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benosterhouse · Post by **benosterhouse** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:19 pm

I'm proud to present my newest String library!

Sospiro Strings is a Kontakt library for creating slow, emotive strings. It features 4 different length swells and 3 sustained articulations, recorded on bass, cello, viola, and violin.

The video below uses 5 short pieces I wrote to demonstrate the strengths of the library.

You can find the product page here: https://www.kontakthub.com/product/sosp ... e-kontakt/

Here are the features of Sospiro Strings:

There are separate nki's for each individual instrument, and there is an nki with all instruments mixed together, to work as a simpler sketching tool, and also to save memory.

Using the Length in Beats slider, you can choose the appropriate length, and the corresponding swell will be chosen and time-stretched if needed.

The Length Multiplier is useful if you have a project with a fast bpm and you want it to sound slow, or vice versa.

The Smart Release feature makes it so that however far into the crescendo-ing part of the sample you have held the note, it will jump that far from the end of the sample. This means that the longer you hold a note, the longer its release will be.

All of the swells can be either vibrato or non-vibrato. The vibrato adds warmth and individuality to the sound, but may be a bit over dramatic in some cases. The non-vibrato has a lot of clarity, and especially brings attention to change in tone as each instrument gets louder and softer. The vibrato samples sound better or worse depending on how much they are being timed-stretched, which is why it is especially nice to have non-vibrato as an option.

The Sync feature is one of the most essential features: with Sync enabled, any notes you add or change in a chord will sync with the first note that was played.

There are 3 varieties of Sustains:
The cold sustains are played with a slow bow and no vibrato --a fragile sound at the edge of breaking.
The warm sustains are played over the fingerboard with a fast, freely changing bow and generous vibrato.
The full sustains are played closer to the bridge with a slow, heavy bow. Vibrato is used with discretion.

Thank you,

Ben Osterhouse

benosterhouse · Post by **benosterhouse** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:20 pm

It looks like because I am new here I need to have 5 posts in order for the links to work.

benosterhouse · Post by **benosterhouse** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:21 pm

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simmo75 · Post by **simmo75** » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:36 pm

Very nice, where did you record the strings?

Sospiro Strings - Slow Emotive Strings