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1. LASS!
2. Professional Orchestration 2A PDF - Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section
3. Spectrotone Chart
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DEMOS:
Reverie in G - by Colin O'Malley
She Was A Fair Lass - by Colin O'Malley
Xolotl - Ian Livingstone
OVERVIEW
LA Scoring Strings (LASS) brings a whole new level of expressiveness, realism and real-time playability to sampled strings. And to help you get the most out of L.A. Scoring Strings and giving you a serious edge in the marketplace, we're including for a limited time only Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section (covering 65 techniques for string scoring including beginning divisi), The Lark Ascending for small string ensemble and solo violin, and finally, Copland's Appalachian Spring for Double String Quartet and selected Woodwinds. This combination of LASS and Alexander Publishing training gives you tools at your fingertips to get the most out of this revolutionary library.
HOW LASS IS ORGANIZED
For the full ensembles, you get 16 Violins I, 16 Violins II, 12 Violas, 10 Cellos and 8 Basses.
LASS then has individually recorded smaller ensembles so that you have the option of writing divisi (div a 2 or selectively, div a 3), or creating smaller more intimate string ensembles, including a string quintet and even a string quartet!
In one library! For $1199!
Simply put, no other string library on the market gives you the writing power that's built into L.A. Scoring Strings!
Violins 1 - break down into one smaller ensemble of 8 players, then two separately recorded ensembles of 4 players and 4 players.
Violins 2 - break down into one smaller ensemble of 8 players, then two separately recorded ensembles of 4 players and 4 players.
Violas - break down into one smaller ensemble of 6, then two separately recorded ensembles of 3 players and 3 players.
Cellos - break down into one smaller ensemble of four players, then two separately recorded ensembles of 3 players and 3 players.
Basses - break down into into one smaller ensemble of four players, then two separately recorded ensembles of 2 players and 2 players.
But that's not all! To give you the ultimate string writer's tool kit, L.A. Scoring Strings also includes matching solo first chairs. So you have solo Violin 1, solo Violin 2, solo Viola, solo Cello and solo Bass (including pizzicato).
All in one library!
L.A. Scoring Strings Revolutionary Recording Approach
At the heart of its revolutionary sound are Real Legato performance sample patches and a unique “layered ensemble” approach. These ensembles were all recorded individually in a large film scoring studio. Because they’re made up of different players (avoiding the dreaded “same player” sound), they combine seamlessly to produce entirely cohesive small, medium, or large sections with the right divisi ratios.
LASS also features solo instruments performed by the section leaders. Rather than sounding like “guest soloists,” these instruments sound like the first chair players they actually are, blending perfectly with the sections they come from.
The players are recorded in position on the scoring stage and mixed in the traditional orchestral seating perspective, making it simple to get a magnificent string mix out of the box. Meanwhile we took the utmost care to ensure that the instruments can be panned anywhere with virtually no phasing problems should you need to do that.
And to make it easy to get just the right sound, all LASS patches and programming are consistent from the first chair to the full mix. If apart sounds right using the first chair patch, the same sequence will sound right with the full ensemble — no MIDI reprogramming required.
The result is unprecedented control over dynamics, performance, and section size.
Featured LASS Scripts (Note: These are just 3 of many scripts!).
• LASS Real Legato — REAL legato performance samples — meticulously programmed and scripted for non-repetitive legato transitions and real-time control of legato articulations.
• A.R.T. (Auto Rhythm Tool) — an advanced (yet simple to use) rhythm and accents script with humanization features.
• Trill Script — the script intelligently triggers trills diatonically in any key with just 1 Key Switch.
• Delay and Humanization — add delay and randomization to the timing of note playback.
• CC Table — allows you to create your own volume curves for sustain and legato patches.
• A.M.G. — Anti Machine Gun. Triggers alternate samples to avoid sample repetition.
• Tuning Tool — allows you to create your own tuning table and add tuning randomization to patches.
PRAISE FOR LASS!! (In alphabetical order)
Within days of LASS' release, these composers (all purchasers) provided the following reviews.
John Debney
Oscar™ nominated composer (The Passion of the Christ, Sin City and the upcoming Ironman 2)
“I have a myriad of tools at my disposal. None is more crucial to the creative process than the sonic quality of my mock-ups. Presenting to a director a fully orchestrated and realized demo is of paramount importance. LASS is a quantum leap forward in giving me the creative tools to produce realistic mock-ups of my cues. I love the new library and am already using it on two films. I recommend the library highly!”
Trevor Horn
Grammy Award winning producer
“Fantastically useful in the studio! Sonically rich, detailed and expansive. LASS allows you to quickly access a range of articulations placing the focus firmly on creativity and not endless programing. Intuitive, simple to use and well thought out from a players perspective. Having strings of this quality at your fingertips is very, very powerful!”
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Oscar™ winning composer for Finding Neverland (2004)
“When I compose my scores, detail and expressive range are crucial. LA Scoring Strings with it's extensive divisi sections, first chair solo instruments and amazing scripts are unmatched in this regard.”
Danny Lux
Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, My Name is Earl, Ally McBeal, etc.
“LASS sounds fantastic and is more flexible than any previous library when it comes to assembling various size sections. If I want the violins to be a small section, large section, with a lot of vibrato, no vibrato, or any where in between I can create it with ease. The programming is exceptional, easy to use and the scripts are very unique.”
David Newman
Oscar™ nominated composer for Anastasia (Ice Age, Cat in the Hat...)
“Being able to have total speed control of the portamentos and glissandos in real-time is fantastic... especially when you can do it with different divisi sections! And another salient thing for me is the Spiccato string engine (the A.R.T script)... there is nothing like it on the market. LASS is a wonderfully organic sounding library and is part of my current template.”
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