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  1. Syneast

    Opening old projects

    I'm gonna rant for a bit. Opening old projects can be such a pain in the ass. Do I seriously need to have every version of my plugins since their inception installed on my computer at all times? I mean, things get updated and old versions often disappear so you can't even find the installers for...
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    In-ears to replace headphones?

    Love my Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pros, but they are huge and won't fit in my laptop bag. I am looking for a pair of in-ears to replace them. They need to be so good that I can mix and master on them. Are there in-ears like that? If so what are they called?
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    What to do with unused libraries?

    Not hating on the light libraries, they're awesome, but if I could go back in time I would probably just stick with one of the big orchestral libraries. It's ironic how my quest for the ultimate laptop friendly library has left me needing more hard drive space to house all of them, since I can't...
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    What to do with unused libraries?

    My GAS has been dead for a while and I have found my few favorite work-horse libraries. The problem is I still have a ton of non-favorites taking up precious space. I've spent a ton of money on "light" libraries (basically demo versions of larger libraries, like Cinesymphony Lite and the likes)...
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    Am fully convinced this is the best starter library

    The best starter library is the one you start with.
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    Recorded phrases vs phrase engine

    I want to delve into phrase libraries to help start songs or to quickly lay out groundworks for tracks that I can then change and build upon. I've been looking at Sonokinetic's recorded phrase stuff as well as engine type libraries like Sonscore The Orchestra and HOOPUS. Are there more engine...
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    Best Orchestral Library?

    The best orchestra is the one you like the sound of so much that you keep reaching for it over and over again. Listen to demos and decide what sound you want your music to have. There are so many flavors these days.
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    Hyperion Brass Elements - Wow

    How does the simulated legato in Micro fair against the true legato in Elements? Has anyone made a comparison?
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    Best song starter libraries

    Btw thanks for all the excellent suggestions in this thread. I'm gonna make a list and consider them all. :)
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    Best song starter libraries

    Awesome. I'm in. "Nutty" is a good word for my old Reason adventures too. I even did orchestral stuff with it for a good while!
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    Best song starter libraries

    This! I so relate to this. God I miss Redrum!
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    Best song starter libraries

    For music in general. Mostly cinematic, orchestral or electronic/hybrid stuff.
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    Best song starter libraries

    I used to make a lot of music with Reason, but since I started writing orchestral stuff I have moved on to other DAWs. The thing I miss most from Reason however are the "song starter" patches, basically all your loops, rythmic textures, arpeggios, moving pads ands stuff. I miss being able to...
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    Post your Top 5 Kontakt Libraries

    Most used and most brilliant libraries right now: CSS CSB True Strike Albion 1 Legacy Olympus Elements Also Spitfire LABS Felt Piano gets an honorable mention since I use it for pretty much everything.
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    Redneck sample library?

    So I just landed another feature gig while scoring my first one, and the director wants a sound that's inspired by the american south, i.e. what you think about when you hear the word redneck. Banjo, ukelele, guitar, upright bass, fiddle, all that jazz. Do you guys know of any library that has...
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    Nowhere to burn the GAS. Sample Library Industry has been boring lately...

    I understand your sentiment. To be honest I don't think much has happened since East West Hollywood Orchestra. After that, all I needed was an orchestra for Kontakt, so I got the Cinematic Studio Series. Since I got that I haven't felt like I need any more orchestral stuff, and now I've gotten...
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    Abusing tempo automation when scoring to picture?

    When scoring to picture, do you guys abuse tempo automation like a maniac to make the music fit to the movie? Like, "ok, I'll put a bar of 6/4 here with a tempo of 103.12083 bpm and then I'll change the next bar to 3/4 with a tempo of 98.232, because then it will line up with my hit points." I...
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    CInematic Strings 2 Cons?

    CS2 is still a great library. It's really good for those blurry runs, with the live mode and everything. No other library has that to my knowledge. And the longs have some really wonderful quiet dynamics. The biggest con for me is that it's missing those "feathery" spiccatos or whatever you...
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    Your VSL Conversion To iLok - Lessons Learned?

    As I was ready to make the switch I was reminded that my dongle is too old and I have to buy a new one. Might not be problem for most.
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    Nucleus and other Libraries on 16gb of RAM

    If you only load one mic from Nucleus it will take a total of 10 gb of RAM. And that's not even taking disk streaming into account. So you should be able to load the whole thing on 16 gb.
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    2022 resolutions

    Compose more music that people would actually listen to.
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    The O.L.C. (One Library Challenge)

    I'm surprised there is no Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra in this thread yet. It gets a lot of praise and I have it myself, so my intuition tells me it can sound amazing in the right hands. But I just don't see a lot of user demos of it. Guess I better go make one myself.
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    The O.L.C. (One Library Challenge)

    That legato. How?!
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    Scoring scene by scene or the whole thing?

