Spitfire Audio Spitfire Symphony Orchestra v1.3.3 KONTAKT Update ONLY

February 13, 2025 0 Comments

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Are world-class musicians
Spitfire Symphony Orchestra, revered by the world’s best composers, delivers a full symphonic experience, featuring ensemble strings, brass, woodwinds, soloists, harp, piano, and a complete percussion section. Recorded in breathtaking detail at AIR Studios’ Lyndhurst Hall, these gold-standard sounds, performed by remarkable musicians, have graced countless AAA film, game, and TV scores.

Updated in 2025 with the addition of three top-tier soloists on Violin, Viola and Cello, improved programming for ensemble Violins, Violas, Celli and Basses, as well as Total Performance patches for Principal Oboe and Solo Trombone, Spitfire Symphony Orchestra continues to set the bar for orchestral VSTs.

Exceptional talent joins the orchestra
The 2025 update of Spitfire Symphony Orchestra includes the addition of three remarkable soloists.

– Solo Violin: World-renowned violinist Andrew Haveron’s impressive career includes leading roles with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra. His virtuosity shines through in a dedicated performance patch with fingered, bowed, and portamento legatos, longs, staccatos, pizzicatos, and harmonics.

– Solo Viola: With an astounding number of film, TV, video game, and recording credits, Bruce White is one of the most sought-after violists in the world. His rich and expressive playing is captured in wonderful detail.

– Solo Cello: One of the most in-demand session cellists in the world, Caroline Dale brings her exceptional talent and experience to SSO. Principal cellist for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra, Dale has performed with leading orchestras and artists worldwide. Her contributions to film scores, including the Oscar-winning “Atonement,” are legendary, not to mention her long list of performance credits alongside Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Oasis, Joan Armatrading, Peter Gabriel, David Gilmour and U2.

– Three legato transition types – Fingered, Bowed and Portamento, plus other articulations including Long Non-Vibrato and Vibrato, Staccato, Pizzicato, Long Harmonics and Short Harmonics.

– C(lose), Decca T(ree), and A(mbient) mic signals allow you to find the perfect balance for your mix.

Recorded in Lyndhurst Hall, at AIR Studios, London, performed by a gold generation of musicians who have featured on some of the top film scores of the last decade. This definitive selection of blockbuster sounds are some of the best, most classic recordings by Spitfire Audio, a set of flagship virtual instruments which are already used by the worlds top composers and music-makers, and have already played a part in the productions of the hundreds of AAA film, game and TV scores over the past decade.

A modern classic
This updated version of Spitfire Symphony Orchestra features a redesigned interface within Kontakt 7, refined sample content, and all-new legatos created by Andrew Blaney. Explore the stunning performances of these incredible musicians and elevate your scores to new heights.

Symphonic Strings
60 of the worlds best

The strings in this library captured has been created with 60 of the world’s finest strings players — 16 1st violins, 14 2nd violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos & 8 basses — performing over 175 articulations, including 9 legato patches programmed by Andrew Blaney, and presented with four versatile microphone positions.

– 60 top London string players
– 175 articulations, including 59 shorts, 94 longs, & 9 legatos
– Multiple dynamic layers and round robins
– Diverse and detailed with essential, additional and some totally unique articulations for individual sections
– Legatos designed by Andy Blaney
– A comprehensive selection of specially curated ‘Ensemble’ patches, over 100 unique players layered to give up to 300+ musicians in a single patch.
– Ostinatum mode
– Four mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient) & O(utriggers)

Symphonic Brass
Bold, detailed and powerful

– The world’s finest brass players
– A broad band covering solo, chamber, symphonic and cinematic instrument groups
– The full range of brass instruments, from classic to lesser known
– Multiple dynamic layers and round robins
– Diverse and detailed with essential and unique articulations, including performance legato
– Ostinatum mode
– Four mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient) & O(utriggers)

Symphonic Woodwind
Timeless, melodic and expressive

– World class woodwind players
– From traditional piccolos, flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons to a contemporary selection of instruments, from alto, bass flutes, bass clarinets, contrabass clarinets and a thunderous contrabassoon
– A broad band covering both solo and a2 sections — combine both to create your a3 sections.
– Expertly sampled with the most comprehensive selection of articulations, dynamic layers and round robins available in any woodwinds library, including performance legato
– Ostinatum mode
– Four mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient) & O(utriggers)

Percussion, Piano and Harp
The definitive orchestral extras

– This comprehensive orchestral percussion library performed by award-winning percussionist Joby Burgess
– This vast array of percussion instruments features, 9 tuned, 13 drums, 12 ‘toys’, from agogo to shakers, 14 unpitched metal instruments, and 3 unpitched wood instruments
– Harp performed by London’s leading harpist Skaila Kanga, featuring a comprehensive range of articulations and pedalling, with glisses in every key
– Orchestral Grand Piano is a very realistic “contextual” piano designed specifically to fit proudly within your full orchestral arrangements
– Percussion, piano and harp mic positions include C(lose), T(ree) & A(mbient), with piano also featuring O(utriggers)

AIR Lyndhurst Hall
The Crown, Wonder Woman 1984, The Trial of The Chicago 7, James Bond, Interstellar, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter, Gladiator — all were recorded in Lyndhurst Hall at London’s AIR Studios, Spitfire Audio’s spiritual home and a room where blockbuster scores are born. Architecturally unique, the acoustic properties of the interior of Lyndhurst Hall are renowned globally, loved by composers and musicians alike.

CHANGELOG
v1.3.3 (February 2025)

ADDED: Solo Violin performance and techniques
ADDED: Solo Violin II performance and techniques
ADDED: Solo Viola performance and techniques
ADDED: Solo Cello performance and techniques

UPDATED: Violin I total performance programming tweaks
UPDATED: Violin II total performance programming tweaks
UPDATED: Viola total performance programming tweaks
UPDATED: Celli total performance programming tweaks
UPDATED: Basses total performance programming tweaks
UPDATED: Oboe Principal total Performance programming tweaks
UPDATED: Trombone Solo total Performance programming tweaks

FIX: Script tweaks to prevent issues in Omni mode
FIX: Horn Solo/Tuba Solo – All Techniques missing NKR error

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