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PROJECTSAM, CREATOR OF THE TRUE STRIKE SERIES AND SAM ORCHESTRAL BRASS, BRINGS YOU SYMPHOBIA
SYMPHOBIA is everything you have been missing in your orchestral palette - immersive ENSEMBLE MULTI-SAMPLES attained by true ensemble recordings and intense CINEMATIC EFFECTS, all available in a rich selection of combinations and articulations. With SYMPHOBIA, you have at your disposal an extremely inspiring orchestral tool for scoring film, games and television.
KEY FEATURES
Live recordings of orchestral full-ensemble multi-samples
Vast library of orchestral clusters, rips and other instantly inspiring effects
Covering strings, all-new brass, woodwinds and much more
Lots of additional content including Dystopia II and ethnic flute phrases
Two concert hall mic positions: Concert Stage and Close mic, switchable from within the instrument
Orchestral sections recorded as full-range ensembles, pre-seated on the stage
On-screen articulation selection, ADSR, octaver and other scripted controls
20 GB library pool in 44.1 kHz 24-bit (uncompressed format)
1.1 and 1.2 Update and bonus content included (1.7 GB worth!)
NI Kontakt Player license included
Overview to Symphobia
CINEMATIC ENSEMBLES
SYMPHOBIA is not your traditional orchestral sample library. Instead of focusing on individual instrument multi-samples, SYMPHOBIA offers ensemble multi-samples with a rich selection of orchestrations and articulations. These playable ensembles cover all of the sections from the orchestra, as well as the entire orchestra playing together. The reason is simple: the real thing sounds so much better. A staccato note played by violins, violas, horns and trumpets, together, correctly seated at the concert stage, will sound much more cohesive than a mixture of individual sample recordings of these four instrument sections. This makes SYMPHOBIA the ideal tool for creating big orchestral arrangements and orchestrations. In addition, a number of individual instrument articulations are available, such as violin section flageolets and horn section marcatos.
CINEMATIC EFFECTS
The ensemble sounds make up about half of SYMPHOBIA. The other half is all about cinematic effects: performances that cannot be recreated using individual multi-samples. Like the ensemble performances, the effects are available in different orchestrations, played by different sections throughout the orchestra. You will find violin glissandi, as well as full orchestra rips and stabs. Every effect is available in a number of variations or articulations.
The Ensembles
STRING SECTION
SYMPHOBIA introduces a brand new instrument group for ProjectSAM: the string ensemble, recorded in our warm concert hall. An extensive Ensemble bank and a unique Effects bank are available. The Ensemble bank includes numerous full-string articulations, including tremolo, staccato, pizzicato and con sordino. Other highlights in the collection feature beautiful chord performances and low strings playing in octaves. The Effects bank includes a wide range of upward and downward glissandi, shrieky clusters, stabs and wild arco/pizzicato textures -- priceless material for film and TV composers and impossible to achieve using standard multi-samples.
BRASS SECTION
The brass in SYMPHOBIA are all-new recordings. This makes it an ideal addition to ORCHESTRAL BRASS CLASSIC. The Brass Section in SYMPHOBIA offers a full-brass ensemble in a number of articulations, including sustain, marcato, staccato and mutes. Also available are major & minor chord performances, different orchestrations of mixed brass instruments and, similar to the strings, low brass in octaves, with the tuba playing an octave below the trombones. The Effects range from several types of horrific clusters to note bendings, horn rips and wild repetitions. Some effects are performed by the entire brass ensemble, others by one instrument section at a time.
WOODWIND SECTION
SYMPHOBIA offers full-woodwind ensemble samples that include the following instruments: flute/oboe/clarinet/bassoon/bass clarinet/contra bassoon. Apart from the vibrato and non-vibrato sustains, portatos and staccatos, octave runs are available, as well as flute piccolo effects, clusters, slap notes, wild phrases and multi-phonics. ProjectSAM has a special discount offer for all users who purchased our woodwind downloads in the past.
STRING & BRASS SECTION
One of SYMPHOBIA's highlights are the performances by strings and brass together. Nothing beats the live, natural blending of sections in a real concert hall. SYMPHOBIA offers powerful sustains, staccatos and other articulations played by violins, violas, celli, contrabasses, horns, trumpets, trombones and tuba playing together in different orchestration variations. Numerous special effects are available, combining different playing techniques and dynamic arcs like arco, tremolo, flageolet for strings and open, muted and flatter-tongue for brass. Last but not least, the Effects bank houses the Glissandi Rips, played by the same powerful combination of sections.
SOLO STRING ENSEMBLE
In addition to the large symphonic sections, SYMPHOBIA also offers a solo string quintet, consisting of 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello and 1 contrabass. As with the other ensembles, the solo strings are spread out over one full keyboard.
