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The Orchestra Essentials

The Orchestra Essentials
Favorite Orchestral Virtual Instrument - Best Audio and MIDI Software - KVR Audio Readers' Choice Awards 2020
The Orchestra Essentials by Best Service is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin and a Software Application and Soundware (samples or presets that load into other products) for macOS and Windows. It includes, and is therefore "powered by", Kontakt Player, which functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin, an AAX Plugin and a Standalone Application.
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Your Fast Track to Orchestral Composing

The Orchestra Essentials is your fast track to orchestral composing. It comes with a carefully selected curation of instruments from The Orchestra, Strings of Winter, and Horns of Hell and is powered by our groundbreaking ensemble-engine. Take your first orchestral steps and create amazing music in no time.

Immediately playable. Incredibly inspiring. Surprisingly simple:

  • Play Your Own Melodies withThe Colors Presets - Orchestral Colors are practical combinations of instruments that can be played live on your keyboard. Use them to freely play your melodies with a section of instruments.
  • Create Complex Arrangements withSimple Chords - Create pulsating rhythms and inspiring full arrangements from any combination of notes. All of this without relying on pre-recorded phrases – you have the full control. It will work, no matter what chord or note you play.
  • Add Full Orchestral Sound in An Instant - In a revolutionary all-in-one package the sound of a symphonic orchestra is at your fingertips. With our groundbreaking ensemble-engine we found an easier way for you to convert your ideas into music.

Core Features • Core Instruments • Core Presets:

  • Including Our Highly-Acclaimed Ensemble Engine - The Ensemble Engine works in the orchestra VST through a number of independent arpeggiators and velocity envelopes. Its power and ease of use has been proven in our successful The Orchestra family.
  • Including 99 Orchestral Presets - The Orchestra Essentials introduces you to our famous symphonic family. 99 inspirational presets invite you to explore the extensive possibilities of an orchestra.
  • Including Selected Instruments - The Orchestra Essentials provides you with a broad symphonic palette with 38 string, 12 brass and 12 wind articulations, rounded up with playable percussion and choir.

The Orchestra Essentials Is Part of The Orchestra Family.

The Orchestra Essentials is included in The Orchestra and The Orchestra Complete.

Key Features:

  • Breakthrough Ensemble Engine.
  • Play freely or create stunning orchestral colors with simple chords.
  • Carefully selected curation of instruments from The Orchestra Family.
  • True Legato Interval Sampling.
  • 99 Inspirational Ensemble Presets.
  • 38 String-, 12 Brass- and 12 Wind-articulations, plus playable Percussion and Choir.
  • 5.72GB of Data.
  • Fast Loading Times.

Free Kontakt Player Version 6.6.0 and higher, or Kontakt version 6.6.0 and higher.

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Latest User Reviews

Average user rating of 4.50 from 2 reviews
The Orchestra Essentials

Reviewed By fotisandstuff [all]
September 16th, 2023
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Windows

One of the best "starter pack" orchestras for composers on a budget. Works with Kontakt Player, too! The Orchestrator (similar to the one in EastWest Opus, which was also co-developed by SonuScore) is the icing on the cake and gives you a nice starting point for sketching ideas. Clean and intuitive interface, interesting presets, and the sounds themselves are pretty good and "rawer" than your standard Hollywood-like libraries, giving you more space for experimentation.

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The Orchestra Essentials

Reviewed By qsource [all]
June 20th, 2022
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Mac

Sonuscore did a fine job of sampling the orchestral sounds for this VI. The Kontakt interface is interesting and fairly basic. I was able to set up some sketch-style ensembles for composition. They might even be passable for certain kinds of background recordings.

Unfortunately, the arpeggiator has not impressed me so far. It seems to have very limited features and almost no randomization options -- not as mature as several other orchestral hybrid VIs among my sound libraries.

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