    Still in the process of scoring it. 😊 I'm working with a separate project per cue and it's working beautifully so far. The cons with this way of working are definitely not dealbreakers, so I will keep working this way for now!
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    Who’s still using CS2?

    I have CS2 and it is still a great product. Has a more lush space out of the box than my CSS and HS. It's legatos are more fun to play than CSS and the pp dynamics on the longs are way nicer to my ears than HS. And as a bonus, it has legato on the trems and trills, which is pretty rare...
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    Adventure with free stuff (BBCSO Discover and LABS)

    Thanks guys! Means a lot! I used almost all instruments from Discover. Couldn't get the marimba, tubular bells or xylophone to fit anywhere, and some of the untuned percussion. Everything else is in there, along with LABS string ensemble (layered with Discovery) and the LABS choir patch...
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    Adventure with free stuff (BBCSO Discover and LABS)

    I don't know, I have this weird fascination for trying to make the cheapest libraries shine. Couldn't think of anything cheaper than the free BBCSO Discover and LABS, so I used only those for this track. To top if off I used Cakewalk as the DAW, which is free nowadays. So, here's the result. A...
  28. Syneast

    Angry Brass Pro Soloists & Angry Woodwinds Pro - Out Now

    Thanks, I got it now!
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    Angry Brass Pro Soloists & Angry Woodwinds Pro - Out Now

    YES! However, I don't see anywhere to put the loyalty code when purchasing the woodwinds. Anyone else have the same problem?
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    Scoring scene by scene or the whole thing?

    Thanks everyone! I will try scoring cue by cue this time.
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    Scoring scene by scene or the whole thing?

    I've scored long-ish films before, but I'm about to score my first feature film. How do you guys approach it? Scene by scene in separate projects, or do you cram the whole thing into one project? I did a 40 min film in one big project once. It has it's pros for sure, but going back and changing...
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    What libraries do you *really* need for media composing when starting out? Here's what I've found.

    Honestly, the only reason I obsess over detailed orchestral libraries is because I secretly want to be the love child of John Powell and Thomas Bergersen, but I don't see myself scoring films about dragons, writing for a real orchestra or even producing my own artistic albums just yet. Hm...
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    What libraries do you *really* need for media composing when starting out? Here's what I've found.

    Apart from one young director I worked with who loves the old school orchestral scores, this has been my experience too. I don't think I could get by without my Albions 1, 3 and One. I rely heavily on the drones and loops and stuff that they have. I often augment with strings and brass to get...
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    Orchestral library for absolute newbies?

    For scoring to picture, I can't get by without my Albions 1, 3 and One. They have so much more stuff than just the traditional orchestra that I find myself using all the time. The orchestral stuff is decent but the brass in particular is hard to write with. If you want to go further with...
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    Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra Download Links

    Thanks @sonicscores ! It turns out I had to turn off my VPN for it to start downloading. I had completely forgotten that it was turned on. :unsure: Now it takes me about 5 mins to download 2 GB so I should be playing around with Amadeus soon!
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    Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra Download Links

    Is the download supposed to take a really really long time? I've tried to download the smaller of the files (197mb) for about 4 hours now on a robust fiber connection, and I'm not even sure if anything is happening. It just says "download in progress" and I get no progress bar or any other...
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    Make PLAY use less RAM?

    Yeah I noticed the memory sharing too, but those 1.2 GB really sting when working on a laptop. @SlHarder, thanks for that list. It seems that when compared to Kontakt, using PLAY would start to pay off at around 20 instances, if my math is correct.
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    Make PLAY use less RAM?

    I noticed that an empty instance of PLAY 6 uses about 1.2 GB or RAM while an empty instance of Kontakt uses about 0.1 GB RAM. That's quite a difference. Is there any way to make PLAY use less RAM for itself?
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    PLAY Memory Footprint

    In Reaper, both VST2 and VST3 version uses about 1.2 GB for me.
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    2021 - Sample library hiatus

    Best of luck to you man! I did this a couple of years ago. I managed the whole year, but the year after that I went totally crazy and bought everything I had lusted for during the hiatus and more. I'm only human. 😊
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    Cinematic Studio Percussion?

    I'm still waiting for Cinematic Studio Studio, the easy to use, consistently programmed impulse response.
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    Orchestral Tools - SINE Player - new update available—version 1.0.5

    Oh thanks! Haven't found a solution, sadly. It seemed to work fine on my laptop though.
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    Philharmonik 2 CE anyone

    It sounds nice to me but the lack of dynamic crossfades are a deal breaker for me and many others too I presume.
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    Why Play takes so long to start up?

