Spitfire Audio “This is London Calling” - BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Leonard Gaspar
Professional Hobbyist
Christian is obviously hyped but I'm a bit worried by his statement of this thing may not being everyone's cup of tea ... please don't be a special interests library ...
You should have! It still runs-- they did release final versions you could run without needing Camel Audio for copy protection or whatever, and I was fortunate to have bought nearly all the Alchemy sound packs I wanted. They were not very expensive, either.
I am still sad about it though. Alchemy was a very cool synth/sampler and there were some sound packs I didn't get in time. It was certainly better to use than Kontakt. I don't have it installed right now after rebuilding my DAW recently but I really should. It's still great.
Will be a very sad day when it no longer runs though. :-(
Digivolt
Glitch Vulture
It doesn't sound like a sample library the way he opens he's talking about revolutionising the way samples are created ? Artificial intelligence based sampling ?
Maybe its a library which only a limited amount of people could obtain?
Maybe very expensive (so not everyone can afford it) or something like a bespoke thing (wild guess) rather than a special interests library.
Daniel James
o_0
Did London call yet or are we still on hold?
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PaulieDC
Too much gear, not enough composing. Oy vey.
Tell you what, they are making SUCH a huge deal about this announcement that they'd better bring Beethoven back from the grave to write sequences and loops for us... anything else will be anticlimactic, lol.That language at 4 secondsI wonder what caused him to curse ?
Michel Simons
Senior Member
Zedcars
Klaatu barada nikto
I feel like we may have only half the information. I think there is more to this than a standard library, even if it’s a big Motherf****** one!
Zero&One
Senior Member
That's the piece of paper that was in front of the "checklist guy", after some good old cropping:
It’s a map to where the level 50 armour and sword are found!
I can finally beat Dark Souls!
angeruroth
Meeb Avemcrit
So... I was thinking about this somewhat strange marketing... One month for this one... And suddenly they release the organ...
I get a new SO is a bigger thing, and that could explain it, but can't shake the feeling that they are just experimenting, like a car maker saying a new car would be released in 2 years, testing the fields... So... I'm even more curious about that than about a breathtaking new lib...
But I'm just guessing like everyone else
I get a new SO is a bigger thing, and that could explain it, but can't shake the feeling that they are just experimenting, like a car maker saying a new car would be released in 2 years, testing the fields... So... I'm even more curious about that than about a breathtaking new lib...
But I'm just guessing like everyone else
synthetic
Senior Member
You drag and drop your DAW project into this app. There are faders for John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Igor Stravinsky, etc. And then a strength slider. So you say “make this sound 35% more like a collaboration between John Powell, Bela Bartok, and Tool.” Then you hit Go and it changes the orchestration, voicings, and mix in your project.
I’m on the beta, it works great.
I’m on the beta, it works great.
Richard Wilkinson
Wilx
Pirate radio to mainstream - I reckon it's either some sort of social networky thing - podcasts, a more focused web presence to host their 'journal' content, or a magazine. But obviously with a library launch at the same time to kick things off.
Zedcars
Klaatu barada nikto
There are pieces of this puzzle that point somewhere.
Christian originally tweeted this:
“This is going to be an historic shift for the craft of sampleism.”
However, the tweet is no longer there. Weird. I copied it in text form, but didn’t take a screenshot. In its place is:
“This is a massive chapter marker in the history of sampling.”
Not much difference. The only reason I can think might be for the change is that Sampleism is actually a company who sell samples, so maybe just avoiding any chance of confusion or issues with that company.
Anyway, all of that is a tangent from my main point. There are hints that this announcement is not a normal sample library release. The tweets and things he’s said in his videos suggest something slightly left field.
“A massive chapter marker in the history of sampling”
A sample library that “may not be for everyone”?
“Pirate radio to mainstream”?
“Something that will knock your bloody socks off”?
Evidence of BBC Symphonic Orchestra string library recorded at the iconic Maida Vale Studios.
Unfortunately I’m not Hercule Poirot, so I’m not getting the bigger picture here. But something is different about this one, that’s all I can conclude at this point.
Christian originally tweeted this:
“This is going to be an historic shift for the craft of sampleism.”
However, the tweet is no longer there. Weird. I copied it in text form, but didn’t take a screenshot. In its place is:
“This is a massive chapter marker in the history of sampling.”
Not much difference. The only reason I can think might be for the change is that Sampleism is actually a company who sell samples, so maybe just avoiding any chance of confusion or issues with that company.
Anyway, all of that is a tangent from my main point. There are hints that this announcement is not a normal sample library release. The tweets and things he’s said in his videos suggest something slightly left field.
“A massive chapter marker in the history of sampling”
A sample library that “may not be for everyone”?
“Pirate radio to mainstream”?
“Something that will knock your bloody socks off”?
Evidence of BBC Symphonic Orchestra string library recorded at the iconic Maida Vale Studios.
Unfortunately I’m not Hercule Poirot, so I’m not getting the bigger picture here. But something is different about this one, that’s all I can conclude at this point.
VinRice
... i am a robot ... viruses have no effect ...
I believe it may point to a formal agreement with the Beeb going forward. The reference to 'Pirates' is a callback to the time when pirate radio stations eventually became part of the BBC - all the DJs from Radio Caroline moving to BBC Radio One etc. It would be a very Spitfire thing to do.
J-M
A glorified bedroom composer...
Git Gud mate!
