Audio Imperia
Dolce $499
Audio Imperia bring us a package of chamber-sized strings, inspired by a golden Hollywood age. Who said romance is dead, asks Dave Gale?
If there is one word which we’ve liberally applied to Audio Imperia releases in the past, it is ‘epic’. Known for its superbly-styled cinematic sounds, Audio Imperia has garnered a reputation for classy orchestral and cinematic sounds, which gravitate to a large canvas.
In a no less welcome change of direction, Dolce is a library which has been collaboratively created between Audio Imperia, and Jasper Blunk from Performance Samples. Stacking up to a sizeable 80GB of samples, Dolce endorses a smaller orchestral footprint, concentrating exclusively on strings. The sampling gathers 21 players, with the 1st Violins comprising seven players, down to three players in each of the cello and double bass sections.