BasariStudios
Basari Studios
For some odd reason or i might be wrong but i find the
Solos (First Chairs) to have really good Transitions.
Solos (First Chairs) to have really good Transitions.
Audiobro Modern Scoring Strings
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turnerofwheels
bag of mostly water
Since it makes your library incompatible with previous versions of kontakt, maybe it shouldn't happen by default, but still be an option during installation... It's pretty odd. It took at least a minute for my machine to load an MSS patch before batch resave and maybe two seconds to load a patch after...
turnerofwheels
bag of mostly water
That's the user friendly answer, but for a techie, it doesn't answer much. When you set a location for your library say e:\audiobro\etc or what not, that already tells Kontakt where to look on your machine when you load it from the library gui.
I found this link courtesy this useful thread which goes more into detail. It turns out it has less to do with your specific computer, and more as to whether or not your computer and the developer's computer was a Mac or PC (I wonder if this is why my Spitfire libraries open so blazing fast out of the box on my PC without batch resaving): "The problem arises when you take an instrument saved on a Mac and open it on the opposite PC platform (or vice versa). Because the sample references inside the instrument differ slightly from the opposite platform, Kontakt can't utilise on the NKC cache and has to use the long-winded process of searching the drive and files every time you load the NKI."
If I can glean anything from it, it sounds like there is potential risk involved (easily mitigated by backing up your instrument files before saving) so maybe this is why it isn't done automatically.
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prodigalson
Senior Member
Care to provide an example?? There's virtually no information or examples of the solos AT ALL and that would be a big draw for me..
prodigalson
Senior Member
Spitfire seems to almost universally use macs though so it's actually a pretty safe bet that the download versions of the patches were saved on a Mac.
BasariStudios
Basari Studios
Actually i stand corrected...i was wrong...i tried the CELLO only which
actually is good but every other Solo Sucks. Violin 1 Worst i think.
Holly hell the CPU Mark on this, a lot worse than u-He Diva.
prodigalson
Senior Member
oy. how about the intuition patches? Is the playability/tone any better?
turnerofwheels
bag of mostly water
The contained link says they were saved for PC and is written by someone who works on SF libraries.
Casiquire
Senior Member
Ah that might have my answers. Thanks!That's the user friendly answer, but for a techie, it doesn't answer much. When you set a location for your library say e:\audiobro\etc or what not, that already tells Kontakt where to look on your machine when you load it from the library gui.
I found this link courtesy this useful thread which goes more into detail. It turns out it has less to do with your specific computer, and more as to whether or not your computer and the developer's computer was a Mac or PC (I wonder if this is why my Spitfire libraries open so blazing fast out of the box on my PC without batch resaving): "The problem arises when you take an instrument saved on a Mac and open it on the opposite PC platform (or vice versa). Because the sample references inside the instrument differ slightly from the opposite platform, Kontakt can't utilise on the NKC cache and has to use the long-winded process of searching the drive and files every time you load the NKI."
If I can glean anything from it, it sounds like there is potential risk involved (easily mitigated by backing up your instrument files before saving) so maybe this is why it isn't done automatically.
The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra - Tutorials » Batch Re-saving
Synthetic Orchestra. Now up to 736 pieces of music. That's 26 hours, 11 minutes of listening!
molemac
Active Member
Happy birthday, are you not liking your wife’s new present ?
Wunderhorn
Senior Member
For those who already have MSS - and since it seems to be established that it does not sound very similar to LASS, to what other string libraries would you compare the sound?
Casiquire
Senior Member
From the demos, to me it kind of sounds like NSS. I seem to be the only one who feels this way lol but that's ok. Some people compare it to Hollywood Strings but i only hear that comparison in the sordino (i only own the expanded legato)
BasariStudios
Basari Studios
The Legatos not yet...waiting for the Updates.
BasariStudios
Basari Studios
I own a lot of Strings Libraries and tried to Compare.
To me the Closest is coming is BBC SO PRO. Its ROUND,
warm, you do not hear each player separately like in
EW HS or Synchron Strings Pro or even LASS.
I can not explain, it sound more like 1 unified Instrument
then 15-20-30 Players. It is more Soft and Mellow but also
it can get very aggressive. It has huge Dynamic Range.
Wunderhorn
Senior Member
I'd love to hear some more demos that focus on dynamic range. How soft, how aggressive. Not just by mod wheel position but in your writing how aggressive can you get it to sound (think some Shostakovich) and at the same how delicate can it get? Showcasing maybe more of an emotional range than the purely technical pre-requisites that the libraries might fill based just on numbers alone.
dzilizzi
Senior Member
Wow, that sounds really good. I like the tone in that. Rethinking my not now maybe later stance.....
soulofsound
Active Member
The example shows the limits of technical tests, which have use and merit, but only tell you so much. I think MSS is one of the best sounding libraries with huge potential for shaping the sound.
FKVStudio
Member
I have asked the creator and he answers that all the strings that sound are Modern Scoring Strings. He has not layering with other libraries and the only "external" that he has included is the French Horns from Audio Imperia's Jaeger.
dzilizzi
Senior Member
I think it's the settings he is using. MSS allows for a lot of shaping. I'm not so good at shaping sound. Though sometimes it it fun to try and I shouldn't get horrible loud sine waves playing with this as I would playing with a synth - normally what you use to learn about shaping sound.
