Orchestral Tools

ARKHIS is a specialized instrument for scoring ultra-modern, orchestral soundtracks that bring scenes to life. Built in collaboration with Orchestral Tools, it unites a premium sample library with an easy to use layering engine that has movement, color, and storytelling in its DNA.

Special Bows I brings you high strings at their most unusual and moving. Painstakingly capturing top level performances from five microphone positions, the collection delivers a stunning array of unique textures that cannot be achieved with ordinary sample libraries. From hair-raising action to heartbreaking romance, these sounds provide everything you need to infuse a scene with the highest level of emotive power.

Special Bows II delivers unique and subtle timbres from the warming lower registers of a full string ensemble. With distinguished performers recorded from five microphone positions, the collection blends tradition with technology to capture the depth of character that can only be found in low strings. These vibrant sounds provide a crucial extra layer of impact and drama, perfect for first-class film scoring.

How does time affect sound? Can sound exist without time? Can a single note have rhythm? This collection answers these questions with an unusual orchestra that seemingly dislocates the passing of time. Mid-sized orchestral ensembles and choirs combine to create unique shifting texturesclearly rooted in organic sound, but imperceptibly drifting up into the ether. Advanced articulations and dynamic gestures add nuance and movement. With full sections, 10 individual ensembles, and evocative Chrono Structures, TIME macro is instant inspiration. Essential for all kinds of contemporary scoring, and perfect for underscoring and sound design.

How does time affect sound? Can sound exist without time? Can a single note have rhythm? This collection answers these questions with an unusual orchestra that seemingly dislocates the passing of time. Mid-sized orchestral ensembles and choirs combine to create unique shifting texturesclearly rooted in organic sound, but imperceptibly drifting up into the ether. Advanced articulations and dynamic gestures add nuance and movement. With full sections, 10 individual ensembles, and evocative Chrono Structures, TIME macro is instant inspiration. Essential for all kinds of contemporary scoring, and perfect for underscoring and sound design.

The Orchestral Grands brings you two masterpiece Grand Pianos, the Steinway D and the Steinway B. Both are positioned for orchestral use and have been recorded at one of the best sounding scoring stages, the Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin. These wonderful pianos are ready to bring wonderful additional colors to your symphonic compositions.

Glory Days - Big Band Horns is an extensive collection of Brass and Saxophone instruments, providing composers and arrangers with a comprehensive set of tools for all kinds of popular, dance and big band style cinematic music. For this collection we captured a quality and unique character that has bite, punch and sharpness for a remarkable festive and glorious sound. A call back to those glory days of dance and big band standards in an inspiring collection.

Junkie XL announces Brass Library with Orchestral Tools. Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL revealed that he is going to release his very own orchestral brass libray in cooperation with Orchestral Tools

To augment the available palette of sounds with another dimension, Orchestral Tools introduces TIME macro, captured at the Teldex Scoring Stage with the same setup used for the Berlin Series and Metropolis Ark Series. TIME macro is the essence of many concepts and ideas about music in a temporal context.

The Orchestral Grands brings you two masterpiece Grand Pianos, the Steinway D and the Steinway B. Both are positioned for orchestral use and have been recorded at one of the best sounding scoring stages, the Teldex Scoring Stage in Berlin. These wonderful pianos are ready to bring wonderful additional colors to your symphonic compositions.