OUT NOW! Spitfire Chamber Strings Essentials
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- Introducing Spitfire Chamber Strings Essentials - the new streamlined edition of a versatile and well-loved Spitfire Audio classic.
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Gain instant access to world-class scoring sound quality to enhance your film, TV and game scores, and pop records! Expertly recorded at London’s AIR Studios, home of countless blockbuster scores, this smaller section offers detail, focus and versatility, featuring Close and Tree microphone positions - whilst still capturing the unique resonance of the hall.
A new Spitfire classic or a classic Spitfire? String sections without legato? Pianos cost extra for all inclusive libraries? Abbey Road Orchestra: Triangle, 35 non-mergeable mics? The Boston Pops Modular Orchestra Part One: Audience Coughing - the beginning of a new exciting journey into incompletion? 35GB of white noise patches curated by Tiesto?
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So accurate 😂
tiesto hahaah good one
Triangle hahahah
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So if I'm hearing this correctly, you removed a few things, added a line of text to the interface, played with the color field behind the text, and pushed it out the door with a $250 price tag for everyone. Am I missing anything?
Yes, clearly Paul’s doing the demo in a different studio. Which raises the price tag. Keep up William!
Essentials sounds better than Lite
@@Afrscores 😂
I think what could really help Spitfire is sending a poll to people who previously bought so.ething from them, asking us what do WE would like to have next. Like, people voting for a new library, or an expansion to an already released ones. Or, to focus on bug fixes / improvements for specific libraries. Let the people vote. You'll only win from that. Cheers!
Unfortunately that's not a reliable technique, simply because people don't actually do what they say they'd do. They do what they want, and change their mind often. Companies using that technique soon find out it's not reliable.
Haha good luck
Don’t ask what Spitfire can do for you - ask what you can do for Spitfire!
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I've ALWAYS loved the sound of this library and I've always wanted it, and now at this price I can finally own it!
I would buy Abbey Road 1 if it included high string legatos, or even if Spitfire would just release a high string expansion to it, that would really motivate me to buy the whole package. Until then, I’m going to be highly skeptical of any incomplete or modular product they release. That said, I absolutely adore the Albion’s , originals and solo string libraries.
oh - not reworked for the spitfire sampler?
A great many Spitfire users would greatly appreciate you finishing other projects like Abbey Road One and BBSO before launching new projects.
Funny how you assume this isn't another classic rebranding lol
@@R0bstar-YT , I haven't assumed anything. I would simply like Spitfire to finish what they start.
I own BBCSO… what do you mean?
I agree. We have been missing the legato for Abbey Road high strings for years. Requests for this to be remedied have been ignored.
@@league6 THIS!!!! I bought Abbey Road as an early pre-order in 2020 and have been waiting for Legatos ever since. It's the reason I haven't bought and will not buy any other Spitfire products since then. Orchestra instruments aren't "cheap" for an incomplete product (even with the free add-on of "low strings" that really should have been included in the core product.) Admittedly, you can't knock the quality of the samples, and I appreciate the fact they aren't "just a Kontakt instrument", but fair's fair. 3 years is a long time to wait and watch Spitfire release about a hundred other products that include Legato as a part of the core product... unless the plan is to charge me £400 for the Legatos like they just did for the Low Percussion add on for Abbey Road?
Love the opening song demo.
However, until the scripting allows for more lyrical playability, I'm going to continue to skip over Spitfire libraries. I'm quite convinced I'm being sold the same library in almost every one
Is this another product that’s recycling older existing libraries for a cheaper price and sound?
in part yes.. they are taken from the full version, but it's not a library recycle (as in albion 1 vs one), just some curated patches and two mics.
Hope it will bring some new stuff to regular SCS as well. Especially improved legatos
Yeah, me too!
At this point, (generally) I'm convinced they're selling us the same libraries under different names/color GUI
@@ehlohimwhil5762 If you already own Chamber Strings (any flavour) this release isn't for you.
@spitfire audio
Love your products but really hate your lack of updates on released products....and it looks that i am not the only one.
Not sure if your company will still be big in 5 years when there will be no change
Sure you can ignire thousands of same critics as long as the sales are good....but not for a long run
Agree 100%, don't have any paid library yet, but I read and hear a lot of this same comment, that is a big red flag to me. I still want their products tho, but they need to stop overhyping demos, and start updating some stuff.
