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- Sep 21, 2023 10:33 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Abbey Road Orchestra - Violins 1 announced
- Replies: 70
- Views: 43197
Re: Abbey Road Orchestra - Violins 1 announced
I'm in for Pro, and agree with everything Linos and Tanuj wrote. All the core aspects a library needs to do well... this does well. It's pleasant to see a release without some kind of obvious corner cut.
- Sep 17, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Abbey Road Orchestra - Violins 1 announced
- Replies: 70
- Views: 43197
Re: Abbey Road Orchestra - Violins 1 announced
Agree with you Guy & Linos. It doesn't sound romantic or unique, rather more generic/standard/neutral. Trying to be the next SSS/HWS not the next Vista/Soaring Strings. The resource use is definitely a concern. Hopefully Core will be designed to work well on mid-tier computers. I love the ambiti...
- Sep 02, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Cinestrings Pro: first listen
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2250
Re: Cinestrings Pro: first listen
MUSIO itself works great now. I didn't have any bugs or crashes with it towards the end of my sub. They've also made good progress with porting the old Cinesamples libraries to it. I think they have the ENTIRE lineup of old CineSamples orchestra libraries on there now.. And the price is amazing for ...
- May 05, 2022 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Cinesamples Industry Brass and Musio subscription platform inc "Lifetime license"
- Replies: 38
- Views: 123545
Re: Cinesamples Industry Brass and Musio subscription platform
I'm very sold on this after the 14 day free trial, I think they nailed this one. 1. Yes , it's another dumbass subscription service... But , the value you get (IF you don't own many CineSamples libraries) is through the roof. I own CineBrass & Strings CORE, but still plan to get a lot of use fro...
- Jan 21, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire / Appassionata ("Impulse Legato" Strings)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 140535
Re: Spitfire / Appassionata ("Impulse Legato" Strings)
I really like these. In fact, too busy having fun with them to write a proper review yet. Basically my old template was mostly CSS, plus CS2 for less vibrato-heavy legatos, and SSS for extended articulations. Appassionata is joining that template and taking over a few tasks from CSS and CS2. That is...
- Jan 18, 2022 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: CineSamples : 2022
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2499
Re: CineSamples : 2022
I think it's an overall positive development that companies are abandoning Kontakt, as long as the new alternatives are reliable & stable. They didn't show an instrument control GUI and they've said on VIC that this downloads a different set of samples from the Kontakt versions - they don't shar...
- Oct 18, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Incoming / major True Strike and Symphobia updates
- Replies: 62
- Views: 30631
- Oct 13, 2021 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Incoming / major True Strike and Symphobia updates
- Replies: 62
- Views: 30631
Re: Incoming / major True Strike and Symphobia updates
What would be the closest comparison for this library? i.e. people who don't use TrueStrike, what do they use instead? Spitfire Percussion? Cineperc?
I'm also curious where this was recorded and if it's a stage or a concert hall.
I'm also curious where this was recorded and if it's a stage or a concert hall.
- Jul 20, 2021 6:13 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: SoundTheory / Gullfoss Master
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4820
Re: SoundTheory / Gullfoss Master
When I tried the demo I found it quite good too. I didn't buy it because, to my ears, the 'pre-programmed mixing engineer' has a sonic taste that does not quite align with my own. See, Gullfoss has (or at least: had when I tried it) quite a strong tendency towards a bright mix. Very bright. Too bri...
- Jun 22, 2021 2:20 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Orchestral Tools: Tom Holkenborg's Percussion
- Replies: 54
- Views: 17861
Re: Orchestral Tools: Tom Holkenborg's Percussion
To explain myself nicely, I'll give you an example. Here is how my custom davul (tupan) library sound: etc. You certainly have a valid point - but there's a good chance Holkenborg wasn't going for a traditional tupan sound - but instead wanted one aspect of the tupan (the main strike) to integrate ...
- May 11, 2021 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 32286
Re: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)
I think just about anyone could do much better than this with CSS, Vista, or possibly Sable. Maybe even Nashville Strings. This sounds 2007 tier to me the 'articulation-stiching' effect is overriding any other impact the music could have!
