Peter Siedlaczek's String Essentials is a Native Instruments Kontakt Player based 17 GB String Orchestra sound library.
Instruments included:
* 14 violins
* 10 violas
* 8 cellos
* 6 double basses
Main features:
* 17 GB of samples in 5 lengths and 3 or 4 dynamic layers.
* 3 microphone placements: close (dry), normal and ambient.
* Immediate access to nearly all the playing techniques via key-switches.
* Fast and convenient sample character shaping using MIDI controllers (Accent, Expression, Crescendo Time, Portamento Depth/Time, Tempo, Run Shift, Release Time, Release Off, etc.).
* Additional realism with run and ornamentation tools.
* Release trigger.
* Multiple alternation switching - from double to quintuple.
* Surround.
* A Comprehensive Collection Of The Finest Classical Sounds
* Advanced Orchestra: This very complex yet compact and user-friendly sound library set new standards for symphonic samples. Enjoyable and easy to use with expanded capabilities thanks to the advantages of the newest software developments. Extensive use of key switching and direct-from-disk technology. New programs with multiple layers and instantaneous access to dozens of instruments and playing techniques. This library contains Solo - & Ensemble Strings, Solo - & Ensemble Brass, Solo - & Ensemble Woodwinds and Harp with comfortable access to different articulations and performances, as well as a huge percussion section with many additional instruments. Sounds which have proven themselves in countless music productions worldwide.
* Classical Choir: Peter Siedlaczek's 5star winning "Classical Choir". Just when you thought it couldn't get better, it did! This section contains over 100 singers, sampled at each semitone from aaa to z z z, men, women, mixed choir, bass, tenor, alto, soprano. Fantastic falls, swells and choir voice effects. Whether you want a perfectly realistic choral sound or you are creating new sounds, these samples provide the user with perfect material with which to work.
* Orchestral Colours: Peter Siedlaczek's, Orchestral Colours created a new trend - the use of prepared, skilfully arranged orchestral building blocks. The result is a colourful mixture of hits, finales, passages, layers, atmospheres - a collection of 'mini-works" which are playable in any key! The incredible tonal richness of a symphony orchestra, its expressiveness, dynamic, or its "power", makes it the most mighty and versatile body of sound. lt is no wonder that orchestral sounds have become an obligatory part of every collection of samples.
* Smart Violins: Another of Peter Siedlaczek's unique sample libraries: A comprehensive collection of runs, licks and other patterns, as well as long notes and legato steps played at different intervals, performed by a large violin ensemble. Outstanding construction tools for creating perfectly realistic runs and melodic lines playable in all keys.
* Total Piano and more: Classical Boesendorfer piano in outstanding quality. Brilliant and clear. Also prepared piano: unconventional playing techniques and amazing sounds, thumb tack piano, honky tonk piano, and piano effects
* In addition you get a collection of finest bonus sounds created by Kontakt 2
* A free download upgrade to 2nd edition is available for all registered users in their NI user account
* Format: Virtual Instrument, PC: VST 2.0, RTAS, Stand-Alone, Mac: AU, VST 2.0, RTAS, Stand-Alone
* System Requirements - Windows XP or Vista, Pentium/Athlon XP 1.4GHz, 512 MB RAM, 13GB free hard disk space OR Mac OS X 10.4+; G4 1GHz or INTEL Core Duo 1.66GHz min, 512 MB RAM, 13GB free hard disk space
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