Nothing like squeezing every last drop, but joking aside, I think this makes a lot of sense for those who want the cut down chamber sound with the dry mics (relatively) but without the plethora of bits and pieces.
Gorgeous sounding library this... it was always THE library for me. At first I regretted buying BBC SO as my first library and not this one. Since then I've learned to love the BBC SO library and the regret has subsided (it sounds sooo good!). After buying many so Spitfire libraries I'm afraid I'm out of juice and storage.
I vowed to not buy anymore sample libraries. And haven’t for two years. But I’m probably going to have to break that vow now. Always wanted the chamber Strongs library but couldn’t afford it. But now…
I sense a company rapidly losing their fanbase, and any sense of what made them so brilliant in the first place.
Well, all I can say is it does seem rather Karmic.
Yep ... inspiration has left the building
About time you updated this old GUI!
god how many strings libraries do these guys have? i dont even know how which ones to get anymore
Apassionatta, Abbey Road 2 are by far the best in terms of sampling, editing and recording quality. My friends and I call that Spitfire 2.0 hahaha. Chamber strings is really solid but it's not as polished as those two. You might also find more specialized libraries such as Abbey Road One (also Spitfire 2.0) which has no legatos but very great sampling, dynamics and an unmatched sound. I hope that helps!
Seems like Spitfire Audio has been walking backwards for the last year. I don’t know what you’ve heard, but this is not helping your business nor your reputation
Perhaps not involving one of the founders in decisions is something to do with this
To be fair I think this is aimed at those that perhaps can't splash out the money (we are living through a financially turbulent time). And although I was hoping for something to add to my 'SSO Collection' I can appreciate what they're doing here. Chamber Strings is a highly regarded library so this is a shrewd move and opens this up to a wider group of people. If they allow users to upgrade in the same way I moved from standard to pro without being financially penalised even better.
@@dilzaaaaI guess it’s aimed for SA pockets
@@ridgero Well yeah, they are a commercial organisation at the end of the day. All products on their site are geared towards that. :D
Hello ! Is there a trial version ?
Nop
Love the Library, but why not for the Spitfire App, instead of the #%^*+ Kontakt…?
This is awesome!! Does this mean we are getting an update that fixes some of the legato transitions in SCS? That would be amazing!
I've always liked Spitfire Chamber Strings sonically but I didn't get it because of the price. Essential with two basic microphones and articulations is a good offer. Sometimes less is more and I tend to the sound of a Chamber string than a big orchestra.
Please also release an intermediate version of BBC SO with a close and tree microphone. One mix in BBC SO Core is limiting and Pro is too much.
Guys this is chamber strings essentials, it was seen in a Spitfire video
Aw. Nothing new then, really, just a cheaper, more condensed edition of Chamber Strings?
@@brorberglund6686if you've watched the video, you would've known the answer to your question :-)
Why aren’t quick legato phrases ever demonstrated? That’s what I want to hear tested with sus and legato patches
I can't speak for this version, but the full version of SCS has *amazing* fast legato / runs. Some of the best I've ever heard to this day
@@MamaSymphonia okay Queen
@@MamaSymphoniaunfortunately it seems that this version only have the normal slur.
Hi ive just bought second hand lenovo i7 3.4ghz 32gb ram . Will this be fast enough for quick repeats without crunching the cpu. Many thanks
Any huge difference between this and Studio strings (I have the Pro edition)?
A quote from the Spitfire site... "Studio Strings was recorded in the smaller studio space of Air Studio One, giving us the ability to truly focus on the beauty and unique qualities of the instruments themselves. If it’s control, fine detail and versatility you’re after, Studio Strings is your core component for fresh new avenues of composition."
@@ScottGarrigus Cheers mate, but I'm asking anyone who has the products(and has used them) to tell me the difference.
I have Studio Strings pro. I've always been attracted to the chamber strings, but when I had the money they were twice the price of Studio Strings. Just wondering if I'm missing anything from Studio that's in Chamber? Thanks anyway
@@nickjitsu Ah okay, well, if we're comparing both Pro versions, then the obvious one is that Studio has the dry small space sound and Chamber the larger wet sound. Chamber has more short articulations, for example, studio doesn't have staccato at all, but Chamber has both Staccato and Staccato Dig. Chamber also provides many more legato articulations... Bowed, Con Sord, Fast, Fingered, Flautando, Portamento, Runs, Sul G, Sul Pont, Tremelo... plus two performance legato patches.
