Sinphonica Maestosa Strings
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings

Sinphonica Maestosa Strings

Sculpted Sound.

The italian orchestra, reimagined

$499.99($609.99 incl. VAT)
The first expression of the Sinphonica vision is MAESTOSA Strings, a complete symphonic string collection created to capture the grandeur, emotion and expressive power of the orchestra.
From soaring violins and lyrical violas to rich cellos and commanding double basses, MAESTOSA brings together five meticulously captured string sections, each offering its own expressive world.
Available as five individual string sessions or as the complete MAESTOSA Strings collection, it gives composers the freedom to choose exactly the sections they need, or experience the full power of the orchestra as one.
Five sections. One orchestra. Infinite ways to shape it.
Sinphonica is a 64-bit application and requires a 64 bit CPU and Operating System.
Mac® (64-bits)
Minimal: Apple M1 or Intel® Core i5 Processor,16 GB Ram, MacOs 10.15 or newer. At least 250 GB of hard disk space*.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): Audio Units, VST 3, AAX.
Windows® (64-bits)
Minimal: Core i5 Processor or equivalent, 16 GB of RAM, Windows 10 (64 bit) or newer. At least 250 GB of hard disk space*.
Requires an ASIO compatible sound card.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): VST 3, AAX.
Internet connection is required for authorization.
* Single products hard disk space.
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings: 133.1 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Violins I: 26.9 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Violins II: 26.1 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Violas: 25.7 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Cellos: 34.4 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Basses: 20.0 GB
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Sinphonica Maestosa Strings $499.99

60 players.One expressive instrument.

The string orchestra is capable of almost everything: intimacy, tension, movement, drama and overwhelming scale. MAESTOSA Strings, the first collection in the Sinphonica series, was created to capture all of it — and put it in your hands to shape. Recorded at Officine Meccaniche in Milan, a 60-piece Italian string ensemble was captured in extraordinary detail to create an instrument that combines the emotional character of a real orchestra with the control demanded by modern composers. Because capturing a great orchestra is only the beginning. MAESTOSA gives you the sound. Sinphonica gives you the tools to sculpt it.

OVERVIEW

Sinphonica Overview

A true symphonic string section

MAESTOSA Strings is built around a full symphonic ensemble: 16 First Violins, 14 Second Violins, 12 Violas, 10 Cellos, 8 Double Basses.
Sixty musicians performing as a unified orchestra, recorded to preserve both the individuality of each section and the natural interaction of the complete ensemble.
The result delivers the weight required for cinematic scoring while retaining the detail and musicality needed for exposed arrangements.
From a single intimate line to the full force of sixty players, the orchestra becomes your material to shape.

Expression in every direction

MAESTOSA Strings offers a remarkably deep articulation set, including approximately 20 long and 9 short articulation families, covering the essential vocabulary of orchestral strings and extending far beyond it.
Sustains move through five perfectly calibrated dynamic layers, while short articulations feature extensive round robins — up to six — helping repeated passages retain the natural variation of a live performance.
But the real difference is not simply how many articulations were recorded.
It’s how naturally you can move between them, and how deeply you can shape the performance.

Acoustic Realism with PALCO™ Technology

PALCO™ is Sinphonica’s 3D orchestral positioning system, powered by proprietary virtual stage positioning technology.
Unlike conventional stereo panning, PALCO uses impulse responses captured from multiple positions across the stage and multiple microphone configurations. As you move a section, PALCO interpolates between these acoustic measurements, reproducing the corresponding changes in localization, depth, room response and microphone perspective.
This allows each section to be positioned naturally within the recorded acoustic space, while maintaining the spatial character of the original hall.

Five ways to connect every note

Legato is at the heart of convincing sampled strings.
MAESTOSA Strings provides five dedicated responsive legato types:
Slur for natural lyrical transitions.
Glissando for expressive movement between notes.
Portamento Slow for emotional, exposed passages.
Portamento Fast for a cantabile, lyrical legato.
Runs for fluid movement across faster phrases.
Together they provide one of the most comprehensive legato toolsets in its class, allowing a performance to change character without changing instruments.
From delicate melodic writing to sweeping cinematic lines, MAESTOSA follows the performance, giving every phrase the movement and expression of real players.

Morph your orchestra

Why should articulations always behave like switches?
With Articulation Morphing, Sinphonica lets you continuously crossfade between two articulations using MIDI CC or velocity.
Move from one playing style into another inside the phrase. Build hybrid articulations. Create evolving performances that would otherwise require multiple tracks and complex automation.
Instead of simply selecting articulations, you can sculpt the movement between them.
Expression becomes continuous instead of binary.