- Apr 23, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: EastWest / Hollywood Orchestra OPUS Edition
- Replies: 112
- Views: 324553
Re: EastWest / Hollywood Orchestra OPUS Edition
There are some basic red lines for a sampler, things like not blasting your ears, not crashing VEPro, not irretrievably corrupting your project files etc. so the negative reception of OPUS is pretty fair IMO since those reported white noise blasts are SCARY. Instant dealbreaker for me, no matter how...
- Apr 13, 2021 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 32286
Re: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)
The realism here is considerably behind CSS in my impression. Actually, behind the recent Nashville Strings as well. No arguing with that pristine beautiful mix though. Synchron always sounds great. But exactly as you said @Arbee, these transitions feel lumpy like a 2007 era library.
- Feb 20, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Modern Scoring Strings
- Replies: 120
- Views: 65259
Re: Modern Scoring Strings (aka LASS 3)
This seems very much like the situation with MSB. These libraries should be great on paper but the sound just doesn't grab me as much as it should.
- Feb 18, 2021 4:46 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire / the first 2 additions to Abbey Road One Foundations
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4151
Re: Spitfire / the first 2 additions to Abbey Road One Foundations
Happy to add the low strings to my copy of Orchestral Foundations. Considering the woodwinds too.
- Jan 10, 2021 4:21 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Cinematic Studio Woodwinds
- Replies: 47
- Views: 17040
Re: Cinematic Studio Woodwinds
A quick fumble:
- Nov 30, 2020 11:59 am
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Black Friday Post Mortem - How'd You Do?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 21245
Re: Black Friday Post Mortem - How'd You Do?
$0 this time. My 64gb VEPro machine is already full of good stuff. I was tempted by some plugin deals though. All my pennies are going into the piggy bank for Cinematic Studio Woodwinds (which sounds top notch) and Abbey Road Modular Orchestra (having already got the starter library on the intro sal...
- Nov 27, 2020 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: EW Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition, plus Orchestrator and new player
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5136
Re: EW Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition, plus Orchestrator and new player
Well, I'm pretty down on this now. Q1 2021 to get more brass and strings recorded in EW St. 1... or wait and get them recorded at Abbey Road. On top of that they started over with PLAY, ceding the only real advantage they had as a developer (the fact that they were the first to depart from Kontakt)....
- Oct 22, 2020 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26279
Re: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
Dunno, their stuff seems pretty planned out to me. SSO used to be their top of the line - then it got repackaged and a price reduction - eventually it will get the aux mics and some upgrades but they're done with it. The Albions and all the other AIR libraries are auxiliary. next they do BBCSO, desp...
- Oct 22, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26279
Re: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
I'm way more excited for Abbey Road BML than Abbey Road Albion, but this is still a good sounding product.
- Oct 21, 2020 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26279
Re: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
You have to ignore their marketing guff and look at the straight specs. BBCSO was always a basic product, just higher than an Albion really. It was an easy pass IMO after hearing some demos. Sure you can write some great music with it, but it wouldn't hold up if you tried to synthestrate everything ...
- Oct 21, 2020 12:23 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26279
Re: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
I totally get the "just tell me when you actually have a product" approach to marketing. Their approach turns me off a bit as well. However, this just might be a monumental step for sampling. If they've done something SERIOUS with this opportunity (like an Albion or SSO style product, not ...
- Oct 21, 2020 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 26279
Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
So Spitfire sent out a marketing email with a vague countdown to tomorrow morning, but the image is very clearly of Abbey Road Studio 1. As well, Abbey Road has also "announced an announcement" for tomorrow Oct 22. Putting the pieces together this may be some kind of orchestral product rec...
- Apr 10, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Replies: 246
- Views: 152549
Re: Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra
Linos, you may be interested in this - not all BBCSO, but a significant chunk for brs/winds -
- Dec 24, 2019 7:46 pm
- Forum: The Front Page
- Topic: JXL Brass - Orchestral Tools
- Replies: 72
- Views: 30841
Re: JXL Brass - Orchestral Tools
The only demo that has truly impressed me musically is prodigalson's on VI-C here: https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/jxlb-soft-test-mp3.25750/ It's got a lovely musicality & consistency at the lowest dynamics that I struggle to get from my current brass. Having more "modwheel roo...