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by NoamL
Sep 21, 2023 10:33 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Abbey Road Orchestra - Violins 1 announced
Replies: 70
Views: 38864

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.
by NoamL
Sep 17, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Abbey Road Orchestra - Violins 1 announced
Replies: 70
Views: 38864

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...
by NoamL
Sep 02, 2023 9:56 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Cinestrings Pro: first listen
Replies: 12
Views: 2049

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 ...
by NoamL
May 05, 2022 3:25 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Cinesamples Industry Brass and Musio subscription platform inc "Lifetime license"
Replies: 38
Views: 122238

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...
by NoamL
Jan 21, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire / Appassionata ("Impulse Legato" Strings)
Replies: 70
Views: 136825

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...
by NoamL
Jan 18, 2022 2:05 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: CineSamples : 2022
Replies: 8
Views: 2420

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...
by NoamL
Oct 13, 2021 7:36 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Incoming / major True Strike and Symphobia updates
Replies: 62
Views: 29584

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.
by NoamL
Jul 20, 2021 6:13 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: SoundTheory / Gullfoss Master
Replies: 8
Views: 4682

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...
by NoamL
Jun 22, 2021 2:20 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Orchestral Tools: Tom Holkenborg's Percussion
Replies: 54
Views: 16182

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 ...
by NoamL
May 11, 2021 10:52 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)
Replies: 65
Views: 29790

Re: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)

Muziksculp wrote: May 02, 2021 12:02 pm
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!
by NoamL
Apr 23, 2021 4:28 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: EastWest / Hollywood Orchestra OPUS Edition
Replies: 112
Views: 321040

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...
by NoamL
Apr 13, 2021 3:16 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: VSL Synchron Elite Strings (Chamber Ensemble)
Replies: 65
Views: 29790

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.
by NoamL
Feb 20, 2021 10:24 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Modern Scoring Strings
Replies: 120
Views: 60430

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.
by NoamL
Feb 18, 2021 4:46 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire / the first 2 additions to Abbey Road One Foundations
Replies: 12
Views: 3767

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.
by NoamL
Jan 10, 2021 4:21 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Cinematic Studio Woodwinds
Replies: 47
Views: 15795

Re: Cinematic Studio Woodwinds

A quick fumble:

by NoamL
Nov 30, 2020 11:59 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Black Friday Post Mortem - How'd You Do?
Replies: 51
Views: 18734

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...
by NoamL
Nov 27, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: EW Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition, plus Orchestrator and new player
Replies: 14
Views: 4873

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)....
by NoamL
Oct 22, 2020 5:48 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
Replies: 55
Views: 23212

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...
by NoamL
Oct 22, 2020 1:36 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
Replies: 55
Views: 23212

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.
by NoamL
Oct 21, 2020 7:06 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
Replies: 55
Views: 23212

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 ...
by NoamL
Oct 21, 2020 12:23 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
Replies: 55
Views: 23212

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 ...
by NoamL
Oct 21, 2020 12:13 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire @ Abbey Road !/?
Replies: 55
Views: 23212

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...
by NoamL
Apr 10, 2020 8:06 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra
Replies: 246
Views: 147465

Re: Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra

Linos, you may be interested in this - not all BBCSO, but a significant chunk for brs/winds -

by NoamL
Dec 24, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: JXL Brass - Orchestral Tools
Replies: 72
Views: 29551

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...