Spitfire Symphony Orchestra

The 2025 update of Spitfire Symphony Orchestra includes the addition of three remarkable soloists 

• Solo Violin: World-renowned violinist Andrew Haveron’s impressive career includes leading roles with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra. His virtuosity shines through in a dedicated performance patch with fingered, bowed, and portamento legatos, longs, staccatos, pizzicatos, and harmonics.
• Solo Viola: With an astounding number of film, TV, video game, and recording credits, Bruce White is one of the most sought-after violists in the world. His rich and expressive playing is captured in wonderful detail. 
• Solo Cello: One of the most in-demand session cellists in the world, Caroline Dale brings her exceptional talent and experience to SSO. Principal cellist for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra, Dale has performed with leading orchestras and artists worldwide. Her contributions to film scores, including the Oscar-winning "Atonement," are legendary, not to mention her long list of performance credits alongside Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Oasis, Joan Armatrading, Peter Gabriel, David Gilmour and U2. 
• Three legato transition types - Fingered, Bowed and Portamento, plus other articulations including Long Non-Vibrato and Vibrato, Staccato, Pizzicato, Long Harmonics and Short Harmonics. 
• C(lose), Decca T(ree), and A(mbient) mic signals allow you to find the perfect balance for your mix. 

Symphonic Strings

60 of the worlds best

The strings in this library captured has been created with 60 of the world's finest strings players — 16 1st violins, 14 2nd violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos & 8 basses — performing over 175 articulations, including nine legato patches, and presented with four versatile microphone positions. Updated in 2025 with new performance patches for 1st and 2nd Violins, Violas, Celli and Basses. 

• 60 top London string players
• 175 articulations, including 59 shorts, 94 longs, & 9 legatos
• Multiple dynamic layers and round robins
• Diverse and detailed with essential, additional and some totally unique articulations for individual sections
• A comprehensive selection of specially curated 'Ensemble' patches, over 100 unique players layered to give up to 300+ musicians in a single patch.
• Ostinatum mode
• Four mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient) & O(utriggers)

Symphonic Brass

Bold, detailed and powerful.

• The world's finest brass players
• A broad band covering solo, chamber, symphonic and cinematic instrument groups
• The full range of brass instruments, from classic to lesser known
• Multiple dynamic layers and round robins
• Diverse and detailed with essential and unique articulations, including performance legato
• Ostinatum mode
• Four mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient) & O(utriggers)
• Updated in 2025 with Total Performance patches for Solo Trombone.

Symphonic Woodwind

Timeless, melodic and expressive

• World class woodwind players
• From traditional piccolos, flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons to a contemporary selection of instruments, from alto, bass flutes, bass clarinets, contrabass clarinets and a thunderous contrabassoon
• A broad band covering both solo and a2 sections — combine both to create your a3 sections.
• Expertly sampled with the most comprehensive selection of articulations, dynamic layers and round robins available in any woodwinds library, including performance legato
• Ostinatum mode
• Four mic positions: C(lose), T(ree), A(mbient) & O(utriggers)
• Updated in 2025 with Total Performance patches for Principal Oboe.

Percussion, Piano and Harp

The definitive orchestral extras

• This comprehensive orchestral percussion library performed by award-winning percussionist Joby Burgess
• This vast array of percussion instruments features, nine tuned, 13 drums, 12 'toys', from agogo to shakers, 14 unpitched metal instruments, and three unpitched wood instruments
• Harp performed by London's leading harpist Skaila Kanga, featuring a comprehensive range of articulations and pedalling, with glisses in every key
• Orchestral Grand Piano is a very realistic “contextual” piano designed specifically to fit proudly within your full orchestral arrangements
• Percussion, piano and harp mic positions include C(lose), T(ree) & A(mbient), with piano also featuring O(utriggers).

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