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Spitfire Studio Woodwinds - Coming Soon

Y'all realize this is cheaper on release than Hollywood Woodwinds Gold is after 6 years on the market? I think the core winds is a fantastic deal. Bought it this morning but was so busy today I didn't get a chance to test drive it yet.

For starters, you get every standard instrument & ensemble except cor anglais and contrabassoon! And no corners cut on articulations or consistency. Maybe they were even a little underconfident in the market for woodwinds because they made the Core version much more "complete" than it could be if they wanted to drive Pro sales.. like if they had cut articulations, or left out the piccolo or something, I'd be more tempted to upgrade but right now the Core version seems like it has everything I could want. The extra mics would come in handy if this library were really soloistic and expressive like Berlin Exp B, but these seem to be straightforward orch winds for use in context.
 
NoamL said:
Y'all realize this is cheaper on release than Hollywood Woodwinds Gold is after 6 years on the market? I think the core winds is a fantastic deal. Bought it this morning but was so busy today I didn't get a chance to test drive it yet.

For starters, you get every standard instrument & ensemble except cor anglais and contrabassoon! And no corners cut on articulations or consistency. Maybe they were even a little underconfident in the market for woodwinds because they made the Core version much more "complete" than it could be if they wanted to drive Pro sales.. like if they had cut articulations, or left out the piccolo or something, I'd be more tempted to upgrade but right now the Core version seems like it has everything I could want. The extra mics would come in handy if this library were really soloistic and expressive like Berlin Exp B, but these seem to be straightforward orch winds for use in context.
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Noam, I would be very interested to hear your opinion of how these woodwinds sit in a mix with CSS and CSB. I’m planning on buying all three, as long as they work together well.
 
NoamL said:
For starters, you get every standard instrument & ensemble except cor anglais and contrabassoon!
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And you get the alto flute instead!—you have to admit that's a weird choice compared to the English horn or contrabassoon. Personally, I would place the EH before the bass clarinet as well, but that one is more debatable. (I kind of wonder why they included the alto flute in the Core, since it would have made more sense just to leave out EH, CBssn, and alto Fl and I wouldn't be sitting here second guessing their marketing department.) I agree with your assessment that the library is an excellent deal.
 
Feeling a lot better about this today having listened to Oliver and CH's demos. May well go for the core and upgrade to the Pro versions of WW Strings and Brass later. Does this mean that I would end up with both core and pro libraries? Thinking that the core would make a great on-the-road lightweight sketching palette. Would also give me a chance to buy some more SSD storage!
 
Really nice for the people who buy Core and upgrade to Pro. They get to have both. I wish that worked the other way around, where the people who already have Pro could throw Core into their cart and get it at no extra cost. Some instrument creators already do this, for example, with a full version piano and a free Lite version for those who bought the Pro.

It would be a nice gesture, seeing as how we already paid for all the content. Might be nice to put on a laptop, right?
 
Perhaps we need another thread dedicated the the entire studio series but anyway...

When the strings first came out, I wasn't sure what Spitfire were trying to achieve with the studio series. It sounded like "strings minus the air hall" to me. Having heard the complete series, I now "get it." Especially interesting was how Christian made the strings almost Hollywood in size in his contextual.

It appears there's a massive amount of flexibility in the pro version of the collection. Small and intimate to big and epic. I had my heart set on the symphonic collection, but it's dawning on me that the studio series might well be a better bet for the work I need. And it'll cost less too..
 
Ok I've gone for the Orchestra Studio Pro, and saved myself a whopping £3-02.
OMG - I've never been so impressed by Spitfire's generosity!!! Lol. I guess it demonstrates that they are now a corporate business looking to maximise their profits. Gone are the old days of rewarding their long standing fans and followers when they used to put loyal customers first.
 
jpb007.uk said:
Ok I've gone for the Orchestra Studio Pro, and saved myself a whopping £3-02.
OMG - I've never been so impressed by Spitfire's generosity!!! Lol. I guess it demonstrates that they are now a corporate business looking to maximise their profits. Gone are the old days of rewarding their long standing fans and followers when they used to put loyal customers first.
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I think what they're doing is just being competitive. There are many more libraries out there that can easily give SF a run for their money, so they seem to be undercutting the competition to acquire new customers, while at the same time, also giving existing customers a decent price. What I hope is not happening, is that they are rushing to get a product out before the next guy, and cutting corners with bugs and tuning...etc. There are still some minor flaws in Chamber Strings, that have never been addressed, and they are $700. But as a starter orchestral pack, at less than $500, for most people is a steal.
 
