Spitfire symphonic strings

An educational discount. It’s worth noting that if you’re eligible for the loyalty crossgrade, you cannot “stack” the discounts, but rather “top up” to the EDU price of 30% off.WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPITFIRE SOLO STRINGS AND ALTERNATIVE SOLO STRINGS?Alternative Solo Strings was recorded dry, with the players performing in a very raw style. Our Spitfire Solo Strings is a direct counterpoint to this and very much plays to a traditional, virtuosic sound, recorded in the pleasurable ambience of the Hall at AIR Studios.WHAT CONTEXT IS THIS LIBRARY BEST USED IN?Spitfire Solo Strings are perfect for lyrical solo passages, quartet writing, and even for layering with a full section to add definition. Due to the recording location, Solo Strings will blend effortlessly with our other AIR libraries, and truly ‘completes’ the Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra.WHICH OTHER SPITFIRE LIBRARIES MIGHT WORK WELL WITH SPITFIRE SOLO STRINGS?Any library within our Symphonic Range, and any that were recorded at AIR Lyndhurst would work well with this library.WHAT LEGATOS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN SPITFIRE SOLO STRINGS?As well as the Total Performance patches mentioned above, this library features portamento, fingered & bowed legato patches for Violin (1st Desk), Viola and Cello. Watch Paul’s Walkthrough of the Spitfire Solo Strings Legatos here.WHAT DO I USE LEGATOS FOR?Long articulations typically include an attack sample, a sustain sample which is then looped and a release sample - all stitched together to make what you hear when you press a key. A legato articulation adds the sound of the transition between notes so that you can play a phrase of music that sounds more realistic than if you were to play it using all long notes.You would use our “fingered” legato for notes which are connected by or contained within a slur on a musical score; the “bowed” legato is

Follow FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSWHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE "OLD" SOLO STRINGS AND THE "NEW" SOLO STRINGS?Whilst we still love the character of the legacy product, it was one of our oldest and longest serving libraries. Times have changed, and we have returned to AIR Lyndhurst to revisit and improve on a Spitfire favourite.WHAT'S NEW?Everything! We’ve recorded entirely new samples, updated scripting and created a cleaner and easier to use GUI, all of which is presented as an NKS compatible Kontakt Player library. And unlike our old Solo Strings library, this product also includes double bass, and three different violin styles - Virtuoso, 1st Desk and Progressive - each with their own unique articulations. IS THERE A CROSSGRADE PATH FOR ORIGINAL SOLO STRINGS OWNERS?Yes! As a thank you for your loyalty, owners who purchased the original Spitfire Solo Strings before the firesale began on 15th March 2018 will receive a special discount. Add Spitfire Solo Strings to your cart, and our cart will intelligently calculate your crossgrade. Make sure you’re logged in first!WHY DO I NEED THIS PRODUCT?Since we recorded Solo Strings in the Lyndhurst Hall at AIR, the library will blend perfectly with most of our existing libraries, including our Chamber Strings, Symphonic Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, as well as all of the Albions. And just like those libraries, Solo Strings was recorded by award-winning engineers, using world-class equipment: priceless ribbon and valve mics through Neve Montserrat preamps, the largest 88R Neve console in the world, and onto pristine 2” tape before being converted with the top-of-their-class Prism AD converters at 96k. There’s a reason that this hall has been the choice for Hollywood directors for decades. WHAT ARE THE SPITFIRE SOLO VIOLIN AND SOLO CELLO TOTAL PERFORMANCE PATCHES?Spitfire Solo Violin Total Performance and Spitfire Solo Cello Total Performance both

SPITFIRE SOLO STRINGSDESIGNED TO STAND OUTSometimes you need the intimacy and detail of a single voice to rise above the force of an orchestra. Reach for Spitfire Solo Strings, featuring exceptional first-call London virtuosos, ideal for adding individuality and definition to your scores and production. Solo Strings is designed to stand out, but also to fit in: this entirely new library sits perfectly alongside the Spitfire orchestral ranges, utilising the same location, peerless signal chain, mic positions and range of articulations that make up the DNA of our high quality orchestral packages. Single players, recorded in the acoustic luxury of The Hall at AIR Studios, captured on rich sounding 2” tape.Soloists are exceptional players, and capturing them on a recording presented unique challenges. We needed to go beyond expectation, making each instrument versatile enough to match the emotional temperature of your music, offering a vast range of mic positions and articulations to blend perfectly with our Symphonic and Chamber collections. Our new solo violin can be played in three distinct modes and was performed by three distinctly different players: Virtuoso, 1st Desk and Progressive, each containing not only their own range of articulations, but also a range of recording locations in the hall and different styles of performance. Virtuoso, with a standing player, captures the sound of a sonata, or a featured soloist out in front of the orchestra performing in a ‘concerto’ style. 1st Desk was recorded on the front desk of the first violins, perfectly placed for adding individuality and definition to a string line, while still able to blend in with the section. Our “1st Desk” performer plays “out”, leading the orchestra. Our progressive player was recorded further away from the conductor, designed to fit into larger string sections, or offer up solo passages in a more contemporary vernacular, opening the door to a modern, filmic sound of extended techniques including “Mandolin pizzicato” and “Tremolo whispers”.These three violins are joined by three exceptional string players on viola, cello and double bass, all with an equal attention to detail and depth of sampling. This gives us an exceptionally versatile set of tools that can create anything from a single searing cello line to multiple parts added to larger sections, providing added definition and personality and bringing together a very unique sextet of players with unprecedented control and malleability.For Solo Strings, Spitfire had the privilege of working with a group of internationally acclaimed musicians with a goldmine of experience as first-call soloists. These players can be heard all over major Hollywood films. Featuring Jack Liebeck (violin - Virtuoso), Clio Gould (violin - 1st Desk), Thomas Gould (violin - Progressive), Max Baillie (viola), Richard Harwood (cello) and Leon Bosch (double bass), Solo Strings is a no-compromise library, recorded in an exceptionally resonant acoustic space.As with many Spitfire libraries, we returned to the iconic Hall at AIR Studios to record Solo Strings. Scores such as Dunkirk, Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman and Paddington 2 were recorded there recently, as well

