We can’t write your music for you, but we can help you find your voice. The outstanding British Drama Toolkit provides the most instinctive, immediate and intense connection to the heart of your composition. Created in collaboration with composer Samuel Sim, it features an ensemble dedicated to the emotionally potent sound he is lauded for – but also presents a unique way of interacting with the players, which sets this instrument apart from anything we have created to date. This is not just a group that plays your music; it helps you compose it.

British Drama Toolkit comes to life on your first play. We can tell you that it consists of a small string and woodwind section, recorded in our purpose-built dry stage at Spitfire HQ, but only once the library is under your fingers does the telepathy begin. Ensembles are mapped across the full length of the keyboard, and the playing styles are tied to velocity – from whispered textures through to bold solos. The British Drama Toolkit understands that the difference between playing softly and loudly isn’t just volume – it is also about character and emotion. The British Drama Toolkit allows you to compose, arrange and complete a cue in one pass. With your eye on the drama rather than the computer, and with one patch capable of a such a huge range of expression, you can respond instinctively to the story rather than get sucked in to what Samuel calls “the vortex of the computer”.

GUIS

VELOCITY LAYER VIEW

New for the British Drama Toolkit, this view shows the velocity of each note you are playing and which velocity layer that note is in

THE OVERVIEW PANEL

This is the main interface for melodic instruments. Its default view displays all available playing techniques, has a simple microphone mixer and includes the main feature controllers.

GENERAL CONTROLS PANEL

This view allows further in-depth control of the instrument, showing all available signals and feature controllers, as well as the ability to purge techniques from memory to reduce system usage.

PRESETS / TECHNIQUES / ARTICULATIONS / MICS / MIXES

PATCHES:

Main:

Ensembles

Violin

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Bass Clarinet

Clarinet

Flute

Piccolo

INDIVIDUAL ARTICULATIONS:

MAIN:

Main – Strings & Woodwinds Soft Alt

Main – Texture Strings Loud Woodwinds

Main – Texture Strings Soft Woodwinds

Main – Texture Woodwinds Loud Strings

Main – Texture Woodwinds Soft Strings

Main – Tutti Long Loud Strings

Main – Tutti Long Loud Woodwinds

Main – Tutti Long Soft

ENSEMBLES:

Ensembles – Bass Clari & Clari Long Chatter Loud

Ensembles – Bass Clari & Clari Long Chatter Texture

Ensembles – Bass Clari & Clari Long Chatter

Ensembles – Bass Clarinet & Clarinet Long Soft

Ensembles – Bass Clarinet & Clarinet Long

Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Alt

Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Chiffs

Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Soft Alt

Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long Soft

Ensembles – Flute & Piccolo Long

Ensembles – String Ensemble Long Soft

Ensembles – String Ensemble Long

Ensembles – Woodwind Ensemble Long Soft

Ensembles – Woodwind Ensemble Long

VIOLIN:

Violin – Long Harmonics

Violin – Long Loud

Violin – Long Soft

Violin – Long

VIOLA:

Viola – Long Harmonics

Viola – Long Loud

Viola – Long Soft

Viola – Long

CELLO:

Cello – Long Harmonics

Cello – Long Loud

Cello – Long Soft

Cello – Long

DOUBLE BASS:

Double Bass – Long Alt

Double Bass – Long Harmonics

Double Bass – Long Loud

Double Bass – Long Soft Alt

Double Bass – Long Soft

Double Bass – Long

BASS CLARINET:

Bass Clarinet – Long Chatter

Bass Clarinet – Long Loud

Bass Clarinet – Long Soft

Bass Clarinet – Long

CLARINET:

Clarinet – Long Chatter

Bass Clarinet – Long Loud

Clarinet – Long Soft

Clarinet – Long

FLUTE:

Flute – Long Alt

Flute – Long Chiffs

Flute – Long Loud

Flute – Long Soft Alt

Flute – Long Soft

Flute – Long

PICCOLO:

Piccolo – Long Alt

Piccolo – Long Chiffs

Piccolo – Long Loud

Piccolo – Long Soft Alt

Piccolo – Long Soft

Piccolo – Long

ACCENTED:

Main – Texture Woodwinds Loud Strings Accented

Main – Texture Woodwinds Soft Strings Accented

Main – Tutti Long Loud Strings Accented

Ensembles – String Ensemble Long Accented

Violin – Long Accented

Viola – Long Accented

Cello – Long Accented

Double Bass – Long Accented Alt

Double Bass – Long Accented