Spitfire Audio Alternative Solo Strings KONTAKT

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We’ve captured the performances of four of the most interesting and progressive string soloists in London to give you an accessible tool for detailed composition work. Featuring Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, it features spirited longs and shorts, as well as a series of more unconventional articulations. Alternative Solo Strings offers you an instant, out-of-the-box collaborative experience, steeped in character.

The chosen musicians represent some of the most exciting and in-demand players on the London orchestral session circuit. From performances in Oscar-winning movies, to collaborations with the biggest recording artists in the world, there are few major British recordings in existence that haven’t featured these players in one way or another.

Collective credits

Captain America: Civil War (Henry Jackman) – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (James Newton Howard) – Victoria & Abdul (Thomas Newman) – Jason Bourne (David Buckley/John Powell) – Interstellar (Hans Zimmer) – Warcraft (Ramin Djawadi) – The Hunger Games (James Newton Howard) – The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer) – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Hans Zimmer) – Inception (Hans Zimmer) – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias) – The Twilight Saga (Carter Burwell) – Batman Begins (Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard) – Gladiator (Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings (Howard Shore) Nick Cave – Daft Punk – Adele – Mark Ronson – UNKLE – Editors – Badly Drawn Boy – U2 – Goldfrapp – Joni Mitchell – Max Richter – The Divine Comedy – Christine and the Queens

The overview panel

This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.

General controls panel

This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.

The ostinatum

In this view you can add notes to a pattern sequencer, select which key it triggers on and then play for instant ostinato creation. It’s like an arpeggiator on a synthesiser.

What’s included

Main instruments