The Adventure of Nine Harps. Nine harps playing simultaneously are scattered throughout Air Studios. From hauntingly slow and fast tremolandi to long and short plucks, harmonics and perhaps the most extraordinary set of cascading glissandos we have ever heard. The second part of the Spitfire Audio Harp Swarm story offers instant inspiration and a wide range of uses.
Background
Spitfire Swarms consist of sets of instruments that are rarely grouped together to form large ensembles, and are viable symphonic “choirs”. They allow the user to take plucked or beaten instruments and play them like a string orchestra, with long, shimmering sustains and inspiring, epic singles.
While many Spitfire libraries give the user the ability to control vibrato in the strings, the Swarm replaces this with velocity control, allowing it to vary from the gorgeous patina of individual notes to the exciting “shine” of sounds where each individual note is imperceptible.
Recorded in the beloved Air Studios, the Swarm range fits perfectly into your orchestral palette as a left-field sound that is beautiful, engaging and completely original. If you’re tired of your existing orchestral writing palette or your director wants something new but your producer doesn’t want to take risks.
If you’re looking for something inspiring or something you can hold on to for ages without boring the listener. If you feel like your sample set is dry, featureless and static, or you need to add movement and texture as a layer to your existing orchestral samples, it might be time for Swarm. And if you’re writing a fantasy blockbuster, one day you’ll have NINE harps and you’ll never go back!
- 6 Harps on the main scoring stage, 3 in the galleries recorded in unison
- Long, Short & Harmonic plucks with Numerous Round Robins
- Haunting slow and fast trems with speed control and dynamic crossfading via mod wheel
- Exhaustive epic glissandi selection including release trigger and different speed options
- Recorded to tape via the finest microphones and pre-amps
- Selection of mic perspectives and Jake Jackson mixed from up front and personal to epic widescreen
- Easy to use, this one springs out of the box.
