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 whilst 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 Bloom 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: Shape 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.
The Sample Edit Section
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.
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.
The Seqeuncer Section
Sequencer in Fullscreen Mode
In addition to high-pass and low-pass filtering, three effects await you in the Edit page. Noise helps to add layers of crunch and texture to a sound by mixing in a layer of noise. Reverb adds depth to sounds with characterful Plate, Hall, or Spring types and Delay provides rhythmic echoes and stereo width.
Effects Section
Sample Import
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
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
Windows
Windows 7 or higher
Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AAX, Standalone
DAWs supported: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason + more.
Compatibility: 64-bit compatible only