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Spitfire Audio – Kepler Orchestra £249

Spitfire Audio have a long, impressive resumé of high-quality instruments and libraries, and are no strangers to the pages of Mag. Alongside their usual attention to detail, in terms of the performance and recording aspects of their orchestral libraries, Spitfire often employ a range of ways to maximise the usefulness and immediacy of many of their collections. Kepler orchestra is no exception and features a chamber orchestra recorded in the wonderful-sounding AIR Studio 1 (familiar to users of other Spitfire collections). The focus this time is on late 20th-century American systems composition style, and as a self-confessed fanboy of Steve Reich, I

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