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Spitfire Audio Alternative Solo Strings (Digital Download)


Innovative solo strings from four of London’s finest players

We’ve captured the performances of four of the most interesting and progressive string soloists in London to give you an accessible tool for detailed composition work. Featuring Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, it features spirited longs and shorts, as well as a series of more unconventional articulations. Alternative Solo Strings offers you an instant, out-of-the-box collaborative experience, steeped in character.

The band

Mary Scully

Double Bass

Warren Zielinski

Violin

Joel Hunter

Viola

Chris Worsey

Cello

The chosen musicians represent some of the most exciting and in-demand players on the London orchestral session circuit.

From performances in Oscar-winning movies, to collaborations with the biggest recording artists in the world, there are few major British recordings in existence that haven’t featured these players in one way or another.

Collective credits

Captain America: Civil War (Henry Jackman) -Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (James Newton Howard) -Victoria & Abdul (Thomas Newman) -Jason Bourne (David Buckley/John Powell) -Interstellar (Hans Zimmer) -Warcraft (Ramin Djawadi) -The Hunger Games (James Newton Howard) -The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer) -Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Hans Zimmer) -Inception (Hans Zimmer) -Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias) -The Twilight Saga (Carter Burwell) -Batman Begins (Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard) -Gladiator (Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) -Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Howard Shore) Nick Cave - Daft Punk - Adele - Mark Ronson - UNKLE - Editors - Badly Drawn Boy - U2 - Goldfrapp - Joni Mitchell - Max Richter - The Divine Comedy - Christine and the Queens

Dry stage recording

Recorded at Spitfire Audio's high-spec in-house recording studio using the finest equipment, Alternative Solo Strings is the perfect accompaniment to our hugely popular London Contemporary Orchestra Strings, recorded in the same location. While the unpredictable recordings may lead you into unexpected territory, the sonics of our dry stage provide you with ultimate control, whether that be an upfront Warren Ellis style approach, a Hans Zimmer style overdub on top of a large orchestral bed, or a virtuoso performance within the section of a chamber work.

What's Included

Main instruments

  • Bass
  • Cello
  • Viola
  • Violin

Individual articulations

  • Bass
  • Bass - Long Alternative
  • Bass - Long Harmonics
  • Bass - Long Sul Pont Distorted
  • Bass - Long Sul Pont
  • Bass - Long Tremolo Sul Pont
  • Bass - Long Tremolo Unmeasured
  • Bass - Long
  • Bass - Short Pizzicato Damped
  • Bass - Short Pizzicato
  • Bass - Short Spiccato Brushed
  • Bass - Short Spiccato Dig
  • Bass - Short Spiccato
  • Cello
  • Cello - Long Alternative
  • Cello - Long Harmonics
  • Cello - Long Sul Pont Distorted
  • Cello - Long Sul Pont
  • Cello - Long Sul Tasto
  • Cello - Long Tremolo Sul Pont
  • Cello - Long Tremolo Unmeasured
  • Cello - Long
  • Cello - Short Pizzicato
  • Cello - Short Spiccato Brushed
  • Cello - Short Spiccato Dig
  • Cello - Short Spiccato
  • Viola
  • Viola - Long Alternative
  • Viola - Long Harmonics
  • Viola - Long Into Vib
  • Viola - Long Sul Pont Distorted
  • Viola - Long Sul Pont
  • Viola - Long Sul Tasto
  • Viola - Long Tremolo Sul Pont
  • Viola - Long Tremolo Unmeasured
  • Viola - Long
  • Viola - Short Pizzicato
  • Viola - Short Spiccato Brushed
  • Viola - Short Spiccato Dig
  • Viola - Short Spiccato
  • Violin
  • Violin - Long Alternative
  • Violin - Long Harmonics
  • Violin - Long Sul Pont
  • Violin - Long Sul Tasto
  • Violin - Long Tremolo Sul Pont
  • Violin - Long Tremolo Unmeasured
  • Violin - Long
  • Violin - Short Pizzicato
  • Violin - Short Spiccato Brushed
  • Violin - Short Spiccato Dig
  • Violin - Short Spiccato
  • Other patches
  • Bass - Economic
  • Bass - Light resources
  • Bass - Time Machine
  • Cello - Economic
  • Cello - Light resources
  • Cello - Time Machine
  • Viola - Economic
  • Viola - Light resources
  • Viola - Time Machine
  • Violin - Economic
  • Violin - Light resources
  • Violin - Time Machine
  • Performance Legato
  • Cello - Performance patch
  • Violin - Performance patch

Tech specs

macOS requirements

Mac OS 11, 12 or 13 

Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported

Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM

Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM

32-bit systems are not supported.

PC requirements

Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM

Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM

32-bit systems are not supported.

File size

44.5 GB uncompressed .wav

29.6 GB download size

59.20 GB disk space required during install

Kontakt Player version

Kontakt Full or Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher

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