Kirk Hunter Studios Chamber Strings Adaptive KONTAKT

Kirk Hunter Studios Chamber Strings Adaptive KONTAKT

Recorded at the First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica where A-list Los Angeles-based orchestras record and perform.

• Stunning chamber sound; amazing playability.
• Incredibly flexible “ensemble’ patches.
• For “ensemble” patches, each section can contain ANY short or long articulation (spiccato, staccato, detache, pizzicato, col legno, Bartok pizzicato, sustain, tremolo, major trill, minor trill).
• Silky smooth slurred or bowed legato.
• Flexible legato choices: Polyphonic, non-polyphonic, intense, mild, bowed.
• Vibrato and dynamics can “chase” velocity smoothly EVEN on held notes.
• Go from punchy and aggressive marcatos to silky smooth legatos with no keyswitching or controllers.
• Two different portamento styles.
• Extensive modeling to conserve the memory footprint.
• Flexible vibrato control.
• Added automation page for controlling such things as articulations, vibrato, dynamics and more via MIDI CC.

Features:

Fully Integrated Ensemble Patches

Fully Separated Individual Patches

All have the same features, so there is no guesswork when loading different patches.

Chamber:

• 6 Violins
• 4 Violas
• 4 Cellos
• 2 Basses

For Each Section:

• Section Mixer
• Purge/Load
• Legato on/off
• Attack control whether via velocity or slider.
• Section high and low note range control.
• Short articulation selection.
• Long articulation selection.
• Portamento control.
• Short articulation velocity sensitivity.
• Tighten/Broaden Short articulation.
• Bow-change samples on/off.
• 8va, 8vb for violins and basses.
• Vibrato control.
• Solo/mute.

Global Control (Home Page):

• “Space” presets – The room style of the orchestra.
• “Touch” presets – Choose how you want the instrument to respond to your playing style.
• “Speed” presets – Choose the response attack.
• “Info” screen showing current keyswitch map and velocity-chasing for vibrato and dynamics.
• Release time.
• Sordini.
• Sul Tasto.
• Reverb.
• Dynamics.
• Automation screen.
• Legato style.
• Attack control whether via velocity or slider.
• Short articulation selection.
• Long articulation selection.
• Tighten/Broaden Short articulation.
• Bow-change samples on/off.
• 8va, 8vb for violins and basses.
• Vibrato control.

Mixer Page:

• Section note mixer – independent note level control.
• Short and Long Articulation Choosers
• Short and Long Articulation Volume
• Velocity control for short articulations.
• Release samples on/off.
• 3-Band Parametric EQ
• Dynamics slider.
• Dynamics velocity sensitivity
• Dynamics chase velocity on/off
• Expression velocity sensitivity
• Reverb and Room Size
• Release samples volume.
• Detailed vibrato controls
• Microphone Mixer (Near, Mid, Far)
• Section Mixer for Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses (Level, Pan, Purge)

Under the Hood:

• Round Robin is randomized so that you never hear a “loop” effect.
• Samples of the church ambience are carefully mixed in for a very natural sound.

Features that can be assigned to a controller:

• Instrument volumes (4)
• Legato on/off for each section (4)
• Velocity attack on/off for each section or globally (5)
• Velocity attack sensitivity for each section or globally (5)
• Velocity sensitivity for each section’s short samples (4)
• Short articulation duration for each section (4)
• Bow change samples on/off for each section (4)
• 8va, 8vb for violins and basses (2)
• Vibrato amount for each section or globally (5)
• Solo/Mute for each section (8)
• Short samples global volume (1)
• Long samples global volume (1)
• Release sample on/off (1)
• Reset note mixer for each section (4)
• EQ high frequency (1)
• EQ mid frequency (1)
• EQ low frequency (1)
• EQ high frequency gain (1)
• EQ mid frequency gain (1)
• EQ low frequency gain (1)
• Velocity Sensitivity (1)
• Dynamics velocity chasing (1)
• Expression Sensitivity
• Added Reverb
• Reverb Size
• Room Size
• Release samples volume
• Vibrato control via controller or velocity switch for each section or globally (5)
• Close, mid and far mic levels (3)
• Panning for each section (4)
• Short Articulation changes for each section (4)
• Dynamics (1)
• Long Articulation changes for each section (4)
• Portamento style (1)

Requires Kontakt FULL v6.6.1 or newer!

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