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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