Vintage Strings is a virtual instrument for Kontakt 5 designed to emulate the classic violin string section sounds of R&B, Soul, and Funk records from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Whether you’re an experienced arranger or casual producer, Vintage Strings was designed to make it quick and easy for you to create great sounding string tracks for your productions. Like its sister product, Vintage Horns, Vintage Strings was not designed to be a shiny, perfect sounding virtual instrument. Instead, we tried to capture the way string sections sounded back in the ’60s and ’70s; including the decidedly not classical playing style and minor imperfections that added character to those sections and made them sound so good.
For Vintage Strings we recorded a 6 piece violin section using vintage Neuman U-87 mics and Royer ribbon mics run through a great sounding SSL board. To capture a true vintage string sound, we used close mics, room mics, and string section positioning based on actual session notes from old Motown and Philly Soul recording sessions. Rather than record the violins in a magnificent concert hall or some other large and resonant recording space, we recorded our players in a funky old studio with a smaller, less-reverberant room that had characteristics similar to the rooms used to record classic Soul and R&B records.
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At Big Fish Audio we are obsessed with putting out content that is the best of the best. We strive to put out products that far exceed the industry standard for quality when it comes to loops and samples. The two products I want to look at this month are no exception when it comes to the highest quality in recording, production, and loop formatting. Suite Grooves, and the newly released Suite Grooves 2 were created by one of the leading Smooth Jazz producers out there. Jeffery Carruthers is a Grammy nominated, Platinum and Gold Record producer who has been creating music professionally for over 25 years. When we first linked up with Jeffery we were instantly blown away by the quality of his production and new we wanted to form a partnership. Suite Grooves volume 1 was an instant hit and continues to be a top seller for Big Fish Audio. Just released this past month is the long awaited volume 2 in this stellar line of products.
Suite Grooves volumes 1 contains over 4.3 GB of smooth sax, trumpet, keys, guitar, bass, piano, drums, percussion and more. You’ll instantly notice the quality of musicianship, recording quality, and overall production when you take this guys for a spin. As you browse through the content of this product you may forget that you are listening to a sample library as these construction kits are so well crafted you’ll think you we’re listening to a chart topping smooth jazz album.
Suite Grooves 2 is now available in both the WAV/REX/AppleLoops version as well as being part of our new Kontakt KLI Series. Instead of being “more of the same ol”, we have truly stepped up this collection even beyond the standards set by volume 1. Each kit now has multiple sections with multiple variations. In addition we have a full set of hits from each kit included as well as multi-track drums for all drum parts allowing you to create custom mixes of the drums. The one thing that hasn’t changed from volume 1 is that these kits are truly infectious with memorable melodies and grooves that you can just sink your teeth into with nothing but the highest quality that you would expect from Big Fish Audio.