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by Lawrence
Aug 03, 2023 9:55 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: VSL VE Pro and VI Pro silicon native and VST3
Replies: 7
Views: 4274

Re: VSL VE Pro and VI Pro silicon native and VST3

I’m also looking at VSL solo strings “full” at $162 through Ilio.
by Lawrence
Jul 13, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings
Replies: 41
Views: 9321

Re: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings

Another nice thing re VSL-I own VEP (a few versions), one BBO and SE winds and that’s it from Vienna. When the iLok transition happened, they turned SE winds into SE basic, giving me all of the instruments of the basic SE orchestra. Damn generous. The folks at VSL, like Paul Kopf, are really good p...
by Lawrence
Jul 13, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings
Replies: 41
Views: 9321

Re: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings

Another nice thing re VSL-I own VEP (a few versions), one BBO and SE winds and that’s it from Vienna.

When the iLok transition happened, they turned SE winds into SE basic, giving me all of the instruments of the basic SE orchestra. Damn generous.
by Lawrence
Jul 11, 2023 3:34 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings
Replies: 41
Views: 9321

Re: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings

Thanks-I do hear the intimacy in some of the demos. I don't like them much when they're louder, feeling they have a sort of "buzzy quality to them. Maybe, as you say, it's just a matter of hearing them more prominently.
by Lawrence
Jul 10, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings
Replies: 41
Views: 9321

Re: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings

Thanks for the review, Piet.

I have no experience with Synchron strings, but in listening to the demos I found that the softer side of Duality appealed to me more than the louder side. Any thoughts along that line?
by Lawrence
Jul 06, 2023 2:51 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings
Replies: 41
Views: 9321

Re: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings

So, so interesting. Overall, the piano and pianissimo sound much better to me than the forte and mezzo forte , which sound sort of buzzy.

Lots of possibilities and options here though.
by Lawrence
Jul 05, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings
Replies: 41
Views: 9321

Re: [NEW] VSL Duality Strings

Impressive sounding. I look forward to a thorough walkthrough.
by Lawrence
Jul 04, 2023 4:38 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire Audio BBC SO Piano
Replies: 20
Views: 3419

Re: Spitfire Audio BBC SO Piano

Caught up in the hype, Piet. No excuses. The Holy Grail continues to elude. I have my standard (VGP2), my few specialties like OBG, Piano in Blue, Spitfire Felt, the Abbey Road uprights, the clanky old Braunschweig (I know how you love that one!) but the Grail.... no. On the other hand, I have quite...
by Lawrence
Jul 03, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire Audio BBC SO Piano
Replies: 20
Views: 3419

Re: Spitfire Audio BBC SO Piano

As immune as I am to Spitfire’s marketing, I take a flyer now and again. Strangely enough after all the ones I’ve bought, I’ve not found the piano of my dreams. The most expensive one I’ve bought recently was the 300 Grand, which I find to be largely disappointing. I doubt I’ll consider the new Spit...
by Lawrence
Jun 26, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire Audio Albion 2: Loegria retired and 50% off [2023 - now unretired]
Replies: 23
Views: 8173

Re: Spitfire Audio Albion 2: Loegria retired and 50% off [2023 - now unretired]

Spitfire feeling obligated to provide bug fixes-what a concept.
by Lawrence
Jun 26, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Spitfire Audio Albion 2: Loegria retired and 50% off [2023 - now unretired]
Replies: 23
Views: 8173

Re: Spitfire Audio Albion 2: Loegria retired and 50% off [2023 - now unretired]

As I posted on VI-C-why does a digital product ever need to be “retired”?
by Lawrence
Jun 06, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Apple WWDC 2023
Replies: 3
Views: 1242

