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Diginoiz has released Beauty Strings, a sample pack featuring string loops.

If You are looking for high quality live violin/string loops played by professional musicians – this package has been made specially for You. 118 solo violin loops played in the Urban genre, ready to be used in Your Hip Hop / R&B or Pop production. Loops were played from 91 to 97 Bpm with root key included. Over 600 Mb of multiformat material will certainly help Your creative hit making process.

‘Beauty Strings’ contains 609 Mb, 118 multi-format loops (91- 97 BPM) in Hip Hop/R&B/Pop genre!

Beauty Strings is available to purchase for 18 EUR.

Diginoiz has extended its 50% discount sale until the end of January. Use coupon code diginoiz at checkout to take advantage of this offer.

More information: Diginoiz

EarthMoments has released Oriental Orchestra, a sample library featuring live strings recordings recorded in world-class studios around the world.

Recorded on metronome clicks, the live strings – without any keyboards or digital inputs – link to the rules of western music, allows music producers coming from any style or genre to easily use these complex orchestral lines in their music. Oriental Orchestra Bundle contain 3 types of string sections: Quartet, Octet and Ensemble.

A classic western orchestra plays oriental lines, and unique scoring that is inspired from the rich cultures of India, Turkey and Far East. The Royalty Free collection also includes orchestral scores from the award winning projects of the EarthSync label: Laya Project, Nagore Sessions, No Stranger Here, and Voice Over The Bridge.

Oriental Orchestra features

• 671 MB content, 24-bit quality.
• 202 Loops and Samples.
• Quartet, Octet and Ensemble sections.
• All files Key and Tempo labeled.

Oriental Orchestra is available to purchase for £39.95 GBP.

More information: EarthMoments / Oriental Orchestra

Kirk Hunter Studios has launched a Black Friday Group Buy, offering up to 75% off its sample libraries.

Get Kirk Hunter Sample Libraries at up to 75% OFF list price (see the chart below)!!! If you’re a current Kirk Hunter Studios customer, you’ll get an additional 10% off the final Group Buy price (Our standard upgrade pricing is not available with this deep discounts)!

Imagine getting Pop / Rock Strings, including the KONTAKT Player, for as little as $74.70 USD — or even less if you’re a current Kirk Hunter Studios customer!

Kirk Hunter Group Buy products

• Pop / Rock Strings including KONTAKT Player ($249 USD list price; approx. 8 GB) – A beautiful collection of 3 string ensembles and solo strings (whole, half, quarter and solo divisions) based on our Concert Strings II library. Pop / Rock strings is perfect for rock/pop/R&B/hip hop and other contemporary genres. Includes KONTAKT Player and also works with the full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater. Features TVEC 3.
• Concert Strings II ($799 USD list price; approx. 25 GB) – Four string libraries in one (whole, half, quarter and solo divisions). You can call up anything from a huge “Hollywood film sound” to an intimate string quartet to anything in between. Features TVEC 3 which includes SmartLegato2® as one of its features, allowing you to play chords in legato mode even while changing articulations! Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater.
• Concert Strings II Whole Divisions ($249 USD list price; approx. 5 GB) – Only the whole divisions from Concert Strings II. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater.
• Solo Strings II ($249 USD list price; approx. 6 GB) – Solo 1st and 2nd Violin, 1st and 2nd Viola, 1st and 2nd Cello, Bass, Combinations. Coupled with innovative and progressive TVEC 3 programming, you will not find a more flexible and playable solo string library! One very nice feature is the way TVEC 3 handles the slides for Solo Strings 2. When you play a note, followed by another note you want to slide into (up or down), TVEC 3 knows whether to slide a lot or just a nudge. Also, the vibrato of the slide is now variable. The same solo strings featured in Concert Strings II, but available separately for those who ONLY want the solo strings. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater.
• Concert Brass II ($399 USD list price; approx. 45 GB) – A gorgeous collection of concert brass featuring whole divisions (8 F HORNS, 8 TRUMPETS, 8 TROMBONES), half divisions (4 F HORNS, 4 TRUMPETS, 4 TROMBONES), quarter divisions (2 F HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, 2 TROMBONES) and solo divisions (SOLO F HORN, SOLO TRUMPET, SOLO TROMBONE). Features TVEC 3 which includes SmartLegato2®, allowing you to play chords in legato mode even while changing articulations! Concert Brass II lets you can call up anything from a huge “Hollywood” film sound to an intimate brass chorale, solo or anything in between. You’ll be able to get big bombastic fanfares, easy to control crescendos or “spooky” and dark backgrounds. The range of programming variety is limitless. All sections were sampled in a space large enough to get the “sweet spot” for brass, yet not so ambient that you’re stuck with a mushy sound. This allows you to choose your own style of ambience without conflicts. BONUS created for this GB: We’re adding the solo tuba from Diamond to Concert Brass II at no extra charge, in order to create a more “full” brass compliment. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater.
• Diamond ($549 USD list price; approx. 65+ GB) – At over 65GB, Diamond is a very large full-orchestral package. It combines Ruby with Emerald, so it is like getting 2 complete orchestras in one package. For the price, we’re confident that you will not find a better orchestral sample library anywhere. Features TVEC 3. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater.

The Group Buy ends November 28th, 2011.

More information: Kirk Hunter Studios

Organic Loops has released Real Strings Vol 3 – Dark Moods, a new collection of strings loops by Pete Whitfield.

Real Strings 3 – ‘Dark Moods’ is the brand new sample pack of stellar quality loops by Pete Whitfield. These authentic samples were recorded in Pete’s studio where he records real strings for major labels, TV companies and radio/media companies as a highly sought after arranger.

With tempos ranging from 80 – 95 beats per minute, there are 432 Wav loops available for a variety of genres including Downtempo, Cinematic, Techno and Dubstep or Drum and Bass. Also included are 36 One Shot String samples to program your own melodies, plus 3 ready to play patches for Halion, EXS, SFZ, NNXT and Kontakt compatible soft samplers. A full pdf score of each performance is also included.

Real Strings Vol 3 – Dark Moods is available from Loopmasters for £29.95 GBP.

More information: Organic Loops / Real Strings Vol 3 – Dark Moods

Sonivox has announced a 24 hour sale, offering 75% off the Symphonic Strings, Brass, and Woodwinds sample libraries by Sonic Implants.

For the next 24 hours you can get any or all of these incredible sample library for $249 Each, a whopping 75% off of their normal price.

This 24 hour long insane deal begins at 12:00am Central Standard Time October 20th 2011 and ends at 12:00am Central Standard Time October 21th 2011. Act now to get in on the HUGE SAVINGS!

Please note that these editions of Sonic Implants Symphonic Strings, Brass, and Woodwinds Collections are programmed for use with Native Instruments Kontakt 3.5 and 4.

More information: Sonivox

Loomer has released version 1.3.5 of String for Mac OSX and Windows.

This release fixes several issues specific to the Mac OS X and Windows versions: String for Linux remains at version 1.3.0.

Changes in String v1.3.5

• Fix for the String FX Mac OS X 64-bit VST plug-in not resizing correctly in some hosts when opening the preset browser.
• Fix for mouse-wheel not working correctly for the Windows 32-bit VST plug-in.

String 1.3.5 is available for immediate download from Loomer.

More information: Loomer / String