Hyperion Strings Elements

Kontakt Player

$ 99 $ 49.00

OVERVIEW

Hyperion Strings Elements is a universal string ensemble library built for everyone. It was recorded with uncompromising engineering precision and then hand-edited and carefully balanced to achieve a new benchmark in quality and playability. It's made for Native Instruments’ free Kontakt Player and the NKS Standard. This virtual instrument is a robust musical production workhorse that will serve you well, whether you’re a working composer, student, producer, songwriter, teacher, arranger, band, sound designer, or are just curious about creating your own music. It’s ready to perform from the moment you load it up.

The Hyperion String ensemble has a forward and robust sound unlike any other. It has a strong tone and wide dynamic range that can be shaped to fit any genre or style. It can also be used to fatten and layer with other strings to create massive arrangements. We’ve also equipped the interface with plenty of spatialization, environment simulation and positioning controls and options to let you dial in the sound and character you need.

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NKS Standard Works with Kontakt Player 6.6+

WINDOWS 7 OR LATER REQUIRED, MACOS 10.13 OR LATER REQUIRED

Upgrade Path!

Owners of Hyperion Strings Micro qualify for an automatic discount on the upgrade to Hyperion Strings Elements. Click the upgrade icon to log in and see your upgrade price in the cart, or visit the My Upgrades area of your user account. Product upgrades are only available exclusively here at soundiron.com. Buying this library also qualifies you for a significant discount when you upgrade to the full Hyperion Strings Ensemble edition. For a detailed comparison chart to see the full list of everything that's included in each of the Ensemble, Elements and Micro editions, Click Here.

The library includes a full-ensemble preset and 4 Master and True-Legato section presets for 8 Violins, 6 Violas, 5 Cellos and 4 Double Basses. The Master presets include a broad selection of fundamental articulations, each with their own range of customizable real-time performance options, key-switch and mapping options, handy auto-functions, apregiators, FX and performance tools. These master presets allow you to blend and switch effortlessly vibrato, non-vibrato and tremolo sustains, a variety of short bow strokes and naturally dynamic tempo-based expressions, effects, rhythmic patterns, runs and sequences.

Our multi-articulation slot system allows you to load up to 12 articulations or sound sets, assign them to key switches, and independently adjust their levels, velocity ranges, panning, and other performance controls for each one. The main control row at the top allows tonal body, attack, start offset, release, release volume, vibrato and main dynamic swell controls.

The Space panel gives you full control over stage position, including pan and proximity for each independent sonic layer. You can drag the section icons around the XY pad. You have full control over each section's position in the sound field. The Convolution and Algorithmic Reverb modes let you spatialize the sound, with a huge variety of real-world and sound designed spaces and textures to choose from.

The Ensemble page allows you to set standard mixer settings, with mute on/off, pan, and volume sliders. You can also adjust and link each section key ranges.

The Effects page includes global Filter, Compressor, and EQ effects. You can save and load your own custom presets.

The Arpeggiator page let's you set of arpeggiation and repeater sequences, with a velocity step sequencer, various timing, arp direction, and dynamic controls.

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Reviews & Endorsements

"Hyperion Strings Elements is an incredibly accessible strings library with all the desired standard articulations. The sound is vibrant and clear, and the interface is top notch. Overall, it’s a great tool for sequencing strings quickly and cleanly."

Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld)

”I have recently started working with Soundiron Hyperion Strings Elements library. I found them very useful and very easy to work with. Two of the things I liked the most are – they tend to be very bright, and this really helps when layering them on top of other strings sound. It gives it this brightness that brings the strings sound alive! Not many libraries have this sonority and I was looking for this layer. This library definitely gives you numerous ways to change and enhance the sounds in a very natural way. Highly recommended!”

Inon Zur (Fallout Series, Dragon Age Series, and Price Of Persia Series)

“The interface alone has made this one of the most useful string libraries. It's so easy to manipulate the sound and space that it's already become part of my regular template. The arpeggiator is perfect!"

Jacob Yoffee (Best Shot, Andi Mack, Finding Carter, Ingress: The Animation)

"Hyperion Strings is evolving to be a heavyweight in the string category that won’t leave you with a lite wallet. Thanks to the top-notch sample set, Stage Placement tool, and great sounding IRs, there are infinite possibilities of how playback of these studio chamber strings can sound."

Sample Library Review

Hyperion Strings Elements includes a combined full ensemble preset, as well as individual section master and true legato presets for our chamber string orchestra, with 8 Violins, 6 Violas, 5 Cellos and 4 Double Basses. For this Elements Edition, each section is fully equiped with fingered and gliss true legato for vibrato and non-vibrato sustains, tremolo, a full spectrum of short note speeds/styles, and an extended catalog of modular dynamic expressions like crescendos, decrescendos, sforzandos and swells.