FULL ORCHESTRA
Massive orchestral impact! That's the best way to describe the contents in this bank. Full-orchestra stabs, rips, dark textures and trailer risers are included, ranging from huge staccato hits to 15 second crescendos. You won't easily find orchestral effects more intense than these.
DYSTOPIA II
Dystopia Volume Two: the dark side of SAM, featuring ambiences, textures, pads and effects created by processing and tweaking the SYMPHOBIA recordings. An extremely inspiring addition to the acoustic string, brass and woodwind instruments found in this library, covering pads, spheres and percussive sounds.
ETHNIC FLUTE PHRASES
SYMPHOBIA covers instruments that go beyond the traditional symphonic range. Over 120 beautifully performed ethnic flute phrases are included, covering duduk, shakuhachi and Native American flute. Some phrases are atonal or effect-like, others are performed in a specific key.
As a bonus, we also included the Gran Cassa II: a multi-sampled orchestral bass drum previously only available to TRUE STRIKE users
MULTIS
SYMPHOBIA without adult supervision! What do you get when you layer SYMPHOBIA's unique recordings into massive combinations? Find out in the Multis section -- a selection of inspiring, stylized program combinations, layering ensembles, effects and articulations together, creating ready-to-go combos for different musical genres. The naming of each Multi will give you a good clue about its typical use. A few examples: "Acid For Blood", "Chainsaw Attack", "Cat 'n Mouse" and "City Noir". There are currently 40 Multis to explore, and more are added with each Symphobia update.
Instrument List
For a full articulation list, download this PDF file:
[Symphobia V1.3 articulation list PDF]
Download SYMPHOBIA'S Reference Manual here:
[Symphobia V1.3 Reference Manual PDF]
SUMMARIZED ARTICULATION LIST:
STRING SECTION ENSEMBLE
10 full-string ensemble articulations
4 violin section articulations
4 low string articulations in octaves
12 cluster articulations
Upward & downward glissando
Wild arco, pizz & gliss textures
Low string and open string effects
Chords major, minor, open 4th, open 5th
BRASS SECTION ENSEMBLE
4 full-brass ensemble articulations
2 full-brass muted ensemble articulations
3 orchestrated brass articulation combos
3 low brass articulations in octaves
5 cluster articulations
Horn section and tutti rips
Note bending phrases
Wild repetitions
Chords major, minor
WOODWIND SECTION ENSEMBLE
6 full-woodwind ensemble articulations
2 low range articulations
4 cluster articulations
Octave runs major, minor
Grace notes major, minor
Flute & piccolo rips
Effect phrases
Wild textures & multi-phonics
STRING BRASS TUTTI ENSEMBLE
String and brass sections playing together
4 ensemble articulations
2 orchestrated combo articulations
4 low range articulations in octaves
11 cluster articulations
Glissando rips
SOLO STRING ENSEMBLE
5 solo string articulations
FULL ORCHESTRA HITS, RIPS & TRAILER RISERS
DYSTOPIA II
Dystopia volume two: the dark side of SAM, featuring ambiances, textures, pads and effects created by processing and tweaking the SYMPHOBIA recordings.
ADDITIONAL CONTENT
Duduk phrases
Shakuhachi phrases
Native American Flute phrases
Bonus Orchestral Bassdrum
1.1 ADDITIONS
The following newly recorded content is part of the SYMPHOBIA 1.1 update:
New articulation: fast attack ensemble strings mf/ff (MW control)
New articulation: brass chords without tuba/bass note (MW control)
New effect: string ensemble very slow glissandi
New effect: string brass ensemble dark textures
New effect: string brass ensemble trill crescendo
New effect: string brass ensemble trill marcato
20 New Multis added, now 40 Multis in total
1.2 ADDITIONS
The 1.2 Update adds another 900 MB of new content and 800 MB of revised audio.
1.3 ADDITIONS
SYMPHOBIA versions 1.1 and 1.2 added over 1.7 GB of additional content to an already stellar library. With version 1.3, ProjectSAM brings their new interface, introduced with SYMPHOBIA 2, to SYMPHOBIA. All instruments and articulations have been re-programmed and can now be navigated and performed easier than ever. In addition, the mic position can now be switched from within the instrument interface.
The DVD version of SYMPHOBIA will be either version 1.2 or version 1.3, depending on stock levels. Updating from version 1.2 to 1.3 is free. There is a sticker on the box mentioning the version number (eg "v1.2 inside"). The update to 1.3 can be downloaded from your ProjectSAM account for free.
How to Update: Log in to your ProjectSAM account and visit the Product Center. There you will find two SYMPHOBIA 1.3 updaters. One for 1.2 users and one for 1.0/1.1 users.