@@ScottGarrigus ah! That was just the answer I was looking for. Thank you.
I think I’ve got Studio to do most of the things that Chamber (full version) does. It’s such a shame we can’t try before we buy and the price structure is all to pot.
I use studio with the solo instruments on recordings and studio core and Garritan strings live.
Have you got Chamber strings then?
@@nickjitsu Yes, sir. 🙂
I have purchased this and unable to 'locate' Chamber Strings (I have re installed, follow the video trouble shooting etc). Do I also need to Purchase Playbox? Cheers
Something that would be really really awesome to see is a sort of similar thing with BBCSO. Something in between Core and Pro that gives just 3-4 mic positions (and maybe some of the extra instruments) so you you can upgrade for a little cheaper and keep a sub 100GB-ish footprint. For many of us, having close, ambient, and tree in addition to the mic adds a lot of value, but so many mic positions just costs way too much hard drive space. I would KILL for this!!! (And it would be awesome for your new abbey road series too)
Such a lovely complement to the ARO high string legato's.
Thanks for the chamber strings essentials! If I may know, what Kontakt version that compatible with this VST? Can I use the older version (such as Kontakt 6, or 5)?
What device is he using to control the parameters?
That's what I'm here trying to figure out!
Korg NanoKontrol2
Can anyone tell me what the controller he's using for the dynamics is - is it a Korg NanoKontrol2
Yes, it is
The recording quality is amazing as usual, however I notice the same default panning as seen in the BBCSO. I have found it very inconvenient when I need to use only a violin for a track. The recording is left panned, while cello is right panned.. just like an orchestral seating. I wish they all came center focused and allow us to pan if needed. Of course, we can workaround by mono-ing the plugin and placing it anywhere, but then we lose the natural reverb. If anyone reading this thinks am missing something, educate me. I would love to use these plugins for a single instrument purpose as well.
I have always thought that ready-panned is not the right way to do it, for exactly the reasons you state. Every modern DAW has decent panning controls and if I can't remember how an orchestra is laid out I can look it up online very easily. When I want a single instrument or a string section along with some synths and maybe an electric guitar for something that isn't a traditional orchestral piece the ready-panned nature of an instrument can be a little annoying. However it is easy to overstate the inconvenience; I don't find it too hard to centre something that is ready panned as long as both channels contain a reasonable amount of information, and Spitfire's libraries usually do. I would prefer not having to do it, but it is a small inconvenience rather than a big one.
This is clearly not made for you as orchestral composers like all the instruments already panned. Just look elsewhere or hope that the Abbey Road Modular Orchestra has some Pop Close and Room mics like A ROOF does.
@mdk1983: What you refer to (panning done in the patch) is called in situ recording (violin1 left, violins 2 left (behind violins 1), violas middle, celli right, double basses right (behind celli) = common orchestra setup)
Since you seem to own the Plug In: Is it possible to write fast paced melodies for strings and sound natural? In most cases, playing fast legato notes is where these sample libraries fall apart and sound very artificial. Can this handle 16th notes at lets say 100BPM?
I'm not purchasing any more Spitfire products using kontact. My experience has been these are 2 great environments that just don't mix. As soon as I saw the GUI in this video I was out on this library
Sounds great!
Does anybody know what keyboard he’s playing in this video?
Does this have any advantages over Chamber Strings?
Yes, light on harddrive space
This is almost 30 GB
Full version is something like 250 GB
Does it comes with Performace Legato Patch included in this library? thanks?
No perfomance patches here. I heard some people saying the legato struggles a bit with fast passages.
Are these all new samples? To what extent does this augment/replace elements of the previous chamber library?
This is a strip down version of Chamber Strings. Less articulations and less mics.
@@batelgroun that’s what I figured.
Wooow cannot wait.
We need Hans Zimmer Horns
Yes and yes
I've not dipped into any of the HZ libraries yet. But Brass would definitely have me looking very closely. Especially if it had a full range of dynamic layers.
no, we need fixes to the existing libraries! (and the rest of Abbey Road Modular orchestra)
I'm also hoping for a HZ Brass library from Spitfire. But in the meantime, Tom Holkenborg Brass from Orchestral Tools is incredible. And it sits well with SSO and the other various Spitfire libraries recorded in AIR Lyndhurst.
