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Hollywood Pop Brass has been released.

A walkthrough demo would be interesting - especially in order to get an idea of what it really contains. I'm saying that also because I'm quite surprised by the steep pricing - 5x NIs Session Horns (non-pro) regular price, while apparently covering very similar ground.
 
The demos sound extremely 2000's midi-like.

Well any time several instruments are playing the same MIDI you get some of that. The advantage is that the players are glued together in a way solo virtual instruments are not, the disadvantage is the lack of variation.

But whatever, we hear what we hear, right?
 
Whoever shot and edited that video did a fantastic job!

My question is what's a phrase and what's the library. But it sounds very good to me.

The demos sound extremely 2000's midi-like.

Saxer, you're a saxer. With few exceptions, any sampled instrument is going to sound like shit to a person who plays the real thing. And as Jay says, it's almost all unison. You could probably program in some slop - timing and pitch.
 
Saxer, you're a saxer. With few exceptions, any sampled instrument is going to sound like shit to a person who plays the real thing. And as Jay says, it's almost all unison. You could probably program in some slop - timing and pitch.
Przemyslaw Kopczyk made fantastic demos on Mojo. I believe the midi-ish feel in the EW demos isn't the fault of the library.
 
Yes, definitely needs a walkthrough after hearing the demos (was wishing for a funk demo).
At this point, I'm not totally sold on it. The intro price didn't help either. We'll see...
 
Here's a few samples of some flat patches, default mix, no processing, that might be useful! Really like the stac/sus combo patch for sketching out an idea. And those effects are gonna be REAL great for cartoon-style accents.

It's definitely a cheesy sound, but I think they nailed it. And while it's still definitely an EW legato, it's one of their best in a while.

Very worth downloading if you have the CC subscription and dig the style.

Stac Sus combo
[AUDIOPLUS=https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/hpb-stac-sus-patch-mp3.20764/][/AUDIOPLUS]

Legato Smooth Xfde:
[AUDIOPLUS=https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/hpb-smooth-legato-mp3.20762/][/AUDIOPLUS]

Effects (Rips, falls, growls, trills)
[AUDIOPLUS=https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/hpb-effects-mp3.20763/][/AUDIOPLUS]
 

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Here's a few samples of some flat patches, default mix, no processing, that might be useful! Really like the stac/sus combo patch for sketching out an idea. And those effects are gonna be REAL great for cartoon-style accents.

It's definitely a cheesy sound, but I think they nailed it. And while it's still definitely an EW legato, it's one of their best in a while.

Very worth downloading if you have the CC subscription and dig the style.

Stac Sus combo
[AUDIOPLUS=https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/hpb-stac-sus-patch-mp3.20764/][/AUDIOPLUS]

Legato Smooth Xfde:
[AUDIOPLUS=https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/hpb-smooth-legato-mp3.20762/][/AUDIOPLUS]

Effects (Rips, falls, growls, trills)
[AUDIOPLUS=https://vi-control.net/community/attachments/hpb-effects-mp3.20763/][/AUDIOPLUS]

The sounds are nice, solid and consistent; but especially listening to them like that, they really sound like samples.
 
The only off putting thing to me was the room sound in the demos. Is that added reverb or mic settings of some sort? I was really impressed when the solo instruments came in . I thought they sounded really good.
 
Isn't that for developers and those who work for them?

Well, you have a point there, but then what's the purpose of having two tiers, if anyone (non-developers and those who work for them) can post an announcement in ST for all to see? Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose, of having a tier that developers can post in without paying for space, that only members who are logged in can see?
 
Now is that because it's got a classic dry sound that was popular in 2000s sampling, or because they're totally samples? :scout:

It's not the reverb or lack thereof. It just doesn't sound the way real players sound the way real players phrase and blow. You really need modeled instruments to get closer to that.
 
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