Project Sam Orchestral Essentials 1-2 Pack

ProjectSAM has carefully selected the essentials from each of their products, including the highly praised Symphobia series, True Strike series and Orchestral Brass Classic, and bundled them into one effective, incredibly versatile package. Moreover, new instruments not found in any other ProjectSAM products have been included.

Covering full orchestra, string, brass and woodwind ensembles, classical and world percussion, Orchestral Essentials gives you the right ammo to start scoring for film, games or pop with the acclaimed "cinematic SAM sound". For each of the orchestral sections, an essential list of articulations is available, as well as one expressive legato instrument and an inspiring set of clusters, textures and effects. Apart from these orchestral elements, you will also find a concert harp, church organ, ProjectSAM's renowned Dystopia sound design, and, exclusive to Orchestral Essentials, an enchanting grand piano and harpsichord.

All samples have been reprogrammed for the newly designed and intuitive Orchestral Essentials interface. All Multis are completely new and, because of the inclusion of piano, harpsichord and harp, are more inspiring than ever before. This makes Orchestral Essentials a fantastic library for first-time SAM users and existing SAM owners alike.

Orchestral Essentials follows ProjectSAM's ensemble recording philosophy. Strings, brass and woodwinds were sampled as sections, as nothing beats the authentic blend of orchestral instruments in a concert hall. ProjectSAM captures this magic in various orchestrations; for example, imagine the noble sound of horns and trombones performing together naturally.

The Orchestral Essentials series captures the essence of the ProjectSAM experience: an inspiring collection of sounds taken from our extensive, cinematic product catalog. This volume expands your Orchestral Essentials template with brand-new selections from the ProjectSAM catalog, including the Symphobia series, the True Strike series and our other libraries, all re-designed and streamlined to fit the Orchestral Essentials concept.

The Mixed Orchestra section in Orchestral Essentials 2 offers you beautiful, live recordings of different orchestral sections playing together, such as full orchestra recorded with choir and strings recorded with brass.

The individual Strings, Brass, Woodwinds and Percussion sections deliver new articulations and sounds including lush string sordinos and flageolets, a massive, 8-player French Horn section, new, powerful drum sounds and chilling bowed cymbal scrapes. The Keyboards include a soft, delicate grand piano, box organ and cimbalom.

Orchestral Essentials 2 adds 5 beautiful legato instruments: solo trumpet, solo flute, solo oboe, cellos performing with bassoon and bass clarinet performing with contra bassoon. For these instruments legato transitions were recorded for all note intervals up to an octave up and down.

All instruments have been re-designed to fit the Orchestral Essentials concept, providing out-of-the-box playability and a cinematic sound that is impossible to beat at this price point. Orchestral Essentials 2 is a must-have addition for owners of the first volume, but is a powerful stand-alone volume too, especially for composers who already have their orchestral basics covered.

KEY LIBRARY FEATURES

• Brand-new selection taken from the acclaimed ProjectSAM catalog
• Beautifully orchestrated full orchestra articulations
• New strings, brass and wind ensemble articulations
• 5 New legato instruments featuring real note-to-note transitions
• Full choir articulations
• New epic drum sounds and other percussion
• Intimate concert piano
• New Dystopia sound design
• Inspiring and thematic Multis

Does not include Orchestral Essentials 1 content: all-new sounds

COMPARING WITH ORCHESTRAL ESSENTIALS 1
Orchestral Essentials 1 and Orchestral Essentials 2 are two unique libraries. One does not replace the other, they complement each other. If you own Orchestral Essentials 1, then Orchestral Essentials 2 will offer you 100% new sounds. It will expand your template by adding additional articulations to existing instruments as well as new instruments and ensembles altogether.

COMPARING WITH SYMPHOBIA SERIES
The sounds in Orchestral Essentials 2 were selected from other libraries in our catalog, including the Symphobia series.
shows you the origin of each program found in Orchestral Essentials 2. Each program was streamlined and tweaked to fit into the Orchestral Essentials series concept. If you already own a Symphobia volume, please take a look at this document to see what Orchestral Essentials 2 will add to your template. All instruments in Orchestral Essentials 2 are available in 1 microphone set (close or stage, depending on the instrument). In the original libraries, these instruments are available in multiple microphone sets, a more in-depth interface and, in most cases, more articulations.

SUMMARIZED PROGRAM LIST

Mixed Orchestra
Orchestra with Choir
High Violins with Choir
Low Bassoon with Piano and Harp
Cartoon Staccato
Strings with Winds Staccato
Strings with Brass Swells
Legato Cellos with Bassoon
Texture Gracious
Texture Dreamy
String Ensemble Sordino
Violins Spiccato and Fast Note Down
Violins Flageolet
Violas with Cellos Ponticello Tremolo
String Ensemble Fast Crescendo
String Ensemble Textures
String Ensemble Effects

Brass
Epic French Horns
Horns with Trombones Octaves
Tuba Long
Tuba Staccato
Legato Trumpet
Brass Ensemble Effects

Woodwinds
Legato Flute
Legato Oboe
Legato B Clar with C Bassoon
Flute with Piccolo Octaves
Recorder
Woodwind Ensemble Effects

Percussion
Big Drums & Cymbals
Timpani Rolls
Vibraphone
Bowed Cymbals
Bell tree

Keyboards & Harp
Intimate Piano
Box Organ
Cimbalom Let Ring
Cimbalom Short
Prepared Piano
Concert Harp Flageolet

Choir
Full Choir Long Ooh
Full Choir Swells Mmm
Full Choir Textures

Dystopia Sound Design
Various Sounds and Presets

Bonus
Orchestra Tuning & Concert Hall Silence
All Mixed Orchestra patches are actual recordings of the listed sections performing together in the concert hall. No post-recording layering was used.
All sounds are offered in 1 microphone set.

LIBRARY SPECS

• 18.1 GB audio pool (actual recordings)
• 9.5 GB on disk (compressed Kontakt format on disk)
• 44.1 kHz 24 bit audio format
• Library version download: 1.0
• Library version boxed: 1.0

KONTAKT PLAYER REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum Kontakt version: 5.4.2
• Mac: OS X 10.8 or higher
• Windows: Windows 7 or 8
• Supported plug-in interfaces: Stand-alone, VST, Audio Units, AAX (Pro Tools 10 or higher), ASIO, Core Audio, WASAPI
• Comes with Kontakt Player license
• Also works with full version of Kontakt

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Orchestral Essentials (1) license not required. Works as a stand-alone library.
• License allows for 3 simultaneous activations per licensee

We are working with Project Sam to provide as close to immediate downloads as possible, however it still may be several hours before you get your license codes.