That would sound like a college marching band!
Thought this was a new episode of "Between two ferns" from the thumbnail..
is the flautando included??
Not listed in the articulations, so no.
Chamber Strings Essentials!
you can read? (it's in the title!)
@@mr_don_keyI can. Rather fond of reading, in fact.
Wait... That horrible sounding marcato attack is layerd at high velocities on purpose?! So - that's also true for BBCSO legatos?
Can I turn that off by default, please? I marcato to me sounds horrible - and I always end up mingling with the midi after recording to get rid of it 😅
No hard feelings, just, I really don't like it 😅
You only get the marcato overlay when you want it. If you don't want it, don't press down so hard on the keys :)
@@MamaSymphonia I understand that - but you know... When I'm playing ff, it doesnt come natural to me not to press the note hard - regardless of my brain knowing that the dynamic is steered by cc controller... I can't easily unprogramm decades muscle memory.
What I could do, is set up a midi controller profile that fixes the velocity at a constant (low) value. But then I have to switch controller profiles back and forth all the time.
As I said: would be cool, if I could have a setting in the plugin (or kontakt interface) to just turn that off. If I want an articulation overlayed, I want to set that myself. This "feature" was, by me, so far always perceived as a bug.
In cubase you can do some tricks to always lower the velocity. I'm not sure about other DAWs.
@@batelgroun good point. You can set that up per track in Studio one as well... Thank you! Will adjust that today in my template! Legato is anyway always it's own midi track in my setup.
@@SamuFL Ah, I only program using piano roll so I never thought of that
Good!
Thank gawd, its in Kontakt. Any point in getting this if you have Chamber Strings Pro I wonder?
This seems like a cut down version of chamber strings, you already have everything this one has with professional. It's less space on the computer, so if you're tight on this, then I could imagine that it's useful, otherwise probably not.
No, if you have Pro, then you don't need this edition.
I'm actually surprised full / pro users don't get this for free in their account like with BBCSO.
@@MamaSymphonia Yeah, I was wondering about that. Would be nice to relieve some harddrive space.
@@CybreSmee Hard drive space or memory while composing? To free up hard drive space, you'd have to uninstall Pro completely. You can use less memory, however, by using the included economy patches or even create your own Multis. I love Kontakt because it's so powerful and flexible, when you really know how to use it.
Still using Kontact Player for this.
I thought you people were past using that.
What are the main things missing in this from chamber strings?
The difference between Spitfire Chamber Strings & Essentials is C & T mic positions & some articulations. The word "essentials" means important things, like articulations, etc, it means important articulations only for most music productions. For the mic positions, Essentials only gives the C (Close) and T (Tree). If you want the complete version, consider the Spitfire Chamber Strings.
LOTS of articulations.
Sounds really nice, I can feel my Visa card trembling in trepidation already 🤣
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This Kontakt Library Rocks!
Hopefully even Spitfire Symphonic Strings Essentials would help, but also along with performance legatos cause it's still grateful.
I would buy this if Flautando wasn't missing! It is a basic articulation.
Amazing sound? Yes. Basic? Nah, you don’t see flautando in scores around very much. I’d say sordino sustains and col legno are way more important, and neither are here.
@@GoOKuSj33 - I guess I am a fan of the flautando and to be honest Spitfire Chamber Strings have one of the best flautando I've heard. But you are right about the sordino which is more common and necessary. Col Legno is sort of a special technique.
Looking forward to it, y’all!
seriously, you guys are betraying our trust to the company AT LEAST do some updates to the original one
exactly.......... disappointing
I want this version, but I'm only buying it when they update the engine and interface.
Whoa
Some people are so whiny…enjoy, make music and stop complaining
Totally agree. There is much I could say to expand on your observation but...I have wonderful music to do! Cheers!
What I hear is a 'synthesised' sound which only remotely resembles real instruments but by all means talk it up.
Dude, this has one of the most realistic string sounds in the market, what are you talking about, it’s a sample library, not a real violin, have mercy 😂
Impressive. 👌😘👍💗🍑🫶