Re: Apple WWDC 2023

I priced out the Ultra with 128 GB RAM and a 4 tb SSD. Came out to around $5500, video monitors not Included. Not too bad considering a composer friend bought a Mac Pro with similar specs about 3 or 4 years ago-for 20k. We banter back and forth about a lot of things but I don’t have the heart to go ...
by Lawrence
Jun 05, 2023 6:27 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: FREE: Native Instruments Irish Harp
Replies: 4
Views: 1696

Re: FREE: Native Instruments Irish Harp

As with all keyswitched instruments, I just keep pressing low keys until something magical happens. Or doesn’t.
by Lawrence
Jun 05, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Native Instruments Summer Of Sound '23
Replies: 24
Views: 38280

Re: Native Instruments Summer Of Sound '23

Thanks for doing that Guy. I found that I had to drag tempo and it still wasn’t consistent. Yours sounds better. I wonder if it’s the difference between AS 1 and 2 or just user error on my part.
by Lawrence
Jun 04, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Native Instruments Summer Of Sound '23
Replies: 24
Views: 38280

Re: Native Instruments Summer Of Sound '23

Guy, do you find that Action Strings 2 sync to tempo perfectly? I used the earlier version once on one piece, and sync was a real struggle.
by Lawrence
May 30, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Acoustic Samples V-Winds
Replies: 17
Views: 51824

Re: Acoustic Samples V-Winds

Ashermusic wrote: May 30, 2023 10:39 am I am usually all over AcousticSamples products, but I just don’t need these.
What a curious notion-“need.”

😉
by Lawrence
May 26, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Acoustic Samples V-Winds
Replies: 17
Views: 51824

Re: Acoustic Samples V-Winds

I’ve only listened to the oboe tracks, but they all seemed to be played forte with a hard attack, which I find curious.
by Lawrence
May 03, 2023 3:05 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Zynaptiq Orange Vocoder IV released
Replies: 5
Views: 17460

Re: Zynaptiq Orange Vocoder IV released

Thanks Jason. That could be a problem-I’ll trial it, but forewarned….
by Lawrence
May 01, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Zynaptiq Orange Vocoder IV released
Replies: 5
Views: 17460

Re: Zynaptiq Orange Vocoder IV released

This seems like the “easy button” vocoder I’ve always wanted.
by Lawrence
Apr 12, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Audiobro LASS 3
Replies: 61
Views: 104385

Re: Audiobro LASS 3

Thanks Guy. I finally found the switch to turn auto-divisi off under “Ensemble.” This wasn’t obvious to me.
by Lawrence
Apr 12, 2023 6:36 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 inc "Lifetime license"

I bought CinePerc for $81. Great stuff. Then I had a rare moment of profligacy and bought CineBrass (both versions) and CineStrings, which are fine but totally unnecessary for me. Does anyone believe that the $499 Musio deal will be limited to “the first 100 buyers?” I don’t. Still-I think Cineperc ...
by Lawrence
Apr 11, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: Audiobro LASS 3
Replies: 61
Views: 104385

Re: Audiobro LASS 3

I bought the upgrade but found the interface almost as arcane as the LASS 2.5 and haven’t dug into it very far. I haven’t replaced the old LASS in my template.

I opened 3 today and found one thing strange-it seems everything is set to poly legato? Is there an easy way to switch it to mono legato?
by Lawrence
Apr 01, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra - Brass and Winds now released
Replies: 54
Views: 178939

Re: East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra Strings

I don’t think having developers aggressively defend their products from peoples’ opinions is a thing we want to have here. Key word “aggressively.” Hi Larry! hope you are well! Agreed and I was not referring to Nick's post specifically. I read a question somewhere above about whether developers wer...
by Lawrence
Mar 31, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra - Brass and Winds now released
Replies: 54
Views: 178939

Re: East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra Strings

I don’t think having developers aggressively defend their products from peoples’ opinions is a thing we want to have here. Key word “aggressively.”
by Lawrence
Mar 31, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: The Front Page
Topic: East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra - Brass and Winds now released
Replies: 54
Views: 178939

Re: East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra Strings

And not about some fictitious “revenge.”