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Audiobro Modern Scoring Strings

Let me predict, Once it's released, Someone will be posting this :

"Oh.. the legatos are bumpy here. I can't use this library."

Given this has been a pretty popular type of complaint on VI-C for almost every new Strings library released after CSS.
Thing is though, doesn't matter how many articulations, mic positions, of GigaBytes of content a string library has. If you don't think it has a nice tone, or don't think it's usable because of its legato then you wouldn't buy it would you? Personally I don't think I was ever impressed by LASS, or MSB, and I doubt MSS is going to wow me either.
 
If I understand the chart correctly, I get no additional discount for owning both LASS Full and LASS LS? I must say $550 seems a bit steep as an upgrade unless you are comparing traditional VSL library pricing. I question the marketing decision to ask this much immediately after the holiday season when everyone has likely blown their budget on sales. The fact they weren't willing to even disclose the upgrade pricing last month when it might have secured their "place in line" in folks library budgeting during the sales is a bit of a warning sign itself.
 
If I understand the chart correctly, I get no additional discount for owning both LASS Full and LASS LS? I must say $550 seems a bit steep as an upgrade unless you are comparing traditional VSL library pricing. I question the marketing decision to ask this much immediately after the holiday season when everyone has likely blown their budget on sales. The fact they weren't willing to even disclose the upgrade pricing last month when it might have secured their "place in line" in folks library budgeting during the sales is a bit of a warning sign itself.
So I cry.
 
Yeah, I believe loyalty discounts should not expire, not complaining but I have bought almost everything from a developer which has this policy.

I think is both the best way to treat your customers and also a great marketing tool.
 
Let me predict, Once it's released, Someone will be posting this :

"Oh.. the legatos are bumpy here. I can't use this library."

Given this has been a pretty popular type of complaint on VI-C for almost every new Strings library released after CSS.
Well, maybe sample developers should spend more time on producing good and convincing legato then :P.

A library can have the nicest room and all the articulations possible, but if it sounds **** playing an expressive melodic line, its going to be useless for most.
 
I must say $550 seems a bit steep as an upgrade
It's not really an upgrade. They're releasing a completely new library (with 2 years in production) and kindly offering a special/loyalty price for those who bought from them before. They could have just neglected this gesture altogether in the first place and I doubt nobody would have noticed or complained... so why is that an issue now?
 
Neat that owners of other products get a discount, too.
Where do you see this ? I can only see the chart at the top that mentions LASS owners.

Do you get further discount for owning more Audiobro libraries? If so can some one point me to it !
 
Is it still not possible to register an account at Audiobro if you bought from somewhere else?
I bought Genesis from Native Instruments, and at that point I wasn’t allowed to start an Audiobro account.
If it’s still that way, there’s no loyalty discount available if you never used the Audiobro store...
Too bad if they are going to loose some customers due to that.

We are excited to announce the initial promotion pricing of Modern Scoring Strings (MSS) and MSS Expanded Legato as well as the LASS Full Loyalty program. When MSS is available for sale, the prices in the chart below will be for a limited time. You will be able to log into your account and see your updated prices in the store. New customers will not have an account yet (you need an Audiobro purchase to do this):
 
Where do you see this ? I can only see the chart at the top that mentions LASS owners.

Do you get further discount for owning more Audiobro libraries? If so can some one point me to it !
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"I'm an Audiobro Store customer but don't own LA Scoring Strings Full."

I take that as, for example, I get a discount because I purchased Genesis directly from the Audiobro store.
 
Yeah, I believe loyalty discounts should not expire, not complaining but I have bought almost everything from a developer which has this policy.

I think is both the best way to treat your customers and also a great marketing tool.
I don't believe this is what's going to happen. The prices that it is currently showing, and state will only last approx 1 month, are the loyalty discounts combined with the intro price. After 1 month, the price will go up due to the intro price ending, but there will still be a LASS loyalty discount in effect.
 
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"I'm an Audiobro Store customer but don't own LA Scoring Strings Full."

I take that as, for example, I get a discount because I purchased Genesis directly from the Audiobro store.
Ahhh i Took that as meaning, you only had Lite version or First chairs ? Could be interpreted either way - though the fact it says FULL , would to me more likely you need to own at least Some LA scoring strings related product?

....just noticed the Audiobro Store customer, which implies you have another product.

Now we just need to hear demos !
 
Ahhh i Took that as meaning, you only had Lite version or First chairs ? Could be interpreted either way - though the fact it says FULL , would to me more likely you need to own at least Some LA scoring strings related product?

