WHAT IS IN SPITFIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
Spitfire Symphony Orchestra features a full symphonic string, symphonic brass and symphonic woodwind sections including solo instruments, plus harp, piano and all core elements of percussion needed to complete the band — giving your music the professional sounds that stand out.
Feb 2025 v1.3.3 Addition:
The 2025 update of Spitfire Symphony Orchestra includes the addition of three remarkable soloists:
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Solo Violin: World-renowned violinist Andrew Haveron’s impressive career includes leading roles with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra. His virtuosity shines through in a dedicated performance patch with fingered, bowed, and portamento legatos, longs, staccatos, pizzicatos, and harmonics.
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Solo Viola: With an astounding number of film, TV, video game, and recording credits, Bruce White is one of the most sought-after violists in the world. His rich and expressive playing is captured in wonderful detail.
- Solo Cello: One of the most in-demand session cellists in the world, Caroline Dale brings her exceptional talent and experience to SSO. Principal cellist for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra, Dale has performed with leading orchestras and artists worldwide. Her contributions to film scores, including the Oscar-winning "Atonement," are legendary, not to mention her long list of performance credits alongside Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Oasis, Joan Armatrading, Peter Gabriel, David Gilmour and U2.
IS THIS LIBRARY FROM NEW OR EXISTING CONTENT?
We are relaunching our cornerstone libraries, with updated UI, reviewed content and providing in a single more user friendly package.
These libraries include Spitfire Symphonic Strings, Spitfire Symphonic Brass, Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds, Spitfire Percussion, Spitfire Harp, Orchestral Grand and Masse.
IF SPITFIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS CONTENT FROM EXISTING LIBRARIES, WHAT’S NEW?
With this relaunch you can now explore the stunning performances of these incredible musicians, in one place with a new UI, a review of all sample content, all-new legatos created by Andrew Blaney, and all presented in Native Instrument’s Kontakt 7.
Feb 2025 v1.3.3 update also saw the addition of improved programming for ensemble Violins, Violas, Celli and Basses,
This new library is also NKS-ready.
The consolidation of our Symphonic range, Spitfire Percussion, Harp and Orchestral Grand also means that you can have everything from the six recording blocks at Air Studios in one place.
I ALREADY OWN SSS/SSW/SSB/SPITFIRE PERCUSSION/SPITFIRE HARP AND I WANT SPITFIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, HOW DO I GET IT?
If you already own Symphonic Woodwinds, Symphonic Brass, Symphonic Strings and Spitfire Percussion, you will receive Spitfire Symphony Orchestra completely free of charge on the day of release!
Combinations of other owned products featured in this library will still entitle you to special upgrade pricing for Spitfire Symphony Orchestra. Place Spitfire Symphony Orchestra in your shopping cart on our site and your upgrade price will be worked out for you automatically. Please make sure you are logged in to get your specific upgrade price.
WILL THE SEPARATE LIBRARIES THAT MAKE UP SPITFIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA REMAIN ON SALE?
Apart from Spitfire Harp, which will remain available to buy separately, the rest of the range (Symphonic Strings, Symphonic Woodwinds, Symphonic Brass, Spitfire Percussion) are now discontinued and not available to purchase. Orchestral Grand is already discontinued.
I HAVE THE ORIGINAL SSO LIBRARIES IN OLD PROJECTS, WILL INSTALLING THIS AFFECT THEM?
As Spitfire Symphony Orchestra is a new product, registered and installed with it's own entry in Kontakt, this will not affect any project containing the legacy versions. We also do provide a zipped file of the legacy patches of all included libraries in the Instruments folder, should you wish to install these to load alongside the newer UI patches.
I OWN SSS/SSB/SSW LIBRARIES, AND I DO NOT WANT TO UPGRADE, WHAT HAPPENS TO MY LIBRARIES NOW THEY ARE BEING DISCONTINUED?
Thanks to the content review, a number of issues were resolved and existing owners of each of the discontinued Symphonic libraries will receive the relevant updates in their account when these are available. These updates will only include fixes, and will not include the new Legatos.
IS SPITFIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STILL HOSTED IN KONTAKT/KONTAKT PLAYER OR THE SPITFIRE AUDIO PLUGIN?
Spitfire Symphony Orchestra is hosted in and will run in both Kontakt Full and Kontakt Player.
WHAT ARE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THIS PRODUCT?
Compatible and tested with all major DAWs.
MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 11, 12 or 13 (latest update). Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11, 12 or 13 (latest update). 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for large KONTAKT Instruments).
PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for large KONTAKT Instruments). 64 bit DAW required (32 bit DAWs not supported)
Download Size: ~360GB
Min Kontakt version is 7.5.2
NKS Compatible
IS THIS PRODUCT AVAILABLE WITH AN EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNT?
Yes, this library will be available with an educational discount. Request your educational discount here. The Educational Discount will apply to the full RRP of the library, any codes received during any promotional period will only “top up” the discount to 30%.
CAN I USE THIS LIBRARY ON MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?
Yes, our license allows for up to two installations at a time for a single user.
HOW DO I MOVE THIS LIBRARY TO ANOTHER COMPUTER?
You can find a handy guide on how to install on your second system here.