NI Session Strings 2 v1.0 Kontakt Library
SESSION STRINGS 2 is an 11-piece string ensemble with an intimate sound for contemporary tracks plus play assistance features to spark creativity.
Quickly add new color to a pop arrangement, dance track, or score. It offers the detailed sound of an intimately recorded small string ensemble. A streamlined design and smart play assistance features help accelerate the path to creative results.
INTIMATE SOUND
SESSION STRINGS 2 draws from high-quality recordings of a small modern ensemble – vintage instruments, played by top session musicians, and captured at a renowned German studio. The ensemble consists of four violins, three violas, two celli, and two double basses.
EXPRESSION MADE EASY
Bring your string arrangements to life – the instrument lets you shape notes and phrases with 14 articulations, ranging from accent, pizzicato, and crescendo to legato and portamento.
PLAY ASSISTANCE FEATURES
SESSION STRINGS 2 incorporates a wealth of user-requested play assistance features accessible from a modern user interface.
TRUE LEGATO
Engage true legato or portamento. Each interval has its own correct transition.
SMART VOICE SPLIT
Ensure natural chord voicing with notes that are automatically allocated to the correct instrument group.
SMART CHORD
Generate fully orchestrated ensemble chords from single keys.
RHYTHM ANIMATOR
Add motion to chords with the rhythm animator – an arpeggiator with assignable articulations, chord, and note options per step.
COLOR
Transform the sound of your ensemble with a turn of one knob using a powerful master multi-effect capability.
ABOUT E-INSTRUMENTS
SESSION STRINGS 2 was created in partnership with e-instruments – the specialists for intensely detailed sampled instruments. e-instruments creates innovative, easy-to-use virtual instruments so musicians can focus on what’s most important – the music.
FRESH STRINGS FOR CONTEMPORARY TRACKS
- Detailed and intimate sound of an 11-piece string ensemble
- Ideal for pop, R&B, dance tracks, and modern scores
- Smart ‘play assistance’ features to spark creativity
ADDED FEATURES
To enhance expression and streamline your path to creativity, these new editions incorporate several user-requested features.
True legato: Produce a more realistic ensemble sound – each note in a chord has its own correct legato transition. It also includes newly recorded note-to-note legato, portamento, and in SESSION STRINGS PRO 2, note-to-note glissando transitions.
Smart chord: Generate fully orchestrated and complex string chords using single keys.
Smart voice split: Ensure realistic, natural voicing of ensemble chords with notes that are automatically allocated to the correct instrument group.
Mixer page: Fine-tune the ensemble mix using familiar console controls.
Phrase animator: Easily orchestrate and arrange unique, customized phrases (SESSION STRINGS PRO 2 only).
Enhanced rhythmic animator: Create driving rhythmic patterns on the fly with an enhanced, fully editable rhythmic animator, which stays synced to the host DAW.
Color: Transform the sound of your ensemble with a turn of one knob using a powerful master multi-effect capability.
Sound presets: Quickly set master effects, mixer effects, and volumes as well as the on/off state for instruments groups.
Customizable ensemble: Select the size and instrumentation of your string section as an alternative to the full ensemble (SESSION STRINGS PRO 2 only).
KONTAKT version 5 and higher.
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