....just noticed the Audiobro Store customer, which implies you have another product.

Now we just need to hear demos !
Yeah, if it was something like, "You purchased non-Full LASS from Audiobro.com," then it really should say that explicitly. For me, I'm hopeful that this is, "You have made non-LASS Full purchases at Audiobro.com, such as Lite, MSB, or Genesis."
 
If I understand the chart correctly, I get no additional discount for owning both LASS Full and LASS LS? I must say $550 seems a bit steep as an upgrade unless you are comparing traditional VSL library pricing. I question the marketing decision to ask this much immediately after the holiday season when everyone has likely blown their budget on sales. The fact they weren't willing to even disclose the upgrade pricing last month when it might have secured their "place in line" in folks library budgeting during the sales is a bit of a warning sign itself.
This is a good point. @dxmachina are you able to confirm if there will be an additional discount for those who own LASS Legato Sordino as well as LASS Full?
 
Can someone check my math and let me know if I'm missing something?

Total ibrary size(131GB) ÷ 12 sections(10 divisi+2 solos) ÷ 4 mic positions = 2.7GB only per section.. which seems very very small compared to the huge content per section...right?

That makes me wonder...

Did they say anything about how they sampled MSS?
Meaning, if they sampled every whole tone or minor 3rd etc.
I'd really like this to be mentioned on their website. (it should be the norm for all sample libraries imo)
 
Good morning, folks. Pricing always comes with some indigestion.
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Has the LASS owner discount a time limit? or I can use it whenever I want?
At this point we've committed to a month at this loyalty price... but the intention is to keep a loyalty program.

are you able to confirm if there will be an additional discount for those who own LASS Legato Sordino as well as LASS Full?
There isn't an additional discount for LASS LS. It's basically three tiers: (1) new customer intro price, (2) bought any version of LASS Full from us loyalty price, (3) bought anything else from us loyalty price. So if you own LASS LS but not LASS Full you do get a discount... but the largest loyalty discount is and will likely always be from LASS Full.

One thing that maybe bears repeating is that this is not truly a LASS upgrade... it's a new string library. But we've been fortunate enough to be in business for a decade now and wanted to provide a substantial discount to the folks that have kept the lights on for us.

Do you think will ever be a LASS 3 library now that MSS is about to be released?
Yes, later this year.

I would like to know if there will be an update for the violas before buying!
Just to be 100% clear.... both Viola sections (2 divisi sections) are completely new recordings and have articulation and feature parity with the rest of the library. So there's nothing to update... it's brand new.

We did not record a new Solo Viola, but during development we happened to try layering the LASS First Chair Viola and it was a really fantastic sound. So we re-mixed the original viola and included it for that purpose. Think of it as a bonus, and one that can be extremely useful in the section (at least that's what we found).

Sorry if this has caused any confusion... we just wanted to be 100% transparent about the solo viola. Everything else is new.

(Like normal 16th against quintoles against triplets against septoles)
Will this be doable in an easy way?
Will there be an easy way to use ostinato intervals in quintoles?
For quintoles/septoles/etc... there isn't a truly simple way in 1.0 (beyond just playing in the parts of course). I can probably offer you relatively quick solutions in a few cases, but something like this could definitely be better done in an update without too much fuss. We're feature-locked for release now, but I'll certainly add it to the ideas list.

Will it be possible to create custom scales (like e.g a major scale with an additional #4 [would be c-d-e-f-f#-g-a-b in C-maj] and similar?
This will be easier to demo in a video, but right now the options for scales are:

*Select any key and tonality/mode
1. Diatonic Held mode: hold a note and the scale will continue up or down in the key/tonality you've chosen. You can start on non-diatonic chord tones

2. Chromatic Held mode: same as above, just chromatic

3. Start-End note mode: Play the scale start and end notes and the scale will play. Again, you can start and/or end on non-diatonic notes.

4. Fully manual mode: Play scale elements of tuplets or 16ths in various combinations

(there are also octave modes as well as tempo synched full octave Maj/Min runs)

In terms of completely custom scales that fall outside the realm of what that gives you you can either manually combine scale elements (#4) or use playable runs.

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Hopefully that answers a few questions anyway. For those doing the math here's something fun to think about... LASS Full is around 17GB for 20 sections. MSS is by far the most extensive thing we're ever done. It's taken us the better part of a decade to figure out how to do something with a scope this large. There were no corners cut. Pretty soon you'll take a listen and decide for yourselves.
 
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