate where and how they were recorded. Results dictate, therefore, that if there was ever a single product that should surely sum up the foundations of Spitfire Audio’s affluent approach to sampling then it would, without doubt, be SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS. After all, if you want the blockbuster sound then you have to boldly go where no sample-based virtual instrument-maker has gone before; if you want to sound cinematic then, simply speaking, you have to go big.
Get this, though: SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS is actually a consolidation of almost a decade’s worth of sampling experience, befriending London’s finest string players and through a process of kaizen — that can be tracked through over 20 unique strings libraries that Spitfire Audio has created during that time, perfecting the ideal balance of life, realism, and soul with the accuracy, playability, and scripting innovations that the company’s customers have collectively come to expect from a library containing a component that was named MusicTech Platinum Award Winner in the Best Library category in that British music technology magazine’s Gear of the Year 2014 list.
Fortunately for all, by rationalising what was previously provided across four separate volumes, SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS is now an encyclopaedic compendium of symphonic strings sampling — hence its appropriate appellation that leaves little doubt as to its raison d'être. Every articulation for every section (plus ensembles) formerly featured in the ‘tongue-twisting’ BML308 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS VOL. 1, BML309 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS VOL. 2, BML310 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS VOL. 3, and BML311 MURAL - SYMPHONIC STRINGS - ENSEMBLES are all present and accounted for in SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS — that’s those 16 1st VIOLINS; 14 2nd VIOLINS; 12 VIOLAS; 10 CELLOS; and eight BASSES, super-deep sampled with over 175 articulations, including 59 shorts, 94 longs, and five phenomenal legato patches programmed by UK composer Andrew Blaney.
Watch Spitfire Audio co-founder and Director
Paul Thomson’s ‘traditional’ SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS
video walkthrough
SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS can be purchased and digitally downloaded (as 147.6 GB of uncompressed .WAV files, featuring
89,365 samples) from Spitfire Audio for a time-limited introductory promo price of £525.00 GBP (inc. VAT)/$589.00 USD/
€599.00 EUR (inc. VAT) until 08:00 GMT on November 30, 2016 — rising thereafter to an RRP of £699.00 GBP (inc. VAT)/
$789.00 USD/€799.00 EUR (inc. VAT) — from here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/
Note that Native Instruments’ free KONTAKT PLAYER is included with SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS, while
Spitfire Audio’s free Download Manager application for Mac or PC allows anyone to buy now and download anytime.
For more in-depth information, including several superb-sounding audio demos, please visit the dedicated SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS webpage here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/
For more in-depth information, including several superb-sounding audio demos, please visit the dedicated SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC STRINGS webpage here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/
Spitfire Audio produces
the finest virtual instruments from the finest musical samples in the
world. It was set up by a British group of composers, sound-
smiths, producers, engineers, and technologists wanting to revolutionise
sampling and bring it back to the centre of the music industry. Like
any new music
technology — from radio to synthesisers, sampling was (initially)
perceived as a threat to music-making and music-makers. Spitfire Audio
is at the vanguard of
changing that perception; its main goal is to promote British
music-making the world over while distributing royalties via an
ever-growing distribution chain to
its contributors — musicians, engineers, technicians, producers, and
artists alike — based on sales. Spitfire Audio puts millions of pounds
back into the British
music industry while supporting charities and initiatives, both in the
UK and beyond. (The fact that the company has become the second-biggest
contributor
to UNICEF via JustGiving.com
by giving away samples in return for donations speaks louder than
words.) By doing this, Spitfire Audio gets to work at the best
places with the best people to make the best sounds on the planet
today.
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