Sonic Implants Releases "MINI" Version of Symphonic Strings
February 14, 2003
Sonic Network has
released Symphonic Strings MINI, a follow-up to its Symphonic String Collection. "Response to the full
collection has been so overwhelmingly enthusiastic, we wanted to
create a version for musicians and composers with more limited
budgets", said David Fox, Sales and Marketing Manager at Sonic
Implants. "Although smaller than the full collection, the MINI
version is still a very large and musically useful library. We
were able to include all the major articulations, but employed a
variety of techniques to reduce the size." The MINI version,
shipping on 6 CD-ROMs, is available in Gigasampler and Soundfont
formats, and has a retail price of $449.95. Other formats
are in production now.
The full Collection is a 20 CD-ROM (or three DVD) boxed set in
the Gigasampler format. Members of the Boston Pops and Boston
Ballet string sections were recorded by 2001 Emmy award engineer
Antonio Oliart and RIAA award engineer John Bono, at Sonic Temple
Studios, Roslindale, MA. All programming was done in-house at
the Sonic Network studio in Arlington, MA, and took almost a year
to complete. Sections include 1st Violins, 2nd Violins, Violas,
Cellos, Basses & ensembles which combined all sections. The
collection features rich, multidynamic instruments with resonant
string decays intact and gigabytes of articulations from which to
choose.
"This is the largest single sample library ever released and most
definitely the highest quality project I've completed in my 17
years of sound design," commented Jennifer Hruska, President and
Chief Engineer at Sonic Implants. "After a solid year in
production, it's extremely rewarding to hear that composers are
making music within 10 minutes of installing these sounds. And
the compositions they're sending us are amazing! Absolutely
beautiful."
Both the Sonic Implants Symphonic Strings Collection, priced at
$1,295.00, and the Symphonic Strings MINI, are on sale now at the
Sonic Implants web site and will be available at selected music
dealers. For more information, visit their web site at www.sonicimplants.com. |
