Authentic Soundware – Space Age Strings (KONTAKT)

• Mid-Century Studio Sound: Recorded with a boutique small-format violin section performing idiomatic articulations tailored for 1950s–1960s film, TV, and pop arrangements.
• Portamento & Romantic Vibrato: Fluid vintage portamento slides and expressive romantic vibrato inspired by iconic orchestrators Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle, and Les Baxter.
• Comprehensive Articulation Set:
  • Sustained Legato & Portamento
  • Romantic Vibrato Sustains
  • Spiccato & Staccato shorts
  • Pizzicato
  • Rapid Runs & Measured Trills
  • Expressive Tremolo
• Dual Mic Perspectives: Select and blend vintage ribbon microphones for period-accurate warmth or modern condenser arrays for clean fidelity.
• Intuitive GUI: Retro mid-century aesthetic with quick-access controls for envelope shaping, velocity response, dynamic expression, and stereo width.

Authentic Golden-Era String Arranging
Large symphonic orchestral libraries often sound too grand and modern for vintage film noir, lounge, bossa nova, or retro-pop cues. Space Age Strings fills this gap by focusing strictly on the intimate, characterful small-string sections that defined Hollywood scoring stages and RCA Victor/Capitol studio sessions throughout the 1950s and 60s.

Whether writing swooping background pads for vintage vocal tracks, dramatic television stingers, or retro exotica arrangements, the instruments deliver natural vintage warmth right out of the box without requiring extensive external saturation or EQ filtering.

Installation Steps:

1. Extract the library folder to your preferred sample drive:
   D:\Kontakt Libraries\Authentic Soundware - Space Age Strings\

2. Loading in Native Instruments Kontakt:

   • Since this is a standard open-format / third-party library, load instruments via the Files browser or Quick-Load panel inside Kontakt (v6.7.1 or higher).
   • Alternatively, add it to your custom library rack using the Kontakt_Button / Library Manager utility or Add Library.exe if registering via .nicnt.

3. Launch Kontakt within your DAW or in Standalone mode, load the .nki patch, and begin composing.