![]() ![]() ![]() Although unavailable at the time of writing, this major expansion should be available by the time you read this. Around 25,500 samples were captured from three mic positions in Minsk's National Broadcast Centre scoring stage, creating a 6.68GB sample database an imminent update (free to registered users) more than doubles that figure. Size‑wise, the Belarus string orchestra comprises a very respectable 14 first violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, eight cellos and six basses, a much larger group than you'll find on most pop tracks, but falling a little short of the section numbers used in blockbuster movie scores. Feeling that the string runs in existing orchestral libraries lacked flexibility, Mr Schwarzer and his business partner had a word with the bank manager, booked 50 string players from the Belarus Philharmonic (with whom Schwarzer had previous positive dealings), flew to the former Soviet city of Minsk and spent three days recording a large collection of runs, figures, mini‑phrases, straight notes and legato intervals. The library is the brainchild of German composer Hendrik Schwarzer, a precocious young fellow who wrote his first full‑scale orchestra and choir piece at the age of 16. Building on the established orchestral library tradition of providing played octave runs in different scales and keys, OSR also contains a set of melodic modules allowing you to create your own string runs and figures in real time. While this sort of thing is of interest to students of music theory, Orchestral Tools' new sample library, Orchestral String Runs, is likely to be of far more practical use to media composers and orchestral mock‑up artists trying to earn a crust. The book also poses several musical brain‑teasers, such as: what interval do you get when you divide five octaves into 12 equal steps? (Answer at end of article.) It's great read for anyone with an enquiring musical mind - by applying pure musical logic and avoiding the usual clichés of classical and jazz harmony, the author creates a huge number of interesting melodic shapes that constitute a great resource for any composer seeking fresh avenues. I have on my bookshelf a copy of Slonimsky's Thesaurus Of Scales & Melodic Patterns. A capacious new European library takes the strain out of programming orchestral string runs. ![]()
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