An Army of Cellos 

66 Cellos is the latest installment in our Legion series of epic ensembles, a line dedicated to solving the specific need for large-scale ensembles in modern scores. 

Recorded in our favorite modern recording hall, 66 Cellos features only the best cellists gathered from across Europe for this once-in-a-lifetime sampling opportunity. Not only did we record a large set of core articulations for the ensemble, such as sustains, legatos, and short notes but we also recorded a substantial collection of ensemble effects such as tuning clusters, seagulls, and Host-Sync’d ostinatos. The range of these articulations and the instantly massive sound available in every option of the library make it a joy to work with and an essential in any cinematic composer’s toolkit. The library features 10 different microphone perspectives to best represent the sounds of the space and ensemble.  

The range of options included with the library is easily accessible from the familiar 3D-rendered user interface available with all our Legion Series libraries. These options include our 4-part effects engine, expression, gate, and tuning options as well as an intuitive step sequencer. You can also quickly and easily control or automate the playback of the samples with attack, release, speed, pitch envelope, glide and offset controls. 

Sampling ensembles of this size comes with unique challenges and with these challenges spark endless creativity, not only in recording techniques used, but also with the textures and styles of articulations that can be created with an ensemble of this caliber. We spared no expense in creating the new standard in epic scoring.