LASS First Chair

LASS First Chair

LA Scoring Strings

Add an ImageWe are proud to announce LASS First Chair (LASS FC), one of the 2 reduced sound sets of the full LA Scoring Strings (full) library. Please visit the LASS (full) page to see the new Version 1.5 update page and all the features included with LASS. (listen to LASS demos)

LASS FC is a great way to be introduced to the LA Scoring Strings concept and there is a dollar-for-dollar upgrade path to the full version of LA Scoring Strings (see store for more details).

The difference between LASS FC and the full version is that LASS FC does not contain the Divisi Sections patches or the Full Mix patches — it is strictly a solo string library. Nor does it include the ARC (Audiobro Remote Control) which is a LASS Full 2.0 feature only. The chart below shows what patches and articulations come with LASS FC. All the “green” patches come with LASS FC (the “blue” are for LASS Lite and everything else is included in the full version of LASS). Although the original LASS FC patches were designed to be layered as first chairs with the sections, the LASS FC patches have become widely used as the “go to” solo strings and have become a benchmark.

LASS First Chair is a Kontakt based sample library and runs on Kontakt 4.1 or Kontakt Player 4. Kontakt Player 4 is available as a free download from Native Instruments’ website.

What is the difference between LASS FC and LASS (full)?

While LASS FC offers you the first chair (solo) patches, it does not contain the divisi ensemble patches or the Full Mix patches. However, the patches included in LASS FC work exactly the same way as the FC patches in the full version of LASS (minus the ARC integration — which is only for LASS Full 2.0)… there is no difference in the patch functionality. You still get the great ART script and Auto Arranger script and every other script that comes with the full version of LASS… just not the divisi or Full Mix patches or ARC.

LASS FC will not have the flexibility of LASS (full) insofar as being able to layer the different divisi sections and manipulate them discretely. However, LASS FC gives you the famous LASS legato sound and short articulations that have set new standards in sampled strings.

LASS FC is a downloadable library and uses the new Native Instruments NCW loss-less compression in 16 bit format to save you hard disk space and also reduce your download times.

System Specifications

Library Size:

  • 1.24 GB with loss-less compressed audio files (approximately 1.7 GB uncompressed)

Software Requirements:

Supported Interfaces:

  • Stand-alone, VST®, Audio Units™, RTAS®, ASIO™, Core Audio™, DirectSound™, WASAPI™

Minimum System Requirements:

  • Windows — Windows XP (latest Service Pack, 32 Bit), Windows Vista/Windows 7 (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64, 2 GB RAM
  • Mac — Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 (latest update), Intel Core Duo, 2 GB RAM