Spitfire Audio Sacconi Strings Quartet

The Ultimate Quartet Writing Toolkit

Four years in the making, Sacconi Strings Quartet gives you the finest tools for writing string quartet music.

Performed by the award-winning Sacconi Quartet - a group renowned for their sympathetic performance style and incredible blend - and expertly sampled at one of the finest chamber acoustics in the world: London's famous Wigmore Hall.

The instrument includes six microphone positions and two mixes for ultimate control, with easy-to-use playable patches, and four types of true legato.

The Perfect Blend

When writing for quartets, composers often use solo string VIs to mockup their compositions, but when combined into a foursome they can sound jarring, soloistic and overly expressive.

Four years in the making, Quartet has been specifically designed to solve this problem.

When a quartet play together, they play in a certain way that enables them to lock into each other's sound resulting in a very sympathetic performance style, enabling you to create the perfect quartet blend.

Spitfire chose the finest chamber acoustic space in the world - London's world famous Wigmore Hall - to capture the intimacy and intricacy of the quartet.

The sound in the Wigmore has a very prominent early reflection from the proscenium arch - this is a very unusual sound, but suits string quartets amazingly well.

In collaboration with award-winning engineer Andy Blaney, we took our unique approach to sampling, combining modern techniques with stunning traditional articulations.

Quartet features four individual instruments which can be used in two modes: the traditional 'keyswitching' method, changing articulation type via inaudible notes on your controller, or 'performance patches', an ingeniously scripted automatic tool that analyses the way you play and interprets the style of performance you need - selecting from spiccatos, longs, and true legato transitions - capable of performing at any speed, including runs, trills & arpeggios - for maximum expression.

Quartet also contains a brilliantly useful 'baked' ensemble section, allowing you to sketch your quartet composition with both hands before splitting off into separate parts.

The library offers you six microphone positions, including the main stereo position, which gives you the classic sound of the hall.

Other positions include two close mics, Decca tree, outriggers and ambients.

Discover a wide range of articulations - from tight spiccatos to longs - with complete vibrato control.

Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall in Central London is one of the world’s great concert halls, renowned for its intimacy and responsive acoustic.

They specialise in chamber and instrumental music, early music and song. Built in 1901 by the German piano firm Bechstein next to its showrooms, it was intended to be grandly impressive, while remaining intimate enough for recitals.

Their focus is on supreme musical works, best experienced with a powerful sense of immediacy.

The repertoire extends from the Renaissance to contemporary jazz, and new commissions from today’s most exciting composers, brought to life by the world’s most sought-after soloists and chamber musicians.

As with all Spitfire libraries, the musicians earn royalties from every copy we sell.

The royalties are also extended to The Wigmore Hall, helping them to continue the great work they do for music, education and the community.