Albion



This library contains 13 instruments and 73 articulations:
Orchestra Brass Hi
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Legato
  • FX 1
  • FX 2
Orchestra Brass Lo
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Legato
  • FX 1
  • FX 2
Orchestra Brass Mid
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Legato
Orchestra Piano
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Short (Ring) (4 rr)
  • Short (Mute) (4 rr)
  • FX Cluster
  • FX Misc
Orchestra String Hi
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Pizzicato (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Long CS
  • Short (Octave) (4 rr)
  • Long (Octave)
  • Long (CS Octave)
  • Short (Ostinatum) (4 rr)
  • Spicc (Ostinatum) (4 rr)
  • Legato
  • Legato (CS)
  • Legato (Octave)
  • FX 1
  • FX 2
  • FX 3
Orchestra String Lo
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Pizzicato (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Long CS
  • Short (Octave) (4 rr)
  • Long (Octave)
  • Long (CS Octave)
  • Brush (Ostinatum) (4 rr)
  • Spicc (Ostinatum) (4 rr)
  • Legato
  • FX 1
  • FX 2
Orchestra Woodwind Hi
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Short (Alt) (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Long (Alt)
  • Legato
  • FX 1
  • FX 2
  • Run
Orchestra Woodwind Lo
  • Short (4 rr)
  • Long
  • Legato
  • FX 1
  • FX 2
Percussion Cymbals & Gongs
  • Cymbals 1
  • Cymbals 2
  • Tams & Gongs
Percussion Easter Island Hits 1
  • Easter Island Hits
Percussion Hits
  • Sub hits (4 rr)
  • Low hits (4 rr)
  • Mid hits (4 rr)
  • Hi hits (4 rr)
  • Hi Stick hits (4 rr)
  • All (4 rr)
Percussion Metal Shop 1
  • Metal Shop (4 rr)
Percussion Swells
  • Low Swells
  • Mid Swells
  • High Swells
  • All Swells

27th November 2014
Albion Updated (5.2.2)

Albion was updated to v5.2.2

Extra stats:
  • 2mb in size
Changes:
  • Ostinatum presets were missing from download (new customers only)
  • Redux content was missing from download (new customers only)
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17th September 2014
Albion Updated (5.2.1)

Albion was updated to v5.2.1

Extra stats:
  • 2mb in size
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • New method for 'time machine' patches that preserves room whilst allowing control over note length
  • FX added to time machine patches (control run speed or FX length)
  • Time machine patches for Ensemble shorts have been added
  • Time machine patches now share articulation mapping with main patches (rest notes for unused artics)
  • Tweaked start offset in Ensemble String shorts to fix double notes and timing
  • Tweaked start offset in String Hi Ostinatum shorts to fix timing
  • Performance improvements under the hood
  • Moved to the latest BML codebase
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1st April 2014
Albion Updated (5.1)

Albion was significantly updated to v5.1

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • New Mic Mixer presets functionality. Copy/Paste mic settings between open patches or save them as NKA presets.
  • Velocity response option to the mixer menu (switch between linear, shelf, exponential and logarithmic).
  • New articulation switcher system from the latest BML codebase.
  • Ability to select and layer multiple instruments at once by holding SHIFT when clicking the instrument icon.
  • Speed slider now working correctly in Legato articulations
  • Tuning on non-tree mics on Woodwinds ensembles
  • Fixed loop points on Ensemble patches
  • Voice limits on releases
  • Neighbouring Round Robin now works correctly
  • FX now working on Brunel patches.
  • Ostinatum presets now renamed so that they'll expand on PC
  • Performance improvements under the hood.
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17th August 2013
Albion Updated (5.0)

