IK Mulitimedia And Sonic Reality Announce Shipping Of Miroslav Refills

IK Multimedia, the worldwide distributor of Sonic Reality's Refills for Reason®, and Sonic Reality, world-renowned sound developer, are proud to announce that the "Miroslav Refill Series" will be shipping in January.

Each Miroslav Refill comes on a DVD and includes additional articulations, ensembles and performance elements designed for use with Reason 3's Combinator module and NN-XT sampler.

Miroslav orchestral samples are considered to be some of the most lush and beautiful ever created. Now these sounds are available specifically for Reason Users with a custom Combinator module to shape and craft the sound with! 6 new titles from the Sonic Refill series contain collections of instruments recorded by the legendary Miroslav Vitous, with emotional quality and true acoustic spatial positioning in the Prague's Dvorak Hall.

6 affordable orchestral titles are available:

• Miroslav String Ensembles
• The Miroslav Ensemble Strings Refill offers beautifully sampled ensemble strings from the legendary Miroslav Orchestra collection. This dynamic Refill for Reason 3 features 11 and 24-violin sections, violas, celli and basses played in a variety of performance articulations such as legato, staccato, pizzicato, tremolo, sul ponte, spiccato, detache and more. It also includes additional bonus symphonic textures and powerful interactive orchestra combination patches.

   

   

• Miroslav Solo Strings
• The Miroslav Solo Strings Refill includes the solo violin, viola, cello and contrabass of the Miroslav Orchestra archives. An incredible range of performance articulations such as legato, staccato, pizzicato, tremolo, sul ponte, spiccato, detache and more make this one of the most beautiful and playable collections of solo strings and small string ensembles around. Includes additional bonus symphonic textures and powerful interactive orchestra combination patches.

   

   

   

• Miroslav Brass
• The Miroslav Brass Refill delivers instantly playable solo and ensemble brass featuring trumpets, trombones, French horns, tuba and more directly from the Miroslav Orchestra archives. Plenty of performance articulations are included such as sustained, portato, staccato, vibrato, muted, looped and non-looped, full duration plus orchestral layers for a majestic symphonic sound. This dynamic Refill for Reason 3 also includes additional bonus symphonic textures and powerful interactive orchestra combination patches.

   

   

• Miroslav Woodwinds
• The Miroslav Woodwinds Refill delivers a complete collection of expressive solo and ensemble woodwinds from the Miroslav Orchestra archives, such as flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, English horn, Bassoon, Contrabassoon and more. These are considered to be some of the most beautiful woodwinds that have ever been sampled. This Refill also features performance articulations such as sustained legato, vibrato, flutter, staccato, portato and more and even includes additional bonus symphonic textures and powerful interactive orchestra combination patches.

   

• Miroslav Choirs
• The Miroslav Choir Refill offers classical male and female human voice choirs with performance articulations and individual syllables for the ultimate in expression and tonal variation. From "ohs", "ahs" and "uhs" to syllables like Po, Do, Re, Mi, Si, glissandos and other performance variations, these choirs cover a wide range of colors and are the ideal companion to the Miroslav orchestra. This Refill also includes additional bonus symphonic textures and powerful interactive orchestra combination patches.

   

• Miroslav Percussion & Keys
• The Miroslav Percussion and Keys Refill covers both orchestral percussion instruments, such as timpani, bells, chimes, vibraphone, glockenspiel, celesta, snare, bass drum, shakers and more, as well as a stunning concert grand piano, cathedral pipe organ and harpsichord. This Refill for Reason 3 contains a majestic collection of powerful dynamic single hits and individual percussion elements for complex orchestral layers and even includes additional bonus symphonic textures and powerful interactive orchestra combination patches.

   

  System Requirements

  Macintosh® 667MHz Power Macintosh® G4, with 512MB of RAM, MacOS X 10.2.8 or later, 1024x768 screen thousands of colors.

  Windows® 733MHz Pentium® III/Athlon™ with 512MB of RAM, Windows® 2000 /XP, 1024x768 screen thousands of colors. Reason 3.0 is necessary to utilize the Combinator modules.

  Price and Availability

  Miroslav Refill titles have an MSRP of $199/Euro159 each. Miroslav Refills work in Reason 3 only and they will be available in the IK dealer/distributor network worldwide by the end of January 2006.