Orchestral Tools

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.

Orchestral String Runs became the industry standard for very fast, agile and quick string lines. Innovative tools like the Runs Builder let you build your own realistic runs out of thousands of tempo-synced run elements. In addition to a huge collection of pre-recorded octave runs, the Runs Transitions Patches let you perform your very own ideas.

Berlin Harpsichords is the latest sample collection in the renowned Berlin Series by Orchestral Tools. Following the addition of new strings, woodwind, brass and percussion samples to the Berlin orchestral series, this collection is now introducing the rich, baroque sounds of two traditional harpsichords – French and Italian – opening up new avenues of possibility for users who are eager to broaden their palette of sounds.

Flagship percussion collection. The rhythmic foundation of the acclaimed Berlin Series, Berlin Percussion is the flagship Orchestral Tools percussion collection. Berlin Percussion offers a full set of pitched and unpitched orchestral percussion, with a choice of sticks and playing techniques for many instruments. A wide dynamic range lets you create parts that go from subtle and delicate to massively loud. Recorded on the Teldex Scoring Stage, Berlin Percussion offers a natural, detailed sound that blends perfectly with the rest of the Berlin Series orchestra.

When inspiration hits you, time matters. Being as fast as the ideas are flowing - that’s what we created Berlin Orchestra Inspire for. After our huge success with the first installment of this series, we are proud to announce Berlin Orchestra Inspire 2.

Metropolis Ark 3 - The Beating Orchestra - is the third instalment in our epic orchestral series. You might ask. Is it percussion? Is it an orchestra? It is both but melted and refined into one: A Percussive Orchestra.

METROPOLIS ARK I is inspired by a cinematic monument from 1927 - The first ever epic science fiction motion picture of our time. A Berlin original which inspired us to preserve all its strength, greatness and bold exceptionalism in a monumentally powerful collection to bring it back into the latest cinematic soundtrack productions.

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.

Flagship percussion collection. The rhythmic foundation of the acclaimed Berlin Series, Berlin Percussion is the flagship Orchestral Tools percussion collection. Berlin Percussion offers a full set of pitched and unpitched orchestral percussion, with a choice of sticks and playing techniques for many instruments. A wide dynamic range lets you create parts that go from subtle and delicate to massively loud. Recorded on the Teldex Scoring Stage, Berlin Percussion offers a natural, detailed sound that blends perfectly with the rest of the Berlin Series orchestra.

Size may be king in the natural world but sometimes the real power lies beneath the surface. After all, some of the tiniest insects are hardwired to floor a six-ton elephant. This latent symbiotic power comes to the fore in the same way with Metropolis Ark 4 – Elite Orchestral Forces, which integrates various approaches from the previous three collections, performed to perfection by the Metropolis Orchestra.