    Play has always taken like 30 seconds for me to start up initially, no matter what version. It doesn't sound long but when I am in the heat of the moment it's more than enough to put me off. After first load I can load up more instances just fine, it's just the first load up that takes a long...
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    Anyone managed to get that kind of dry orchestra sound with sample libraries ?

    Cinematic Studio Strings and Brass are quite close with just the mix mic. Add in some close mic or something and you're done. Listen to the demo Escapade: https://cinematicstudioseries.com/brass/
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    Other "loud" orchestral libraries besides Metropolis Ark?

    My interpretation of OP's post was that he was lacking libraries for trailer/cinematic stuff, which isn't always about loud, it can also be about "big". That's why I listed Fluid Shorts II and not Fluid Shorts. The Performance Samples website says this about Fluid Shorts II: "One dynamic layer...
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    Other "loud" orchestral libraries besides Metropolis Ark?

    8Dio Majestica is focused on loud trailer sound. Has the full orchestra with strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. EWQLSO is focused on the louder dynamics. Maybe not the tone you're after though. Was going to suggest Nucleus but you already have that. Performance Samples have some stuff...
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    Any Point Upgrading EWQLSO Gold to Platinum/Plus?

    I've been in the same boat and decided not to upgrage because I don't find myself using Gold much anymore. I can't imagine the different mics would change that for me personally. It's still the same sounds and the same player. If you use Gold a lot, then I'd say yes to upgrading. Furthermore, I...
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    Orchestral Tools - SINE Player - new update available—version 1.0.5

    Turning firewall and antivirus off doesn't seem to have any effect.
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    Orchestral Tools - SINE Player - new update available—version 1.0.5

    Does anyone else get the "Your System is currently offline" alert when trying to run SINE? My system is connected to the internet as evident by the fact that I am posting this, but still no dice with the player.
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    Cinematic Studio Percussion

    And: 4. It will be so consistent that you can use the same midi data on all the melodic percussion and get consistent results without any tweaking. 5. It will be so bloody consistent that you can take the midi data from a string, brass or woodwind line and use it on for example a celesta and...
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    Spitfire Epic Brass and Woodwinds

    I must say I'm disappointed with the dynamic crossfades. You can clearly hear the transitions. Nowhere near as good as they are in Albion Legacy. I wish they would have improved them over Legacy like they did for Epic Strings, but oh well. Also the tightness control doesn't seem to do anything...
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    New Spitfire Strings incoming.

    Same for me. No download e-mail yet. Nothing in spam.
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    Infinite Series (Aaron Venture) thread

    Personally I'm waiting to hear the sound of Aarons string ensembles before I make my judgement. Brass and winds are easy enough to fake with filters and simulated legato, but I have yet to hear a convinving example of a modeled string ensemble. If Aaron somehow manages to create a string...
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    Poly legato string ensemble library?

    Cornucopia strings 2. Scripted legato though.
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    Best orchestral plugin once and for all: let's hear it

    If I can only choose one library (i.e that shows up as one library in Kontakt), I still haven't found anything better than EWQLSO.
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    Wet libraries

    Exactly. Small rooms and sound stages could also be considered wet, but that's not the sound this thread is about. I know all about how you put convolution ER and tail reverb on stuff recorded in smaller spaces to simulate a big space, but the character of the original sound still shines...
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    Wet libraries

    I love wet libraries. I have learned that putting ER and tail reverbs on a dry recording or even a sound stage recording will not make it sound like it was recorded in a large hall or a church. A large space like a symphony hall does more to the sound than simply add reverbation. Without...
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    I buy more than I use, and I forget those I buy

    I did these things for one year: ...and thought I'd do a lot of this: The desire to buy stuff went away after about 6 months, but I ended up making only one track that year. When the year was over, I went back to buying stuff like crazy again. The problem is I don't think one year is...
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    Best DAW - Leaving Ableton Behind

    REAPER. I've tried a lot of other DAWs because I sometimes want something a little sexier, but when it's time for serious work I always come back to REAPER anyway. No matter how I abuse it, it gets the job done without giving me any grief. I have come to trust it. It's also one of the most...
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    Orchestral library for 1000€

    Sometimes the strings are too close miced for my taste, especially the spiccatos. I like a bit of blur on my spiccatos when writing fast lines. You can get them to sound more distant by cranking up the Attack, thus eliminating the transient and leaving the room sound, but that trick will not...
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    Spitfire Audio - Kepler Orchestra - Available NOW

    I'm thinking Albion TWO, considering Loegria was just scrapped.
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    Albion One vs Metropolis Ark 1

    Generally I would say Albion One for underscore and Ark 1 for music that is supposed to stand out, like trailer/epic/thematic/adventure pieces.
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    Sample Library Depreciation thread

    You don't think sales would be further affected if all developers started releasing trials? If I see a trial I know the company is confident enough in their product. Having no trial seems to me like the developer is scared of letting us try their library.
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    Sample Library Depreciation thread

    Developers should be punished for making products that make people want to return them. How else do we push for quality products if we can't vote with our money?
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    Full orchestral library with split instruments?

