Plenty of good points there, it all comes down to what you want to do. There are John Williams newbies, Ralph Vaughan Williams newbies, trailer newbies, you name it...
Suppose I wanted to be a Vaughan Williams Newbie - what would you recommend ?
Plenty of good points there, it all comes down to what you want to do. There are John Williams newbies, Ralph Vaughan Williams newbies, trailer newbies, you name it...
I better leave that for someone else. But I think you would want to have more than one or two libs to bring off a good VW symphonic piece! I don't have the main Spitfire orchestral strings, but my impression is that would be a good starting place. And I think you would need a pretty big template all across the orchestra. Subtlety is sometimes built from complexity, to contradict my previous post.Suppose I wanted to be a Vaughan Williams Newbie - what would you recommend ?
Really sobering points in these last posts ....... as I try to bridge this gap (over a year or so now) ..... between reaching $$$$-wise for one of top-tier Orch Libs versus newer alternatives.
Promos for The Orchestra, BO-Inspire(s), Time macro, Smart Orchestra, several SFA libs (Swarm, BDT, EVO Grid 3, have made it even more difficult to make the large commitment to Berlin, VSL, SFA. Afflatus has surely drawn attention.
( in keeping with hread ... also have Albions: ONE, Loegria, Tundra, and would gate to choose against BO_Inspire(s), or several others )
Always an issue between hanging on to past 'standards' and reaching for new directions. Thank-you for this encouragement to think freely and explore more easily !
Oops, hope I did not offend! The person I was referencing in my post was none other than me. It's Fatalistic Monday at my house, as usual.@ dzilizzi ….
Well … not chops here to make comparisons; but have NI: K11U Symphony Essentials /Kontakt5 Factory Library (VSL), KH: Diamond Symphony Orch, Spotlight Solo Strings, Virtuoso Ensembles, Audiobro: LADD, some others …… surely enough to 'start' learning orchestration.
Then there are the motivational, stimulating, fun, creative aspects, which these many new, quality creations trigger.
Not disagreeing, simply noting my experience finding a way across this 'perceived' gap.
To me, a lot has to do with how you want to write. I have a number of these ensemble libraries and I find they are great for getting a sound, but not so great when you want to learn orchestration because they combine too many instruments into one patch. You can't usually separate them. So you end up buying solo libraries or small ensembles to go with them.
I also am not so crazy about the synthy parts of Tundra. And Albion One. But I guess if you're doing sound track stuff it is useful. To me it is pulsing noise and most of the presets sound alike. My opinion so take it for what it's worth.
I think you can get something like EWQL SO gold for about $178 right now.
I better leave that for someone else. But I think you would want to have more than one or two libs to bring off a good VW symphonic piece! I don't have the main Spitfire orchestral strings, but my impression is that would be a good starting place. And I think you would need a pretty big template all across the orchestra. Subtlety is sometimes built from complexity, to contradict my previous post.
Infinite time tweaking the template.I think many newbies visualize a huge template of expensive orchestral tracks as a starting point, which presents a muse bashing, career ending technical hurdle to simply start playing a few notes.
Oops, hope I did not offend! The person I was referencing in my post was none other than me. It's Fatalistic Monday at my house, as usual.
Guilty of analysis-paralysi
Not sure this matters to you but as much as I love Tundra, Chamber Evolutions is more fun (and generally useful). I use the waves all the time. Tundra though has a lot more content.So I've decided to not buy the inspires which wasn't easy as they looked to be a great deal. I'm going to wait and hope tundra goes on sale I'll also keep my eyeball on olfer Arnold's chamber evo, but I must investigate that one further. I'm not paid to make anything, it's just a passion for me. I have the native instruments symphony series for learning and cinematic studio strings which hopefully I will add their brass and woodwinds one day as to move away from NI symphony series. Hopefully this is the right choice for me but time will tell. I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone that commented in this thread as you've all been very helpful and informative.
So I've decided to not buy the inspires which wasn't easy as they looked to be a great deal. I'm going to wait and hope tundra goes on sale I'll also keep my eyeball on olfer Arnold's chamber evo, but I must investigate that one further. I'm not paid to make anything, it's just a passion for me. I have the native instruments symphony series for learning and cinematic studio strings which hopefully I will add their brass and woodwinds one day as to move away from NI symphony series. Hopefully this is the right choice for me but time will tell. I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone that commented in this thread as you've all been very helpful and informative.
Yes that OACE looks like a lot of fun, now hope they have the xmas wishlist I've heard about.