Vista

• Vista is a legato strings library featuring 5 violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, and 3 basses, designed for a romantic chamber sound.
• It includes four dynamics ranging from true pianissimo to intense fortissimo, with slurred legato and same-note bow-change repetitions.
• The library employs an "active-bow" approach for sustains, providing continuously re-expressed vibrato and emotion.
• Bonus patches include a basic full strings patch for sketching and an overlay patch with heavy vibrato for layering.
• Requires Kontakt for use.

Product Overview

Vista offers a rich, romantic chamber strings experience, featuring a blend of five violins, four violas, three cellos, and three basses. The library captures a larger-than-life sound, ideal for lush scoring and emotive passages, with a focus on legato phrasing and expressive dynamics ranging from true pianissimo to intense fortissimo.

Details

The instrument includes slurred legato, same-note bow-change repetitions, and multiple attack types, all recorded in a hall with both close and Decca mic positions. The active-bow approach ensures that sustains evolve with continuous vibrato, enhancing emotional depth. Four dynamic layers allow for nuanced expression, while the inclusion of a basic full strings patch and an overlay of three violins at fortissimo provides additional layering options for richer textures.

Vista's performance controls are designed to accommodate the library's unique delay of 140 ms, optimising the musicality of legatos and releases. The harp patch, which features repetition samples, is best used with a sustain pedal to manage the delay effectively. Overall, Vista is well-suited for scoring contexts that require both intimacy and grandeur, making it a versatile tool for composers looking to create lush string arrangements.