NEO STRINGS is our flagship modern string soloists collection. A library comprising of a huge 24 articulations for each instrument, covering both 'bread and butter' articulations complete with beautiful true legatos, all the way to extended and experimental performance techniques unique to this collection, and never before heard in sample form. All wrapped in our trailblazing 'overlay threshold' functionality, creating a workflow so seamless and natural you'll feel like you have the real instrument in your own hands. A contemporary sound brimming with character and performance playability.
AT A GLANCE
- 1 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double Bass, Ensemble Patch
- 24 articulations per instrument (17 main, 7 extended techniques & FX) [listed in detail at the bottom of the page]
- True Legato with 4 powerful legato modes; Adaptive Speed, Adaptive Velocity, Fixed Fast & Fixed Slow legato options
- Up to 3 Dynamics [articulation dependent]
- Expression & live Vibrato/Non-Vibrato control
- Up to 4 round robins [articulation dependent]
- 4 mic positions; Close (Overhead), Room (Left & Right), Ambient
- Mic Purging for RAM economisation
- Overlays threshold functionality for seamless player performance
- 'Chord Mode' in Ensemble Patch with pre-arranged tutti chords
- Scale Link Mode for ease of use in Ornamental & trill playing
- 24GB (pre-lossless compression, 16GB on disk)
- 30,833 samples
All articulations are present for each instrument unless specified otherwise
Main Articulations
- Static Longs - Vibrato & Non-Vibrato (With or without adaptive True Legato)
- Expressive Longs - Non-Vibrato (Notes with a natural performance arc)
- Expressive Longs - Vibrato (Note with a natural performance arc & vibrato)
- Staccato (Shortened notes, still with some length)
- Staccatissimo (Very short notes with 'infinity mode' option to loop back to static longs)
- Spiccato (Short notes with Bow starting off string)
- Pizzicato (Plucked with fingers)
- Col Legno (Struck with the Back of the Bow) [On all instruments bar the Violin]
- Sforzando Decrescendo (A dramatic Decrescendo from Fortissimo)
- Ornaments (Semi-tone and Whole tone turns both up from the root note and down)
- Trills (Whole-tone and Semi tone performance trills, with a dynamic arc)
- Tremolo (With accented start)
Extended Techniques & FX
- Harmonics
- Extreme Sul Pont (Bowed on the edge of annihilation at the bridge)
- Pont-Tasto Cycles (A circular bow from bridge to fingerboard, like breathing)
- Extreme Sul Tasto (Bowed over the fingerboard for a woodwind-esque texture)
- Behind the Brige FX (Scratchy, harmonic laden special FX with bowing post bridge)
- Sul Pont Erratic Trems (Slow to fast erratic trems on the edge of the bridge)
- Erratic Vibrato (Ultra wide to narrow vibrato)
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