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What's on your Spitfire Christmas Wish List?

So far I've added: Solo Strings, Symphonic Orchestra, HZ Strings, and Eric Whitacre.

I'll be interesting to see how thermonuclear the discounts are. I hope the thermonuclear does not take out my favorite Christmas dinosaur
 
The only orchestral libraries I currently own are:
OT Ark 1 & 3
Cinestrings
Spitfire Chamber Strings

Which Spitfire libraries do you consider must-haves AND would also expand my sonic palette?

I would say get ark 2. but discount is over now. those strings are really romantic strings. You already have spitfire chamber strings which is really nice. maybe try olafur chamber evolution, tundra. Or you wanna go big with big sound with almost infinite mic combination, Hans Zimmer Strings
 
So far I've added: Solo Strings, Symphonic Orchestra, HZ Strings, and Eric Whitacre.

I'll be interesting to see how thermonuclear the discounts are. I hope the thermonuclear does not take out my favorite Christmas dinosaur
it will be impressive if all gets 40%. wishful thinking
 
It's one of those that almost (almost!) sounds TOO good - makes you feel, 'it shouldn't be this easy to sound this emotive on a keyboard'.

I drove to my friends house who owns BDT, just to prove this was nonsense... Nope! You are so right, it's such a gem. I felt like I was playing the most emotive piece one second then the most horrific B movie horror score the next.
Thanks, on the list!

Any reviews on BHCT, where does this sit in peoples opinions?
 
The only orchestral libraries I currently own are:
OT Ark 1 & 3
Cinestrings
Spitfire Chamber Strings

Which Spitfire libraries do you consider must-haves AND would also expand my sonic palette?

I have almost the same core libraries if you swap out Ark 3 for SF swarm.

You have some lovely brass, choir sounds and cinematic percussion between MA1 + 3. You're covered for string writing.
I'd say SF woodwinds!
Unless you're looking for more textural string stuff which obviously SF have loads to choose from for...
 
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Any reviews on BHCT, where does this sit in peoples opinions?

Someone mentioned that it can be thought of as an Albion for the Studio series; I think that's pretty accurate.

For my own purposes, I've actually been getting rid of it as Studio Strings and Brass cover most of the same ground in greater detail. When the woodwinds come along I'll probably only still have the percussion installed.

This is all down to my preference for individual instruments though, and my relatively limited storage space. The library itself is awesome and I've been able to use it in surprising ways, given that my music usually isn't terribly similar to Benny's.
 
I got my first Evo Grid (3) from their BF "Ton"- bundle, and am currently working with a project where I need evolving orchestral stuff. After some careful researching, I decided to put both Evo 2 and 4 to my wishlist despite of having both Orchestral and Harp Swarms already in my palette of the mentioned project.

Then I saw the Andy Findon winds, went through their videos and was feeling a bit puzzled how I hadn't heard of them before. Both went straight to the list as well, so let's see what the good folks of Spitfire will say.
 
This wishlist thing has me watching a lot of Paul Thompson's walkthroughs... I am adding the Samuel Sim Chrysalis harp to the list. What a lot of inspirational sounds, and the fact that you can blend in the raw sound with the effects makes it very versatile, I think!
So:
OACE
North 7
SSoS
ASoS
SStS
Chrysalis
Olafur collection (just in case the collection discount is insanely high...).

How much I can buy will depend on the discounts.
 
Martyn Ware N.I.C. - Roland M100 and Jupiter 8 sample-lib. ...for the 80s analog synth lovers :) ...if 40% discount applied, it would be at about 60 EUR, yay.
 
Studio Strings is the only thing on mine.

Funny thing though: I just tried a brief experiment, to see if I could somewhat duplicate one of their demos with Session Strings Pro 2, Lass FC, Intimate Textures and some Tina Guo. Overall, yeah I could. I could make something in the same ballpark. I can also add real violins and violas and have a kickass cellist over any time.

This means something. I'm not sure what though. I'm too old to grow up. I could get new violin strings and a bow rehair and be a responsible person/musician. Good thing it's not happening for 2 more days, this sudden notion of discipline will hopefully pass. ;)
 
Just to make sure, Zoot, that is your cart you're showing. You have to put items in your Wishlist to get a discount...


yup.

i just grabbed a bunch from my wishlist to see what the total would be.

thanks for the reminder!!!
 
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