Pacific Ensemble Strings Freebie 1

• Pacific Ensemble Strings offers a traditional and clean sound, focusing on legato sustains and normal (non-sordino) articulations.
• The library features an active-bow approach for creating movement in performances, with options for both legato and non-legato modes.
• It includes a noise reduction process that enhances the clarity of the recordings compared to previous libraries.
• Composers can utilize the sustain pedal for note sustain and re-trigger same-note repetitions, adding versatility to performances.
• This library requires Kontakt for use.

Product Overview

Pacific Ensemble Strings offers a traditional yet refined collection of string articulations, featuring a blend of violins, violas, cellos, and basses. The library emphasizes clean recordings with a focus on expressive legato and dynamic range, making it suitable for both cinematic scores and more intimate compositions.

Details

The library includes a variety of articulations such as legato sustains, marcatos, spiccatos, and pizzicatos, all recorded with an active-bow approach to enhance movement and expression. Legato sustains are available in both normal and sordino variations, allowing for a range of tonal colors. The legato patches support both legato and non-legato modes, enabling chordal playing. Marcatos feature flexible phrase lengths with multiple round-robins, while spiccatos and pizzicatos are designed to capture a wide dynamic spectrum, from soft to loud.

Recorded closely with optional room ambience, the library maintains an intimate timbre that retains key and mechanical details. The pitch bend wheel can be used to extend releases, adding further expressiveness to the performance. Additional features include highly dynamic tremolos and trills, which were captured in half-tone and whole-tone intervals, providing a nuanced approach to string playing. The library also includes bonus content such as solo harp patches and a three violins FFF overlay for added layering options.