germancomponist
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This is a bad example ...... .
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This is a bad example ...... .
If you had the choice would you choose Amadeus or the Hollywood Orchestra? I convinced my parents to allow me to buy the Hollywood Orchestra over Amadeus. Should I go back and just get Amadeus? I'm incredibly lucky that my parents are supporting me in this way. Thank you!Hey OP just get the Amadeus orchestra, at $149 the value is simply unbeatable.
TL;DR: Start small, focus on learning and playing the long game.
If you had the choice would you choose Amadeus or the Hollywood Orchestra? I convinced my parents to allow me to buy the Hollywood Orchestra over Amadeus. Should I go back and just get Amadeus? I'm incredibly lucky that my parents are supporting me in this way. Thank you!
I’ve been playing piano and learning theory for years now haha. I have a nice key board I got almost a year ago, this is just my next step. Thanks for the wise wordsIf you are serious about this composing thing you should invest in some piano and music theory classes and get a MIDI keyboard if you already do not have one. That money will be much better spent than on better orchestral libraries.
I would also suggest Hollywood Orchestra (Gold Edition), which has only 1 mic, it's relatively dry, and right now costs less than $250. Also, EW Symphonic Orchestra (Gold Edition) would be a nice first library for less than $200, if you like a sound that has a natural reverb (it was recorded in a big concert hall)! I am not sure that as a beginner you would have great benefits from many different mic positions. It could be a little overwhelming (not only for you, but for your PC as well), but that's up to you.
The problem with Amadeus is that there is no support at all, it seems an abandoned product, the library (or even their web page!) has never been updated, and - beware - it expires permanently!
Yes this happened to me yesterday, as I wanted to give it a second try! So I went to my account to download it, only to get the response "your download links have expired", and immediately the page redirected me to a new page prompting me to enter their e-shop to buy a new product!
I suppose I could send them an email for support (i.e. creating new download links for me, if possible), but they still have not replied to my previous emails which I sent them 6 months ago! So I would consider it a great risk spending $150 to buying Amadeus!
If you would really like a Kontakt Player library, including full sections, the most essential solo instruments, plus many extras (like choirs and atmospheric pads), 2 different microphone settings, that sounds very nice, has a modern interface and does not require a high end computer (it weights about 20GB), I would definitely suggest Nucleus Core.
Last but not least, well done to your parents that support your music journey!
Go to JRRShop.com and use the discount code Group. You can get Gold for less than $224. It will work well for a long time.If you had the choice would you choose Amadeus or the Hollywood Orchestra? I convinced my parents to allow me to buy the Hollywood Orchestra over Amadeus. Should I go back and just get Amadeus? I'm incredibly lucky that my parents are supporting me in this way. Thank you!
Maybe it's not what you are looking for, but another option if you are learning orchestration is to get Wallander Noteperformer and run it in Sibelius or Dorico instead of a DAW. The reason I recommend this as a start is that for a 129 bucks you get the most complete orchestra with fairly decent sounds, and tons of articulations, and you don't have to mess with expression maps or articulation keyswitchs when you are first learning to orchestrate. Later you can transfer your files to a DAW and use VST's to make your sounds better with other libraries, but at least you have everything at once in Noteperformer to get going, and whatever VST "starter" library you buy may still be missing some things, so you can keep those sounds from Noteperformer (as audio export) and mix them with your VST's in the DAW.
You have nothing to lose trying this, because there is a free 30-day trial of Noteperformer and Sibelius and Dorico, so you should at least get one of the two notation hosts and Noteperformer and mess around with them for a month.
I know it has been posted here often before, but here is Noteperformer playing Star Wars. As a test I downloaded the same XML file and replayed it in Noteperformer/Sibelius myself, and it sounded identical to this youtube video:
If OT comes out with their player and the ability to buy what you need only, this would really work.How about Orchestral Tool's Berlin Orchestra Inspire 1 & 2?
Then the OP can slowly build his orchestral sections (Berlin Series) based on his needs...
You NEED the diamond version of the hollywood series for this, so the cloud offering is no option if you want this exact sound abilities. (because of mic positions and even divisi for strings.) and a ton of post processing fx. (not included in the eastwest offerings)
The gold is good, but needs more work, to get the richness soundwise, the diamond offers.(no extra mics, no divisi to name some things you lack, and influence soundscape options)