added key names to the keyswitches so that when hovering over them in Kontakt's keyboard, the names of the articulations are shown in the info bar.added labels to the Sustain and Swell panels so that it's possible to see right away which articulation is currently selected.added a small amount of velocity → volume control (there actually wasn't any before).fixed swell playing again when you release.

fixed the B0 keyswitch playing a note in the Bass and Strings nki's.Definitely my favourite part of the library! sam spade Oh and the warm sustains - my god are they beautiful. Keep up the astounding work Ben! You have a loyal customer in me indeed! P.S. Straight to the point, no way to hide any deficiencies, but to my ears there is none as the gorgeousness of the samples and the scripting is on display here. I tend to like the lack pretentiousness that comes with Ben's offerings - especially in his video walkthroughs. You won't find 100s of presets and snapshots - this baby is lean and mean music making machine. At a fraction of the cost of the aforementioned developers libraries Sospiro strings straddles the line between classical and avant-garde rather nicely. Ben you have out done yourself once again! Spitfire Audio and Orchestral Tools take notice of this talent. I pulled the trigger and purchased it - the moment I loaded it up in kontakt and played the first few chords I was blown away. I started to see a handful of reviews pop on youtube for this library and my interested was piqued.

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. 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 non-vibrato has a lot of clarity, and especially brings attention to change in tone as each instrument gets louder and softer. The vibrato adds warmth and individuality to the sound, but may be a bit over dramatic in some cases. This means that the longer you hold a note, the longer its release will be.Īll of the swells can be either vibrato or non-vibrato.

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 swell. The Length Multiplier is useful if you have a project with a fast bpm and you want it to sound slow, or vice versa. 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 non-vibrato swells have a clear tone which especially brings attention to the change in tone as each instrument louder and softer.Įach version, Vibrato and non-vibrato has a single velocity layer.All of the swells were originally recorded at 110 BPM The vibrato swells are provide a warm, individual sound.

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