Garritan Orchestral Strings GiGA

P2P | 20 April 2006 | 5.07 GB

Gary Garritan took violin lessons as a child and later studied the harp as a teenager, providing the inspiration for creating GigaHarp, a sample library that helped put GigaSampler on the map in 1998. However, returning to his first instrument, Gary decided that none of the existing string libraries were good enough and resolved to create his own. The resulting achievement is an 8GB library on 16 CDs (or 2 DVDs) devoted to reproducing the performance nuances of orchestra-sized string ensembles — a vast and ground-breaking piece of work. The recording sessions took place over a two-week period at New York’s Lincoln Centre using a hand-picked team of string players with priceless instruments, including a couple of Stradivaris — the Rolls Royce of the stringed instrument world. The 47 musicians were divided into 22 violins (also split into 12 first and 10 second), 10 violas, eight cellos, and seven double basses, and were recorded using B&K, Neumann, and Crown microphones into an Apogee A/D converter at 88.2kHz/24-bit.

Vivid Strings: Violins 2

OHSiE | 21 October 2024 | 4.32 GB

Unleash the Intimacy With Vivid Strings Capture the essence of chamber strings with VIVID STRINGS, meticulously crafted for rich, intimate detail. Featuring elite performers from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this library delivers the close, expressive sound you crave.

Vivid Strings: Celli KONTAKT

P2P | 02 September 2024 | 4.42GB

Vivid Strings – Celli Section

Vivid Strings is a meticulously crafted chamber strings sample library, featuring the rich and intimate sounds of a range of elite performers including those from the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in a dry studio environment, this collection captures the essence of each string instrument in vivid detail, offering a close, intimate sound that retains the unique character of the players. The library includes a diverse range of articulations, including scripted Legato, Sustain, Tremolo, Arc Vibrato, Staccato, and more, each recorded with precision to bring depth and realism to any composition.

World Series: Gadulka Strings

AUDiOSTRiKE | 28/02/2015 | 1.15 GB

‘World Series: Gadulka Strings’ is the latest in this series of packs that feature compositions from all over the world, performed using rare and unique instruments. This pack contains high quality recordings of Gadulka, suitable for film, advertisements and music productions. These traditional compositions were performed by a professional Gadulka player and recorded using Schoeps CMC 6 phantom powered amplifier and Colette Modular Capsule from two different positions. The Gadulka is a traditional Bulgarian bowed string instrument. It has three (occasionally four or five) main strings with up to sixteen sympathetic resonating strings. Only the main melodic strings are touched by the player’s fingers and the strings are never pressed all the way down to touch the neck.  The instrument is held vertically, with the bow held perpendicular in an under-hand hold. A possible origin of the Gadulka may be the Crete Lira (Crete Island), Calabrian Lira (Italy) or the Kemenche strings (Turkey).

The String Collection II v1.1 KONTAKT

P2P | 10 December 2018 | 1.03 GB

Around 30 instruments were captured and I’ve tried to draw upon a number of basic synthesis methods including divide down/formant, classic subtractive, DCO, digital FM and additive as well as capturing some tube synth textures from three vintage synths. Synths included the DK Synergy and ultra rare Mulogix Slave-32, Rhodes Chroma, Octave Cat Voyetra-Eight, Farfisa Syntorchestra, ProphetVS, Elka Synthex, Oberheim OB-X and Matrix 1000, Korg PS-3100. Tube synths included the Hammond Novachord, a Jennings Univox J6 and a heavily modified Cordovox CG-1.

Augmented STRiNGS v1.7.1 WiN

TCD | 29 August 2024 | 2.59 GB

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Augmented STRINGS Intro incorporates rich multi-sampled string sounds with state-of-theart synthesis combining them in an approachable, exciting software instrument. This will give modern producers immediate access to a comprehensive range of authentic, abstract, and evocative string sounds.

Chamber Strings Adaptive KONTAKT

P2P | 23 July 2024 | 4.64GB

Chamber Strings Adaptive

Recorded at the First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica where A-list Los Angeles-based orchestras record and perform.