- Orchestraltools Metropolis Ark 1 Full Orchestral Patching#
- Orchestraltools Metropolis Ark 1 Series From Orchestral#
Berlin Symphonic Strings by Orchestral Tools.
This Collection opens a whole new world for Orchestral Tools, who are well known for their Berlin Series, a virtual Orchestra that set a new standard and is used by many high. People have seen enough of president joe biden and his administrations bumbling over the afghan withdrawal and now want him to resign. In the latest shocking.How much productive time do you manage with your DAW? I know when I get home from work I'm mentally exhausted, so the evening DAW time I have is not terribly fruitful.All of it! I'm physically tired, that's the only thing that can reduce productivity slightly, but music always becomes extremely refreshing to my mind! When writing music frustration kills my productivity much more than fatigue does. I usually have lots of fun with music.My day job is artistic but is not creative so once used to the techniques and tools it becomes quite boring.The night to me is like the break time in the school. Metropolis Ark I by Orchestral Tools is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin and a Standalone Application and Soundware (samples or presets that load into other products) for macOS and Windows. It includes, and is therefore 'powered by', Kontakt Player , which functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin, an AAX Plugin and a.
Contact Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 4 key features: I only go to sleep (around 3:30AM) because I'm physically exhaust, otherwise I could stay all night long playing around with music, no sleepiness, no mental fatigue, just "that fun time that passess too quickly".Keep in mind also that I'm Asperger at some degree, meaning that motivations/priorities and how these affect my mind/dedication are not the norm. I do tend to be over passionate about subjects that took my deepest interest for any reason, and music is one of them.
Orchestraltools Metropolis Ark 1 Series From Orchestral
Now, Metropolis Ark 4 sets out to offer what is arguably an even broader canvas, yet with a tightened sonic focus.Recorded at the Teldex Studio scoring stage in Berlin, Ark 4 is organised into Districts, conforming to OT’s usual conceptual vision of a dystopian future. Now in its fourth volume, previous incarnations have brought us both loud and quiet extremes and a beating, pulsing orchestra. Requires Kontakt (5.8.1 or later) or Kontakt playerThe Metropolis Ark series from Orchestral Tools has never been one to disappoint.
Orchestraltools Metropolis Ark 1 Full Orchestral Patching
Looking at the String Orchestra patch, there are some real gems to be found.The Ricochet features the bow bouncing from the string, creating a very interesting and usable colour, while the Power Sustain brings us some hardcore bowing, which would have even Dmitri Shostakovich smiling. In each section, there are similarities to what we saw in the full orchestral patching, but with further articulation options. Sonically, the first Full Orchestral patch out of the box sounds stunningly impressive.The sustains present real power and crossfade nicely with changes in dynamics, while the Staccato and Marcato patches have a real bite in articulation, with the latter giving a surprise to the back end, as the brass pushes towards the end of each note’s cutoff.Further selections don’t disappoint, extending to Rips, Ricochet and a number of upbeat options, represented by single, duple and triplet entrees before the main note – but in all cases, firmly pushing toward the final note of the phrase.Moving on from the full orchestral setting and the sections are broken down individually to strings, woodwinds and brass. Contained within it are five patches which could be regarded as the en masse interpretation of the Ark series.All patches here are available in either single or multiple articulation formats, with the latter being open to keyswitching from the bottom of the keyboard, with dynamic control being patch-dependent – which, in the case of the more sustained settings, is achieved from the mod wheel (MIDI CC 1).
The Power Sustain is very full on, but there’s less dynamic timbral variance here, in favour of raw power it’s cutting and suitably aggressive! As you move up from the middle register, the transition from male to female is handled nicely, and you can hear extraordinary power from the tenors as they push in their upper range.Where District 1 offers plenty of fullness and body, District 2 breaks things down into orchestral sections. Mic’ing is again close and personal, with some really useful patches. I’ll be honest, the default sounds really good, so you’ll not be too concerned if you are fighting your computer’s RAM allocation.Elsewhere within District 1, we find the Mixed Choir, which I was suitably intrigued to find had similar sonic credentials to the orchestral sections. In the case of the Full Orchestral Multi patch, it sees each set of mic samples add a further 0.5GB of samples to the memory allocation, taking us up to a full 2.5GB with all loaded. It sounds tight, close and powerful.Three additional mics can also be added at this stage, offering further close-up action or ambience.
There’s an excellent twitchiness as you move from one note to the next, with movement between greater intervals being hugely exaggerated, and again harking back to some form of Russian school of performance.Among the more orthodox combinations there are some treasures, such as the marriage of bass oboe and basset horn. The wind combination of flute, oboe and clarinet is stunningly good, with the Power Legato being something of a star, yet again. I want to hear those basses working hard, and thanks to the focused mic’ing, it sounds gritty and realistic.It’s also within District 2 where we find the blended combinations of woodwind and brass. I made straight for the low strings and was delighted to hear the creaking of instruments, feeling almost tortured under such pressure of bowing.
There’s a healthy barrage of single-hit articulations, which sound incredibly reminiscent of some of the content found in Ark 1. We also see the return of random syllables, within the context of the shorter articulations, which have been placed in a healthy round-robin to maintain a lot of interest in colour.And finally, the percussion brings us a couple of interesting instrumental combinations, such as marimba, xylophone and piano, which could prove helpful for both tension and comedy alike. The Legato patches here are simply outstanding, with the female choir including a sublime Oh-Ah – nondescript colour that will prove immensely useful. Many of the instruments move toward overblowing in performance, adding even more spice to the sampled colours.Districts 3 and 4 concentrate on choir and percussion respectively, with the former offering a breakdown of female and male choirs. In fact, I’d go as far to say that these are one of the main hugely appealing aspects of Ark 4, especially as some of the represented combos are a little different to those found elsewhere, thanks to both the instrument choice, and OT’s epic calling card.
There is a small degree of crossover, but that’s the essence of the range different Arks cover different areas. Overall, with Ark 4, Orchestral Tools has built yet another package to further bolster an already excellent series.If you are already lucky enough to have other Metropolis Ark packages, you might quite rightly be wondering if you really need this one. The sound is closely focused, while there are a host of new colours and articulations which are really useful and highly inspiring.Dynamically, it doesn’t go too far at the quieter end of range, but then this version is all about epic and elite forces. I was a little unsure about Ark 4 at first, as I felt that there was a degree of repetition of Ark 1, but delve deeper and you quickly learn that this is not the case.
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