Yes ! For 8 Nat 3rd it is a good price.If you buy the V1 harmonics edition the 80 USD could be a realistic price range.
Yes ! For 8 Nat 3rd it is a good price.If you buy the V1 harmonics edition the 80 USD could be a realistic price range.
Edit: and Spitfire in the commercial announcements forum said V1 is “nearly here” with more details to come “very soon”, so I’d say that indicates it’s more likely that V1 will come out in the next quarter or so.
I wondered about this too. Core could be a very cut down set of articulations, maybe not a whole lot more than SCS Essentials. That would likely mean an even larger spread in price between core and pro. After his description I feel confident that there will be more differences between core and pro than just microphones, that is, I think pro will have more articulations, perhaps many more, and they will be presented as extended or decorative, things like sul tasto, sul pont, trills larger than a second, different speeds of trem, maybe alternative notes on different strings, etc. Given the 95% comment Core might look something like Berlin Symphonic Strings in terns of articulations, and Pro maybe similar to Hollywood Strings or even beyond. But who really knows? I do hope that the articulation list for pro feels entirely comprehensive, with no corners cut.Paul says the core version will have "95% of the functionality you use all the time". I'm wondering if he really means that, or if he wanted to say "all the functionality you use 95% of the time". If he meant it the way he said it this would imply that whenever someone reaches for the core library they would find that something essential is missing.
This is what Christian said in October 2020:I'm wondering if the whole Abbey Road Orchestral Foundations was forced on them by Covid. It's a wild guess but what if they were half way through making this big library , had a bunch of stuff recorded then covid hit. They couldn't do anything so they released a bunch of little libraries to keep busy and generate new income all the while planing on finishishing the new monster when they could!
it would explain a lot.
Just a theory and apologies if I'm behind on this, and it's already been suggested
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no already recorded before lockdown. Just edited and released during LockdownThis is what Christian said in October 2020:
AVAILABLE NOW — Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations
The product currently called "Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra" was originally released in a bunch of small pieces you could buy individually called British Modular Library, BML. So IIRC there was one product with just the flutes and clarinets, another with the reeds, and another with the lower...vi-control.net
This would have been quite a bit to record during covid restrictions!
You know some users at VI control have fallen to another level of madness when a single word is isolated in a quick peek video and scrutinized.Here are two things I noticed about the announcement:
- Paul says the core version will have "95% of the functionality you use all the time". I'm wondering if he really means that, or if he wanted to say "all the functionality you use 95% of the time". If he meant it the way he said it this would imply that whenever someone reaches for the core library they would find that something essential is missing.
- He chooses the word "functionality" which I think is intentionally vague. However, it makes me think of features rather than content. If the only difference is in "functionality", does that mean that both libraries will have the same articulations? The Pro version then could have real divisi recordings, polyphonic legato etc.
However, I think this is rather unlikely and I expect something like SCS Essential for the Core version.
English isn't my first language, so I'd be especially curious to hear what native speakers think about this
Speculation is fun though!There's no point speculating until it's released.
Well it would be odd to market their strings as “Coming Soon- really average Abbey Road strings. Take your mock ups back a few steps with sub par samples that will make you yearn for your U20 from the 90s.”I don't wanna sound like a hater, but seems like standard SFA hyperbole marketing, tbh.
Core might be CTA or a Mix only but with all arts. Maybe missing legato options. Pro might be additional mics. The studio series, among others was designed in a similar fashion. I think it would be smart because it would deliver an easy upgrade path.Core might be essential articulations, Pro extended decorative, special techniques. We really need 3 essential Mic positions, 1 Mix at least in core. Close, Tree, Ambient. The BBSCO approach for Core/Pro doesn’t work good with only a washed or distant Mix… that doesn’t cover 95% at our daily tasks.
A) without hesitation. That said, I'll likely end up getting the Pro version anyway. If Spitfire is smart about this Core will have "95% of the functionality you use all the time" (instead of the alternative I explained in my earlier post), so there will be a very good reason to get the Pro version.Would you rather have
A) 95% of the articulations (cutting things like sul pont., flautando, con sord.) and a small, inflexible, but truly 'complete in itself' set of mics (Mix1+2, or Mix1 alone. Or perhaps Tree, Outriggers and Close)
B) 95% of the mics but half or less the articulations with some truly significant cuts like "oops no staccatos" or "oops no run legato"
C) a product more limited than either A or B