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Most Disappointing Library Purchase?

If you think someone's unnecessarily cruel toward a company, being unnecessarily cruel to that person doesn't fix it. Actually we have it totally backwards: it's way worse to single out an individual than a company. Given 8dio's early days, I'm willing to bet his criticism went much deeper than what Cory is being criticized for now.
 
I think Cory tends to be fair in his reviews about both the good and bad. A free copy shouldn't change that.
I obviously can't speak for Cory--I don't even know him personally, however I believe he was implying he felt somewhat pressured, whether subconsciously or otherwise, to favor companies in return for review copies. It is clearly apparent certain YouTube "influencers" are easily persuaded. I think this is a valid discussion particularly on a site such as this.
 
Spitfire Audio's The Grange is still the worst library I've ever bought. Not only does it play clunky as hell in Kontakt, but the fact that every crash cymbal has a kick drum baked into it because of their flimsy excuse that the drummer told them "I don't ever hit a cymbal without hitting a kick drum with it" and they accepted it/defended it, still blows my mind as the dumbest sample set decision I can think of.
 
My deepest, bitterest regrets, come from 8dio libraries (though not recently).
I believe their ballistic impulse shopping inducing marketing tactics contribute to this. Ditto Waves & PA. Just like shopping at the Dollar Store when you get home and realize you purchased a bunch of crap you didn't need primarily because it was incredibly cheap.
 
You're clearly not aware of his vendetta against 8Dio who he has cruelly called 'H8Dio' and apparently refuses to review any more of their products.

And any composer who calls Tundra just 'OK' is hard to take seriously.
Did not know this. I will leave it at that.
 
You're clearly not aware of his vendetta against 8Dio who he has cruelly called 'H8Dio' and apparently refuses to review any more of their products.

And any composer who calls Tundra just 'OK' is hard to take seriously.
I'm not sure what your problem is with Corey, however, his opinions are of course subjective as are yours and deeming something "OK" is hardly outrageous or controversial. Why should he feel the need to review 8DIO products if he isn't fond of them? Besides, I don't think Troels needs help marketing.
 
What would be your most disappointing library purchase of 2017?

I would say mine is probably Output's complete bundle. I just don't use it anywhere near as much as I was expecting.
2021 now... Straylight for Kontakt. I was lured in by the videos, bought it and was totally amazed by the technicality of it then never used it... it just doesn't act like an instrument, rather a set of one note sound fx (bit like a lot of my Reaktor ensembles...)
 
It depends on whether he's trying to be a critic, in which case "not my thing" isn't the same as "horrible and disappointing library", or whether he's trying to be a Youtuber, in which case "not my thing" is exactly the same as "horrible and disappointing library".
It's all subjective on YouTube where everyone is a self-proclaimed authority and discerning between "critic" and "YouTuber/influencer" when most are selling an illusion is a challenge.
 
And any composer who calls Tundra just 'OK' is hard to take seriously.
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Points taken, but how are fans of 8Dio, or worse, 8Dio staff themselves, meant to take your comment Max? Cory called 8Dio H8Dio, there is no contesting that.
That doesn't mean it should be repeated elsewhere (like here). No offense, I just agree with max. Focusing on an individual this way just invites conflict and hissy fits, and God knows our society is overflowing with those as it is. Can we get back to disappointing library purchases?
 
One of my most disappointing (well, dumbest) purchases, which was no fault of the library itself: Spitfire had a holiday sale on their original Evo Grids 1-4. I still don't know what the hell I was smoking, but I thought "Eh, I'll probably want these someday, may as well grab them on sale!"

So I just dropped $800 on those 4 Evos and Harp Swarm without hardly watching any walkthroughs... and I don't think I've spent more than 5 minutes with any of them. 🤦
 
One of my most disappointing (well, dumbest) purchases, which was no fault of the library itself: Spitfire had a holiday sale on their original Evo Grids 1-4. I still don't know what the hell I was smoking, but I thought "Eh, I'll probably want these someday, may as well grab them on sale!"

So I just dropped $800 on those 4 Evos and Harp Swarm without hardly watching any walkthroughs... and I don't think I've spent more than 5 minutes with any of them. 🤦
I would say most of my disappointment is also self-inflicted, like your example.
Probably 50% of my purchases end with me receiving the "Thank you for your purchase!" email, followed swiftly by a heavy sense of doubt over what I've just done.
 
I would say most of my disappointment is also self-inflicted, like your example.
Probably 50% of my purchases end with me receiving the "Thank you for your purchase!" email, followed swiftly by a heavy sense of doubt over what I've just done.
I only had that once with MSS. Considered, for a moment, seeing if i could return it before downloading, too. Boy am i glad i didn't!
 
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