    According to my calculations, below are the smallest (per mic) full orchestral library configurations that I know of. Without legato: CineSymphony Lite = 3 GB Trailer Strings + Caspian Brass + Kontakt Factory Woodwinds + Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion = 4.13 GB With legato: LASS Lite +...
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    Dark and quirky action/adventure (Berlin Orchestra Inspire)

    Thanks! Yeah, Inspire is really quite good. I actually started writing this track on my laptop when I was on vacation, hence only two small libraries.
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    Dark and quirky action/adventure (Berlin Orchestra Inspire)

    Inspired by old-school super hero films and quirky, goth-ish adventures. You know the type. Stuff: Orchestra - Berlin Orchestra Inspire 1 Choir - Soundiron Olympus Elements No reverb. Went for a soundstage sound. Hope you enjoy!
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    Performance Samples Caspian as a first/main brass library - thoughts?

    I have Cinematic Studio Brass and the marcato patches in it work sort of like Caspian if you turn on staccato overlay. And you get solo instruments and lots more articulations Caspian is very small and light though.
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    So... who's got the best timpani?

    I have ranked the timpanis I have, best to not as good: 1. True Strike 2. EWQLSO 3. Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion 4. Kontakt Factory Library 5. Berlin Orchestra Inspire It's noteworthy that True Strike and EWQLSO are also the lightest on resources, if you compare size per mic.
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    Woodwinds to go with CSS and CSB

    Spitfire Studio Woodwinds could otherwise be an obvious choice since they were recorded in a studio too.
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    Woodwinds to go with CSS and CSB

    I too have invested in CSS, CSSS, CSB and CSP to go with True Strike, so I'm looking for the same kind of woodwinds. I have Hollywood Woodwinds, VSL SE and Berlin Inspire. Since I would like to stay within Kontakt I think I'll go with Inspire more often than not. They have a similar release...
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    How to use Cinematic Studio Coupons?

    I didn't even have to contact Alex. It just sort of magically solved itself after I created this thread. Now all I had to do was put Strings in the cart, add the one coupon, and add all the other products to the reduced price. Maybe Alex has been lurking. :) Anyway, all good and downloading...
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    How to use Cinematic Studio Coupons?

    Thanks, I will contact support. I got my coupons pretty much right after each new product was released. Check your spam, maybe?
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    How to use Cinematic Studio Coupons?

    So I bought CS2 back in the day and now I've got coupon codes for Cinematic Studio Strings, Solo Strings and Brass. Tonight I decided to put all of them in my cart just to scare myself out of buying them, or to buy them, whatever. I applied the first coupon for Strings and updated the price...
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    75% Off – Rhapsody: Orchestral Percussion by Impact Soundworks!

    It's an excellent library, especially at this price. I grabbed it on sale even if I had my percussion needs met by True Strike, because I love the more mature tone of Rhapsody. It sounds natural, like something you'd probably get if you were to record your own percussion in whatever room you...
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    Are We Still Composers?

    I think about this. Sometimes I feel like I'm still using Dance eJay (for those of us old enough to remember), where all I do is arrange snippets of sound that someone else has made for me, and it feels like I'm just playing with toys. Makes me feel like a child. No offense, it's a me vs. me...
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    How to fight G.A.S. while cleaning your home

    I have discovered the same thing; that watching old walkthroughs of libraries I own often re-sparks that old flame I once had for it. However, I have also discovered that watching old walkthroughs of libraries I own satisfies the exact same need as watching new ones of libraries I don't own...
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    All 5 albions vs all 3 ARK Metropolis

    Albions for scoring films, hands down. ARKs for making standalone music, hands down.
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    Orchestrating Woodwinds in action cue?

    I mostly just let them double my high and low strings to create a sort of magical sheen on top and a low growl in the bass. I fell in with using them like that after hearing this section from the new Tron soundtrack (@ 2.07): I always tend to use a full ensemble patch for that. I have no idea...
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    To Legato or Not To Legato That Is The Question?

