ProjectSAM Lineage Strings

Masterfully Captured, Exquisitely Musical

Experience a world-class collection of premium string recordings that responds to you - the composer.

Create fluid lines and natural orchestrations thanks to intelligent musical features such as Adaptive Phrasing and The Arranger.

All of this infused with the unmistakable ProjectSAM sound - warm, human, and distinctly European.

Instruments

A gorgeous 35-player string ensemble, recorded in situ in the beautiful Broadcasting Music Center in Hilversum, The Netherlands.

Violin 1 (11 players)

• Long / Legato
• Staccato
• Staccatissimo
• Spiccato
• Tenuto
• Pizzicato
• Tremolo
• Harmonic
• Minor trills
• Major trills
• Grace note up
• Grace note down
• Flourish

Violin 2 (9 players)

• Long / Legato
• Staccato
• Staccatissimo
• Spiccato
• Tenuto
• Pizzicato
• Tremolo
• Harmonic
• Minor trills
• Major trills
• Grace note up
• Grace note down
• Flourish

Viola (7 players)

Long / Legato
Staccato
Staccatissimo
Spiccato
Tenuto
Pizzicato
Tremolo
Harmonic
Minor trills
Major trills
Grace note up
Grace note down
Flourish

Violoncello (5 players)

• Long / Legato
• Staccato
• Staccatissimo
• Spiccato
• Tenuto
• Pizzicato
• Tremolo
• Harmonic
• Minor trills
• Major trills
• Grace note up
• Grace note down

Contrabass (3 players)

• Long / Legato
• Staccato
• Staccatissimo
• Spiccato
• Tenuto
• Pizzicato
• Tremolo
• Harmonic

Three Ways To Play

• Single instruments - one section at a time
• Arranger instrument - automatically distributes notes across all five sections
  
• Builder instrument - create custom ensembles by combining or layering instruments and articulations

Each of the above instrument types is available in a large multi-mic version, as well as in smaller footprint single-mic versions.

Smart Lookahead

Smart Lookahead is the foundation of the intelligent performance system.

By analyzing your performance just before it sounds, the engine can respond musically instead of mechanically, delivering dramatically improved realism and unlocking powerful performance features.

Fluid legato, natural runs, and organic phrasing - all unfolding seamlessly as you play.

Adaptive Phrasing

For Pandora and Lineage Percussion, ProjectSAM developed Adaptive Sync.

With Lineage Strings, they are introducing Adaptive Phrasing, bringing the same time-saving concept to articulations.

Adaptive Phrasing turns a single articulation into a flexible performance tool.

By tracking your note lengths, speed, and repetition, it automatically selects the most appropriate articulation for each musical moment.

The result is phrasing that follows your performance and keeps lines sounding musical and intentional - without constant articulation switching.

Need full control? Simply hold a keyswitch to force any articulation at any time, like pizzicato.

Intelligent Arranging

The Lineage Strings Arranger automatically orchestrates your performance across Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Bass, creating authentic string ensemble voicings with a single performance.

You can fully customize how each section behaves - but what truly sets the Arranger apart is its intelligent automatic mode, configurable per instrument.

Play a chord, and the engine distributes the notes naturally across the ensemble.

If certain sections are locked to specific roles (e.g. the top note), the remaining instruments are automatically arranged around them, just like a real orchestrator would do.

Beautifully balanced, realistic ensemble writing without manually splitting parts or juggling MIDI tracks.

Polyphonic Legato

Lineage Strings intelligently tracks voices, allowing multiple legato lines to flow at once. Allowing you to focus on the music.

Precision Control

Take direct control over the timing of the string section.

Go for a focused, punchy sound or for a looser feel, preserving the natural bloom of the players.

Automatic Vibrato

Add subtle, musical motion to your performance by automatically shaping vibrato based on your dynamics and phrasing.

Full Bowing Control

Lineage Strings offers dedicated down and up bow performances.

These can alternate automatically, be set explicitly, or be overridden mid-phrase - enabling more natural phrasing.

Accessibility

Lineage Strings supports both NKS1 and NKS2 standards, offering direct access to all essential features and parameters through controllers like Komplete Kontrol.

The Sound

Recorded in the renowned hall of the Symphobia sessions, Lineage Strings expands the ProjectSAM universe with depth and detail.

Since pioneering ambient orchestral sampling in 2001, ProjectSAM has refined an approach to capturing instruments in their natural acoustic environment that has become a hallmark of their sound.

The close mics offer clarity and punch, the stage mics warmth, and the ambient mics the expansive depth and realism only a great concert hall can provide.

Blend them together, use them separately, or choose the premixed set for a ready-made balance.

Sampling Detail

• Legato transitions: recorded up to a major ninth (violins), an octave (violas & violoncelli) or a perfect fifth (contrabasses)
• Dynamics: 4 layers for longs, 3 layers for shorts
• Round robins: 8 for shorts, 2 for longs
• Recorded at 96 kHz 24bit, provided at 48 kHz 24 bit

Features

• Instruments: 5 separate sections
• Articulations: Up to 13 per section
• Mics: 3 + 1
• Pre-seated: Yes
• Adaptive Phrasing: Yes
• Polyphonic Legato: Yes
• Realtime Arranging: Yes (optional)
• Down and up bowing: Yes
• Library-wide settings: Yes
• Uncompressed library size: 151 GB
• Size on disk: 76 GB