Has anyone been able to get their core download to work yet? I’ve installed many Spitfire libraries without problem but I have tried everything this time and every time it says it downloaded the 90gigs the sample folder ends up being only about 49mb. Still nothing back from support since yesterday. Any ideas?
 
I looked at some of the other Woodwind packages I either own or have been looking into while waiting for CSW:

Fluffy: Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon (I love this, but limited arcs on Oboe and Bassoon)
8Dio Claire: Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, English Horn, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
NI: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Saxophone, plus ensembles on everything
VSL SE 1: Piccolo, Concert Flute, French Oboe, English horn, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon
VSL SE 2 Flute 2, Alto flute, Viennese oboe, Oboe d’Amore, Small Clarinet, Basset Horn, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones - Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon ensembles
Sonokinetic is all ensembles.

Conclusion 1: the Spitfire Studio Woods Core comes with a lot of articulations as well as ensembles for Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, and Bassoons. Compared to other reasonably priced woods, this seems to me a very good deal for $150, despite the fact that it lacks an English Horn and a Contrabassoon and only has one mic. And you can get those instruments and more mics. if you want to pay more later, something that isn't available from most other companies.

Conclusion 2: Based on the above, it seems every company has different ideas about what a Woodwind library is. Therefore, assuming it plays like it sounds in the demos, this is IMHO a good purchase even if you're waiting for CSW. No matter how good it sounds, there are likely to be complaints. Spitfire Studio Woods will fill in some of the blanks, and more if you upgrade.

Question: How can Spitfire release this on Valentine's Day without an Oboe d'Amore?
 
I ended up getting the "core" studio woodwinds. I have several solo woodwinds, so I primarily got it for the ensembles. I very much like the huge variety of articulations. Everything seems well recorded and sounds clean with only nominal room (as I would expect). This will end up in my template later today.
 
josephspirits said:
Has anyone been able to get their core download to work yet? I’ve installed many Spitfire libraries without problem but I have tried everything this time and every time it says it downloaded the 90gigs the sample folder ends up being only about 49mb. Still nothing back from support since yesterday. Any ideas?
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First idea is, do you have enough space on your drive? The one time I had problems installling a library was when I didn’t have twice the space of the download to unpack the library properly and there was never an error message to help diagnose the issue.
 
$150 for Core is an amazing price.

I currently use BWW Legacy and Orchestral Tools wanted €200 just to upgrade to Revive. And only offered that price for two weeks, and now won't even allow existing owners to buy that deal even if they want to.

This whole Spitfire Studio line, even though I don't own any of it, seems like such a positive development for VI consumers. Life is good, and it just keeps getting better.
 
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Hey people,

I am looking at getting either Studio Woodwinds Core or Pro

I currently have NI Symphony Woodwinds Bundle (Full Edition) and EW Hollywood Woodwinds Diamond.

For Strings, I have 8Dio Adagio, Agitato, Anthology and Century Bundle, EW Hollywood Strings Diamond
Brass is Cinebrass Bundle and EW Hollywood Brass Diamond

As a complimentary to these I was looking at Studio Woodwinds, but am unsure if they would be the best fit for those Libraries, or would I want Symphonic Woodwinds?

Tough ask I know, but any advice would be appreciated

Thanks :)
 
Picked up the core library & U-He Diva whilst that’s on offer, might update to the pro version later down the line but I’ve been using the core studio strings library and tbh that’s been more than enough control for me
 
jbuhler said:
First idea is, do you have enough space on your drive? The one time I had problems installling a library was when I didn’t have twice the space of the download to unpack the library properly and there was never an error message to help diagnose the issue.
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Thanks for chiming in, yes, I do have enough space, over 1TB. Tried downloading the folder to two different drives just in case, but no luck. It's just weird because the download is taking 45mins - hour each time, but then the resulting folder is under 1 gig.
 
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