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The cool thing about sticking to Kontakt is that the catalog of libraries available can only expand with time.
Here’s a list of the best strings Kontakt libraries available on AudioPluginDeals.
Aria Sounds London Symphonic Strings
London Symphonic Strings contains the standard five-section string ensemble (Violins 1, Violins 2, Violas, Cellos, Basses) recorded 24 bit / 48kHz with four mic positions (Close, Main, Rigs and Room) in a beautiful sounding hall.
The entire string section was recorded in the correct orchestral seating positions, so when you load up the library, each section is correctly positioned in the stereo image, according to how the players are traditionally sat. Multiple true legato patches are included for each section, providing realistic note transitions.
Aria Sounds LSS Solo Strings
These instruments were sampled in a large beautiful concert hall with many microphones, making up four main, mixable mic perspectives, close mono, close pair, mid-room, and far room. The difference in perspectives is huge. You can create sounds ranging from a very dry and up-close sound to a singing, naturally reverberated distant violin – as well as many degrees between the two.
Three legato modes were sampled – slurred, bowed, and portamento. These are easily switchable during use via key switches. One exceptionally useful feature, which we are shocked to say we rarely see in string libraries, is the ability to change bow on the same note. To do this, simply hold the note you want to change the bow on, and press the low G key switch.
Auddict Angel Strings Vol 2
Angel Strings Vol. 2 explores even more specialized string articulations and various orchestral textures. which includes completely unique, never-before sampled articulations and an entire string orchestra range playable via keyboard-wide sample maps.
This library was recorded at Angel Studios in London, where countless pop/rock stars have recorded (notably Adele’s “21”), and many major film and video game scores have been recorded, including The Lion King, Jackie, Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Horizon: Zero Dawn and many more.
Auddict United Strings of Europe
The United Strings of Europe is a London-based ensemble made up of young professionals from across the European Union and Switzerland to promote musical and cultural cooperation at the highest level.
Weighing in at 50GB with over 22,000 samples, this library was recorded in the format of a real scoring session with the best gear, in a world-famous concert hall, by world-class musicians.
Aviram Dayan Production Arabic Strings
Aviram Arabic Strings is a large collection of eastern samples that are perfect for situations when you need that genuine eastern flavor in your compositions.
Weighing in at 1.4GB with 9800+ sounds, this library contains the following string sections: Classical Violin, Baroque Violin, Baroque Stringed, Bass violin, Cello Rock, Stroh Violin, Modern Violin, String instruments, Electric Violin, Fiddle, Yamaha Korg.
Best Service Chris Hein Ensemble Strings
Recorded with the greatest care, precisely edited, and combined into ten useful Kontakt Player instruments with a custom-made user interface and comprehensive scripting, Chris Hein – Ensemble Strings offers the highest sound quality, lots of articulations, and incredibly realistic results.
Weighing in at 36GB+ and powered by the free Kontakt player, Chris Hein – Ensemble Strings offers no less than 32 different articulations and play styles for its instruments. Thanks to a straightforward key-switching system, these can be easily used with the highest musicality while playing. The articulation tempo, especially for repetitions and runs, can easily be adapted to the host tempo of your DAW.
Best Service Emotional Cello
Made for the Free Kontakt Player, Emotional Cello is the perfect instrument for film-scoring, pop production, songwriting, and classic and modern avant-garde cello compositions. This unique virtual instrument shines by its impressive number of articulations, direct and uncolored sound quality, unusual play techniques, and innovative rebowing.
Because of its powerful yet exceptionally emotional sound, it unlocks previously unknown dimensions in the realms of sampling.
Black Octopus The Saga
Beyond the legendary strings and pools of orchestra, you will find bionic synths and godly electronic elements, to make your cinematic score or song into something entirely original and unique and keep the emotions flowing. Keep the movement energized with heroic bass lines, or bubble under the deep caverns with melodic Arps and edgy Leads. It’s all there, ready to assist you in the quest.
Inspired by movies and composers alike; such as Hans Zimmer, James Horner, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, and movies like Gladiator, Avatar, Start Trek and Lord Of The Rings to name a few.
Inlet Audio Isobelles Cello Collection 1
Isobelle’s Cello Collection 1 creates a modern scoring sound, blending traditional orchestration with contemporary electronics and morphing.
You can create new sounds from this instrument which you cannot achieve in a concert hall, by combining sounds of 20 different playing techniques and even adding your own sounds.
This cello collection provides unique musical sound-design-driven textures and built-in creative sound manipulation effects.
Kirk Hunter Studios Kinetic String Motion Engine
Choose from 30 fun-to-play presets. And if you really want to get wild, you can choose the any of the same 30 presets for each section separately. That means you could have the violins playing the “Superman” preset, the violas play the “Terminator” preset, the cellos play the “Xmen” preset, and the basses play the “Cap. America” preset ALL AT THE SAME TIME! And of course, any or all of these patterns can be edited.
Kinetic Strings contains 16 violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, and 4 basses. Included articulations are Spiccato, Marcato, and Pizzicato. And each articulation can be “tightened or broadened”.
Kirk Hunter Studios Lyric Series String Quintet
The main focus of the Lyric Series String Quintet is to provide musical melody lines right out of the box. Further, we aim to shorten your workflow time as much as possible. It’s not a “do everything” library, but we feel that the attention to being able to create melodic lines makes this product a very valuable asset.
Developed in the Native Instruments Kontakt engine, Lyric Series String Quintet delivers the finest quality sampled sound with extremely detailed user control, perfect for your final productions.
Rast Sound Strings Brass Boutique
Strings Boutique is not your classic string library; we turned recorded strings into dream presets, boutique-designed and inspired by our favorite soundtracks and composers. You can blend this palette with a dual-layer engine into endless timbres and colors. We designed orchestral, ensemble, solo and ethnic presets (4 octaves range) and went beyond classic string sound, blending subtle analog instruments to create even stronger sound images.
Brass Boutique makes it easy to create with solo brass instruments while giving a chance to layer and design a timbre that uniquely fits the emotion.
SONUSCORE Lyrical Cello Phrases
If you’ve ever wanted to utilize the massive emotional force, a cello contains, LYRICAL CELLO PHRASES is the right heavy-hitter for you. What would your compositions be like? What would it feel like if you could have a world-class cellist with you, live whenever and wherever you were making music? Experience this feeling with LYRICAL CELLO PHRASES and give yourself the gift of a great tool to take your workflow, your productivity, and creativity to the very next level.
SONUSCORE Lyrical Violin Phrases
This is the third installment in Sonuscore’s “Lyrical” Series – inspiring instruments for cinematic and creative scoring. Unafraid to take the spotlight, it offers the bold, passionate, and high-quality solo magic that traditional sampling has yet to achieve.
This is the perfect companion for composers in need of original melodic lines. This will work with any kind of epic fantasy game or movie. Perfect if you are looking for a library that also keeps the disk space under control
