8Dio Acoustic Grand Ensembles AGE Vol 2

Welcome to AGE – Acoustic Grand Ensembles – the most comprehensive collection of alternative ensembles ever done.

AGE (Acoustic Grand Ensembles) series is produced by Academy Award, TEC and G.A.N.G Award Winning Composer, Troels Folmann and Emmy nominated composer and orchestrator, Colin O’Malley.

AGE Vol. 2 contains four different types of Grand Ensembles and two unique Synthetic Ensemble types. The Acoustic Grand Ensembles consists of Harp Ensemble, Cimbalon Ensemble, Marimba Ensemble and Windchime Ensemble. The synthetic ensembles are comprised of Bulbul Tarang, Hang Drum, Mandolin and Ukulele Ensembles. In addition the library also contains a large section of custom ambiences designed by Steve Tavaglione (Music and Ambient Designer for Thomas Newman)

The microphones are divided into two core groups: Ensemble (Close, Mixed, Decca, Far, Wide) and Divisi (Spot Mic 1-7 depending on instrument amounts). So can choose whether you want full ensemble or zoom in on the individual instrument in the ensembles. Recorded in the same signature hall as 8Dio CAGE and custom 8W/Emperium libraries.

All the Grand Ensembles were recorded in several different ways depending on the nature of the instrument. The Harp Ensemble contains both sustains, staccatos, tremolos and a variety of unique glissando patterns – whereas the Cimbalon contains different types of sustains and staccatos, tremolos and other struck type of FX. The gorgeous Marimba Ensemble was recorded with different mallet types and with several velocity layers and round robin.

AGE Vol. 2 also contains 80 different custom synths that were all designed with the source content. The entire AGE library contains over 28GB (compressed from +60GB) of data and over 23.000 samples.

The incredible depth of the AGE articulations is supported by our custom Chaos Engine, which contains over 80.000 lines of code. The Chaos Engine allows you to easily manipulate the instruments by the ability to randomize all the rack-fx (key-control, internal step-sequencer, advanced arpeggiator, filters, EQ, bit-crusher, distortion, trance-gate, dual stereo-delay and dual convolution reverb).

In addition the entire user-interface (UI) was designed in gorgeous 3D and in a way that allows both newcomers and experts to get rolling in a matter of seconds. AGE is using a variety of components from our exclusive V8P series and contains over 80.000 lines of code giving you the ultimate flexibility and playability.

AGE is the most comprehensive collection of Alternative Acoustic Grand Ensembles ever done. Something magical happens when you take several Concert Harps, Cimbaloms, Marimbas, Windchimes and put them in ensemble configurations. Its impossible to describe and impossible to replicate.