I was interested in testing Nightfall on a scoring project I’m currently working on. While the clean and intuitive user interface shares much DNA with Sunset Strings, it also adds a handful of very useful new features to allow for more customization and sonic mangling (more on that later).Īnother handy new feature is the Automatic Modwheel option, a continuous sweeping modulation between the two layers that runs automatically, driven by either the host DAW’s tempo or by a user-customizable speed value. In addition, a great deal of new material ranging from synthetic ambiences to pulsing rhythms coupled with new features such as filters and automated parameters all contribute to make Nightfall feel like its own self-contained beast.

All of the existing string samples have all been substantially processed and altered, lending a much more textural sonic character that is quite different from Sunset Strings. Some of the material in this library is derived from Sunset Strings, but calling Nightfall an “expansion set” wouldn’t do it justice.

The result yields a modern sound palette that seems perfect for those looking to produce scores that follow the recent trends. Nightfall expertly blends previously recorded samples from Sunset Strings with pulsing synths and processed textures. This year Mike continues to keep us on our toes with the release of the textural synth/orchestral strings hybrid instrument Nightfall. Recently ago he subverted expectations once more by releasing Sunset Strings, one of the most versatile and useful strings libraries in recent times. He first entered the sampling scene with a couple of folk/acoustic libraries (Realibanjo and Fingerpick), then tapped into pop and jazz vocal samples with Realivox Ladies and Blue, and then switched it up to urban rhythms with Hip Hop Creator. I can use many adjectives to describe Realitone sample developer Mike Greene, but predictable isn’t one of them.

Kays Al-Atrakchi calls it “One of the most exciting new products to come out in recent years.”

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