Slate + Ash – Primaries Strings

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🎻 PRIMARIES / STRINGS – A New Dimension of Orchestral Sound 🌌

Step into a world of limitless creativity with PRIMARIES / STRINGS – a groundbreaking orchestral library that fuses intricate solo performances and expansive ensemble arrangements into a rich, emotive palette of sound. 🎶

With over 100 multisampled articulations, this collection explores every nuance of the string family — bass, cello, viola, and violin. Each instrument offers a unique tonal range and experimental performance approach, designed to capture an expansive gradient of emotional color. 🌈 Whether you're crafting cinematic scores, experimental compositions, or evolving textures, PRIMARIES / STRINGS provides an endless source of inspiration.

🔮 REFRACTED IMPRINTS – A Hyper-Detailed Recording Process Recorded at our state-of-the-art Bristol studio, each articulation was captured with a concept-led approach, designed to reflect a natural, unfolding performance. Every note is freeform, bursting with human nuance, space, and silence—elements that breathe life into the sound. 🌟 The result is a collection where each articulation acts as a standalone exploration, perfectly suited for creating complex, expressive compositions.

🌍 EXPANDING THE CANVAS – A New World of Sound Spaces Take your compositions further with iconic spaces that transform the strings' sound. From the Funkhaus studio in Berlin, whose cavernous echo chamber imbues recordings with industrial beauty, to other physical processes that redefine tonal palettes — each space refracts and imprints its unique presence onto every articulation. 🚪

🎚️ FULL SPECTRUM PERFORMANCE – Expressive Articulations at Your Fingertips From evolving textures to lyrical melodies, PRIMARIES / STRINGS delivers the full spectrum of string performances, including booming low tones, haunting atonal slides, and percussive pizzicato swarms. Every articulation is designed with space in mind, enabling a dynamic, dimensional soundscape where instruments complement and enhance one another. 🌟

⚡ EXPRESSIONS Presets – Real-Time Emotive Performance Unleash unparalleled emotive power with EXPRESSIONS presets, where the mod wheel unlocks dynamic, gestural moments. These presets breathe life into your performance, adapting in real-time for deep, nuanced expression. More than just dynamic control, these presets enable a fluid, expressive orchestral experience. 🎤

🌐 More Than Just Sample Playback – Creative Control at Your Fingertips Explore new artistic possibilities with PRIMARIES / STRINGS’ Spatial Mixer. Position sounds in a virtual 2D soundstage, apply immersive reverb, and introduce resonances from iconic recording spaces. LFOs and user-defined gestures add even more depth, enabling movement and evolution within your compositions. 🌀

🌈 A Kaleidoscope of Orchestral Manipulation – Acoustic Meets Electronic With over 150 sound-designed presets, PRIMARIES / STRINGS blurs the line between organic and synthetic. Transform raw string sounds into experimental drones, pulses, and textures, ready for exploration and manipulation in your compositions. 🔮

💿 Import Your Own Samples – Custom Sound Design at Its Best Want to bring your own unique sounds to the table? Simply drop your samples into the PRIMARIES / STRINGS engine. Up to 10 separate samples can be loaded and manipulated, offering infinite sound design possibilities—pitch-shift, mix, add effects, and create something entirely new. 🎛️