The fact that it's recorded centered, then artificially panned may be bothering some. Imo that can get you about 85% there, but not as good as in-situ.
When these patches play solo, then added players, I wonder if all players are panned accordingly?
its not too bad as long as you don't EQ the left and right the same. I've got all the reverbs anyone could reasonably want(sans spat)
as far as the JXL library - sounds like the brass in the background of the announcement(I think it was the announcement)
and it's set up like this solo x, 3a x, 6a x, 12a x.
a good argument could be made for 6a ensembles(like SSB) but 12a horns is pushing it -- and 12a bones just sound like noise. every 6a trumpet patch I've heard is unbearable to me.
this doesn't sound like the other OT libraries, but it does sound like 6a/12a patches.
And again, not saying you can't have that opinion - but given where the sample world is right now, there is only 1 real competitor library given what this is - and the tone slants towards berlin personally, but even I understand it's just a matter of taste.
CSB does not have divisi, and is in the league of Cinebrass - and faces a similar comparison(Cinebrass has better tone quality, CSB has better programming) Ironically I passed up CSB because it's not worth 250$ of an upgrade over cinebrass to me.
But thanks for atleast giving the perspective you're coming from, butlike I said, it's kind of apples to oranges.
this is the first true competitor to true divisi brass - and the tone is definitely within a matter of taste. If you like the thinner "Williams" sound - its probably better. I guess the reality is that divisi writing is not important to everyone, so it makes little sense to buy another library for the feature of having 30+ instruments sampled if you just use ensemble patches