Albion v tundra by spitfire audio free listening on soundcloud. Spitfire chamber is my goto, and the string library id ultimately recommend to anybody, but its the priciest option though its still on promo until august 1, i think. Spitfire audio has launched albion iv uist, a new orchestral library for kontakt featuring large ensembles. Nov 30, 2015 the library which brought spitfire audio to mainstream attention was its first orchestral sample collection albion, released in 2011, which balanced highquality source recordings made at londons air studios with an immediate playability. New libraries pop up every month or so, all professing to be the best and urging you to press the buy button as soon as theyre released. Its like orchestral essentials in design, but was released a few months ago, by an. Albion and orchestral essentials wont give you any new articulations. Spitfire audio make superb instruments and their everexpanding catalog of. Albion one is a very rewarding product, youre getting a ton of bang even if the bucks required are a bit high.
Particularly the albion series and pretty much every other spitfire product is known to be recorded fairly wet, which means that they tend to sound great out of the box, but can be tricky to mix with libraries recorded in completely different halls and studios. Symphonic strings, like most other spitfire audio products is a downloadonly product and can be downloaded via spitfire audios own library manager after the purchase. Best orchestral vst plugins of 2020 guide 101audio. Recorded by 11time grammy nominated classical recording engineer prof. Spitfire albion one, orchestral essentials, embertone crystal. Can people that have either albion one, orchestral essentials pack or individual libraries as well, or both, share their opinions on the software. Spitfire audio has announced availability of albion one 10th anniversary edition effectively celebrating its tenth year in business by refreshing and rebadging its albion one composer toolkit flagship as an updated edition, expanded beyond the british music technology companys relatively recent one rerecordings of its initial albion legacy sample library release. Spitfire audio is proud to announce albion neo neatly turning the proverbial page to open a new decade dawning next chapter in its bestselling albion series sample libraries and virtual instruments as a modern cinematic collection centred around a.
Albion one sample library by spitfire audio everything you need to make epic modern music in one box. Each program was streamlined and tweaked to fit into the orchestral essentials series concept. Spitfire has a 30% discount for students or people who work at a university. Aug 25, 2019 for instance, albion one is characterized by a 109 piece orchestra, boisterous percussion section, and dynamically layered loops and other ingenious features.
Albion iv presents large ensembles playing over 800 unique and extraordinary atonal, aleatoric and progressive articulations. However, since the release of the bestof orchestral essentials last year, things. As august cooled into rainy september at the end of summer 2015, spitfire audio caused a chill of their own by announcing that the original albion volume 1 was to be discontinued. What was originally known as the mural series, a massive fourpart symphonic string library, is now celebrating its reincarnation as a modernized, streamlined single volume.
Spitfire has been one of the top players in sample library game for several years, and by how everybody agrees at least on one thing, if they do something they do it well. In what can only be described as a sonic odyssey, the spitfire crew has travelled northern climes to research, discover and unearth the most naked, honest and glacial set of samples we have recorded. I admit i find myself enjoying symphony essentials quite enough. So, spitfire audio decided to start a new chapter with the albion series. Spitfire audio albion torrent fulll guilty by nation. Albion is now easier to understand, more diversified in its sound palette and more affordable as well. Albion is the newest orchestral brainchild from spitfire audio, headquartered in great britain. Albion one is an allinone workhorse for composers blending orchestral instruments with modern sound design and electronics.
Everything you need to take it down a degree or two. Part 1 goes through every instrument in the library. Uist is a complete aleatoric, atonal and progressive sounds orchestral, synth based, and loop based warped. Spitfire audio is proud to announce albion neo neatly turning the proverbial page to open a new decade dawning next chapter in its bestselling albion series sample libraries and virtual instruments as a modern cinematic. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, weve updated our flagship product. Dec 23, 2014 spitfire audio has launched albion iv uist, a new orchestral library for kontakt featuring large ensembles. Lumina builds on this concept by combining ensembles and instruments into thematic stories. Vsl and spitfire are the only two orchestral companies to ever impress me soundwise so i eventually plan to own spitfires albion and percussion libraries soon enough. Orchestra tools vs spitfire audio when you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Spitfire made some sensible and decisive adjustments to a product that was already outstanding. As many of us here at spitfire come from the first wave of uk edm in the 90s we have hungered to get our hands on these awesome sounds for our own ill gotten gains. In what can only be described as a sonic odyssey, the spitfire crew has travelled northern climes to research, discover and unearth the most naked. I would suggest the following course of action in this order.
