What I love about this library is that it just shines when you use it for the big stuff. You have the ability to use dry samples as well which further adds to the usefulness. I also really like the sound of the guitars, bass and drum set because they blend perfectly into the orchestral, percussive and choral content of the library. My primary use of this library has been for my trailer music cues, and I am currently using it in another big cinematic soundtrack for a martial arts TV-show. What they created sounds bold, rich and mighty and is extremely useful for a quick and easy mockup or enrichment of cinematic cues. The vibe, or sound, that Orchestral Tools have tried to emulate this time around is inspired by “a cinematic monument from 1927 – The first ever epic science fiction motion picture of our time”. The Single Articulations lets you load single patches for each articulation, should you wish to do that.
The Multi Articulations patches allow for control over different articulations inside one patch, such as all the articulations for the low strings in one patch. The library is categorized in two major folders: Multi Articulations and Single Articulations. In all the folders for the various instrumentations there are a bunch of articulations including legato, portato, shorts and longs, glissandos, swells, and a lot more.
The massive 75GB (compressed) library is made up of 4 “Districts”, and you have the options of mixing the different mic positions (mic positions vary with some patches) to your liking. And I love it! The patches are intuitive and easy to use with OT’s CAPSULE engine inside of Kontakt – play around a bit with them and you’ll get the hang of it quickly.įor the recording of Metropolis Ark 1, Orchestral Tools used a large and unique instrumentation 14 violins, 12 violas, 8 celli, 12 basses, 9 and 3 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 bass trombones, 3 cimbassi, 3 tubas, 4 bassoons, 4 contrabassoons, a male & female choir, drum set, guitar solo and ensemble, different percussion, a bass and a piano. No dress-up or mixing tricks – just straight up Metropolis Ark 1 splendor. The sound in this demo is exactly how the patches sound. Just listen to this amazing demo by Sascha Knorr: It works perfectly on its own as it includes most of the range of the orchestra high and low strings and brass, percussion and some low/mid woodwinds, a friggin’ awesome high and low choir, distorted guitars and bass, a drum set and some other things. It was recorded and built to emulate a classic, massive and emotional sounding orchestra ready to be used in any big sounding production. It has most of what you need to make big and powerful sounding orchestral tracks, featuring unconventional ensembles such as 4 contrabassoons, 3 cimbassi, 9 horns, 3 tubas, and much more crazy and epic instrumentations. Metropolis Ark 1 is truly a beast of sample juiciness. Fully integrated in CAPSULE for Kontakt.Spot, Close, Tree, Surround and A/B mic positions.True legato, extensive Articulation sets.Orchestra, Choir, Epic Percussion, Band.
€549 (+VAT if applicable)75GB (160GB uncompressed!).If you want some very bold and mighty sounding orchestral weapons added to your sonic arsenal, you might very well be looking at the right thing here. And what a beast it is! Packed with 160GB (yeah, what the hell?) of samples, it has a very classically cinematic and huge orchestra sound a majestic, bold and powerful vibe to each and every aspect of it. This time around, they have proudly presented a new beast in the sample library collection: Metropolis Ark 1. Being the fathers of Berlin Woodwinds, Orchestral Tools are loved by many music producers worldwide.