To achieve the feel of a live concert hall performance, each instrument and section was recorded with three mic positions: close, stage (conductor‘s position) and hall. By selecting different mic positions, you can mix these sounds together to create virtually any placement or level of depth desired. This all but eliminates the need for artificial reverb, drastically cutting down on the amount of time you spend getting your ambience settings just right. Every major adjustable feature can be controlled from a single interface, including reverb, mic positions, filtering, and section volume. If you’re looking for warmth and the ability to easily manipulate nearly any aspect of the instruments’ performances to your heart’s content, Symphonic Orchestra gives you every tool you need in one place.
Strings
Strings - Expressive, buttery and incredibly smooth, the strings shine when you need to capture delicacy and inner strength. They’re more than potent enough when you need to add some heat to your productions, but they’re at their best when they have room to breathe and you gently ride the expression (CC11).
String Instruments Include:
18 Violins • 11 Violins • 10 Violas •10 Cellos • 9 Double Basses
4 Violins • 3 Cellos • Solo Violin • Solo Viola • Solo Cello
Solo Contrabass • Harp • Harpsichord • Large String Ensembles
Brass
Brass - Dynamic, bright, and bold, you can use the brass section to pump up the strongest moments with trumpet and trombone marcato, crescendos, and fortepianos. For softer, more lyrical moments, the French horns will become your best friend. And when you’re looking to create either whimsy or absolute terror, the Wagner tubas will lay all the groundwork you need.
Brass Instruments Include:
2 Trumpets • 4 Trumpets • 6 French Horns • 4 Trombones
4 Wagner Tubas • Solo Trumpet 1 • Solo Trumpet 2 • Solo Piccolo Trumpet
Solo French Horn • Solo Trombone • Solo Tuba
Woodwinds
No section of the orchestra has such a diverse set of tone colors as the woodwinds, and they’re all subtle enough that they blend extremely well with the string section (they can also double the brass, but in a live setting, the brass section often overpowers the woodwinds). They’re best suited to woodwind ensemble passages and thickening up key moments in the strings and brass.
Woodwind Instruments Include:
3 Flutes • 3 Oboes • 3 Clarinets • Solo Flute • Solo Alto Flute
Solo Piccolo Flute • Solo Oboe • Solo English Horn 1 • Solo English Horn 2
Solo Clarinet • Solo Bass Clarinet • Solo Bassoon • Solo Contrabassoon
Percussion
All the odds and ends you can ask for in drums, metals, woods, cymbals, and gongs. From bombastic bass drums and huge timpani rolls to detailed auxiliary percussion like crotales, chimes and steel plates, you can cover virtually all your orchestral percussion with this one section.
Percussion Instruments Include:
3 Snares • 5 Concert Toms • Concert Bass Drum • Wagner Bass Drum
Field Ensemble • Field Funeral Tenor • Mahler Hammer • Roto Toms
Snare Ensemble Large • Snare Ensemble Small • Taiko Drums • Anvils
Artillery Shells • Bowed Crotales • Celesta • Crotales • Glockenspiel
Hall Noise • Orchestral Chimes • Sleigh Bells • Steel Plates • Triangles
Various Metals • Vibes • Waterphone • All Sticks • Castanets • Steinway B Piano • Guiro • Marimba • Puilli Sticks • Slap Sticks • Tambourine • Various Percussion • Washboard • Wind Machine • Woodblock Symphony • Xylophone
