Kirk Hunter - Virtuoso Strings

Kirk Hunter - Virtuoso Strings

by - Kirk Hunter

Sample CD

The Virtuoso Series Strings by Kirk Hunter is a major String Orchestra release, featuring a variety of string sections recorded in several rooms in Los Angeles. The players are first-call musicians whose passion and sensitivity are fully revealed in these recordings. The main feature of this library is the variety of articulations used to create natural, fluid performances on your sampler. From up and down strokes, to hard attacks, and marcatos you'll have plenty of options to simulate the natural randomness of real string bowing. There are also brilliant section slides, velocity mapped so that the players sound as though they're bending up to a note while digging into a particularly passionate melody. This is a wonderfully effective feature.

You'll get airy tremolos, half and whole step trills, to add some impressionistic color to your compositions. Another feature is a true Sordini (muted) violin section, great for mysterious and austere passages.

There is a great variety of section sizes available on the Virtuoso Series Strings, from 24 players, all the way down to two. These are presented a variety of ways on the sampler CD-ROMs to give you even more color options. For instance, by combining the 2 player programs with 24 player programs, you bring a little intimacy into an otherwise broad and massive sound.

The variety of sizes also lends itself to recreating several musical styles, from huge symphonic filmscores, to quaint chamber music. With the solo strings, you can even conjure up a terrific string quartet.

Programming

You will never find a better presented and programmed string library than Virtuoso Series Strings. A full 18 months of intense effort went into creating all of the native formats available for Akai, Roland, Emu EOS, SampleCell and Kurzweil samplers. Where possible, the controllers were used extensively to command volume, filter cutoff, velocity crossfading, envelope shaping and sample selection. You'll also find a variety of program options offering various megabyte sizes, and combinations of articulations, so you can focus on creativity, not programming. Once you lay your hands on the full-size Large String Ensemble, you'll understand when we say, this is truly a symphony at your fingertips.

The Sections

Violins - 24 players, 8 players, 2 players, Solo. Articulations include Espressivo with and without vibrato, Sordini (mutes), Section Slides for use in sweeping melodic passages, Hard Attacks, Random 4th Runs to target notes, Open Strings, Half Step and Whole Step Trills, Tremolos, Up and Down Strokes, Section Slide Downs, Marcato and Pizzicato.
Violas - 16 players, 2 players, Solo. Articulations include Espressivo, Section Slides, Hard and Soft Attacks, Half Step and Whole Step Trills, Tremolos, Marcato and Pizzicato.
Cellos - 10 players, 6 players, 2 players, Solo. Articulations include Espressivo, Section Slides, Hard (Marcato) and Soft Attacks, Half Step and Whole Step Trills, Tremolos and Pizzicato.
Double Basses - 5 players. Articulations include Espressivo with Hard and Soft attacks and Pizzicato.

Stock#: 22993
Publisher: Ilio Entertainments
Code: ILVS-E
Format/Platform: EMU
Subject: Orchestral
List: 995.00
Sale: $CALL

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