ChrisSiuMusic
Senior Member
Hi everyone! Now that JADE Ethnic Orchestra has been released and many have started playing with it, it'll definitely be interesting to see how this plays out in virtual mockup land, and how many more 'Asian-inspired' cues we'll start seeing. In terms of the library itself, I have a few things to share:
- Very playable and expressive
- Legato is much smoother than some previous libraries (STU for example)
- Classic 'Strezov' sound (not overly bright, just solid recordings you can mangle on your own)
- So far, the winds and plucked strings sound incredible. Not much critique I can share on that!
- Percussion sounds solid
- Vocals are a great addition. The keyswitching between different syllables is a really cool concept, and quite flexible
- Erhu ensembles seem to have 1 player performing vib at lowest dynamic layer, all the rest come in when you ride it up. Love this!
- Some of the fades between non-vib and progressive vib can be a tad smoother (erhu soloist for example), while it works very well with zhonghu
- Trills must be done manually (1st note does not re-trigger if holding down 2 notes and letting go of 2nd)
- One main 'articulations' patch would be awesome (update coming!)
That's all I can think of so far. Strezov Sampling have really come up with something quite incredible. Thanks George and the team for your efforts! Looking forward to making some music with this now :D
Check it out here: https://www.strezov-sampling.com/products/view/jade.html
- Very playable and expressive
- Legato is much smoother than some previous libraries (STU for example)
- Classic 'Strezov' sound (not overly bright, just solid recordings you can mangle on your own)
- So far, the winds and plucked strings sound incredible. Not much critique I can share on that!
- Percussion sounds solid
- Vocals are a great addition. The keyswitching between different syllables is a really cool concept, and quite flexible
- Erhu ensembles seem to have 1 player performing vib at lowest dynamic layer, all the rest come in when you ride it up. Love this!
- Some of the fades between non-vib and progressive vib can be a tad smoother (erhu soloist for example), while it works very well with zhonghu
- Trills must be done manually (1st note does not re-trigger if holding down 2 notes and letting go of 2nd)
- One main 'articulations' patch would be awesome (update coming!)
That's all I can think of so far. Strezov Sampling have really come up with something quite incredible. Thanks George and the team for your efforts! Looking forward to making some music with this now :D
Check it out here: https://www.strezov-sampling.com/products/view/jade.html