Bloom Ensemble Strings Upgrade from Bloom Ensemble Strings Lite

Please Note: This is an upgrade for owners of Bloom Ensemble Strings Lite. The full version of Bloom Ensemble Strings is also available.

Instant Emotion

Experience the cinematic depth and emotional detail of orchestral strings with Bloom Ensemble Strings, the first ensemble instrument in the Bloom series built specifically for classical and orchestral layers. Bloom Ensemble Strings delivers inspiring, genre-ready performances and textures, capturing the expression and movement of a full string orchestra.

Built from a rich collection of basses, cellos, and violins, Bloom Ensemble Strings spans rhythmic pizzicatos, abstract textures, intimate layers, and full ensemble stacks designed to elevate any production. It brings the emotional lift of strings into electronic, indie, pop, ambient, and cinematic worlds - adding tension, beauty, and depth with every note.

Inspired by forward-thinking artists and producers like Floating Points, Sigur Rós, and Jack Antonoff, alongside scoring heavyweights such as Hans Zimmer, Bloom Ensemble Strings bridges modern production and orchestral storytelling. Whether you’re building delicate layers, bold hooks, or expansive soundscapes, it’s a fast, expressive route to strings that feel alive.

What Can Ensemble Strings Do?

• Bring cinematic ensemble strings into any track.
• Kickstart ideas with instant orchestral layers and tonal palettes.
• Add motion with rhythmic pizzicatos and pulsing patterns.
• Design evolving textures and soundscapes with intimate detail..
• Sculpt your sound with 3 effects and 4 performance macros.
• (New!) Allow you to import your own samples and personalise the instrument.

Sound Sources

Excite Audio’s team of professional sound designers and producers created over 250 presets, organised into 7 categories:

• Drones (DRN) - String sections playing long, sustained notes.
• Experimental (EXP) - Abstract, unique, sound design-focused presets.
• Full Ensembles (FE) - Full string ensembles with Double Bass, Cello, Viola, and Violin.
• Melodic (MLD) - Melodies built from a sample pitched in a scale across 2 octaves.
• Rhythmic (RHY) - Rhythmic string sections using staccato / spiccato / pizzicato intonations.
• Solo (SO) - Presets built from one single voice (Double Bass / Cello / Viola / Violin).
• Textures (TX) - Textural strings designed to sit in the background of a track.

How it Works

Stay in the creative flow on the Main Page - trigger individual sounds with white notes and launch phrases or tweak properties with black notes. Four powerful macros, let you shape your sound, while a range of 250 presets get you moving fast.

The Main Page

There are eight banks of sounds to choose from, organised into easy-to-find categories. Swap sounds by loading a new bank or dragging individual samples onto the 14 white notes for instant variation.

Audition and Load Samples & Banks

The Edit Page: Sculpt Your Sound

For those who want to go deeper, programming entire sequences, chopping up hits and loops and using custom samples, it’s all unearthed in the Edit page. Bloom Ensemble Strings’ Edit Page houses parameters like playback type and direction, attack and release, pitch and panning and everything else you’d expect in a modern sampler.
 

Sample Edit Section

Import Your Own Samples

Adding your own samples to use as sources in Bloom Ensemble Strings is perfect for those who want to put their personal stamp on the Bloom engine. Drag and drop an audio file onto the sample display in the Main Page to replace the existing sample.

Sample Import

Unlike traditional sequencers, the Bloom Sequencer is designed for triggering and layering one-shots and looping sequences, allowing for endless rhythmic creation. In the modulation section, automate pitch, volume, and filter settings as well as three effects to add depth and dimension to your music.

Sequencer Section

Sequencer in Fullscreen Mode

In addition to high-pass and low-pass filtering, three effects await you in the Edit page. Modulation provides Chorus, Flanger and Vibrato effects for adding movement and character to your sounds. Reverb adds depth to sounds with characterful Plate, Hall, or Spring types and Delay provides rhythmic echoes and stereo width.

Effects Section

Features

• 14 Sample Keys
• 5 Factory Modifiers: Half-time, Double-Time, Reverse, Octave Down, Octave Up
• 5 Custom Modifiers for Triggering Sequences
• 8 Sample Banks / 112 Samples
• Samples Synced to Host BPM
• Key Selection
• Sample Randomise
• 4 Macros: Drive, Stereo, Chamber, Vinyl
• 5 Main FX Parameters: Mod, Delay, Reverb, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut
• Global Bypass
• 250 Presets
• Import up to 112 of your own samples (these can be swapped at any time)

Edit Page - Sample Edit

• Waveform Display 
• Playback Direction: Forwards, Backwards, Pendulum, Loop
• Playback Modes: Hold, Latch, Relative
• Playback Speed: Normal, Double, Half
• 4 Choke Groups
• Start / End Markers with Snap to Grid, Snap to Transient
• Sample Crossfade, Attack, Release, Pan, Volume
• Sample Pitch, Fine, Formant, Pitch Warp

Edit Page - Sequencer

• Sample Mode for triggering sequences
• FX Modulation: Mod, Delay, Reverb, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Pitch, Volume
• Playback Direction: Forwards, Backwards, Pendulum, Loop
• Sample / Modulation Randomise
• Global / Track Step Rate, Sync, Swing, Steps, Latch, Beat Retrigger controls
• Track Trigger, Velocity, Probability, Attack, Release, Timing and Perform

Edit Page - FX

• 3 Rearrangable Effects: Mod, Delay, Reverb
• Modulation Mode: Chorus, Vibrato, Flanger
• Modulation Depth, Rate, Sync Rate, Mix, Shape, Feedback, Input, Output
• Modulation Shape: Sine, Triangle, Inverted Triangle, Random
• Reverb Modes: Plate, Hall, Spring
• Reverb Parameters: Length, Size, Mix, Pre-Delay, Duck, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Input, Output
• Delay Mode: Stereo, Ping Pong
• Delay R/L Time, Sync Time, R/L Link, Mix, Feedback, Duck, Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Input, Output
• Global Lo-Cut, Hi-Cut, Tone, Dry, Wet

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Version Comparison

System Requirements

macOS

• macOS 10.15 or higher (Intel / Native Apple Silicon supported).
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX, Standalone.
• DAW's Supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
• Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
• Recommended Buffer Size: 512 Samples or higher

Windows

• Windows 7 or higher
• Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX, Standalone
• DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
• Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only.
• Recommended Buffer Size: 512 Samples or higher

Please note: An internet connection is required to authorise this software.

Important note: When accessing this software via a Rent to Own plan or the Beatport Studio membership, it's installed and run through the Beatport Access portal. An internet connection is required every 30 days to validate your license.