    Funny, I often find string sustains work a lot better without legato than brass or woodwinds. If you can adjust the attack and attack curve to get a slight dip in volume between the notes I find that you can get the same sort of musical smooth flow that legato gives you, but without the weird...
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    Comparing True Strike 1 with Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion

    I have both. True Strike gets used more often for me because it has more of a hall sound that blends better with my other more hall-ish orchestral libraries. Plus, it's more RAM efficient and it has a celesta, which is lacking in Rhapsody. That said, Rhapsody has a warm and natural studio...
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    Low RAM orchestral instruments?

    It's a Kontakt script for simulated legato. I think it's floating around here somewhere or on the internet if you want to download it. The older version is called SIPS.
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    Low RAM orchestral instruments?

    Not really, no. I think they put in more velocity layers and round robins on pretty much everything. It's closer in size to a full orchestral library.
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    Low RAM orchestral instruments?

    The orchestral samples in KFL come from earlier versions of the Vienna Symphonic Libraries. I'd say they are pristine and consistent, like all of VSL's stuff. Some people like the sound and some don't. You're not going to get the realism you get with the more expensive, wetter libraries, but...
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    Low RAM orchestral instruments?

    The orchestral stuff in the Kontakt Factory Library is by far the most RAM efficient I have found. Lots of content and decent sound. Slap some WIPS on the woodwinds and even the brass and strings and you can get a lot out of it. If you were lucky enough to buy Albion 1 before it disappeared...
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    Your favorite ensemble patch? (Strings, winds, brass, percussion)

    For strings, Strezov Cornucopia Strings 2. I haven't really done anything with it but I love just playing it. The dynamic crossfades are the smoothest ever and the pp dynamics are the most romantic I have ever heard, so you can really get a performance out of it if you're good with your...
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    I don't care for orchestral templates... Your view?

    My take: Loading patches has become a non-issue, at least with Kontakt, so loading on the fly is not a problem. Loading on the fly lets me try different layerings, libraries and techniques with each new track I make, which keeps me constantly evolving. During the creative process I can sort...
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    "it's so expensive" thread

    Trick question. All listed items are tools designed to get you from point A to point B. I'd say none of them gave you any real satisfaction. I could be projecting.
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    Do you compose wet or dry?

    Depends how dry dry is. With Spitfire libraries I can compose dry (meaning without reverb). With VSL I have to compose wet because I just can't get inspired by that bone dry sound. I need to hear something close to a finished sound while I'm working. If I am purely composing using just a piano...
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    What exactly is wrong with me? :)

    Considering the topic of this thread, I'd say mission accomplished. :) Seriously though, I figured if I keep spending money on products that are not 100% what I want, I'll be stuck in that trap forever. And I will only be contributing to the makings of more libraries like that. I think it's...
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    What exactly is wrong with me? :)

    Sure. Get some popcorn. - Extensive enough to stand on it's own or complement a library I already have. I'm looking to complete my Kontakt orchestra. That means no other players/samplers, no more ensemble/sketching libraries and no more "basic" libraries that lack effects and decorative...
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    What exactly is wrong with me? :)

    I do have a method that I find useful for passing good deals, and that is simply knowing what I am looking for. I have actually written down a list of critera that a library has to meet before I can buy it. Let's say there is a deal on a library that sounds awesome and is playable as heck. That...
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    What exactly is wrong with me? :)

    Happy or neurotic? I can hardly tell the difference anymore.
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    What exactly is wrong with me? :)

    Yeah I have HS, HB, HW and TS1 so I really don't need any more samples, but that's just my prefrontal cortext talking. Last December I decided I wouldn't buy any samples for a year, starting January 1st 2018. So far it's been a little over four months, and so far I have managed to torture...
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    Performance Samples' Con Moto Violins Demo

    And in 10 years this will be the sound everyone is asking for. That performance sampling sound that can't even be replicated by a real orchestra. :)
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    Conan The Barbarian Score (Strings & Brass) will SA Bernard Herrmann give me that sound ?

    Sonuscore The Orchestra has that raw, harsh quality to it, especially the brass. The strings may be too weak for the Barbarian sound, but maybe something like Musical Sampling's Adventure/Soaring Strings could pass for strings. They're pretty fortissimo and pretty dry. You could also take a...
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    What do you do with your best tracks?

    I put them on soundcloud for other people to steal. I don't know why.
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    Try before you buy

    Try before you buy would force developers to focus on other things to sell libraries, like playability and instant gratification, rather than just producing good sounding demos. I'm guessing the former is much more difficult to do, which is why we don't see a lot of try before you buy...
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