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.
- You can buy now and download any time
- Students & educators save 50%
- Download user manual
- Includes Kontakt Player (free download)
- Compatible with NKS
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Spitfire Audio App required
Listen to Alternative Solo Strings
Tumbleweed - Lucie Treacher
Fillia - CAIROXVI
Cold Hands Working - Homay Schmitz
On The Move - Oliver Patrice Weder
Alternative Solo Strings Trailer - Homay Schmitz
Meta Physic - Oliver Patrice Weder
Heartbleed - Jez Ashurst
In A Different Light - Homay Schmitz
In Action
Composing for Contemporary Period Drama
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.
The overview panel
This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.
General controls panel
This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.
The ostinatum
In this view you can add notes to a pattern sequencer, select which key it triggers on and then play for instant ostinato creation. It’s like an arpeggiator on a synthesiser.
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
FAQs
How does Alternative Solo Strings differ from Spitfire Solo Strings?
This is an alternative take on our Spitfire Solo Strings library. These are edgy, raw musical tools that behave with a certain amount of realistic unpredictability, designed to provide you not only with that initial spark of inspiration, but also to broaden your understanding of this particular group of instruments.
Is this the Artisan Violin and Artisan Cello in a new package?
Yes! We have combined the Artisan Violin and Artisan Cello, added a Viola and a Double Bass then packaged them all up in an NKS ready Player library called Alternative Solo Strings.