Introducing: British Drama Toolkit

[@lXlDimmuborgirlXl]

I just purchased this. The first 20 seconds of playing a few chords and melodies, I was fighting back holding tears. I’ve never before had the urge to cry from my own music. Thank you so much Spitfire Audio ❤️

[@airc6361]

Amezing i feel you

[@mantis834]

I have a crush on Spitfire. Could that be a thing, who knows...I just love everything these guys do, not only the products but the tutorials to back everything up, the interviews - Christian's existential, humorous rants and riddles surrounding the reasons of why we do what we do, etc., I just can't wait to buy this among other of their libs. Oh and those string examples at 13:20 and 13:25 in this video remind me so much of Murcof's "Martes" album.

[@issiewizzie]

Christian Henson's expressions is like watching a kid in a candy store

[@GenuineHeather]

His enthusiasm is infectious. :)

[@wearetemporary]

Very inspiring... not just the library itself, but also the overall approach. This is most certainly something I’ll be thinking about for a long time and draw upon when constructing my own Kontakt instruments.

[@Limbiclesion]

This is a great library and such an emotionally contextual and expressive instrument. It’s superb for exploring ideas and then follow through to motifs and harmonies which could complete a piece. 🙏🦄🎩 it’s like an elegant scent in the evening air. 🧚

[@phillystax]

Such a beautifully simple yet complex sounding library!

[@HesamSeyedMousavi]

Fabulous sounds..! love ambient and never have I heard such realistic sounds!

[@HewWagner]

This is fascinating! Not only does it sound wonderful, but I’m really interested in this ‘velocity based’ concept. Looking forward to where you might take it next. Perhaps if there was a more orchestral version you could hold down some strings texture at the lower velocity and then play a French horn melody at the higher velocity. Would be very inspiring. Or perhaps the lower velocity feeds the texture into the arpeggiator, so you can get all sorts of rhythms, and then play at high velocity to get melody on top of that.

[@srgttamtam]

I love to see how excited chris is, cz i am literally the same, sitting here like a little child in front of his wrapped up christmas presents, ready to launch himself onto that pile of goodness.

[@vincentschiphorst]

Love this library. Great Work Again!

[@basswolf86]

Absolutely amazing! I didn’t think this kit would be something I’d be interested in. Completely wrong, you’ve done it again!!!

[@joshcann]

This is such a great video! I don't even care what it sounds like, those two are so inspired and tickled by it, how can you not need some BDT in your life?

[@J-MLindeMusic]

Sounds absolutely beautiful!

[@SwapneelGhosh95]

My god. The last 3 hand playing session was beautiful. Basically the best music company out there. :)

[@abbasalikhan]

Drooling Drooling, what a beatiful Lib

[@jacobsmith1877]

I would really love it if the lead layers were legato. If engaged, successively played lead layers could automatically trigger legato samples, while the soft and texture layers would continue to be polyphonic.

[@LeeBlaske]

I bought the library and I’m really enjoying it. Are there any tips for the optimum way to dial back the volume of the top velocity, loud layer? For me, the loud samples are a bit too loud on some of the presets. It would actually be nice if there was an expression control for just the loud layer on the GUI that could be independently assigned to a controller. Maybe it’s there somewhere, and I missed it.

[@maxtofone]

Exiting library! How do you pro composer go about producing a notated score when working with this kind of library? ... or you do not bother about having real musicians performing the music that was originally created with this kind of library? I am just curious and thanks for any comments, suggestions and feedback... Cheers, Max T.

[@SzabolcsBoszormenyi]

Hi Max! It can be some software turning the midi notes into a traditional music notation. Like presonus Notion. Or someone can write down the notes after hearing it. Vangelis got a home studo where he plays a full orchestra and records the audio and there are people working for him who listens the recordings and write down the notations for the whole orchestra. Have a nice day! =)

[@nativeVS]

The strings just remind me so much of the great Normand Corbeil.

[@utapau235]

Why do most composers have a multicolored qwerty keyboard? Anywhere I can find more info on this?

[@robnorthcott7977]

Colour-coded Pro Tools shortcuts

[@ToreGThomassen]

Sounds amazing!

[@MrMusic238]

Sublime lads. Fucking sublime!

[@musicgarth1]

Can I call you gits?? ......... I'm going to resist and resist right up to the point I have had my third glass of wine and know without doubt that I'm going to end up buying this!! I am then going to get found out and grovelling will be involved. Great idea, great library by the way.

[@charlesgaskell5899]

Looking at the video, it does seem incredibly laggy on the highest velocity layer - you hit the note, and then the sound emerges a good few fractions of a second later, with a very soft attack, almost creeping in

[@halcyondaystunes]

Charles Gaskell Well maybe that's how it is set. I'm sure you can adjust the attack to your personal preference.

[@Fwuzeem]

With this library you can certainly produce music by the pound.

[@richdewhittaker1746]

Awesome

[@JureJerebic]

Amazing!

[@desoconnor7445]

One of the best third party 🎉 libraries released by Spitfire ,sonically sound…contextually rich. 🙏🙏🏿🎵🎩🦄👍✨

[@TaffmanGuyo]

When using this toolkit does it need to be on the main drive of my laptop / pc or can it be loaded onto an external hard drive? Thanks.

[@MeAlexSenna]

TaffmanGuyo you can install it in the shared folder of kontakt or in an external HD. Whatever you choose you need to aim for a fast transfer data solution. It can became very laggy in some library’s

[@Mrjononotbono]

Sounds great!

[@richarddunn367]

Hey, Christian! How can you transition from using your mouse to compose (which is incredibly slow and awkward), to using two hands on a keyboard to create instantly??

[@bobheatliesongs]

Whilst watching this I felt a burning sensation on my right buttock. Note to self. Always carry your wallet in your inside jacket pocket!

[@bobheatliesongs]

Yes, I’m having this one!

[@mryouchiniro1074]

Lovely people Great library

[@JDatkinsonMUSIC]

Bravo!!!

[@marktpaynemusic8188]

Damn, damn, damn...... That's another load of money you've just taken from me whilst watching this.

[@simongentry]

when we first started selling synclaviers at bandive - it was the keyswitches / velocity mapping setups in a sample based environment that made client minds up - with no disrespect - this is an old technique - rediscovered and sold as something new - it does sound great - but it's not new.

[@jennifergala]

This screams quality. The HZ strings though not good.

[@audios22]

Hello PayPal? get ready, I'm coming again from Spitfire Audio.

[@mufudzimaposa]

Hmmm this library though....

[@kimmolaine665]

Wicked

[@stepanok]

....im looking forward to to fartotron and pisswave libraries........with artculations obviously..........

[@beatz04]

Next please: Clare Fischer (Prince, Donald Byrd, Michael Jackson etc.) composer toolkit :)

[@joefox1642]

A lazy man’s library this. Next Shillfire will come up with an algorithm that just “writes” the cue for you...

[@felixdreiser]

sure, bro

[@willhelliwell]

If you have to write a cue and you're up against it, this is amazing. It also sounds beautiful. AI is definitely coming and will be able to write a lot of stuff so we better learn how to use it.