The Darris
Senior Member
I've finally been able to catch up on current news. I listened to all of these alpha demos on here and I have to say I am not overly impressed. Okay, yes, they are "alpha." But, I am certain that one aspect that won't change to much is the character of the sound. I just feel like l've heard this sound in sampled brass before. Where I am hoping to be surprised is by the features and functionality.
I've been working on my next review of Chris Hein's Orchestral Brass library. I am not going to get into my thoughts other than mention the functionality of that library. Chris has integrated dynamic articulations into the fray that allow you to intuitively switch back and forth between them and other straight sounding samples. It just brings life into your performances without the use of CC curves that exploit the major issues of sampled brass, the differences in timbre in the low and high dynamic ranges of each instrument. This problem is found heavily in CineBrass, BML Brass, as well as most other brass libraries. The best way to confront this is with "swell" and "crescendo" samples that other developers have been including in their libraries for a while now. The hardest part is sequencing them. Finding a simple and easy way to integrate them into more performance friendly environment would certainly live up to any major hype developers use on their products.
Now to completely contradict myself. I have a lot of libraries that I have both bought and received for review. I can honestly say that there isn't ONE library that can do it all. I believe Century Brass isn't immune to this and there will be some really awesome aspects of it but also some really bland ones as well. A few years back, I used to be a developer fan boy and sought to just own their orchestra palette and realized that I was limiting myself to just one sound and character in my music. Having expanded outward, I've found a mix of libraries that work well for me and the sound I want.
I've been working on my next review of Chris Hein's Orchestral Brass library. I am not going to get into my thoughts other than mention the functionality of that library. Chris has integrated dynamic articulations into the fray that allow you to intuitively switch back and forth between them and other straight sounding samples. It just brings life into your performances without the use of CC curves that exploit the major issues of sampled brass, the differences in timbre in the low and high dynamic ranges of each instrument. This problem is found heavily in CineBrass, BML Brass, as well as most other brass libraries. The best way to confront this is with "swell" and "crescendo" samples that other developers have been including in their libraries for a while now. The hardest part is sequencing them. Finding a simple and easy way to integrate them into more performance friendly environment would certainly live up to any major hype developers use on their products.
Now to completely contradict myself. I have a lot of libraries that I have both bought and received for review. I can honestly say that there isn't ONE library that can do it all. I believe Century Brass isn't immune to this and there will be some really awesome aspects of it but also some really bland ones as well. A few years back, I used to be a developer fan boy and sought to just own their orchestra palette and realized that I was limiting myself to just one sound and character in my music. Having expanded outward, I've found a mix of libraries that work well for me and the sound I want.