Those examples sound very promising and I'll be watching this space closely. So far, I think Performance Samples is gearing up to become my favorite developer:
1. No overhyped marketing.
2. No-nonsense UI's which tells me all my money goes straight into the product, not the pretty interface. It also doesn't waste precious screen space.
3. You're (Jasper) actually engaging with your customers and giving honest and useful information. I also like that you're very clear on your website about what a particular product can't do well/what its limits are.
4. I only own Caspian but from what I can tell this is true for all of PS's products: playability is a first class citizen here, and I've only recently began to appreciate the value of this. With Caspian I have a good deal of my bread and butter brass writing covered and I'm so much faster with it than any other library, it's really great because it also makes these instruments a joy to play.
5. I like the focused nature of each library. In my view this almost eliminates library weaknesses that large libraries suffer from. I only think Caspian is a little too wet and the close miss are a touch thin sounding, but other than that I can't think of any weaknesses, which is almost unprecedented.
6. I love that you're taking a modular approach with Con Motto. It was one of the main hooks for me with Spitfire because this would let me gradually buy into the product instead of having to plonk down a big pile of cash upfront. It also gives me more confidence in the product because by splitting things up, the post production process becomes (I imagine) more manageable and slip-ups are less likely to occur.
I didn't mean to write a love letter just now but... well , there you go!
@Jasper Blunk could you shed any more light on the flute demo you have on the Performance Samples Soundcloud? I'm guessing it's another test which implies to me you're considering to do woodwinds sometime? (I surely hope so!) If you can bring the playability of Caspian to the woodwinds .... that would be the dream to me. There are some woodwind libraries that have the sound but not the playability and vice versa, but in that demo, I'm hearing both!
Lastly, while I'm only one customer, I'd like to say that I really value consistency across patches and unfortunately the horns in Caspian have one dynamic layer less than the trumpets and trombones. Admittedly I don't really notice it that much unless I am listening for it, but I did want to take this opportunity to mention this to you as I suspect in not the only one who values consistency across patches. Was this a cost issue or a timbral issue? Could you elaborate on the reasoning behind this?
Sorry for hijacking the thread a bit!
