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Strings, Reimagined For Kontakt Player

With RAW Strings you get to explore that classic string sound like never before using unique effects and tools including:

116 sound sources
3 unique tape versions
68 hand‐crafted presets
4 layer sampling engine
8 effects
24 convolutions
Arpeggiator & Sequencer
Mod Matrix

Compatible with free Kontakt Player or Kontakt version 6.2.2 or newer!

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What Is The Idea Behind RAW Strings?

Included in RAW Strings are 116 sound sources that span from naked string articulations, to processed cassette tape articulations, to found recordings from around the world.

RAW Strings utilizes a full-featured 4 layer sampling engine, with each layer given a flexible suite of 8 effects and 24 convolutions. An arpeggiator, sequencer, master effects suite, and sophisticated mod matrix are provided for limitless tweaking.

Start simple. With 68 hand-crafted presets and 116 sound sources, you can achieve nearly instantaneous results.

Dig deeper into the rich feature set of RAW Strings to craft your own unique sound worlds.

SOUNDS

Alt Harmonics, .5 ips
Alt Harmonics, 3 ips +REVERSE
Ambiences +REVERSE
Bow Clicks +REVERSE
Bow Noises +REVERSE
Centa Water +REVERSE
Drift
Eucalyptus Bursts
Finger Tremolo +REVERSE
Finger Tremolo, .5 ips
Finger Tremolo, 3 ips +REVERSE
Flautando +REVERSE
Flautando, .5 ips
Flautando, 3 ips
Flautando, 5 ips +REVERSE
Harmonics +REVERSE
Harmonics, .5 ips
Harmonics, 3 ips
Harmonics, 5 ips +REVERSE
Jangles +REVERSE
Movement And Balance
Oblique Strategy
Octave Shifts +REVERSE
Octave Shifts, .5 ips
Octave Shifts, 3 ips +REVERSE
Octave Shifts, 5 ips
Petrichor
Raw, close +REVERSE
Raw, close, .5 ips +REVERSE
Raw, close, 3 ips
Raw, close, 5 ips
Raw, far +REVERSE
Raw, far, .5 ips
Raw, far, 3 ips
Raw, far, 5 ips +REVERSE
Raw, slow +REVERSE
Raw, slow, .5 ips

Raw, slow, 3 ips +REVERSE
Raw, slow, 5 ips
Rehearsal Keyboard +REVERSE
Reverie
Singing Bowl 1 +REVERSE
Singing Bowl 2 +REVERSE
Split Harmonics +REVERSE
Split Harmonics, .5 ips +REVERSE
Split Harmonics, 3 ips
Split Harmonics, 5 ips
Staggered Swell +REVERSE
Staggered Swell, .5 ips
Staggered Swell, 3 ips +REVERSE
Staggered Swell, 5 ips
Tremolo Pizzicato, natural +REVERSE
Tremolo Pizzicato, natural, .5 ips
Tremolo Pizzicato, natural, 3 ips +REVERSE
Tremolo Pizzicato, natural, 5 ips
Tremolo Pizzicato, tuned +REVERSE
Tremolo Pizzicato, tuned, .5 ips +REVERSE
Tremolo Pizzicato, tuned, 3 ips
Tremolo Pizzicato, tuned, 5 ips
Vanishing Pavilions
Vibrato, close +REVERSE
Vibrato, close, .5 ips
Vibrato, close, 3 ips +REVERSE
Vibrato, close, 5 ips
Vibrato, far +REVERSE
Vibrato, far, .5 ips
Vibrato, far, 3 ips
Vibrato, far, 5 ips +REVERSE
Vinyl and Tape Noises +REVERSE
Wispy Tremolo +REVERSE
Wispy Tremolo, .5 ips +REVERSE
Wispy Tremolo, 3 ips
Wispy Tremolo, 5 ips

PRESETS

Accompaniment
- Campfire Discourse
- Petrichor
- Repeat
Arpeggiated
- Beat Origin A
- Beat Origin B
- Floating in Space var
- Floating in Space
- Garden in the Rain
- Gentle Threat
- Pavane
- Sequencers, Inc
- Time Is Gone
- Traveler
- Unstuck
- Winter Calm
Movement
- Alternating Current
- Blackwood
- Celestial Mechanics
- Daydreaming
- Desperately Modern
- Foreshadows
- Halfway There
- Hallucinate
- Interference
- Night Life of Aquatic Insects
- Night Life of Trees
- Organ Of Tomorrow
- Peace Atom
- Recurring Dream
- Solitary Life
- The Sea
- Valley of the Night
- Vinyl Pulse 8ths
- Vinyl Train Pulse
- Whale Call

