Beautiful Collection of Passionate String Sounds
Spitfire Audio’s Spitfire Appassionata Strings represents the culmination of 15 years of R&D at Spitfire Audio HQ and was recorded using the company’s “Impulse Legato” technique. Sweetwater composers were stunned at how emotive their new legatos and vibratos were. Featuring 30 of London’s best string instrumentalists and recorded at Lyndhurst Hall in AIR Studios, Spitfire Appassionata Strings immediately sounds like a string section without any cumbersome key switching. With five dynamic layers, four round-robin attacks, vibrato, and velocity-controlled switching between legato types, Spitfire Appassionata Strings lets you focus on only your music so that you can craft your finest compositions yet.
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Spitfire Audio: virtual tools for weaving sonic colorful tapestries
As the constellation of technologies that allow us to ideate, record, perform, create, and reimagine music continues to grow, so does our artistic potential. Spitfire Audio sits at the nexus of power and possibility, with its expansive catalog of diverse and inspiring virtual instruments serving as tools for summiting uncharted peaks of sonic exploration. Across classical, experimental, esoteric, and international realms of orchestration, Spitfire Audio’s instrumental suite comprises an invigorating medley of evocative compositional capabilities. State-of-the-art capture technologies were wielded by daring musical minds, with the likes of Hans Zimmer, BT, Ólafur Arnalds, Evelyn Glennie, Lea Bertucci, and the London Contemporary Orchestra among the company’s pantheon of collaborators. Strings, brass, world percussion, keys, guitars, synths, effects — Spitfire Audio is your gateway to varying hues of masterfully designed and resynthesized cinematic sound.
Spitfire Audio Spitfire Appassionata Strings Features:
- 30 of London’s finest string instrumentalists recorded at Lyndhurst Hall in AIR Studios
- 5 distinct dynamic levels (pp, mp, mf, f, ff) with 4 round-robin attacks
- Slurred and bowed legato intervals with up to 3 dynamic levels
- Unique and intense Sul I available for Violins 1, Violins 2, and Cellos
- 4 expertly engineered mixes from cinematic to intimate
- 7 mic positions — Close, Tree, Ambient, Outrigger, Close Ribbons, Stereo Room, and Mids
- Utilizing Spitfire Audio’s “Impulse Legato” technique, legatos and vibratos immediately sound musical without the need for key switching
