Your Fast Track to Orchestral Composing

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The Orchestra Essentials is your fast track to orchestral composing. It comes with a carefully selected curation of instruments from The Orchestra, Strings of Winter, and Horns of Hell and is powered by our groundbreaking ensemble-engine. Take your first orchestral steps and create amazing music in no time!

Immediately playable. Incredibly inspiring. Surprisingly simple.

  • Play Your Own Melodies withThe Colors Presets – Orchestral Colors are practical combinations of instruments that can be played live on your keyboard. Use them to freely play your melodies with a section of instruments.
  • Create Complex Arrangements withSimple Chords – Create pulsating rhythms and inspiring full arrangements from any combination of notes. All of this without relying on pre-recorded phrases – you have the full control. It will work, no matter what chord or note you play.
  • Add Full Orchestral Sound in An Instant – In a revolutionary all-in-one package the sound of a symphonic orchestra is at your fingertips. With our groundbreaking ensemble-engine we found an easier way for you to convert your ideas into music.
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Core Features • Core Instruments • Core Presets

  • Including Our Highly-Acclaimed Ensemble Engine – The Ensemble Engine works in the orchestra vst through a number of independent arpeggiators and velocity envelopes. Its power and ease of use has been proven in our successful The Orchestra family.
  • Including 99 Orchestral Presets – The Orchestra Essentials introduces you to our famous symphonic family. 99 inspirational presets invite you to explore the extensive possibilities of an orchestra.
  • Including Selected Instruments – The Orchestra Essentials provides you with a broad symphonic palette with 38 string, 12 brass and 12 wind articulations, rounded up with playable percussion and choir.

The Orchestra Essentials Is Part of Our The Orchestra Family.

The Orchestra Essentials is included in The Orchestra and The Orchestra Complete.

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Please find a detailed comparison of all The Orchestra Family products here.

Key Features

  • Breakthrough Ensemble Engine
  • Play freely or create stunning orchestral colors with simple chords
  • Carefully selected curation of instruments from The Orchestra Family
  • True Legato Interval Sampling
  • 99 Inspirational Ensemble Presets
  • 38 String-, 12 Brass- and 12 Wind-articulations, plus playable Percussion and Choir
  • 5.72GB of Data
  • Fast Loading Times

Free KONTAKT Player Version 6.6.0 and higher, or KONTAKT version 6.6.0 and higher

Requirements

Made for Kontakt Player

This product requires the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player, the latest version can be downloaded through Native Access, Native Instrument’s download manager!

System Requirements:

Mac:

  • macOS 10.13-11 (newest update)
  • 64 bit
  • Intel Core i5
  • RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Windows:

  • Windows 7-10
  • 64 bit
  • Intel Core i5 or similar CPU
  • RAM: 4GB (6GB recommended)

Supported Interfaces:

  • Mac (64-bit only): Stand-alone, VST, AU, AAX
  • Windows (32/64-bit): Stand-alone, VST, AAX

Product Activation:

This product requires Native Access for installation, registration and activation. Start the Native Access-Software and log in using your Native Instruments credentials to start the setup.
To sucessfully activate your product Native Access requires a working internet connection.
An Offline Activation on a different computer is Not Available with this product.