Impact Soundworks Tokyo Scoring Strings Essentials is a streamlined edition of a Spitfire classic, offering instant access to world-class scoring sound quality tailored for film, TV, game scores, and pop records. This library features 53 essential techniques performed by 16 of the world’s finest string players, recorded in the renowned Sound City studio in Tokyo, Japan.

Captured with pristine clarity and expressive nuance, this collection provides five orchestral string sections—Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, and Basses—plus an Ensemble patch. The library offers a wide range of articulations including sustains, pizzicato, staccato, spiccato, tremolo, and more, each recorded with multiple dynamics and vibrato levels to enable deeply expressive performances.

Featuring an advanced legato system with five distinct legato types (Legato Bow, Legato Slur, Lyrical Legato, Runs Legato, and Marcato Legato), Tokyo Scoring Strings Essentials ensures smooth and natural transitions between notes. Powered by Impact Soundworks’ proprietary Spectral Fusion System, the legato performances are realistic and consistent.

Users benefit from three hand-sculpted microphone mixes—Anima Mix, Cinema Mix, and Board Mix—as well as individual mic positions (Close, Decca, Side, Back) for custom mixing preferences. The groundbreaking Lookahead mode analyzes MIDI input to produce expressive, realistic performances with consistent delay, simplifying workflow and enhancing playability.

The Total Articulation Control Technology (TACT) allows flexible customization of articulation mappings using keyswitches, MIDI CCs, velocity, or combinations, fitting any composer's workflow seamlessly.

• Five orchestral string sections plus Ensemble patch
• 53 essential playing techniques and articulations
• Five advanced legato types with realistic transitions
• Three unique microphone mixes plus individual mic positions
• Lookahead mode for expressive, natural MIDI performances
• Customizable articulation mapping with TACT technology