Lineage Strings

A new chapter in orchestral sampling.
With the launch of the Lineage Series, we began redefining what modern orchestral libraries could be. Our ambition was clear: craft a world-class collection of premium string recordings and redesign the way they respond, so they can truly serve the composer.
For two years, we recorded, refined, and reimagined. Every detail was shaped around a single question: how can a virtual orchestra feel less programmed and more alive?
All of this we infused with the unmistakable ProjectSAM sound – warm, human, and distinctly European.

Smart Lookahead
Smart Lookahead is the foundation of our intelligent performance system. By analyzing your performance just before it sounds, our engine can respond musically instead of mechanically, delivering dramatically improved realism and unlocking powerful performance features.

Fluid legato, natural runs, and organic phrasing – all unfolding seamlessly as you play. Thanks to Smart Lookahead.

Adaptive Phrasing
For Pandora and Lineage Percussion, we developed Adaptive Sync. With Lineage Strings, we’re introducing Adaptive Phrasing, bringing the same time-saving concept to articulations.

Adaptive Phrasing turns a single articulation into a flexible performance tool. By tracking your note lengths, speed, and repetition, it automatically selects the most appropriate articulation for each musical moment. The result is phrasing that follows your performance and keeps lines sounding musical and intentional – without constant articulation switching.
Need full control? Simply hold a keyswitch to force any articulation at any time, like pizzicato.

Intelligent Arranging
The Lineage Strings Arranger automatically orchestrates your performance across Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Bass, creating authentic string ensemble voicings with a single performance.

You can fully customize how each section behaves – but what truly sets the Arranger apart is its intelligent automatic mode, configurable per instrument.

Play a chord, and the engine distributes the notes naturally across the ensemble. If certain sections are locked to specific roles (e.g. the top note), the remaining instruments are automatically arranged around them, just like a real orchestrator would do.

Beautifully balanced, realistic ensemble writing – without manually splitting parts or juggling MIDI tracks.

Polyphonic legato
Lineage Strings intelligently tracks voices, allowing multiple legato lines to flow at once.
Allowing you to focus on the music.

Precision control
Lineage Strings gives you direct control over ensemble tightness. From loose and natural to tight and immediate. Loose settings preserve the natural bloom of the players, while tighter settings deliver focused, punchy articulation.

And with Smart Lookahead enabled, even loose performances are automatically compensated: your musical timing stays locked to the grid while the ensemble keeps its human feel.

Automatic vibrato
Add subtle, musical motion to your performance by automatically shaping vibrato based on your dynamics and phrasing.

Full bowing control
Lineage Strings offers dedicated down and up bow performances. These can alternate automatically, be set explicitly, or be overridden mid-phrase – enabling more natural phrasing.

Accessibility
Lineage Strings supports both NKS1 and NKS2 standards, offering direct access to all essential features and parameters through controllers like Komplete Kontrol.

The Sound
Recorded in the renowned hall of the Symphobia sessions, Lineage Strings expands the ProjectSAM universe with depth and detail. The close mics offer you nuance, the stage mics warmth, and the ambient mics depth. Blend them together, use them separately, or choose
the premixed set for a ready-made balance.