The library includes a broad selection of flexible articulations, each with their own range of customizable real-time performance options, key-switch and mapping options and performance tools. It is fully equipped for the professional composer with time-saving performance tools, adaptive controls, sound-shaping and stage-positioning features and an incredibly rich and robust sound.

The True Legato presets weave together multi-dynamic lush vibrato and clean non-vibrato, recorded naturally in piano, mezzo-forte and forte dynamics. You can switch instantly between agile fingered and smooth glissando legato transition styles for vibrato and non-vibrato sustains, with speed control that adapts to the way you play when you want it to, yet gives you total hands-on control when you need it. You can use it to craft startlingly realistic and seamless performances, whether you’re playing quick slurred runs or long, silky-smooth melodies.

The Short articulations make it easy to humanize your arrangements and find the perfect bow stroke or emotive expression for any musical moment. You can switch instantly between long & dotted 8th-note staccatos, 16th & 32nd-note short staccatos, 32nd & 64th-note spiccatos, as well as loose & tight pizzicatos, Bartok pitz snaps and Col Legno taps. They include 4 round-robins per note, with optional velocity/swell control and automatic time-based switching for refined realism and control.

The modular dynamic Expressions allow real-time dynamically-aware release sample triggering, tempo-synching and time-stretching. When combined with the Offset and Attack controls, you can carve out just about any dynamic shape you could ever need.

Sustains And Short Notes:

Vibrato: p, mf and f with fingered and gliss true-legato
Non-vibrato: p, mf and f with fingered and gliss true-legato
Tremolo: p, mf and f

Long 8th Note Staccatos: p, mf and f
Short 8th Note Staccatos: p, mf and f
16th-Note Staccatos: p, mf and f
32nd-Note Staccatos: p, mf and f
32nd-Note Spiccatos: p, mf and f
64th-Note Spiccatos: p, mf and f
Loose Pizzicatos: p and f
Tight Pizzicatos: p and f
Loose Bartok Pizz string snaps: ff
Tight Bartok Pizz string snaps: ff
Loose Col Legno bow taps: pp
Tight Col Legno bow taps: pp

Expressions:

8-count Crescendo (straight & vibrato) p < mf, mp < F and p < F
4-count Crescendo p < mf, mp < F and p < F
2-count Crescendo p < F
1-count Crescendo p < F
8-count Decrescendo (straight & vibrato) F > mp, mf > p, F > p
4-count Decrescendo F > mp, mf > p, F > p
2-count Decrescendo F > p
1-count Decrescendo F > p
4-count Sforzando F > p < F
4-count Sforzando mp > p < mp Low
4-count Swell p < F > p
4-count Swell p < mp > p Low
Tremolo 4-count Crescendo p < F
Tremolo 4-count Decrescendo F > p

The Kontakt Player version of this library is NKS encoded for the free Kontakt Player by Native Instruments. It is fully compatible with the NKS Standard software and hardware ecosystem, and VST, VST3, AU, and Pro Tools AAX plugin formats. Version 6.6 or later is required. This product can be registered, downloaded, and installed through Native Access. Learn more about Kontakt Player from Native Instruments: https://www.native-instruments.com/products/kontakt-player

The samples in this library are losslessly compressed 24 bit 48 kHz NCW files. They can only be played by Kontakt or Kontakt Player.

Product Specs

Product Version 1.0
9 master presets for Ensemble, Violins, Violas, Cellos, Basses.
Plenty of articulation maps, seating arrangements, arpeggio patterns and FX chains to choose from.
20,148 Samples
10 GB installed (14 GB wav source)
24-bit, 48 kHz Stereo Lossless NCW Format.
Multi-dynamic sustains, with smooth real-time control over natural vibrato and dynamic transitions.
Multi-dynamic long and short staccatos, spiccatos and pizzicatos with loose/tight variants and 4x round-robin.
Bartok Pizzicato snaps and Col Legno bow string taps with loose/tight variants and 4x round-robin.
A full suite of Expressions in a variety of lengths, timings and dynamics, including crescendos, decrescendos, sforzandos and swells, with time-stretching, tempo-synching and automatic release.
Flexible and intuitive user interface with pro features, deep customizability and simple workflow.
Free soundstage positioning for each section within dozens of custom rooms, halls, chambers and FX environments.
Adaptive Play Assist and Arpeggio systems for instant inspiration.
You can apply your full purchase amount toward your upgrade to the full Hyperion Symphonic Strings when they're released.
Made for the free Kontakt Player (version 6.0.1+), Komplete Kontrol, all S-Series Keyboards and NKS software and hardware by Native Instruments
Works with the Kontakt "Libraries" browser and Native Access.

System Requirements

Kontakt 6.6 requires Windows 7 (or higher), or MacOS 10.13 (or higher). The free Kontakt Player and full version of Kontakt are both supported by this library. Native Access is required for product activation and installation, and is available for download from Native Instruments: https://www.native-instruments.com/pages/native-access
A Multi-Core CPU, 8+ GB System Ram, and SSD hard drive are recommended for this library.

Documentation

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