Albion was significantly updated to v5.0

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • New Brunel Loops content
  • New Stephenson Steam band content
  • New Darwin Percussion content
  • New Albion Orchestra content
  • New unified UI to match the latest Spitfire releases
  • Individual NKIs for every section and articulation
  • BML Sable Volume 2 overlays
  • BML Horns Volume 1 overlays
  • 'Persistent releases'. Release triggers no longer fade out when moving the mod wheel
  • 'fp Hall trigger'. When moving from fp to lower dynamics (in select articulations) the hall reverb is retained
  • Round Robin layering to thicken the texture
  • Marcatos (and leisurely staccatos) can now be released early with an RT
  • Stereo Collapse for the close mic functionality
  • Per articulation mixing ability
  • Moves the Albion series to the 'BML' codebase with all its latest features and functionality
  • Latest version of the FX sequencer and Ostinatum machine
  • Latest UACC specification implemented
  • Dynamics & Expression
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9th May 2013
Albion Updated (4.2)

Albion was updated to v4.2

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • FX sequencer now working properly again
  • Ostinatum no longer has issues in two-handed percussion mode
  • Tweaks to the starting times of Strings Hi shorts
  • Neighbouring zones now pitch bend correcly
  • Various bugfixes across the entire range
  • New 'Start Offset' patches to control sample start offset on tree/ambient/outrigger mics
  • Hard attack now available on Long articulation
  • UACC support to a majority of the articulation types
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26th February 2013
Albion Updated (4.0)

Albion was significantly updated to v4.0

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • Various bugfixes across the entire range
  • Unified patches to bring all articulations of an instrument into a single NKI with keyswitching
  • New 'Combined' patches to merge Lo/Hi sections instead of cumbersome MULTIS
  • New 'Time Machine' patches to stretch/squash the short samples time-wise.
  • New 'Overlay' patches to easily blend Albion with Loegria/Iceni/Sable/Solo Strings
  • New 'The Cog' patches to tweak the instrument on a granular level to your preference
  • The latest version of Spitfire's Ostinatum machine (configurable keyswitches, multiple tracks, etc.)
  • Highly configurable articulation mapping (assign and group articulations to notes, CCs, velocities and MIDI channels)
  • Customisable CC can be used to quickly change articulation (defaults to CC32)
  • Expression control added to all patches
  • ADSR control added to the Stephenson/Brunel patches
  • Route a microphone's output by clicking the mic title
  • Improved Round Robin rese
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16th June 2012
Albion Updated (3.0)

Albion was significantly updated to v3.0

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • Fixed RR turned off option
  • Inactive keys are now black rather than white
  • All patches (even FX) now have transpose effect on visual keyboard
  • New, more flexible, multitrack ostinatum machine
  • Experimental simulated Round Robin legato support
  • Rejigged the UI around a bit to fit new things on
  • TM versions of all shorts patches with latest scripting/programming
  • When moving volumes to zero, tracks are automatically purge/deactivated.
  • When moving volumes above zero, tracks are automatically loaded/deactivated.
  • CC22-25 now control volume. CC1 controls dynamics, CC21 controls vibrato
  • Info pane on the left shows information (ost. values, status, etc.)
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19th March 2012
Albion Updated (2.0)

Albion was significantly updated to v2.0

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • V1V2 and VC Ostinatum patches rebuilt for tightness and more consistent sound
  • Brass Hi Longs rebuilt for tighter tuning
  • Brass Hi Shorts rebuilt for tighter tuning and timing
  • Various bug fixes
  • Solo Mic option removed – CMD/CTRL clicking a mic position now solos that mic
  • Sample start offset option functionality for all short patches
  • Load/Save ability added to ostinatum
  • Transpose typo on the main panel fixed
  • Transpose offset of blue keys is now shown in the Kontakt visual keyboard
  • RR reset now overlays the blue notes and is always visible
  • RR reset no longer affects sustain/legato patches
  • Ostinatum remembers the articulation type keyswitch
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18th August 2011
Albion Updated (1.01)

Albion was updated to v1.01

Extra stats:
  • New patches
  • New script
Changes:
  • Various
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