The albion series has been what many composer started their collection with. Complete with muffled melodies, metal, elastic drops and modulated bass lines, this is spinnin sounds. What is a good second orchestral library to spitfire albion. Spitfire build on the albion legacy with a new orchestral library. Projectsam orchestral essentials pack bundle download psoeph. Alongside orchestral content are bellows, percussion and a characterful warped synth section. Albion v tundra by spitfire audio published on 20161012t. The next chapter in our bestselling albion series centred around a chamber orchestra including divisi strings for incredible intimacy and definition, plus unique hybrid synths, loops and textures. If you are fine with your articulations and you want to layer your vsl instruments with a new sound than you have to go with albion or oe. Dec 25, 2016 once youve gotten your first general ensemble libraries like spitfire albion or symphobia 1 the next step is to focus on individual instruments. Spitfire audio addresses cultural shift in orchestral music and film scoring with new decadedawning albion neo nextchapter london, uk. Has a very wide range of instruments and patches for pretty much all your orchestral percussion needs. Jan 30, 2016 this video demonstrates software from spitfire audio albion one, project sam orchestral essentials, embertone crystal flute, kontakt 5 orchestral sample library and layered with an acoustic guitar. Spitfire albion one strings vs spitfire symphony series.
Using clever keyboard mapping and controller assignments, stories give you numerous musical features on one keyboard. A onceinageneration collection of extraordinary progressive orchestral techniques curated by contemporary music titan ben foskett. The ultimate in apocalyptic, thunderous lowend orchestral power. Having spent the last 4 years sweating blood and tears over what is arguably one of the worlds best set of bespoke and exclusive orchestral. Spitfire audio releases albion one 10th anniversary. Focusrite scarlett 18i, korg pa500, maudio 61 radium keystation. But i have limited myself entirely to wait until ve5 cause i cant make up my mind on anything lately. It follows the path of symphobia 1, hollywoodwinds, and symphobia 2 by being a problemsolution orchestral module that does not compete directly with full fledged orchestral libraries from eastwest, sonivox, or the vienna symphonic library. The 10th anniversary update adds hundreds of new presets and sound sources, cementing this packages place as one of the most versatile and valuepacked single products on the market.
Be prepared to bring along some time since a 100gb download can take quite a while. One of the best orchestral percussion libraries out there. It can be utilized by engineers, producers, and musicians to create music in audio applications for films, broadcast tv, recording studios, games, and more. Then again, you have the albion iii ceni offering great celli, bass, brass, woodwind sections, cinematic percussion, not forgetting supercool loops, and lowend hybrid synthesis. Spitfire audio releases albion one 10th anniversary edition. The core library covers pretty much any articulation you would use in. This library has been updated to handle just about any epic sounding orchestral arrangement.
Spitfire albion one, orchestral essentials, embertone. Melodic celeste, xylophone, glockenspiel, tubular bells, etc and atonal percussions. Dec 19, 2017 albion one is an allinone workhorse for composers blending orchestral instruments with modern sound design and electronics. The library which brought spitfire audio to mainstream attention was its first orchestral sample collection albion, released in 2011, which balanced highquality source recordings made at londons air studios with an immediate playability. Performed by experts of contemporary, atonal and avant garde. Spitfire audio albion iv uist kontakt 03 july 2017 56 gb part iv of the widescreen range of composers tools that give you everything you need to make modern film music out of one box. Spitfire is one of those companies that remains at the top of the wishlist for many people, especially if youre at all into orchestral libraries. Icini is full of massive orchestral sections for dramatic and bombastic passages, and it also has synths, loops and drums all focused on the low end think orchestral dubstep.
Great news from spitfire, another free update albion to v5 redux new content for this redux version includes. Back in 2011, spitfire released their albion volume i, an orchestral library which has been used a in a myriad of scores and productions since its release. It featured an entire collection of orchestral sections, percussion, cinematic electronic sounds, and. The orchestral essentials pack bundle from projectsam is a sound library for mac and windows computers consisting of orchestral essentials volume 1 and orchestral essentials volume 2. Albion iv uist for kontakt by spitfire audio released. A large ensemble of dark, progressive articulations and. The quality and variety of orchestral string libraries continues to grow. For instance, albion one is characterized by a 109 piece orchestra, boisterous percussion section, and dynamically layered loops and other ingenious features.
All of spitfire audios orchestral samples were recorded in air studios lyndhurst hall. Baked ensembles we have slavishly remixed the entire orchestral range into full ensembles for use with both hands. Projectsam orchestral essentials 2 instruments youtube. Paul thomson takes us through the sounds of the albion orchestra in the latest update to albion one. Hi everybody, i have a question for people who tried both instruments. Stream albion v tundra, a playlist by spitfire audio from desktop or your mobile device. Today i want to have a look at albion v tundra, an orchestral library for kontakt from well known folks at spitfire audio in the uk. Dec 18, 2017 spitfire audio has announced availability of albion one 10th anniversary edition effectively celebrating its tenth year in business by refreshing and rebadging its albion one composer toolkit flagship as an updated edition, expanded beyond the british music technology companys relatively recent one rerecordings of its initial albion legacy sample library release thanks to a new ui. Ive looked at albions stuff and thats a lot more than i really need.
