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Until Audiobro’s La Scoring Strings: First Chair (Lass First Chair) library first made an appearance a couple of years ago, Vienna Symphonic Library’s DVD Solo Strings library was pretty much the only serious solo string game in town. Lass First Chair was never originally intended to be for lead parts as such – as the name suggests, it’s the first chair in the full Lass ensemble and strictly speaking not lead at all. But it has nevertheless been adopted for this purpose by many composers – it was eventually launched as a standalone product; it has a good expressive range and it is very easy to play.

Now into the marketplace comes a completely new offering: Spitfire Audio Solo Strings. In contrast to Lass, which is relatively dry, Spitfire makes their space an integral part of the library, recording at the world renowned Air Studios in London. Perhaps even more significant,...

Win Spitfire Audio’s Newest Creation Solo Strings in SCOREcast’s 2nd Annual Cue Contest

This year, SCOREcast is teaming up with Spitfire Audio to give away a copy of their hot new sample library, Solo Strings—the premiere solo string library for Kontakt.

SCOREcast wants to hear what you can do with limited instrumentation, and if you blow our minds, you’ll win your very own copy of Solo Strings by Spitfire! To enter to win, all you need to do is compose a melodic cue that is 60 to 90 seconds long, and uses Three virtual instruments—one of them being a solo instrument of your choice. So, get your palette together, dream up a memorable melody line, and get to crackin! The contest starts Today!

We’ll get to the complete contest rules and eligibility requirements in a second, but right now, here’s the scoop on your prize...