Short SpiccatoViolin (Progressive) - Short StaccatoViolin (Progressive) - Short Super Sul TastoViolin (Progressive) - Tremolo HarmonicsViolin (Progressive) - Tremolo WhispersViolin (Progressive) - Trill (Major 2nd)Violin (Progressive) - Trill (Minor 2nd)VIOLAViola - Long CSViola - Long HarmonicsViola - Long Progressive VibViola - Long Sul PontViola - Long TremoloViola - LongViola - Short Bartok PizzicatoViola - Short Brushed Baroque CSViola - Short Col LegnoViola - Short HarmonicsViola - Short Mandolin PizzicatoViola - Short Noise StaccatissimoViola - Short PizzicatoViola - Short SpiccatoViola - Short StaccatoViola - Trill (Major 2nd)Viola - Trill (Minor 2nd)CELLOCello - Long CSCello - Long FlautandoCello - Long HarmonicsCello - Long Progressive VibCello - Long Sul PontCello - Long TremoloCello - LongCello - Short Bartok PizzicatoCello - Short Brushed Baroque CSCello - Short Col LegnoCello - Short HarmonicsCello - Short Noise StaccatissimoCello - Short PizzicatoCello - Short SpiccatoCello - Short StaccatoCello - Trill (Major 2nd)Cello - Trill (Minor 2nd)BASSBass - Long FlautandoBass - Long HarmonicsBass - Long Progressive VibBass - Long Sul PontBass - Long TremoloBass - LongBass - Short Bartok PizzicatoBass - Short Brushed Baroque CSBass - Short Col LegnoBass - Short HarmonicsBass - Short Pizzicato UndampedBass - Short PizzicatoBass - Short SpiccatoBass - Short StaccatoBass - Trill (Major 2nd)Bass - Trill (Minor 2nd)LEGATO PATCHESVIOLIN (1ST DESK) - LEGATOPortamentoFingeredBowedVIOLA - LEGATOPortamentoFingeredBowedCELLO - LEGATOPortamentoFingeredBowedSOLO VIOLIN (VIRTUOSO) TOTAL PERFORMANCE:Fingered LegatoBowed LegatoPortamento LegatoRunsArpeggiosSpiccatoStaccatoTremoloTrillsMolto vibratoProgressive vibratoNon vibratoSOLO CELLO TOTAL PERFORMANCE:Fingered LegatoBowed LegatoPortamento LegatoRunsArpeggiosSpiccatoStaccatoTremoloTrillsPizzicatoBartok pizzicatoMolto vibratoProgressive vibratoNon vibratoOTHER PATCHESViolin (Virtuoso) - EconomicViolin (Virtuoso) - Light resourcesViolin (Virtuoso) - Time MachineViolin (Virtuoso) - Total PerformanceViolin (1st Desk) - EconomicViolin (1st Desk) - Light resourcesViolin (1st Desk) - Time MachineViolin (Progressive) - EconomicViolin (Progressive) - Extra techniquesViolin (Progressive) - Light resourcesViolin (Progressive) - Time MachineViola - EconomicViola - Light resourcesViola - Time MachineCello - EconomicCello - Light resourcesCello - Time MachineBass - EconomicBass - Light resourcesBass - Time MachineMICSC(lose)T(ree)A(mbient) Digital Delivery SPITFIRE SOLO STRINGSDESIGNED TO STAND OUTSometimes you need the intimacy and detail of a single voice to rise above the force of an orchestra. Reach for Spitfire Solo Strings, featuring exceptional first-call London virtuosos, ideal for adding individuality and definition to your scores and production. Solo Strings is designed to stand out, but also to fit in: this entirely new library sits perfectly alongside the Spitfire orchestral ranges, utilising the same location, peerless signal chain, mic positions and range of articulations that make up the DNA of our high quality orchestral packages. Single players, recorded in the acoustic luxury of The Hall at AIR Studios, captured on rich sounding 2” tape.Soloists are exceptional players, and capturing them on a recording presented unique challenges. We needed to go beyond expectation, making each instrument versatile enough to match the emotional temperature of your music, offering a vast range of mic positions and articulations to blend perfectly with our Symphonic and Chamber collections. Our new solo violin can be played in three distinct modes and was performed by three distinctly different players: Virtuoso, 1st Desk and Progressive, each containing not only their own range of articulations, but also