Orchestral Library
Additional Information
We can’t write your music for you, but we can help you find your voice. The outstanding British Drama Toolkit provides the most instinctive, immediate and intense connection to the heart of your composition. Created in collaboration with composer Samuel Sim, it features an ensemble dedicated to the emotionally potent sound he is lauded for – but also presents a unique way of interacting with the players, which sets this instrument apart from anything we have created to date. This is not just a group that plays your music; it helps you compose it.
British Drama Toolkit comes to life on your first play. We can tell you that it consists of a small string and woodwind section, recorded in our purpose-built dry stage at Spitfire HQ, but only once the library is under your fingers does the telepathy begin. Ensembles are mapped across the full length of the keyboard, and the playing styles are tied to velocity – from whispered textures through to bold solos. The British Drama Toolkit understands that the difference between playing softly and loudly isn’t just volume – it is also about character and emotion. The British Drama Toolkit allows you to compose, arrange and complete a cue in one pass. With your eye on the drama rather than the computer, and with one patch capable of a such a huge range of expression,
VELOCITY LAYER VIEW
New for the British Drama Toolkit, this view shows the velocity of each note you are playing and which velocity layer that note is in
THE OVERVIEW PANEL
This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.
GENERAL CONTROLS PANEL
This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.
PRESETS / TECHNIQUES / ARTICULATIONS / MICS / MIXES
PATCHES:
Ensembles
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Bass Clarinet
Clarinet
Flute
Piccolo
INDIVIDUAL ARTICULATIONS:
MAIN:
Main – Strings & Woodwinds Soft Alt
Main – Texture Strings Loud Woodwinds
Main – Texture Strings Soft Woodwinds
Main – Texture Woodwinds Loud Strings
Main – Texture Woodwinds Soft Strings
Main – Tutti Long Loud Strings Main – Tutti
Long Loud Woodwinds
Main – Tutti Long Soft
ENSEMBLES:
Ensembles – Bass Clari & Clari Long Chatter Loud
Ensembles – Bass Clari & Clari Long Chatter Texture
Ensembles – Bass Clari & Clari Long Chatter
Ensembles – Bass Clarinet & Clarinet Long Soft
Ensembles – Bass Clarinet & Clarinet Long
Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Alt
Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Chiffs
Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Soft Alt
Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Soft
Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long
Ensembles – String Ensemble Long Soft Ensembles –
String Ensemble Long Ensembles
– Woodwind Ensemble Long Soft
Ensembles – Woodwind Ensemble Long
VIOLIN:
Violin – Long Harmonics
Violin – Long Loud
Violin – Long Soft
Violin – Long
VIOLA:
Viola – Long Harmonics
Viola – Long Loud
Viola – Long Soft
Viola – Long
CELLO:
Cello – Long Harmonics
Cello – Long Loud
Cello – Long Soft
Cello – Long
DOUBLE BASS:
Double Bass – Long Alt
Double Bass – Long Harmonics
Double Bass – Long Loud
Double Bass – Long Soft Alt
Double Bass – Long Soft
Double Bass – Long
BASS CLARINET:
Bass Clarinet – Long Chatter
Bass Clarinet – Long Loud
Bass Clarinet – Long Soft
Bass Clarinet – Long
CLARINET:
Clarinet – Long Chatter
Bass Clarinet – Long Loud
Clarinet – Long Soft
Clarinet – Long
FLUTE:
Flute – Long Alt
Flute – Long Chiffs
Flute – Long Loud
Flute – Long Soft Alt
Flute – Long Soft
Flute – Long
PICCOLO:
Piccolo – Long Alt
Piccolo – Long Chiffs
Piccolo – Long Loud
Piccolo – Long Soft Alt
Piccolo – Long Soft
Piccolo – Long
ACCENTED:
Main – Texture Woodwinds Loud Strings Accented
Main – Texture Woodwinds Soft Strings Accented
Main – Tutti Long Loud Strings Accented
Ensembles – String Ensemble Long Accented
Violin – Long Accented
Viola – Long Accented
Cello – Long Accented
Double Bass – Long Accented Alt
Double Bass – Long Accented
