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And you can choose from 4 different articulations in the lower-right. This one is pretty straightforward: you choose your section or instrument out of the coloured shapes up top. This one has a very clear, easy-to-use interface that I think will be a big help to first-time composers.
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You can get this for free by applying on their website. But this can deliver a real punch! Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony Orchestraįinally we have the popular Spitfire Audio Bbc Symphony Orchestra. Some other cool features: the plugin window shows you which keyswitch is being used, there’s a mixer where you can blend between 4 different microphone positions (I only installed the close mic and the “tree” mic (short for “Decatree”, a common recording method for capturing orchestras ), and more detailed options where you can change the keyswitches and controllers.Īll in all, this is very powerful tool if you’re okay with keeping track of major and minor chords via keyswitching. I like this a lot more than I expected, since I’m stuck using only basic chords. With everything playing layered chords, like a real orchestra, it pushed me to make my composition more epic and mysterious-kind of pushed me into a Phillip Glass zone (Koyaanisqatsi, anyone?). I can say this just sounds huge and really symphonic. This is designed to play only chords, and you need to keyswitch between major, minor, and suspended-4th chords.Ī nice detail is that the chords are arranged in divisions and inversions that would be played by an actual orchestra-so that gives a more realistic, professional sound.
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But you’ll probably want to upgrade to their full library at some point (and that’s probably the idea!) Orchestral Tools Layers This does sound very realistic and can work well for quick scoring scenarios. Damn, this is making me want the full library from these guys! Especially those horn stabs.they’re giving me shivers like a Bond soundtrack…nice. I thought the sharp release on the sordino strings might sound fake, but with a couple elements playing over it, I didn’t notice anymore! What I really love about this collection is how DRAMATIC it sounds. This essentially sounds real for the most part.
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The “Bombastic Basses” patch actually has horns that blast in on the top velocity layer! Very exciting. But that limitation can be inspiring, as I found out when I used it. For instance: you only get short, staccato-style basses sordino (muted) strings, and other cool crescendo effects. Now this set is very limited, in terms of range and sound selections.
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These guys really know how to do dramatic cinematic sounds, so I was looking forward to this! This is basically a taste of their superb Symphobia Collection.


Next up is The Free Orchestra from ProjectSAM. But on most modern machines, it shouldn’t be an issue to load separate instruments. Maybe their paid libraries are like that, I’m not sure. The only downside would be that I’d prefer to have the option to load each instrument separately. This could easily be a go-to for any production, and it would be hard to not recommend this. I rarely see options like this on completely free instruments!įor me, this is very impressive for free. This is great for creating more tension and excitement in your composition.

Tension and ExcitementĪnother nice detail they included is the option to control vibrato, tremolo and expression on the instruments. Personally, I’m not crazy about keyswitches, but the developers give you options to change what triggers the articulations (keyboard note MIDI CC, etc), so that helps.įor me, I found it was easiest to load a separate instance of Kontakt for each instrument. What’s a little different with Palette is that you have one single Kontakt instrument that loads all the patches simultaneously, and then you have to use keyswitches to change instruments and articulations. This is a pretty powerful free Kontakt library that I keep forgetting about.
