![]() ![]() Plucked Strings has Harp, other plucked and Stings Percussion has Wooden, Piano/Keys has Harpsichord and other piano/keys ![]() Multitrack has Ethnic/World, Film music and Orchestral/Classical, Knob 6 – Sub Types, Bowed Strings have Cello, Double Bass, String Ensemble, Synth Strings, Viola and Violin, Knob 5 – Type, Bowed Strings, Multitrack, Percussion, Piano/Keys/ Plucked Strings, Sound FX, Soundscapes, Synth Lead, Synth Misc and Synth Pad Knob 3 is for banks the default being Factory but any installed expansions will also appear here to enable you to narrow down your search filtering. The single NKI takes a few moments to load initially but then subsequent patch browsing is pretty speedy.Īs always I have to give a nod of appreciation to Native Instruments for the introduction of the pre-hear feature, it just makes the workflow a whole lot more of a pleasurable experience, particularly when as in this case there are a large number of presets to peruse.ĭown to business then by first taking a look through the library categories and presets. ![]() Output highly recommend performing a batch resave before using the product which is good practice with any new Kontakt library you install. There is also another expansion available if you happen to run out of inspiration.Īnalog Strings has a single NKI file which is becoming more commonplace amongst developers, and thus presets are derived from the smaller file sizes that snapshots require. I’m certainly not complaining as that 18Gb already gives you a very large number of presets, 500 to be precise and if you also have the Neon Strings expansion you can add a further 100 on to this figure. The website specifies 38Gb, yet my download and installation was 18.4Gb, despite all seeming to be working well, concerned I might be missing something I downloaded it again this time from direct links and after unpacking it still came to 18.4Gb, very strange, the website also states that you need 22Gb of free hard disk space which again seems at odds with the 38Gb stated. I seem to be slightly at odds with Output on the size of Analog Strings data footprint. The whole process is remarkably straightforward and screenreader friendly, but as if that wasn’t enough if you log-in to your account on their website and go to downloads, you can simply paste in your serial number to receive an email with direct download links to your product zip files – other developers take note this is how things should be done! Rather than go for an off the shelf and in my general experience inaccessible solution, they have created their own ‘Output Hub’ which once you log-in shows all of your owned content and serial numbers with download buttons, as well as direct links to other Output products and expansion packs. I have to take my metaphorical hat off to Output for their productdownload and management software. They have retained natural elements such as the sparkling realism and beauty of a string ensemble complete with all the nuances of bow scrapes and tremelos, and have added an underlying bed of sometimes warm sometimes dark synth sounds which would be right at home in many modern cenematic, game and trailer compositions. If you can imagine taking both a 60 and 22 piece string orchestra and putting them through a blender, I’m talking figuratively rather than literally of course (the latter would simply be gross!), then mixing in a healthy dose of analog synthesis and studio processing, and then finally reassembling the results, you would be someway to understanding the Output sound. Output have a knack of taking their well recorded analog sound sources, which if kept clean could ordinarily probably stand their ground alongside non-processed libraries from other respected developers, however clean or non-processed isn’t a word often heard in the Output vocabulary as the instruments they create are for want of a better phrase decidedly non-vanilla! Signal, Exhale, Substance and Rev being among the most noteworthy of their portfolio. I use the word niche as this aptly describes the style of sound design that runs concurrently throughout all of their products. Situated in the heart of Los Angeles Chinatown is the headquarters of Output, a forward thinking sample library developer who appear intent on carving their niche approach to sound design on the billboard alongside other notable vendors. If you are looking for a sample library to reproduce orchestral strings then this library from Output is probably not for you, if by contrast you want a library that still maintains the natural beauty of a real string orchestra yet merges this with the raw and gritty power of synthesis and cutting edge mangled sounds to produce a unique and modern cinematic library, then keep reading… you’re in for a treat! Analog Strings by Output – Beauty & The Beast – ![]()
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