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-Review by John Czerwinski
Orchestral Tools
Andea
A unique sample collection
of South and Central
American instruments
Berlin-based Orchestral Tools has teamed
up with famed British composer, conductor,
and multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey
(The Lion King, Interstellar, Luther) to produce
an extraordinary library of rarely sampled
South and Central American instruments.
The package includes sixty-one instruments
divided into three sections: plucked strings,
winds, and percussion.
Integration
Andea runs within the Orchestral Tools SINEplayer,
a well-integrated, multi-function app/
program that facilitates the downloading, playing
and controlling of all Orchestral Tools libraries.
Available for both Windows and macOS, SINE
can be used stand-alone or with one's DAW of
choice in VST, AU, and AAX formats. Moreover,
as we saw in our February 2022 review of the
18th Century period focused Miroire library, you
can purchase individual instruments from the Andea
library à la carte. One need not buy the entire
library when only a specific instrument is needed.
Andea was recorded at Richard's own SML
Studio Surrey in London. A total of four mic positions
are available for each instrument, Spot 1, Spot 2,
Spot 3, and Room. All of the mic positions are
available with purchase; however, SINE allows you
to pick and choose which mic positions to load. For
instance, I found loading the basic library with just
the Spot 1 and Room mics sufficient for many of my
applications. It saves RAM and still sounds great.
Andea is a remarkably produced authentic library
that conveys the distinctive characteristics,
range, and tonal qualities of some rather unique
instruments, which we will dig into below. This
library offers superb legatos along with a healthy
number of round-robin samples that help achieve
an authentic and convincing sonic pallet.
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Plucked
The plucked strings portion of the library is comprised of eleven instruments:
the Charango (a small guitar/lute-like instrument), the Ronroco (a
larger, more angular version of the Charango, pitched an octave lower),
Charangolin, eight-string Ukulele, Cavaquinho (a steel, four-string soprano
instrument originating from Portugal), Cuatro, Tiple (a small guitar with four
courses of twelve steel strings), Très (a small Cuban guitar with three courses
of steel strings), Guitarra, a Paraguayan Harp, and a five-stringed Guitarrón
(essentially the monstrous bass guitar in traditional Mexican music).
Orchestral Tools took great care to record the instruments in such a way
as to capture their wide dynamic range, from the sounds of subtle picking to

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of RECORDING May 2022

Fade In
Fast Forward
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: The Beatles: Diggin’ Into Get Back
Daking: Mic Pre 4T
JZ Microphones: NEW Vintage V12
Earthquakes and Butterflies: The songs and sounds of Lucius' Second Nature
Universal Audio: Volt 2 USB-C Audio Interface
Plugin Outlet: Sonnox Claro
Audix: A127 Omnidirectional Metal Film Condenser Microphone
Inside The Box with Joe Albano: Interface Basics
Steinberg: Dorico Pro 4
Soundware Showcase: Orchestral Tools Andea
Black Lion Audio: Auteur mkIII
Session Log: Trasfrontera at Estudios Audiovisión in Bogotá Colombia
Ingram Engineering: EQ52 500 —Mastering Quality Filter Module
Plugin Outlet: Sonible smart:limit
Mojave Audio: MA-37
Reader’s Tracks
Fade Out: One Mic? No Problem
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RECORDING May 2022 - JZ Microphones: NEW Vintage V12
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RECORDING May 2022 - Earthquakes and Butterflies: The songs and sounds of Lucius' Second Nature
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RECORDING May 2022 - Universal Audio: Volt 2 USB-C Audio Interface
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RECORDING May 2022 - Plugin Outlet: Sonnox Claro
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RECORDING May 2022 - Audix: A127 Omnidirectional Metal Film Condenser Microphone
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RECORDING May 2022 - Inside The Box with Joe Albano: Interface Basics
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RECORDING May 2022 - Steinberg: Dorico Pro 4
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RECORDING May 2022 - Soundware Showcase: Orchestral Tools Andea
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RECORDING May 2022 - Black Lion Audio: Auteur mkIII
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RECORDING May 2022 - Session Log: Trasfrontera at Estudios Audiovisión in Bogotá Colombia
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RECORDING May 2022 - Ingram Engineering: EQ52 500 —Mastering Quality Filter Module
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RECORDING May 2022 - Plugin Outlet: Sonible smart:limit
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RECORDING May 2022 - Mojave Audio: MA-37
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