Spitfire Chamber Strings Essentials- Review & hands-on test
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Spitfire's newest addition to the Chamber Strings family is billed as "essentials" only, but the 58 articulations across the full Orchestral String palette cover 90% of the practical scoring I do. This is no light-weight. Let's take a look at the Kontakt interface, and listen to a real world composition that puts it through its paces.
00:00 intro
01:11 basics
02:33 showcase composition
04:37 Kontakt GUI & articulations
06:26 scoring template with articulations
07:14 talk through the orchestration
09:32 CC control and Mic position mix
11:16 conclusions
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I've been looking at Spitfire's string libraries for a few years and going to "pull the trigger," on purchasing one. Thank you for the demo/review and great pieces of compositions!
The Library sounds great, but it is your composition that really shines.
i'm dropping a breakdown of the demo piece tomorrow. i hope you can tune in!
@@ImpliedMusic I think I can, if I see a notification in time. Looking forward to it.
Come on now! That is a beautiful work!!
Interesting demo of your composition and the Spitfire library. I really enjoyed your composition. Especially, the buildup of tension in long note intervals and the release into the light staccato section.
Loved your composition. And definitely would like to have a deeper look into it.
I'm one of the new subs. Been watching for about a month now. Learning a lot, thank you.
I don't read sheet music yet, so the way you use the midi editor to show what you're teaching really helps.
i'm dropping a breakdown of the demo piece tomorrow. i hope you can tune in!
Thanks for this walkthrough Chris. I was just curious to see how much of the full version (which I own) was included. This is a fantastic library and is my workhorse for almost all of my string work. Like you say in your comments, the Essentials version pretty much covers the bases.
Regarding the vibrato, while the depth is modifiable with the Vibrato slider (though not dramatically so), the vibrato speed is fixed and recorded in the samples. This is particularly noticeable if you use the doubling technique (Cristian Henson first made me aware of this trick) of using two instances of a voice for a bigger sound, detuning one and then transposing it back to normal tuning. Because the vibrato speed is recorded in the sample, the vibrato speed is actually slower in the detuned instance and can sound a bit off.
BTW, the speed and tightness sliders can be very useful in refining the sound, the speed for the legato transition speed and the tightness for tightening up the shorts. And the release slider for increasing the release tails for more gracious slow lines.
Great to hear about the full version, and thanks for those tips.
So pleased I just found your channel.
Many thanks for the great video!
Really show the library's potential. Liked and subscribed
Nice piece, shows off the library well. I've had Chamber Strings for a while and eventually upgraded to Pro during some sale. But I think it's great that Spitfire finally made this library (or quite a bit of it anyway) more financially available to composers who may just be starting out. I do think Chamber Strings is probably one of the most valuable Spitfire libraries I have. Right up there with the Albions and BBC SO. I'd be interested in a break down of the piece you wrote.
An enlightening & effective showcase of the available articulations, it's a veritable smorgasbord of strings 8-)
Fantastic composition, it’s good to hear how you put your teachings to practical use.
thanks. i'm dropping a breakdown of the demo piece tomorrow. i hope you can tune in!
Nice review - one of my favorite string libraries. I was thinking it would be interesting to see your composition process after listening to the piece. And then you mentioned at the end possibly going through that process in another video. One "yes" vote -- thanks!
thanks! i'm dropping a breakdown of the demo piece tomorrow. i hope you can tune in!
Thank you🎉
Maybe you could even Extend this Piece and place some Solo string Performances atop the chamber.
No way on TH-cam does and combination like that
This is my 4th time watching this post Chris. Your channel is the realest man.
Im Grateful😊
Thank you!
Just wanted to say thanks Chris! I bought this library. It blends very well with many others as was my question that you answered. (Deleted my last lengthy post) Keep up the great reviews and composing. ✌️
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the review & demonstration! If may know, what Kontakt version that Spitfire Chamber Strings Essentials support? Can I use the older version like Kontakt 6? Thank you 🙏🏻
Great demonstration, sick skills! :) Is this your favorite chamber strings library on the market? I don't like/want symphony size either.
It’s broadly my first choice. Other libraries go deeper into specific sounds of course
Cool, thanks. What other chamber strings libraries do you like?
3:54 ❤
The standard version is my main string library and I would have been tempted by this, but I don't think it has the flautando patch which is a shame.
Their excellent intimate strings is dirt cheap though, so combined with this you'd have most bases covered.
Yes. I miss the flautando too.
This library seems capable of mocking up a very reasonable string quartet..that’s a good thing 🏅🙏🏿🙏🎩
agreed. the sound is bit broader than a quartet, as you've got 3 players per instrument, but the sound is intimate and very clean.
Yes correct ..and there is a massive gap in the market for a library to experiment with the quartet ensemble format..maybe ..as it is such an intimate ensemble format …a la Max Richter ..et al ..At least as as far as I know..Spitfire offer two variants . the SQ one which I Like…best I have heard and the the other is not so hot IMHO … I’ve tried to create a hybrid SQ combining various combinations of instruments from various producers with unsatisfactory outcomes ..it’s great to have coherent libraries to experiment with in any format ..so much so the quartet option. If I had a wish ..which actually I do then I would love SFA to produce a more accessible library to experiment with as a time limited demo…makes sense perhapses a foolish wish ..knowing the work load to do so _the gap is there to fill.🙏🏿🎩👍😥🎩
Harmonic walk through please !
tomorrow, tomorrow...
You make them sound beautiful!
Thought they do sound lovely, there aren't many dynamic layers, and the transitions can be very upsetting to make natural in the DAW, too many sudden jumps.
thank you! and thanks for your thoughts. for myself, continuous hands on CC control really got me the dynamics and expressivity i want. i didn't experience any sudden dynamic jumps or irregularities in round robins or layers. i use a fairly heavy actioned keyboard controller that i'm very accustomed to... maybe that evened things out for me.
This is the same core library it’s always been. Just rebranded.
respectfully, the articulation set is different, as is the price. Core is bit more extensive. ... and then there's pro. i do think you're right that it's the same sample set purposed into an affordable library.
At $750 bucks, I will have to stick to the free stuff. Yikes.
essentials is under $250
Try out Spitfire kepler orchestra great for ostinatos . Chamber strings are awesome very expensive. Fantastic video greeting from Netherlands.
Great suggestion!