Originals Orchestra is the perfect starting point for anyone taking their first steps in writing with an orchestral library. A comprehensive collection of five essential libraries featuring strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, pads, and piano – all you need to instantly create cinematic scores, rich sonic compositions, and modern-sounding productions. Whether you’re a beginner composer, a seasoned producer looking to expand your cinematic orchestral skills, or a fan of Spitfire Audio’s Originals range looking to expand your collection.

A DEFINITIVE INTRODUCTION

Five Originals selections – four of which have been recorded in the reverberant acoustics of AIR Studios, London – an ideal next step for those who own BBCSO Discover or the LABS series of free virtual instruments, or for those who are not quite ready to get Spitfire Audio’s top tier libraries, such as the BBCSO Pro or the Albion and Abbey Road ranges.

Epic Strings – Customise and create super clean string arrangements using a 60-strong symphonic string section, featuring London’s best players, recorded in the reverberant acoustics of AIR Studios

• Articulations (11)
• Signals (3)
  Room — A combination of Tree, Ambient, and Outrigger mics
  Close — Add definition to the Room signal
  Stretch — A stretched version of the Room, creating an ambient, synth-like texture

Epic Brass and Woodwinds – Nineteen players of dynamic brass & woodwinds, recorded in London’s AIR Studios, perfect for instantly adding power and punch to your composition.

• Presets (6)
• Signals (3)
  Room — A combination of Tree, Ambient, and Outrigger mics
  Close — Add definition to the Room signal
  Distorted — Add another dimension to your Brass and Woodwinds with this gritty effect

Cinematic Percussion – Recorded at AIR Studios with London’s best percussion players, featuring seven instruments and effects – including striking metal hits and tension-inducing swells – for widescreen dramatic effect

• Presets (7)
• Signals (3)
  Close — A trio of valve microphones placed close to the hammers for detail and intimacy
  Room — Mix of Tree and Ambient microphones
  Distorted — Reamped through a guitar amp and subtle tape delay

Firewood Piano – Performed by Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers and recorded at Colorado Sound Studios, this is one of the Spitfire Audio composer team’s favorites. A detailed upright piano bursting with character, with its cracked bridge creating unique harmonic resonances and a timeless sound

• Presets (5)
• Signals (3)
  Close — Condenser microphones placed over each shoulder of the player for an intimate and defined sound
  Mid — A stereo pair blended with a vintage mono signal for a characterful sound
  Pad — Piano samples recorded with the middle pedal pressed, allowing the resonating strings to create a natural reverberant pad

Cinematic Pads – Made from symphonic orchestral recordings, originally captured at AIR Studios, treated and warped to create a range of classic pad sounds — from rich, dystopian tension beds to celestial, ethereal textures – perfect for creating atmospheric, ambient sound worlds

• Presets (23)
• Signals (3)
  Mellow – a dulcet pad created from orchestral samples, perfect for creating rich underbeds
  Bright – an ethereal pad, carefully chosen to pair with the mellow pad
  Cinematic – a distant pad created using hardware reverbs, perfect for creating atmospheric, ambient sound worlds

THE SPITFIRE AUDIO ORIGINALS SERIES

Originals is a series of inspiring individual sample libraries, making rare and classic instruments accessible to all for just £29 / $29 / €29 — meticulously sampled in authentic detail, with no compromise on recording quality.

NKS compatible, users can tailor these sounds to suit a range of scoring styles and genres through a range of carefully curated signals, presets and controls. The plugin is designed to be incredibly useful and inspiring straight out of the box, with presets loading up with controls set in the way they are intended to be used.

DOWNLOAD SIZE

15.3 GB Total Download Size

Product page URL: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/originals-orchestra

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

Available – May 24th, 2023 at 9am BST
RRP Price: £99 / $99 / 99€

About Spitfire Audio (www.spitfireaudio.com)

Spitfire Audio is a British music technology company that specializes in sounds — sample libraries, virtual instruments, and other useful software devices. It collaborates with the best composers, artists, and engineers in the world to build musical tools that sound great and are exciting to use.

Spitfire Audio was founded by two award-winning composers. Born out of their shared dissatisfaction for string sample libraries, they pooled their resources and decided to record their own string samples at the legendary AIR Studios in London. Initially, they invited a limited number of friends and associates to own copies of their samples, but whispers of this private sample club soon started to echo across the Atlantic Ocean throughout the composer community. Within a year, some of the most renowned composers in film and television signed up, so they decided to take their samples public.

To date, Spitfire Audio has recorded and released over 100 sample libraries, collaborating with some of the biggest names in media composition, including Hans Zimmer, Eric Whitacre, Ólafur Arnalds & the London Contemporary Orchestra. Spitfire Audio has worked closely with one of the world’s most renowned orchestras, BBC Symphony Orchestra, as well as partnered with the legendary Abbey Road Studios to create sample libraries in the iconic Studio One – considered one of the finest acoustical spaces in the world – and the famous Studio Two. Spitfire Audio’s sounds are heard in everything, from major Hollywood film scores to recordings by Radiohead and U2.

What was an initial side project, is now a thriving international music technology enterprise with a uniquely experienced and diverse workforce, all focused on a shared mission: to inspire a generation of composers. The composer team remains at the center of the business, drawing on their own experience as obsessive music makers to explore the needs and wants of their fellow composers.