Spitfire Audio – Olafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit

It centres around a characterful ‘felted’ grand piano, as well as a comprehensive set of inspiring sonic manipulations and progressive synth sounds, designed with the writer in mind. File Size: 14.36 GB
 

Spitfire Audio – Olafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit

 

Designed for composers, songwriters and producers, this is an intimate and deeply personal set of tools, curated by BAFTA-winning composer Ólafur Arnalds, recorded at his studio in Reykjavik, Iceland. It centres around a characterful ‘felted’ grand piano, as well as a comprehensive set of inspiring sonic manipulations and progressive synth sounds, designed with the writer in mind.
AN INTIMATE FELTED PIANO
Our second Spitfire collaboration with BAFTA-winning, multi-instrumentalist producer and composer Ólafur Arnalds, who mixes organic instruments with loops and edgy beats to create textural tracks and scores, from ambient to electronic.
So many virtual instrument libraries are focused on the art of production, while the nuanced and beautiful Ólafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit was designed with the writer in mind. Ólafur conceived what would be his staple set of sounds that would enable him to continue to produce original, inspiring and moving music, wherever he was in the world. Spitfire’s expert team of technicians, musicians and engineers descended on Ólafur’s studio in Reykjavik, working closely with the composer to capture the essence of Ólafur’s approach and to harness the spirit of his surroundings.
BEHIND THE SAMPLES
Ólafur Composer Toolkit is centred around a ‘felted’ antique 1904 Bechstein grand which was customised by Ólafur after several tests using various strips of felt. This was sampled in meticulous detail over several days to capture the subtle nuances of the softest layers. Fed through Ólafur’s vintage outboard, it was recorded ultra quiet — the levels of recording were so hyped that everyone in the room had to hold their breaths for the duration of every sound.
The felt piano is presented with 4 unique signals; KM84, Coles, Processed and Spaced. The KM84 signal is the pure sound of the small condensers, giving you a tight crisp sound. The Coles is a mono signal below the soundboard, processed through a Roland Space Echo as a LoFi tape simulation for a gritty low end. The processed signal is a mix of the KM84s with a pair of C12s, mixed by Ólafur into a pair of Pultec EQs, then slammed through a 1178 stereo compressor to give you the distinctive Arnalds sound. This processed sound has been paired with a ‘Spaced’ sound in a ‘Mixed’ patch that Ólafur has further processed creating a unique take on his signature piano.
To accompany and complement the felt piano, Ólafur has programmed and created various sonic manipulations of the original piano and other instruments, for instant inspiration. With nearly 100 presets, presented by type in Spitfire’s sophisticated Mercury synth engine, this library will enable your musical creativity to flow.
This product is a Kontakt free player library and has NKS capabilities.
ÓLAFUR ARNALDS
Ólafur Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer and producer (Broadchurch, Kiasmos, Erased Tapes), known for his unique ambient electronic sound. He takes strings and pianos to a new place, treating them with effects and mixing them with loops and beats. His most recent albums include For Now I Am Winter, and The Chopin Project, a collaboration with classical pianist Alice Sara Ott. Based in Reykjavík, Iceland, Ólafur’s approach to sound and composition has inspired a new generation to enjoy and create modern orchestral music. He gained huge notoriety with a new audience for his BAFTA-winning score featuring haunting strings, pianos and electronics for the British crime drama, Broadchurch. He has drawn heavily on the techniques he explored for that project for this selection of samples.

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GUIs

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.

Mercury Synth

This ingenious user interface features a range of organic sounds and specially curated warped sounds. All of the controls are assignable to your control surface, giving you the ability to instantly make our sounds your own.

What’s included

Felt Grand Piano:
Individual Mics and Mix:

Felt Grand Piano – Coles
Felt Grand Piano – KM84
Felt Grand Piano – Mix

Felt Grand Piano – Mics
Felt Grand Piano – Mixed

Composer Toolkit:
Organic Warps:

Evo Ambience
Olafurs Kalimba
Plate Space Piano
Prime Crusher

Synth Embelishments:

Basic 60
Big 60
Big Open 60
Big Pad
Dark Angel
Detuned 60
Detuned Tape
Hi Jen
High Thrills
Init 60
Jen Distortion
Low Thrills
MonoLead
Noise Stab
P6LFO
SoftEntrance
Sonar Rhodes
Sub 60
Wild Resonance

Tempo Locked:

Less Resonant Synth TM
Resonant Synth TM
Rhythm 1 TM
Slow Attack Perc Rhythm TM
Timed Delay Stab TM

Sonic Warps:

A Flickering Start
A Soft Entrance
Arrival Pad
Becomes Granular
Bevelled Ice
Bowed Waves
Celestial Pad
Chorus Pad
Closing
Cool EP
Dark Hold
Deep Broodings
Detuned Glass
Dirty Pipe Piano
Distant Voices
Dream Sequence
Dreams

Dreamscape
Dusk Pad
Dusk To Dawn
Encapsulated Pad
End Credits Pad
Enter Noises
Excited String
Filtered Noise
Flatland Pad
Ghost Bowls
Head In The Clouds
High Noise Mellow
Hill Organ Fuzz
Hill Organ
Holar Falls
Holding On
Hollow Wind
Hope Pad
Hopes And Dreams Pad
Horizon Pad
Innnes Piano
Is it Simple
Jarring Music Box
Kopasker Wind High
Light Noise
Longing Pad
Lost In Thought Pad
Meditate Pad
Moving Filters
Opportunistic Moment
Past Ride Piano
Pure Contact
Realisation Pad
Resonant Glass
Reversed Fun
Reversed Pad
Soft Bowls
Soft Chords
Sombre Waves
State Of Mind
Sub Organ
Submereged Hopes
Sunken Heaven
Sunrise Pad
Taking Time
Tasty Round Bottom
Underorgan
Underwater Panic
Vertical Lead
Voices in the Machine
Was It Right
Wave Swept Pad
Whale Song

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Mics & Mixes
Felt Grand Piano

KM84
Coles
Processed
Spaced

Composer Toolkit/Sonic Warps

Single signal