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Most of 8DIO stuff...total disaster for me. Mucho bucks down the drain... Only company I ever asked for my money back but no way...they kept it. Their demos are always so good yet THE worst playability ever. I tried a few different times with their libraries , now no matter how impressive their sales pitch is...won't take the chance with them. Also a month ago sent a support request to them on how I could get the update for the 1920's something piano I had purchased and never heard back. I'm done.
 
DocMidi657 said:
Most of 8DIO stuff...total disaster for me. Mucho bucks down the drain... Only company I ever asked for my money back but no way...they kept it. Their demos are always so good yet THE worst playability ever. I tried a few different times with their libraries , now no matter how impressive their sales pitch is...won't take the chance with them. Also a month ago sent a support request to them on how I could get the update for the 1920's something piano I had purchased and never heard back. I'm done.
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Man that's too bad to hear, I only own two of their libraries (Jennifer and Laurie solo voice libraries) and they are excellent, I use them all the time. I have heard some complaints about their bigger libraries though. Which libraries in particular are you referring to?
 
GtrString said:
I have one. Epic Drums from BigFish. Actually I loved the sounds of it, but then I read the EULA, which stated that I couldn't use it for production music, which was exactly the reason I bought it. Bummer, should have read the small letters beforehand. Never dared to get anything from them ever since, but lesson learned.
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They recently changed their EULA to allow production music. (See here.) You might finally be able to use it!
 
pmcrockett said:
They recently changed their EULA to allow production music. (See here.) You might finally be able to use it!
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EULA's that state you cannot use the sounds in production music are rediculous and should be avoided. The general rule is: As long as you layer the sample with other sounds and don't expose the sound solo, you're good. Otherwise you have to secure a special license.
 
mojamusic said:
You have to be kidding me. I have’t even finished the download (after 6 months of waiting) and this library has already changed my life. I’m potential up for a 2050 Grammy/Oscar nod, solely based on my anticipation of using this in my upcoming project. Do you know how major this is? C’mon. Pleae don’t trash talk N.
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Violence will break out for sure.
 
Midihead said:
EULA's that state you cannot use the sounds in production music are rediculous and should be avoided. The general rule is: As long as you layer the sample with other sounds and don't expose the sound solo, you're good. Otherwise you have to secure a special license.
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I'm not sure I'd consider this legal advice.
 
I was also a bit let down by Albion One. To be sure it's a very good library - just didn't reach the expectations I had going in. I won't repeat them, but I largely agree with the other complaints in this thread. I particularly have a hard time dealing with the brass and the arbitrary ranges for "hi", "mid", and "lo". I much prefer the way Berlin Inspire handles an ensemble library: full ensemble patches with a small sample of solo instruments or sections.

It's also too early to pass judgement, but I've been dealing with a ton of bugs and glitches in Cinebrass since purchasing it last week. First time I've ever had issues like this with any library.

Last, the 8Dio EULA is a PITA for a production studio with multiple staff composers. I don't use them anymore.
 
You'll notice that with most if not all 8Dio walkthroughs he's always playing back pieces of music that have been sequenced, edited, cc'd and tweaked to perfection. He rarely just plays a patch live. This was very telling to me after buying Adagio and Agitato and experiencing the many timing, tuning and other inconsistencies of the libraries. While there are some really nice sounds in there. Many of the shorts in Adagio are unusable for medium to fast repetitive passes. The rr attacks are all over the place. The loure patches don't sync, Also quite a few of the Adagio legatos are just plain awful. Bumping volume on transitions, tuning... ugg. Thankfully I got it all on sale, but still, total disappointment. And then they repackaged it all, stripped it down and are selling it for $699. Amazing!
 
Perry said:
I'm sorry about your Sonikenetic libraries.I'm using Maximo as I speak and I love it.I use Ostinato strings,Brass,Also Minimal.I have an old 2012 Mini Mac with 16 gig, I5 processor. I always use at least 16 Kontakt Inst. I would check all connections USB and otherwise I also use TRS on everything. I would Unplug USB and then plug back in.I know it sounds stupid. Its worth a try.
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Sopranos said:
I can't seem to view the video.

It's weird cause I have higher specs than you on my iMac but I get the popping. What is TRS? Also, what is your buffer set at?
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TRS is Tip Ring Sleeve cords actually stereo cords.I changed all of them in my studio.My sound is so much better.It added about 4 db at least.My buffer is at 512 Hope this helps.I had a loose USB cord wasn't in all the way.I was going to buy a New Mac .But when I found out they soldered the memory to the board I bought this one my next thing is an SD Drive.
 
Perry said:
I'm sorry about your Sonikenetic libraries.I'm using Maximo as I speak and I love it.I use Ostinato strings,Brass,Also Minimal.I have an old 2012 Mini Mac with 16 gig, I5 processor. I always use at least 16 Kontakt Inst. I would check all connections USB and otherwise I also use TRS on everything. I would Unplug USB and then plug back in.I know it sounds stupid. Its worth a try.
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Here is What I finished today.Maximo.
 
Propably Adagietto. It's unusable. There are some strong resonances which makes it's impossible to play certain harmonies and chords. I mailed about this to them and they took a. attitude and basically said "it's not for you then, deal with it". I've never bought anything from 8dio since.
 
StevenOBrien said:
Hollywood Strings. It was the first big library I ever bought when I was around 17 years old. Spent months saving up for it. It sounded great, but ended up being almost completely unusable due to the PLAY engine. Waited eagerly for an update to PLAY (I think it was PLAY 4?), and when I got it, it ended up making the performance/crashing even worse. Uninstalled it later that week and never used it again. ~$400 down the drain.
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400$? Lucky guy.. I paid 800€ in 2012 and it was vey hard to use with an external SATA Drive via FW800....
 
I got M during the sale on VSTBuzz. I admit I was very happy with it at the time. But when N came out soon after, with all the hype, it changed my attitude to M and I felt I was missing out somehow. So you could say I was disappointed, but with a few month lag in my disappointment. I don't use M anymore, but at the same time, I'm not ready to pay the full price for N. I'm going to wait until it goes on sale.
 
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