Spitfire Audio London Contemporary Orchestra Strings

Ensemble Strings Library for Kontakt Player

Spitfire Audio London Contemporary Orchestra Strings
Spitfire Audio London Contemporary Orchestra Strings
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Ultra-Modern Chamber Strings Techniques

London Contemporary Orchestra Strings gives you everything you need to make cutting-edge chamber strings music.

Unique among Spitfire's string libraries, it offers you tools that capture the unconventional techniques and stunning performances of an extremely exciting group of musicians.

With over 100 never-before-sampled, dynamically controllable articulations, this library provides a rich set of diverse recordings that are both ultra-playable and musical, giving you access to their widely sought after experimental palette.

The library comprises six violins, four violas, three cellos and two basses, with the cellos in octaves, expertly recorded in a tight, dry studio at Spitfire HQ, giving you extra control and a crisp, modern sound.

Over the last decade, the London Contemporary Orchestra has collaborated with a distinguished array of composers, artists and brands and are known for their long-time collaboration with Radiohead, as well as game-changing performance and arrangement credits on blockbuster scores including Moonlight, There Will Be Blood and Under the Skin.

Cutting Edge Strings

Step into the world of the London Contemporary Orchestra, 15 players performing over 100 cutting edge articulations, recorded on our dry stage at Spitfire HQ by in-demand engineer Joe Rubel and Spitfire's Head of Product, Stanley Gabriel.

In recent years, there has been a shift in string writing that is fast becoming a global movement, based on innovative techniques and performance styles notoriously impossible to program with the tools currently available.

We recreated their popular workshop approach to curate a deeply versatile and most importantly, playable set of never-before-sampled articulations and playing styles that give you, at long last, the ability to demo and create cutting-edge, sophisticated string writing  -  the kind of work that is winning promising composers plaudits across the compositional landscape.

From sharp and angular to sincere beauty, these upfront strings are designed to make you think differently about string writing.

In collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra, we have embraced technology to deliver a unique set of tools and instruments you would never hear outside a sampler.

Features

  • 6 Violins, 4 Violas, 3 Celli and 2 Basses, with the Celli in octaves
  • Recorded in a tight, dry recording space, for extra control and a modern sound
  • Over 100 articulations captured across all sections
  • A unique 'Detuned Open String' instrument for each section
  • 2 mic positions, Close and Room
  • 2 individual stereo mixes, Full and Pumped
  • 2 additional, printed analogue FX
  • Integrated reverb, matched to the room, with control on the GUI

System Requirements

  • Native Instruments Kontakt Player 5.6.8 and above OR Kontakt Full 5.6.8 and above
  • MacOS 11 Big Sur and above
  • Officially supported up to MacOS 14 Sonoma
  • Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
  • Intel, AMD, or Apple Silicon CPU
  • 4GB RAM or more (6GB or more recommended)
  • 56GB free storage space
  • Includes 2 activations per license
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