Brian Nowak
Active Member
So Berlin Woodwinds wont be able to create a nice ensemble patch eh. Then i'll wait for CSW.
I am currently using BWW Revive. I don't create an ensemble patch by loading up the different instruments together. I load up the instruments on individual tracks and program them individually. This way I can program humanization into them (sometimes you have to make quite a bit of difference between the parts to get them to sound less robotic), EQ, and position them in a way that suits my needs.
But I do a lot of a2/3 orchestration as I'm currently writing action music and the volume/sound I'm looking for demands it. I think people overthink this stuff way too much. It works fine. Nobody, including my publisher or working professionals who have heard my mockups, have complained about my woodwinds not sounding like a real ensemble patch.
I'm totally going to buy CSW when it comes out, though. Because ensemble patches, and also just different woodwinds in general. If you aren't in dire need of woodwinds, I wouldn't get BWW until they inevitably do their next sale, which I would think is almost guaranteed. I definitely felt the pang of overspending when it suddenly went 40% off...