SYMPHOBIA COLOURS ANIMATOR

Your go-to source for scoring cartoons, animated features, light games or sitcoms

ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours Pack is a brand-new virtual instrument series that expands the world of Symphobia. Building on the Symphobia concept, Symphobia Colours brings you fresh sounds in smaller packages. Animator, the first library of its kind, marks the launch of this exciting new series.

Just updated to 2.0! A brand-new design, with greatly improved control over the features you need most. Update through the Native Access app.

Laughing clarinets, jazzy staccatos, xylophone winks and trombone slides – Symphobia Colours: Animator is a library dedicated to all things funny. Instantly playable, Animator will become your go-to source when scoring cartoons, animated features, light games or sitcoms.

Animator pays homage to the masters of animation scoring – Scott Bradley and Carl Stalling. Featuring an ensemble that consists of (bass) clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, contrabass, piano, harp and percussion, the library focuses on short, snappy and playable articulations, phrases and special effects. These recordings are grouped by action, with names such as 'Wink Wink', 'Uh Oh' and 'Laughter', enabling you to quickly find the sound you need.

Animator focuses on ensemble recordings, with differently arranged instrument combinations spread over the keyboard. A selection of articulations is also available for individual instruments, such as a laughing glissando played by just clarinet or trombone.

Furthermore, a selection of cartoon sounds from Symphobia 3: Lumina is included. The Animator interface allows for real-time mixing of the 3 mic positions, independent pitch and speed controlling, tempo syncing and on-the-fly octave shifting. All this makes Animator ProjectSAM's most playable and – dare we say it – funniest library to date.

PROJECTSAM SYMPHOBIA COLOURS ANIMATOR KEY FEATURES: 

• Aimed at cartoon, feature animation, light games and sitcoms
• Arrangement: (bass) clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, bass, piano, harp & percussion
• Instantly playable, pre-arranged articulations and effects
• Select solo articulations and effects
• 3 concert hall mic positions with real-time mixing
• Tempo-synced runs & phrases
• Free time-stretch control for majority of instruments
• Tempo sync for runs and phrases
• On-the-fly octave shifting (nudge instrument mapping left or right)
• Contains select material from Symphobia 3: Lumina
• 4.8 GB library pool (2.5 GB in compressed NCW format)
• 44.1 kHz 24 bit
• License for Kontakt Player 6.4.2 or higher included
• Fast and easy download experience with ProjectSAM Downloader

ProjectSAM has also developed a series of tutorial videos on scoring for difference themes and genres. Click on the image below to check some of them out, including tutorials using ProjectSAM instruments such as Symphobia, Lumina, Swing! and Orchestral Essentials.

ARTICULATIONS LIST

The following overview lists the exact arrangements and articulations for every patch found in ANIMATOR.

1. In Disguise
Ens staccatos with ride (clar, bsn, piano, bass, harp, trp, ride)
Ens marcatos with trem ride (clar, bsn, piano, bass, harp, trp, ride)
Ens falls (clar, bsn, piano, bass, harp, trp, ride)
Muted wah trumpet staccatos
Muted wah trumpet marcatos
Double bass plucked
Double bass with ride cym
Double bass long and ride tremolo
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, harp)

2. Wink wink
Wink effect by xylo, piano and clar
Wink effect by xylo and piano
Single wink effect by xylo and piano
Dizzy whirl effect by piano and harp
Subtle clusters by clar, harp and bass
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, harp)

3. Tiptoe
Long upward and downward chromatic phrases (bsn, trp, tbn, vibes, piano, bass)
Short chromatic tiptoe'ing phrases (trp, vibes, piano, bass, snare)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, harp)

4. Uh Oh
Variety of panicky trill and flutter effects (bsn, trp, tbn, piano, bass, vln, harp, xylo)
Downward trombone falls (flutter trombone and snare)

5 & 6. Keep it Short (with and without speed control)
Ens marcatos (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)
Ens staccatos (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)
With and without glockenspiel

7. Laughter
'Laughter' effects in multiple velocities and lengths (clar, violin, tbn, muted tbn, muted trp, flexatone)

8. Glisses and Slides
Double bass slide effects
Up and downward minor 3rd glisses (clar, violin, tbn)

9. Victory
Repeated arpeggio 'victory' chords (bsn, violin, trp, tbn, bass)
Single arpeggio 'victory' chords (bsn, violin, trp, tbn, bass, crotales)
Subtle arpeggio phrases (violin, harp, piano and xylo)
Diminished arpeggio chords (harp, piano and crotales)

10. Let's Play Tag
Fast repetition notes (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, trp, tbn, harp, vibes)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

11. Cartoon Percussion
A selection of castanet, flexatone, slide whistle and snare drum sounds

12. Miscellaneous
Low short notes (piano, bass, bass drum)
Grace notes (bclar, piano, bass, bass drum)
Major and minor trills (bsn, clar, vln, bas, piano, harp, woodblock)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

13. Runs - Major and Wholetone
Downward, upward en up/downward runs (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, trp, tbn, harp)
Downward and upward whole tone runs by (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, trp, tbn, harp, vibes)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

14. Runs - Chromatic
Upward chromatic runs (clarinet and violin)
Downward and upward chromatic runs (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, trp, tbn, harp, xylo)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

15. Phrases - Collection 1
3 musical phrases with variations (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, harp, xylophone, woodblock, flexatone)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

16. Phrases - Collection 2
3 musical phrases with variations (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, harp, xylophone)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

17. Phrases - Flea Circus
'Flea circus' phrases in several variations (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, bass, violin, harp, xylophone)
Ens staccatos low velocity (clar/bclar, bsn, piano, db, harp)

18. Phrases - Is It Jazz
Double bass and ride (played with brushes) short
Double bass long and ride tremolo
Jazz phrases (clar, bsn, muted wah tbn, muted wah trp, bass, ride)
Dominant 7th Jazz chords (clar, bsn, muted wah tbn, muted wah trp, bass, ride)

Used abbreviations: clar = clarinet, bclar = bass clarinet, bsn = bassoon, trp = trumpet, tbn = trombone

Velocity layers: 2-3 on average
Round robins: 2-3 on average

FORMAT:

• Kontakt library