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"(despite apparently not being recorded on the usual Sony stage)."

it was? MGM = Sony = Streisand

Guy, I love combining CSS and Mural. Here is an example from a trailer track I recently turned in. Not the most inspired melody but you can see the mix, then the Mural submix and then the CSS submix. They combine really well, when properly volume balanced, and it's almost like you can put CSS "...

Hah! I think Berlin Brass was my last preorder ever from now on I'm happy to wait for the standard price... if it comes with user reviews, like Piet's. Thanks for the detailed review.

I'm looking forward to the winds with some interest, but TBH I'll probably just snap up the first product that launches out of these 4 - Adventure Woodwinds, Cinematic Studio Woodwinds, Hyperion Winds and Spitfire Studio Winds - and call it a day. Unless it's really bad

The absence of a versatile collection of quality short bowings is the big problem though. This is the single factor that made it easy for me to pass on both SStS and HZS. It's really difficult to break out of any style of writing other than "trailer spiccatos" and "lovely legatos&quo...

VSTBuzz/AudioPluginDeals is a garage sale for libraries that failed commercially... at least that's my impression... you will never see flagship libraries on there! Of course that doesn't mean the samples are bad, I still have picked up a few things from there from smaller developers. But I doubt yo...

same, easy pass although I didn't say anything on the VIC thread cause I didn't want to be a downer. Look at DJ's walkthrough at 1:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sn8LnQ2ydQ&t=1m20s That's a really weak top end. Reminded me of Auddict Octohorn which is one purchase I wish I could take back. ...

Hyperion Strings, from SoundIron, has released a "Micro" version of the library for just $39. It's a slimmed down (2.5 GB) version of the full library yet to be released. Mic positions, true legato, and several articulations have been cut, to center the "Micro" version around str...

Hey all, I'm developing a plugin for LogicX users, currently code-named "Thanos". The plugin is still growing, but one of its first market-ready features is that you never have to budge notes to make Cinematic Studio Strings sound good ever again. Please watch this video to see Thanos in a...

In all other harp VIs as far as I'm aware, the "pedal simulation" is just selecting 7 of the chromatically sampled strings. This is an actual pedal simulation, where they recorded each string in each tuning position. That is a true "next gen" game changing feature. For starters i...

The results on synth & drums were pretty wacky, in a good way.

Reminds me of Eric Serra's score for The Fifth Element:

So, I need a quick verdict from you guys. I'm horribly tempted to buy Cinematic Studio Strings while on sale, but as I already own Hollywood Strings, LASS, Berlin Strings, Spitfire Chamber Strings and Soaring Strings, it does feel a little indulgent and unnecessary. Yet, everyone raves about it bei...

PS Michael Giacchino should get royalties for those palm slap samples haha!

I love the sound of this stage for the harp. The harp is kinda the percussion equivalent of the french horn, I suppose... in that the space really determines the character of the sound. The microphone options here are far, far more versatile than the CTA mics for Spitfire's SK Harp. Tim Starne's mix...

AlbionONE also has better sounding legatos IMO. Just trying to think of ways that Albion competes back. Perhaps the best "X is like Y" is that this Inspire is going to be the EWQLSO of the current sampling generation. Kind of incredible how far sampling has advanced. (You're right, Lumina ...

Watched through the screencast over lunch. Frankly, at $300 this kills Sonuscore The Orchestra and Symphobia 1+2 and many similar products, and takes a big bite from Spitfire Albion. At the eventual $450 price perhaps all those devs (except Sonuscore) can breathe a small sigh of relief. This library...

It's basically Spitfire Masse for BS+BWW+BB. Personally a pass, but this is going to be a #@$#ing must-have for deadline composers. I assisted a composer who used Ark all the time and I can't imagine him passing on this! It sounds better than Ark! Like I hate the concept of "We orchestrated for...

Could it be that it would be also interesting if it would be a sort of contributing system, like that people with the knowledge (and time and dedication) who could contribute to the database to expand? This is a great idea and I'd definitely accept other people's work! But right now everything is j...

Good questions Paul and Kyle, let me break it down into the legal side and the why-John-Williams side. Legally: the one line I don't want to cross is hosting copyrighted audio on my webserver. I think that posting text citations is 100% in the clear: like, HPSS - The Sorting Ceremony - 1:20-1:27 . T...

Did some prep work with it today just to see if I can nail down how I want the orchestration short-hand to work (it has to be notated in a way that's easy for computers to crunch from pseudocode into actual data arrays). Decided on this for the range-finder: http://i.imgur.com/EtBUHux.png Any piece ...

tav, what other composers would you like to see? To be honest I'd make them a distant second priority behind Williams but I'm interested in any suggestions. Rob, I'm definitely not expecting it to take off like a rocket, or even really pay my time. Probably 75% of the motive for this is personal - I...

Two things. (No score or MIDI, for sure as that's a good way to land in hot water.) First a way to listen to that particular moment of music, which could be a note to listen to X:XX on the soundtrack CD, and perhaps an embedded Youtube that's cued up to the right time (if the score is on Youtube - I...

Hey all, The interest in Sonuscore's "The Orchestra" and Spitfire's "Bernard Hermann Toolkit" reminded me of an idea that has been tumbling around in the back of my mind for a few months now. I'm posting about it here on TSB first and then maybe on VIC to gauge interest. http://i...

That's a pass for me, I still really like the musicians and the hall but the sampling approach isn't good enough. Thanks for the demos, gents. Musicians helping musicians!

At least you are only out $65. Dinner and a movie I'm out a good bit more than that for having bought Berlin Brass

Still a bit tempted by this one, certainly not by the legato or pizz (which I have covered completely in CSS and Mural, I reckon - and calling those audibly bumpy, soupy, 8dio-esque portamentos the Best Ever is immediately silly) but by those feathery short notes. Anyone want to do a demo of fast ru...