Simple
- 1979
- Darkness Is
- Memento Mori
- Opposing Octaves
- Paper Moon
- Stained Glass Windows
- Stalactites and Stalagmites
- Winter Hymnal
Sketching
- Blackwood Sketching
- Little Machine
- Peace Atom Sketching
- Seabed
- Tremolando
- Vanishing Pavilions
Sound Bed
- Air Chrysalis
- Alaska
- Apollo
- Cloaked Stranger
- Cloudburst
- Disappearance
- Infinite Potential
- Metamorphosis
- Moonlight
- Mother
- Ocean Loop
- Overshadow
- Redwoods
- Sea Chrysalis
- Soft Meadow
- Sunken Cathedral
- The Pain Of Childhood
- The Universe Is Before Us
- Three-Phase
- Water Music

Getting Started With RAW Strings

Sound Book

The Sound Book contains the available articulations, and their variations. Section titles are written in bold white text. Articulations that are already selected are shown in white text.

Articulations

Standard Sounds – These are the core set of naked string sounds.
0.5 ips Tape – This is the slowest, most degraded tape version. It has an unstable haunting quality.
3 ips Tape – The medium speed tape has a nice mix of warble and consistency.
5 ips Tape – This set is much more consistent, while being warmer than the raw articulations.
Special Tape – This experimental group contains one-off articulations that utilize different combinations of sounds.
Reversed Sounds – The core set of tape sounds, reversed.
Reversed Tape Sounds – One tape source per articulation was selected.
Extras – Includes bow clicks, bow noises, tape crackles, jangle percussion, and more.

Random Dice

The random dice control selects new articulations for each active layer from the Sound Book.

Global Volume Envelope (ADSR)

This bi-directional volume envelope is designed to provide quick last-minute tweaks. Attack, decay, sustain, and release can be added or subtracted from the existing layer envelopes.

Settings Page

Note & Velocity Splits – Note splits can be used to assign layers to different portions of the keyboard.
Random Splits – The random split page allows the probability that a note is heard to be defined per layer.
Random Seed – The random seed control influences the ‘random’ order of events throughout the library.
Pitch Bend, Voices, Purge – Pitch bend control can be assigned to each layer individually. Voice limits determine the maximum number of sounds heard at once. Purge – by default, the engine pre-loads only the samples from the articulations that are selected.
Velocity, Panning, ADSR – Allows control of the velocity curve and panning and envelope controls.
Offset & Timbre – These controls allow you to offset the start of a note positively or negatively, and borrow neighbouring notes and retunes them.

Macro Controls

The two macro controls offer a way to impact several parameters at once. By utilizing the range and curve controls it is possible to create surprising sounds along the course of the faders.

For more details on all of these features read the User Guide HERE.

Get Creative With Effects, Arpeggiator, Sequencer, Routing & NKS Integration

Effects

Each layer has a suite of eight effects, including delay, reverb, convolution, stereo width, phaser, compressor, filter, and EQ. After this point, the signal progresses to the master effects, unless bypassed on the main page routing panel.

The master effects panel swaps stereo width, EQ, and phaser for chorus, transient master, and a limiter. The order of effects can be changed by clicking and dragging the grab handle at the bottom of each unit.

Arpeggiator

It may seem like an odd choice for strings, but Sudden Audio found that the arpeggiator proved to be effective at creating intricate string textures as well as mangled string sounds.

Up to six independent parts can be used simultaneously. The basis of the arpeggiator is the algorithmic direction control (below velocity and length). This allows a set of instructions to be sent to the arpeggiator to allow for evolving patterns.

Sketching Mode

Sketching mode is an experimental feature aimed at pianists that is designed for quick sketching of cues. The engine interprets the left and right hands automatically. The left hand is arpeggiated, while the right hand is free to play melody notes.

Sequencer

The sequencer allows for automated control over many parameters in the RAW Strings engine. As with the arpeggiator it allows for multiple independent parts.

Routing

Routing controls for each layer can be accessed from the main page. By default each layer is sent to the Master FX, but this can also be bypassed for more variety.