KVR Audio

pbattersby · Post by **pbattersby** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:43 pm

I've recently released Virtual Playing Orchestra v1.0. A free sample library in .wav and .sfz format of orchestral instruments similar to what you might expect to see if Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra 2.0 were to be released. Virtual Playing Orchestra is partially built from Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra, including samples from No Budget Orchestra and VSCO2-CE.

Check out the details here:

http://virtualplaying.com

pbattersby · Post by **pbattersby** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 3:29 pm

Version 1.1 is now available.

http://virtualplaying.com

It's a small update, fixing some issues with crash cymbals and adding "all-brass", "all-strings", "all-woodwinds" patches which might be useful for someone wanting to quickly work out some ideas before using individual instruments. See the change log for full update details.

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 7:21 pm

Thanks for your efforts!
There are some nice sounds out there.

I tried it with sforzando but the modwheel doesn't seem to have any efffect on the patches...

pbattersby · Post by **pbattersby** » Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:49 pm

jackoo wrote: I tried it with sforzando but the modwheel doesn't seem to have any efffect on the patches...

Name a specific patch and I'll have a look at it. It should work on all patches that have "mod-wheel" in the name but I wouldn't expect it to work with any of the others.

pbattersby · Post by **pbattersby** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:14 pm

In case any one is interested:

Version 2.0 of Virtual Playing Orchestra was released a while ago which looped all the sustain samples since some were far too short so now the composer can decide how long a woodwind or brass player can hold their breath.

There have been a few small updates since then but now Version 2.3 of Virtual Playing Orchestra is available. It's mostly about adding dynamic cross faded patches for trumpet, french horn, trombone with a few other small improvements such as some of the tremolo section patches.

Virtual Playing Orchestra

The download page also has a link to a page that explains the cross fade patches and provides a comparison to patches without dynamic cross fade.

Apratim · Post by **Apratim** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:51 pm

thank you for the effort and thanks for making it free

pbattersby · Post by **pbattersby** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:16 am

Apratim wrote:thank you for the effort and thanks for making it free

You're welcome. I've benefited from free work by others so I figured I should share my work for free as well.

Virtual Playing Orchestra (free sample library)