Splice has expanded Spitfire Audio’s Originals virtual instrument range with four new libraries

Splice has announced the launch of four new Spitfire Audio Originals libraries, with virtual instruments spanning strings, brass, woodwind and keys. Their arrival comes alongside the upgrade of Spitfire’s 17 existing Originals libraries to full fidelity.

Recorded at AIR Studios’ Lyndhurst Hall and Spitfire Studios and performed by hand-picked players, the four new titles – Emotional Cello, Intimate Brass, Intimate Woodwinds and Crystal Keys – looks to expand Spitfire’s Originals series into “territory it hasn’t explored before.

Every library in the Originals series now features full mic signals, complete preset lists, as well as Spitfire’s redesigned interface, which boasts updated artwork plus a mixer for blending close, room and Vintage mic signals.

Let’s take a closer look at each of the few new arrivals in detail…

Originals Emotional Cello

For Emotional Cello, Spitfire and Splice tapped London-based cellist Reinoud Ford, who has captured the “full expressive range of the solo cello”. Producers can utilise 11 techniques from delicate Flautando to experimental Circular bowing and No Rosin textures, too.

Originals Intimate Brass

“Built for restraint, not power,” Intimate Brass offers a custom quartet consisting of a Tuba, Euphonium, Tenor Trombone and Flugelhorn. Spitfire invites you to pair this one with Intimate Woodwinds or Intimate Strings for a complete intimate orchestra section.

Originals Intimate Woodwinds

Intimate Woodwinds offers producers a curated ensemble of Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Alto Flute, and Flute, all captured at Lyndhurst Hall, AIR Studios. “From gentle pastoral underscore to fragile, barely-there atmospheres – these gentle whispers are perfect for scoring emotive moments on screen,” Spitfire says.

Originals Crystal Keys

Crystal Keys captures the titanium euphone, a contemporary instrument made of chromatically tuned glass rods, played by rubbing them with wet fingertips for an “otherworldly” sound. This one features nine presets and six bespoke signals, for exploration from “angelic shimmer to horror-film dread”.

Pricing & availability

Each of the four new Originals libraries costs £29 / $29 apiece, available as perpetual purchases. You can also subscribe to Spitfire INSTRUMENT, which offers all 20+ Originals Libraries at a cost of $12.99 per month.

For more information, head to Spitfire Audio.

Sam is the Associate News Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Thoroughly immersed in music culture for the majority of his life, Sam has played guitar for 20 years, studied music technology and production at university, and also written for the likes of MusicRadar, Guitar World, Total Guitar and Metal Hammer.