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Composer |
Library Used |
Notes |
| Four Seasons - Winter |
Vivaldi |
Chamber Strings |
This demo features the "Polyphonic Round Robin" in Kontakt 2. You'll notice how well fast repeated notes play without sounding robotic. I substitued the solo violin normally heard in the piece with chamber violins so you could really hear the fast articulations at work. |
| Gliding |
Kirk Hunter |
Ruby/Diamond |
Features Concert French Horns |
| Romantic Solo Violin |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Follow Me |
Bronislau Kaper
Sequenced by
Wolfgang Menzel |
Chamber Strings |
Some solo strings were used in the lead passages. Also, some Studio Brass were used. |
| No Matter Where You Go |
Von Richter |
Emerald |
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Large Orchestra |
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Composer |
Library Used |
Notes |
| MIdsummer Night's Dream |
F. Mendelssohn |
Diamond |
Super fast light staccato Concert Strings |
| Concert Strings TVEC |
Kirk Hunter |
Ruby |
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| Go West |
Kirk Hunter |
Diamond |
Features Detache Concert Strings |
| Gliding |
Kirk Hunter |
Diamond |
Features Concert French Horns |
| 3AM Part 2 |
Von Richter |
Emerald |
This is the second part of the "3AM" piece by Von Richter below. It may sound a bit "dark" since it was expanded to .wav for editing from the original long version, and the re-converted back to mp3. |
| 3AM |
Von Richter |
Emerald |
The first part of the above track. |
| No Matter Where You Go |
Von Richter |
Emerald |
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| The Plot Thickens |
Psy Coma |
Emerald |
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| VR March |
Von Richter |
Emerald |
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| The Hunt |
Kirk Hunter |
Emerald |
Created on an old P3 with only 384MB RAM. This demo is "straight out of the box" using no external reverbs or processing except the "small hall" on Gigastudio itself. |
| Bruckner's 9th |
Bruckner |
Emerald |
Sequenced and put together by Frankie Ho (His Website). This was done on the Gigastudio version. |
| Return To Alandar |
Chris Caouette |
Emerald |
Written and sequenced by Chris Caouette with some re-sequencing by Kirk Hunter. |
| Victory March 1 |
Kirk Hunter |
Emerald |
Created on a dual processor PowerMac G5 (2 GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM) using Kontakt 2. This piece used only 16 MIDI channels, and ran Kontakt 2 as a plug-in in Digital Performer 4.6. The arrangement performed flawlessly without having to "bounce" any tracks. The goal here was to see if a good orchestral palette could be achieved running only ONE computer. This demo is "straight out of the box" using no external reverbs or processing except the reverberator in Kontakt 2 itself. |
| Appalachian Journey |
Kirk Hunter |
Emerald |
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| Requiem |
Kirk Hunter |
Emerald |
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| Legato Concert Strings |
Kirk Hunter |
RubyDiamond |
Concert Strings with heavy vibrato and no reverb |
| Into Thin Air |
Kirk Hunter |
Emerald |
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| 1984 Olympics |
John Williams |
Diamond |
Features Concert Brass Combination Patch |
| Glassy Dream |
Kirk Hunter |
Diamond |
This shows some very slow, eerie, razor thin, and glassy no-vibrato and light-vibrato Concert strings. The vibrato and human pitch correction speed were automated in real time to enhance the "movement" and "dreamy" quality. |
| Concert Violins Heavy Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Concert Strings |
These use the heavier vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Concert Violins Light Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Concert Strings |
These use the heavier vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Concert Violins No Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Concert Strings |
These use the heavier vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Concert Violas Heavy Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Concert Strings |
These use the heavier vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Concert Cellos |
Kirk Hunter |
Concert Strings |
These use the heavier vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Concert Violins Marcato |
Kirk Hunter |
Concert Strings |
1st half uses aggressive marcato, 2nd half uses lighter marcato. |
| Small Orchestra |
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Composer |
Library Used |
Notes |
| Studio Violins Heavy Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Studio Strings |
These use the heavier vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Studio Violins Light Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Studio Strings |
These use light vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| Studio Violins No Vibrato |
Kirk Hunter |
Studio Strings |
These no vibrato. Of course all levels of vibrato are possible. |
| The Typewriter |
Leroy Anderson |
Studio Strings and Solo Strings |
Features Studio Strings with some Solo Strings layered on top to give an even lighter feel. |
| Follow Me |
Bronislau Kaper
Sequenced by
Wolfgang Menzel |
Chamber Strings |
Some solo strings were used in the lead passages. Also, some Studio Brass were used. |
| Adagio |
John Davis |
Chamber Strings |
Legato Chamber Strings |
| Pachelbel Canon in D (abridged) |
Johann Pachelbel |
Chamber Strings |
This mostly shows the lush slow attacks since the "fast and furious" attacks can be heard in the Vivaldi "Winter" demo below. This arrangement for 1st and 2nd Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass. |
| Four Seasons - Winter |
Vivaldi |
Chamber Strings |
This demo features the "Polyphonic Round Robin" in Kontakt 2. You'll notice how well fast repeated notes play without sounding robotic. I substitued the solo violin normally heard in the piece with chamber violins so you could really hear the fast articulations at work. |
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Composer |
Library Used |
Notes |
| Romantic Solo Violin |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Gut |
Mark Drost |
Solo Strings |
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| Fire Dance |
Mark Drost |
Solo Strings |
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| Four Seasons - Solo Violin |
Vivaldi |
Solo Strings |
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| Fiddlin' |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Perpetual Motion |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Double Bass Solo |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Lord of the Rings Violin Solo |
Howard Shore |
Solo Strings |
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| Four Seasons - Viola Solo |
Vivaldi |
Solo Strings |
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| Fiddlin' - Viola Solo |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Slow and Lush - Viola Solo |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Slow and Lush - Cello Solo |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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| Hallucinations - String Trio |
Kirk Hunter |
Solo Strings |
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