Alternative Solo Strings
Innovative solo strings from four of London’s finest players
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.
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String quartet
6 mic signals
Kontakt Player
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Features Spitfire Percussion
Features LABS Percussion
Features Ólafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit
Features Ólafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit and Hans Zimmer Piano
Features LABS Soft Piano
Features Originals Firewood Piano and Abbey Road One
The band
Mary Scully
Warren Zielinski
Joel Hunter
Chris Worsey
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
The overview panel
General controls panel
The ostinatum
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.
I already have the Artisan Violin and Artisan Cello, where do I go from here?
If you have either of these libraries already, you’ll get a great price on Alternative Solo Strings. 50% off if you own both, and 25% off if you own one.
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Mac system requirements
Mac OS 11, 12 or 13
Both Intel and Apple Silicon/ARM are supported
Minimum: 2.8GHz i5 minimum (quad-core), 8GB RAM
Recommended: 2.8GHz I7 (six-core), 16GB RAM
32-bit systems are not supported.
PC system requirements
Windows 10 or Windows 11 - (Latest Service Pack, 64-bit)
Minimum: Intel 2.8 GHz i5 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM
Recommended: Intel Core i7 6th gen and later or AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM
32-bit systems are not supported.
File size
44.5 GB uncompressed .wav
29.6 GB download size
59.20 GB disk space required during install
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Kontakt player
Kontakt Full or Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher