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Ensemblia 2: Orchestral Shorts – Modern Chamber Orchestra Kontakt Instrument

Ensemblia 2: Orchestral Shorts is a Kontakt instrument from Cinematique Instruments that combines 57 orchestral and non-orchestral sounds with a voicing engine and a pattern arranger for minimalist, polyphonic textures.

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01Overview

Ensemblia 2: Orchestral Shorts is built around a modern chamber orchestra sound, drawing on the minimalist style associated with Steve Reich and Michael Nyman. The instrument uses seven separate tracks that you can assign from a large pool of instruments, so you can assemble your own ensemble. A voicing engine distributes your played notes across these tracks, which lets the instrument create polyphonic arrangements and patterns from the notes you play rather than from prerecorded phrases or MIDI files.

Best for

Minimalist chamber textures
Polyphonic pattern writing
Orchestral sketching
Film score ensembles
Ambient string arrangements

Developer: Cinematique Instruments
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

57 instruments across orchestral and non-orchestral categories
Seven independent tracks assignable to any instrument
Voicing engine that distributes played notes per instrument and step
32-step intelligent track sequencer for instant patterns
Mixer with three-band EQ, compressor, and reverb and delay per track
3D panning across the ensemble
120 preset patterns loaded through a file browser
Approximately 9,000 samples totaling 4 GB of data

03In depth

Ensemble Building and Voicing Engine

The core of the instrument is seven instrument tracks, each of which can be freely assigned from more than 50 instruments. The collection includes viola, violin, cello and double bass in solo and trio setups, plus tuba, trombones, horn, bass clarinet, flute, several saxophones, an electric guitar, bowed guitars, bowed psaltery and three church organ registers.

The voicing engine decides which of your played notes each track plays. You can set this individually for each instrument and for each step, so the same chord can be split across the ensemble in different ways.

Arranger, Mixer and Presets

The arranger is a 32-step track sequencer that plays patterns as soon as you trigger it. Combined with the voicing engine, it can produce complex patterns from simple input.

The mixer offers seven sound slots and a master track. Each slot has a three-band EQ, an attack/decay compressor, length, tuning, and reverb and delay controls. A 3D panning feature is also included. The instrument ships with 120 preset patterns that load through a file browser.

04Specs