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I just don’t envision getting hired for a project for which I would need it, especially considering I have several of Tari’s wonderful libraries that sadly I have little occasion to use,

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Mar 25, 2023 11:57 am

Ashermusic wrote: ↑Mar 25, 2023 9:50 am I beta tested it. I think EW has lost the plot, but maybe our musical interests have diverged.

Badly executed, designed or both?

Neither of the above. Just not sure who needs "three lutes."

I beta tested it. I think EW has lost the plot, but maybe our musical interests have diverged.

I played it yesterday and compared it to both Acousticsamples V-Tines and NeoSoul Keys 2.

I just don’t hear it as sounding any more like the Rhodes I played 5-6 nights a week for years than either of those. If I didn’t have them maybe I would consider buying this one .

A giant.

I have several LABS, I rarely, if ever, use them. This piano holds no appeal for me and Piet is right, the concept is nuts. I thought the original Felt Piano was very useful and have used it a lot. However, I agree-what a weird programming choice on Autograph. I like Sonuscore’s LoKi felt piano.

I have several LABS, I rarely, if ever, use them. This piano holds no appeal for me and Piet is right, the concept is nuts.

Bite the bullet and rebuild the template. I have become incredibly quick at doing so with articulation sets in Logic Pro to connect to VE Pro. I a, such a geek I actually enjoy it. And you can buy the Cubase articulation sets from Art Conductor. Have you got the VST3 version of Opus working reliabl...

I had to face it eventually - adding the new Opus instruments into the Cubase / VE Pro template. What could possibly go wrong? First test - save a Play multi, then see if it opens in Opus. It does! All routing intact - the only minor issue is it makes no sound any more. Midi lights up, but no audio...

I just played the trial version for quite a while. Back in the '70's era I owned a silver top suitcase that I played 5-6 nights a week and have played a lot of different Rhodes. This one is quite nice but not significantly better than Acousticsamples V-Tines or NeoSoul Keys, so at that price point I...

Thanks Jay! Pacific Strings have a vintage sound quality. The noise adds to it, and the somewhat claustrophobic narrowness. 'Sticky' is a good word to describe it, fully agree with Piet here. It's definitely not an all-purpose strings library, but one for a very specific sound. The exaggerated tran...

If anybody is interested in a comparison with Cinematic Studio Strings, I made a mockup of the John Dunbar theme with them a few years ago: https://youtu.be/vfLg8BafXjI?t=68 This is lovely, really nice. I definitely prefer this to Leo’s and he is very skilled at using samples, so it is the inherent...

This just sounds like neither fish nor fowl to me, certainly not bad, but nothing I need. For my pop stuff, Strezov’s Afflatus Chapter 1 Scene d’Amour strings con sordinos just have that Grusinesque sound I want (thanks Craig Sharmat aka Scoredog). If I want lush, it’s Hollywood Strings all the way....

RobS wrote: ↑Dec 18, 2022 11:19 am I haven't understood if this harmonica can play chromatically or it's diatonic...

It can be played chromatically.

I bought it without listening to demos. You are my new boyhood hero Larry! Ha! Well Bill, thrifty soul though I am, I have spent too long trying to torture the CH Harmonica into a blues bag, so for that price I’ll give it a shot. Same here. The CH is a great choice for Stevie Wonder/Toots Thielman,...

(sigh) instant buy.

I keep saying that there is nothing that I need and then something shows up and it seems I do:)

I would call your attention to the three settings: standard, epic, and soft. They do sound quite different and of course being able to make your own mic mixes is a bug help.

Just a heads up that the Opus edition is $299 in the 2022 Cyber Monday sale, and it's a $199 update for anyone with a qualifying product (I have two, the original HO Gold brass and strings) I won't be installing the library til later this week when I have a) the 4TB new NVMe drive and b) time. But ...

What stops the GX-80 from becoming another favourite, for me, has got nothing to do with Cherry Audio — they've done a superb job — but everything with the awkwardness of the original instruments. I mean, there's no getting away from the fact that a CS-80 is not a very intuitive or fun synth to pro...

I have not heard those frequencies in thirty years.

Arno responded: “ Hi Jay, They work the same way (with low velocity or with a CC if you set it this way in the preferences), but it’s not the same effect. On a trumpet, there is some sort of bend between notes when you do a slow note change. On a saxophone it’s different, there is a slight 1/4 tone ...

Piet De Ridder wrote: ↑Oct 08, 2022 4:20 pm That would be a strange decision. It's not as if saxophones can't glide, is it?
(And I seem to recall hearing a glide in one of the official demos.)

Maybe I'll ask AcousticSamples.

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I just sent Arno an email.

That’s the thing, Rob, there’s so many easy ways to adjust the sound. Play around with the different mics as well. yep... my impression is (trying for a classical orchestral tone) that if I'm using an IR based reverb it's better to just go with the MIC1-close mics exclusively, no virtual mics... th...