Spitfire Audio – Orchestral Swarm (KONTAKT)

By | August 24, 2018

 

Publisher : Spitfire Audio
Website : Spitfire Audio
Format : KONTAKT 5.6.8+
Quality : 24 bit 48 kHz stereo

Description : A new innovative standard in the sampling of the orchestra library, which will significantly expand your existing orchestral palette, including a huge variety of completely unique textures. As an alternative to the simple use of simple long notes, this library relies on a dot effect, which means that several players play short notes at random intervals to create a wavy sound that can be performed in real time to produce impressive results. Taking the “Swarm” approach, but adapted for the orchestra, it gives you access to even more detail, using a huge variety of articulations and styles of playing orchestral instruments and will give your compositions a fluid dynamic that will dance alongside the imagery. This library was created exclusively in collaboration with Bleeding Fingers and is represented in Blue Planet ii and Hans Zimmer / Radiohead in collaboration with “(ocean) bloom”.
New orchestral sound : This library represents an innovative collaboration with Bleeding Fingers (Planet Earth II, Sons Of Liberty, Roman Empire: Reign Of Blood) who wanted to create this library for use in the flagship BBC series: Blue Planet II. Their concept was to record several players performing random short notes of the same tone. The effect will be a granular “cloud” of notes – beautiful long sound textures created from layers of micro-moments that will be used instead of more traditional long notes. Now we in Spitfire know this approach well – this is the method we use for our Swarm libraries, and this opportunity pushed us to conquer a new territory – to use the power of the orchestra with this technique. We quickly delivered the source library for the team from Bleeding Fingers to use exclusively for the show. Hans Zimmer and Radiohead even continued to use it as part of their “(ocean) bloom” collaboration. Then we returned to the studio to record even more with the orchestra, including short notes and advanced techniques and layers to create the most complete instrument for media composers. This new texture approach to orchestral sampling will add life to your arrangements. Join the pioneers of modern concert music.
Ocean of possibilities : The library consists of various ensembles of strings, brass and woodwinds recorded individually and using the Swarm point approach, using the most idiomatic methods for these instruments. Many of these sounds have never been sampled before. We used a wide range of methods and combined them using the “Swarm” approach (where players each randomly play short notes to create a beautifully random sound cloud) to give a significantly enlarged sound palette to your existing orchestra. The included individual ensemble shots also expand your capabilities, allowing you to add a rhythmic element to your work. In addition, the two reverberations provided on board – a hard “studio” sound and a longer “hall” sound – gives a breeze when mixed with your orchestral libraries.

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Content:

25565 Samples
50.1 GB Uncompressed .WAV
29.7 GB disk space required
59.4 GB disk space required during install
Mac system requirements Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11 or macOS 10.12 (latest update), Intel Core 2 Duo
PC system requirements Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest service pack, 32/64-bit) Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
Kontakt version requirements Kontakt or Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher
Presets / Techniques / Articulations / Mics / Mixes
Strings High :
Combo Swarm
Combo Swell
Flautando Swarm
Pizzicato Swarm
Short Pizzicato
Short Spiccato
Short Swarm 1
Short Swarm 2
Short Swarm Harmonics
Spiccato Molto Sul Pont
Tenuto CS Tasto Swarm
Tenuto Swarm
Whisper Swarm
Strings Low :
Combo Swarm
Combo Swell
Flautando Swarm
Pizzicato Swarm
Short Pizzicato
Short Spiccato
Short Swarm 1
Short Swarm 2
Short Swarm Harmonics
Spiccato Sul Pont
Tenuto CS Tasto Swarm
Tenuto Swarm
Tenuto Trem Swarm
Whisper Swarm
Woods High :
Air Swarm
Clari Whisper Swarm
Combo Swarm
Flute Whisper Swarm
Flutter Swarm
Short
Staccatissimo Swarm
Tenuto Swarm 1
Tenuto Swarm 2
Tongued Swarm
Upper Mordent Swarm Semitone
Upper Mordent Swarm Wholetone
Woods Low :
Bassoon Pop
Combo Swarm
Flutter Swarm
Slap Staccatissimo
Sparse Swarm Stacc
Tenuto Swarm
Tongued Swarm
Horns :
Flutter Swarm
Muted Swarm
Short
Staccatissimo Swarm
Tenuto Swarm
Tonguing Swarm
Upper Mordent Swarm Semitone
Upper Mordent Swarm Wholetone
Bones and Tubas :
Flutter Swarm
Muted Swarm
Short
Staccatissimo Swarm
Tenuto Swarm
Tongued Swarm
Upper Mordent Swarm Semitone
Upper Mordent Swarm Wholetone
Brass :
Swells Cresc
Swells Dim
Mics & Mixes
Mics
Close
Tree
Outriggers
Stereo
R88 Ribbon
Mid Room

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