Native Instruments Symphony Series Collection

Native Instruments Symphony Series Collection: The Full Orchestra

The Native Instruments Symphony Series Collection puts a full professional orchestra at your fingertips — six meticulously recorded libraries covering strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion in both solo and ensemble formats. Each library was recorded by world-class musicians and audio engineers across dedicated sessions in Studio 22 Budapest, St Paul’s Church San Francisco, Montclair Presbyterian Church Oakland and other renowned locations. Conceived, built and optimised for Kontakt by Native Instruments in Berlin, the collection uses a unified signature interface across every library for a consistent workflow.

What’s Included in the Symphony Series Collection

• String Ensemble: 60-piece string section recorded at Studio 22, Budapest — tight, bold and natural with advanced performance controls for nuance
• Brass Ensemble and Soloists: 32-piece brass section plus soloists recorded at St Paul’s Church, San Francisco — true legato, up to eight round robins, wide range of articulations
• Woodwind Ensemble and Soloists: 36-piece woodwind section plus soloists recorded at Montclair Presbyterian Church, Oakland — solo and ensemble libraries with true legato and 462 total articulations
• Percussion: 55 orchestral percussion instruments recorded at Studio 22, Budapest — timpani, cymbals, gongs, snare drums, mallet percussion and more
• Auto divisi: intelligent voicing for realistic ensemble arrangements
• Drum resonance simulation: harmonic response modelling for percussion realism
• Hundreds of articulations: playing techniques covering every classical scoring need
• True legato: sampled transition intervals for realistic melodic performance
• Fast dynamic layer adjustment: quick access to expression control
• Runs in Kontakt Player: free Kontakt Player is enough — full Kontakt not required

Who Is It For?

Professional film and TV composers who need a full orchestra in one purchase from a single developer with a unified workflow. Media composers scoring commercials, trailers, video games and streaming productions where consistent library architecture matters. Classical composers arranging traditional pieces for orchestral performance. Producers scoring cinematic sections in hybrid pop, rock and electronic music. Anyone tired of stitching together six different developer libraries with mismatched interfaces and articulation switching schemes.

System Requirements

• macOS 11 or higher, 64-bit, Apple Silicon native
• Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit)
• Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone (via Kontakt Player)
• Approximately 240 GB disk space for the full collection
• 16 GB RAM recommended for large orchestral sessions

How Producers Use the Symphony Series Collection

Film composers score orchestral cues using the String Ensemble legato for melodic lines, Brass Ensemble for full section climaxes, Woodwind Soloists for melodic accents and Percussion for cinematic hits. TV composers reach for the ensemble libraries when full orchestra is called for and the solo libraries for chamber-scale arrangements. Game composers layer Symphony Series with electronic elements for hybrid cinematic scoring. Trailer composers use the Percussion library timpani and gongs for the dramatic hits every trailer needs. See our Kontakt libraries collection for related tools.

Why Buy From VST Vault?

• Instant download: installer link within a minute of payment
• Mac and Windows: both installers included
• Priced in pounds: transparent GBP pricing
• Real support: within six hours by email or WhatsApp
• 3-day refund: if the library doesn’t work and we can’t fix it

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the difference between Symphony Series Collection and Symphony Essentials?

The Symphony Series Collection is the full professional-grade library with hundreds of articulations, solo and ensemble variants, and approximately 240 GB of content. Symphony Essentials is a compact, more affordable version with fewer articulations and a smaller library footprint. Working film composers pick the Collection. Producers exploring orchestral scoring or with tight budgets pick Essentials.

Do I need the full Kontakt to run Symphony Series Collection?

No. All six libraries run in free Kontakt Player. Full Kontakt is not required.

How does Symphony Series compare to Spitfire Audio?

Different flavours. Symphony Series delivers a bright, immediate, cinematic sound recorded in medium-sized halls with a unified Native Instruments interface across every library. Spitfire captures its libraries at Air Studios and other UK spaces with a distinct signature sound. Working film composers often own both for different sonic characters.

Explore Symphony Essentials Collection for the more affordable orchestral entry point.