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Symphonic Strings
The symphonic strings section in Spitfire Audio Symphony Orchestra brings together 60 of the world’s finest string players: 16 1st Violins, 14 2nd Violins, 12 Violas, 10 Cellos, and 8 Double Basses. These musicians have been recorded in AIR Lyndhurst Hall, performing over 175 articulations, including 9 legatos crafted by Andrew Blaney. This library provides a wide range of options for composers with four microphone positions, offering Close, Tree, Ambient, and Outriggers for a versatile sound. The comprehensive selection of ‘Ensemble’ patches allows you to create massive textures by layering 100+ players, reaching up to 300 musicians in a single patch.
Symphonic Brass
Spitfire Symphony Orchestra features a bold and detailed brass section, played by some of the world’s finest brass players. It includes a full range of brass instruments, from the familiar to the more unusual. Multiple dynamic layers and round robins ensure realistic performances, while a broad range of articulations, including performance legato, gives you all the tools needed for powerful brass arrangements. Ostinatum mode enables quick creation of rhythmic patterns, and you can shape the sound further with four microphone positions: Close, Tree, Ambient, and Outriggers.
Symphonic Woodwind
This symphonic woodwind section captures timeless, melodic performances from world-class woodwind players. With a comprehensive selection of traditional instruments such as piccolos, flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, it also features more contemporary options like alto flutes, bass clarinets, and a thunderous contrabassoon. The library offers an expansive range of articulations, dynamic layers, and round robins, enabling you to create expressive and realistic woodwind arrangements. Ostinatum mode allows for rhythmic creativity, and the with four different microphone positions to choose from, you have a vast range of ways to manipulate the woodwind to fit your mix.
Symphonic Percussion
Symphonic Percussion is a definitive library for orchestral percussion, performed by award-winning percussionist Joby Burgess. The library includes a vast array of instruments: 9 tuned percussion, 13 drums, 12 toy instruments, 14 unpitched metals, and 3 unpitched wood instruments. The percussion section is complemented by the inclusion of a harp, played by renowned harpist Skaila Kanga, and an orchestral grand piano. Both the harp and piano offer an extensive range of articulations and dynamic layers. All percussion, piano, and harp instruments have multiple microphone positions, allowing you to control the spatial sound of each section with ease.
AIR Lyndhurst Hall
Recorded at the legendary AIR Lyndhurst Hall, Spitfire Audio Symphony Orchestra captures the same acoustics that have shaped blockbuster scores such as The Crown, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, and Gladiator. This venue is famous for its rich, architectural design, and unique reverberation that enhances any performance, whether it’s a solo instrument or a full symphony. The natural sound of the hall adds warmth and depth, making it the perfect recording environment for creating everything from delicate, intimate moments to thunderous, cinematic passages.
Reviews
"Sounds so good, they put everyone on the same playing field. Now nothing can stop you getting to Hollywood!" - John Powell (Star Wars: Solo, How To Train Your Dragon, The Bourne tetralogy)
Specifications
- Operating system:
- Mac: MacOS 11, 12 or 13 (64-bit)
- Windows: Windows 10 - Windows 11 (64-bit)
- Processor:
- Mac: Intel Macs (i5 or higher), Apple Silicon Macs (Natively and via Rosetta in hosts that require this)
- Windows: Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU
- RAM: 8GB
- Hard disk space: 345GB
- Product code: SMC0634