Advanced Orchestra

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Advanced Orchestra

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Volume 1 cover of Advanced Orchestra

Information
Manufacturer(s): Peter Siedlaczek

Distributor(s): Best Service

Release date: 1996
1997 (Upgrade 97')

Original price: $149.95 (Individual volumes)
$495 (All 1-5 volume set GIGA version)
$134.95(Compact edition)

Format(s): S1000
S3000
EMU(EOS)
EXS24
GIGA
SIMM(Proteus 2000)
Korg EXB-PCM

Status: On sale as Complete Orchestral Collection

Credits

Peter Siedlaczek's Advanced Orchestra was a CD-ROM sample series based on classical orchestra instruments.

Content

It has 5 volumes in total:

Volume 1: Strings Ensemble

  • 4 violins
  • 10 violas
  • 8 cellos
  • 6 basses

Volume 2: Solo Strings

  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Cello

Volume 3: Woodwinds

  • Flutes
  • Solo flute
  • Alto flute
  • Piccolo flute
  • Oboe
  • Englishhorn
  • 3 clarinets
  • Bass clarinet
  • Bassoon
  • Contrabassoon

Volume 4: Brass & FX

  • 3 trumpets
  • Solo trumpet
  • Piccolo trumpet
  • 3 trombones
  • Solo trombone
  • French horns
  • Solo french horn
  • Tuba
  • SFX of all instruments presented in the series

Volume 5: Percussions & Harp

  • Cymbals a due
  • Cymbal 24 ̋
  • Cymbal 18 ̋
  • Timpani
  • Grancasa (bass drum)
  • Snare drum
  • Large tam-tam (gong)
  • Thai gongs (tuned)
  • Chinese opera gongs
  • Triangles
  • Vibraphone
  • Marimba
  • Xylophone
  • Orchestra bells (glockenspiel)
  • Tubular bells
  • Harp (glissandos, chords)

Editions

Compact Edition

It was a "light" version for samplers with little RAM.

  • Strings ff & mp (sustained, tremolo, con sordino, staccato,pizzicato)
  • Brass & Woodwinds ff & mp (stacatto, sustained)
  • Orchestral Percussion
  • Harp

Upgrade 97'

It was a 3 CD-ROM set released in 1997 that adds functionality to Advanced Orchestra with new samples and instruments categories.

True Legato Strings

New soundqualities

All the samples in this upgrade were recorded in a modern 10,000 m³ concert hall. While the samples from 1-5 volumes were recorded in a relatively neutral studio.

Bass Flute

New instrument that volume 1-5 doesn't have.

Harp Single Notes

Noise-free single notes in mezzo-forte(mf).

Percussion II

All this percussion instruments were sampled from 2 acoustic perspectives (close-direct and concert hall ambience).

  • Crotale (tuned antique cymbals)
  • 2 wind chimes
  • 3 shell chimes
  • Bamboo chimes
  • Tambourines
  • Claves
  • Cowbells
  • Cascanets
  • Temple blocks
  • Japanese bowls

Hollywood Strings

Pre-EQ-ed string section optimized for scoring and modern music production.

Main Library Short Loops

All memory consuming of string, brass, woodwind and percussion sounds from the main library are presented in a short looped versions (for save memory). Contains new velocity switch programs for better dynamic control over fortissimo(f) and piano(p) playing techniques.

Extended Edition

All Advanced Orchestra and Upgrade 97' combined in EXS24 format.

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