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Soft String Soloists

Inspired by the signature Scandinavian string sound that has become a staple in modern drama soundtracks, Soft String Soloists features a trio of violin, viola, and cello, performing at a softer dynamic to evoke a more emotive and intimate tone.

As composers, we often find ourselves reaching for solo strings when scoring emotive or subtle scenes. However, we noticed a gap: many of the string libraries out there are recorded with a  more prominent and virtuosic tone, which soars above the orchestra but doesn’t lend itself to softer and more intimate compositions.

To address this, we created Soft String Soloists, a versatile legato library inspired by the popular “Scandi String” sound that has become a hallmark of neo-classical music and contemporary drama scoring.

Soft String Soloists features solo violin, viola, and cello, utilising our Smart Legato engine, first introduced with Brass Band Soloists, for ultra-realistic playback and an exceptional level of control. Each instrument offers two stunning legato types (standard and portamento), along with an array of long, short, and swelled articulations typical of the genre.

Recorded in a traditional string quartet layout in the hall at Nave Studios, the library provides full control over mix, offering close, mid and far microphone positions, allowing users to achieve anything from an intimate to a spacious, ambient sound. With our innovative Instrument Placement feature, each instrument can be positioned anywhere within the hall layout, enabling the instruments to be placed in different ensemble configurations, as well as a centre stereo option, ensuring easy integration with other libraries in your collection.

Sophisticated Controls

As with Brass Band Soloists, this library also benefits from our innovative Smart Legato engine and Instrument Placement options, making the task of composing less about technical adjustments and more about creativity.

In Smart Mode, the instrument automatically analyses incoming MIDI notes and selects the ideal transition length, ensuring smooth playback without further editing, all while delivering an authentically expressive sound.

The realism of this feature is driven by latency: by delaying the audible output, the engine can ‘look ahead’ and adjust the performance in real time. The higher the latency, the more naturally the instrument responds. The latency figure shown in the legato settings is accurate, allowing you to compensate with the negative track delay function in your DAW, ensuring perfect timing as long as your MIDI is quantised. This allows you to focus more on composing, while the instrument takes care of the finer details.

Features

• Includes solo violin, viola, and cello
• 9 articulations per instrument (27 in total), including two types of legato
• 3 microphone positions (close, mid, far)
• Advanced Smart Legato performance engine
• Flexible instrument placement (In Situ, Custom Position, and Stereo Centre)
• Recommended 16GB RAM, 8 Core Processor. Store on SSD.
• Full NKS support – works with Komplete Kontrol hardware.
• 26GB download size (NCW compressed from a 58GB sample pool).
• Download through Native Access.
• Runs in the free Kontakt Player (v6.7 or later). No additional sampler software needed.