Kirk Hunter

Kirk Hunter

Also known as: Kirk Hunter Studios

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Kirk Hunter Studios is a Los Angeles-based developer of orchestral sample libraries founded by composer Kirk Hunter. The company has been producing virtual instruments since the late 1990s, with a focus on lush, cinematic-style sounds aimed at film, television, and game composers as well as hobbyists. Its earliest releases helped popularize the romantic, vibrato-rich string sound associated wit...

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Kirk Hunter Studios is a Los Angeles-based developer of orchestral sample libraries founded by composer Kirk Hunter. The company has been producing virtual instruments since the late 1990s, with a focus on lush, cinematic-style sounds aimed at film, television, and game composers as well as hobbyists. Its earliest releases helped popularize the romantic, vibrato-rich string sound associated with Hollywood scoring.

The catalog centers on Kontakt-based libraries spanning strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. Notable products include Concert Strings 2 and Concert Strings Adaptive, Chamber Strings Adaptive, the Kinetic series (Kinetic Strings Plus, Kinetic Woodwinds Plus, Kinetic Brass Plus, Kinetic Solo & Chamber Strings, Kinetic Brass Motion Engine, Kinetic Percussion Motion Engine), Diamond Symphony Orchestra, Spotlight Strings 4D, Lyric Series String Quintet, Virtuoso Ensembles, Front Row Violins, and Traveling Pianos. The libraries require the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt rather than the free Kontakt Player.

Kirk Hunter Studios is known within the sample-library community for emphasizing musicality and expressive articulation programming, including adaptive scripting that reduces reliance on key switches. The company's libraries have been used on film and television scoring projects, and the Sound On Sound publication has reviewed releases such as the Symphony Orchestra Emerald and Orchestral Brass Ensembles.

Kirk Hunter has 4 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Kontakt Instrument, Virtual Instrument, and Violins. Their gear is featured by 1 artist, with the strongest followings in Electronic and Classical. Notable users include Max Richter.

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Max Richter uses 1 Kirk Hunter product

Max Richter

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