<s>
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
is	O
an	O
English	O
technology	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
London	O
that	O
creates	O
virtual	O
instrument	O
sample	O
libraries	O
used	O
for	O
music	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Henson	O
and	O
Thomson	O
initially	O
made	O
their	O
sample	O
libraries	O
available	O
only	O
to	O
colleagues	O
,	O
but	O
upon	O
finding	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
larger	O
market	O
for	O
the	O
sample	O
libraries	O
founded	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
digital	O
audio	B-Application
plug-ins	I-Application
recorded	O
by	O
professional	O
artists	O
in	O
recognised	O
recording	O
studios	O
,	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
's	O
virtual	B-Application
instruments	I-Application
make	O
available	O
recordings	O
of	O
each	O
note	O
performed	O
in	O
multiple	O
ways	O
using	O
multiple	O
microphone	O
positions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Composers	O
and	O
musicians	O
play	O
the	O
virtual	O
instrument	O
within	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
via	O
MIDI	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Spitire	O
Audio	O
products	O
utilize	O
Spitfire	O
's	O
own	O
interface	O
with	O
select	O
performance	O
specifics	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
utilize	O
the	O
Native	B-Application
Instruments	I-Application
Kontakt	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purchase	O
price	O
of	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
products	O
includes	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
music	O
produced	O
commercially	O
without	O
further	O
payment	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
performers	O
receiving	O
both	O
an	O
initial	O
fee	O
and	O
subsequent	O
royalties	O
from	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
's	O
recordings	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	O
Symphony	O
Orchestra	O
were	O
made	O
at	O
the	O
orchestra	O
's	O
base	O
in	O
the	O
BBC	O
's	O
Maida	O
Vale	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Piano	O
day	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
Henson	O
launched	O
a	O
website	O
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
called	O
Pianobook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
over	O
500	O
'	O
instruments	O
 '	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
via	O
the	O
Pianobook	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
runs	O
their	O
own	O
record	O
label	O
,	O
SARecordings	O
,	O
to	O
offer	O
recordings	O
using	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
products	O
by	O
selected	O
composers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Alev	O
Lenz	O
's	O
third	O
studio	O
album	O
3	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
label	O
’s	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Spitfire	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
has	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
unique	O
sample	O
libraries	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
their	O
artists’	O
album	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