Made in Italy. Sculpted for you.

The best orchestral libraries can be technically impressive.
Sinphonica aims for something more.
An orchestra with character.
An instrument with immediacy.
A sound with the depth to be transformed by the composer.
Captured from extraordinary Italian musicians. Refined through meticulous technology. Placed in your hands to shape into something entirely your own.
Because great sound shouldn’t simply be reproduced.
It should be sculpted.

Cinematic nature

Beyond traditional orchestral articulations, MAESTOSA includes an extensive collection of cinematic textures and evolving sounds created from the same orchestral world.
Use them to add movement beneath conventional arrangements, build tension, create atmospheric transitions or transform the orchestra into an entirely new sound source.
Traditional orchestration and contemporary cinematic sound design finally live inside the same instrument — giving you new material to shape into sounds that go far beyond the traditional orchestra.

Build your orchestra

Start with the strings you need. Build the orchestra you want. Then shape every detail until the performance becomes uniquely yours. Choose the individual MAESTOSA string session you need, or bring all five sections together in the complete collection.
Each session is an instrument in its own right, while together they form the full symphonic vision of MAESTOSA Strings.
TECHNOLOGY
Specs
Sinphonica is a 64-bit application and requires a 64 bit CPU and Operating System.
Mac® (64-bits)
Minimal: Apple M1 or Intel® Core i5 Processor,16 GB Ram, MacOs 10.15 or newer. At least 250 GB of hard disk space*.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): Audio Units, VST 3, AAX.
Windows® (64-bits)
Minimal: Core i5 Processor or equivalent, 16 GB of RAM, Windows 10 (64 bit) or newer. At least 250 GB of hard disk space*.
Requires an ASIO compatible sound card.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): VST 3, AAX.
Internet connection is required for authorization.
* Single products hard disk space.
Sinphonica Maestosa Strings: 133.1 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Violins I: 26.9 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Violins II: 26.1 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Violas: 25.7 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Cellos: 34.4 GB
Sinphonica Strings - Basses: 20.0 GB

Your Orchestra. Your workflow.

The Sinphonica Player keeps sophisticated orchestral programming direct.
Build your own articulation maps with an intuitive drag-and-drop Articulation Editor. Shape response with the Dynamic Curve.
Then finish the sound with integrated EQ, stereo imaging and multiple reverb environments.
And with dedicated ensemble patches, you can play the orchestra immediately while retaining control over the individual string sections.
Less programming. More performing. More freedom to sculpt the sound around your music.

From the first note to the final score

MAESTOSA Strings brings together the things composers usually have to choose between:
Symphonic scale and intimate detail.
Deep sampling and immediate workflow.
Traditional orchestral performance and cinematic sound design.
Multiple microphone perspectives and virtual positioning.
Power and playability.
All inside one integrated string instrument.

From performance to sculpted sound

Before the microphones. Before the software. Before the first sample was edited, there was a question:
What should a modern orchestral instrument feel like?
For Sinphonica, the answer began in Italy.
Not simply because Italy is our home, but because Italy has spent centuries turning craftsmanship into expression — through music, instrument making, opera, cinema, architecture and art.
We wanted to approach the virtual orchestra with that same philosophy.
Not as a collection of samples. As an instrument shaped from real performances. And so we started where every great orchestra starts: With musicians.

The right place to capture it

That room was Officine Meccaniche in Milan.
We chose it not simply as a recording studio, but as an essential part of the sound.
Its combination of detail, dimension and musical character allowed us to preserve the immediacy of the players while capturing the natural sense of space around the complete ensemble. Microphones were positioned throughout the room, from intimate perspectives close to the musicians to the wider image heard from the conductor’s position. Every perspective captured a different relationship between player, orchestra and space. The room wasn’t something we wanted to remove from the recordings. It was part of the instrument we wanted to build.

Capturing a performance

The sessions went far beyond recording notes at different dynamics.
We wanted to capture what makes strings expressive: the beginning of a bow stroke, the transition between notes, the tension of a crescendo, the subtle variations between players and the movement that happens inside a sustained sound. We also encouraged the orchestra to move beyond conventional playing — exploring unusual gestures, textures and performances that became part of MAESTOSA’s more cinematic side.
Because we weren’t simply recording notes. We were capturing the raw material of expression.
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