Albion 2 offers a far greater range of string articulations than its predecessor, introducing subtleties such as col legno bow hits and some unusually sweettoned, chromaticallymapped harmonics. Presented alongside an continue reading spitfire audio albion iv uist kontakt. Using omnisphere, trilian, komplete 8, morphestra, orchestral essentials, evolve, orange tree guitars, addictive drums, bfd2, melodyne editor, studio one 2, ozone 5, fabfilter. Projectsam orchestral essentials pack bundle download ps. Walkthrough of projectsams orchestral essentials 2. The sounds in orchestral essentials 1 were selected from other libraries in our catalog, including the symphobia series. The library features a 109 piece orchestra accompanied by a thunderous cinematic percussion section, warpable loops designed by awardwinning music. Spitfire albion one or projectsam orchestral essentials pack. Orchestral string libraries compared updated finding that string library that can do everything you want can often feel like a neverending quest to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Enter albion, a britishmade orchestral collection which should open orchestral programming up to a. Much of what i have said about spitfire chamber strings also applies to spitfire symphonic strings formerly known as mural.
Symphonic orchestra is the most awarded orchestral collection ever, including winning sound on sounds readers choice award an unprecedented 3times, and the first orchestral collection to be recorded in a state of the art concert hall where orchestras. Some of the full orchestral libraries have more articulations, and some less. Concluding their year of renovation for now, british sample library developer spitfire audio just released another orchestral library. For the last seven years there has been a secret hard drive, a depository of the best of these orchestral recordings saved to create the ultimate raw material, the ultimate ore, the set of polished diamonds. Ni symphony series vs spitfire albion one i hate to duplicate questions, so ill try to keep this question as non whatisthebestlibrary as possible. In almost 28,000 samples and 57 gb of audio, spitfire audio tried to capture a fascinating, earthy and somewhat naked orchestral sound, thats often related to scandinavias iconic composers like arvo part, henryk gorecki and jan sibelius. The 30 best sample libraries for orchestral scoring. Dec 14, 2017 spitfire audio has launched albion one, a collection of epic composer tools for native instruments kontakt and kontakt player, updated in celebration of spitfire audios 10th anniversary year. Albion one 10th anniversary edition by spitfire audio. This video demonstrates software from spitfire audio albion one, project sam orchestral essentials, embertone crystal flute, kontakt 5 orchestral sample library and layered with an acoustic guitar.
All instruments in orchestral essentials 1 are available in 1 microphone set close or stage. Albion one vs metropolis ark 1 sound and feature comparison duration. I love to work with orchestral instruments and mostly work with una corda, action strings strikes and the ni symphony essentials instruments bundled in ku11. Intel core 2 duo or amd athlon 64 x2 processor, 4 gb of ram, windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit or newer. Orchestral string libraries compared updated jonathan. Download everything & help save our bandwidth using the. What is a good second orchestral library to spitfire. A few years ago, spitfire audio released something that would find its way into many composers sonic arsenal albion. The albion series spitfire audio, kontakt different pricings, but. Albion i,ii and iii or symphobia 1,2 and 3 vicontrol. Spitfire tracked this library at the legendary air studios on their huge neve 88r console onto tape so you know youre getting the good stuff. Spitfire has reincarnated their original blockbuster sound library albion with albion one. As you said there is a certain overlap with orchestral essentials and the vsl special edition. Vsl and spitfire are the only two orchestral companies to ever impress me soundwise so i eventually plan to own spitfire s albion and percussion libraries soon enough.
The strings, brass, woodwind, percussion and keys categories capture the imagination and sound the business. Albion one a complete reboot of the legendary albion. If youre looking for all the sections though, albion one is very good at what it does and it also has a great selection of processed orchestral sounds the stephensons. Recommended orchestral sample libraries evenant online courses. Im a complete beginner at music composition and am looking to start playing around with some software. A guide to orchestral sample libraries evenant music. Spitfire audios albion is designed as a broad brush stroke library for. Albion is the first comprehensive set of orchestral tools produced by spitfire for the world at large. Spitfire audio has launched albion one, a collection of epic composer tools for native instruments kontakt and kontakt player, updated in celebration of spitfire audios 10th anniversary year. Spitfire audio is back with the fifth rendition of their highly acclaimed albion product line, this time focusing on the quiet end of the orchestra.
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