TL;DR: I want to get some quality brass libraries for making orchestral music, and CineBrass and Hollywood Brass both seem like good options. Looking for opinions on both.
(Sorry for the novel in advance!)
As of late, I've been really getting into making orchestral music. And I really wanna try getting a solid arsenal of libraries and other assets to get a pretty realistic sound (so far I have BBCSO Core from Spitfire Audio and Nucleus Lite from Audio Imperia).
I love both of these libraries, but the only thing I'm not suuuper jazzed about is the sound of some of the brass patches in both of them. BBCSO brass has a decent sound and a lot of different articulations to help it sound more real, but sometimes in a full, loud orchestra sound, they can sound a little underpowered/soft next to the other instruments, sorta killing the vibe I want to give off. And Nucleus Lite brass has a bit of a more powerful sound that I like, but also is a bit to trailer music-y for my taste.
Some different libraries I've seen that seem appealing are CineBrass (Core and Pro) from Cinesamples and Hollywood Brass (Diamond) from East West. As someone who doesn't have a huge budget, and the fact that they are both on sale for $199 right now, is very appealing. With CineBrass, I really love the sound of it, though the lack of articulations does sorta put me off a bit. With Hollywood Brass, I think that it has a pretty good sound (but I've heard varying qualities on different demos), but also has a ton of articulations (including some other instruments like Cimbasso, which is a plus). I'm at a crossroads as to what I should go with.
Have any of y'all tried these libraries out? If so, if I were to go for one or the other, which would you recommend? Or, if your opinion is neither, what are some other libraries that I could look for in the $200 range?
To give an idea of the sort of sound I'm looking for, I really wanna shoot for the sound of the London Symphony Orchestra (see John Williams' work with them on Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith's soundtrack for more of an idea of what I wanna get close to emulating).
(Sorry for the novel in advance!)
As of late, I've been really getting into making orchestral music. And I really wanna try getting a solid arsenal of libraries and other assets to get a pretty realistic sound (so far I have BBCSO Core from Spitfire Audio and Nucleus Lite from Audio Imperia).
I love both of these libraries, but the only thing I'm not suuuper jazzed about is the sound of some of the brass patches in both of them. BBCSO brass has a decent sound and a lot of different articulations to help it sound more real, but sometimes in a full, loud orchestra sound, they can sound a little underpowered/soft next to the other instruments, sorta killing the vibe I want to give off. And Nucleus Lite brass has a bit of a more powerful sound that I like, but also is a bit to trailer music-y for my taste.
Some different libraries I've seen that seem appealing are CineBrass (Core and Pro) from Cinesamples and Hollywood Brass (Diamond) from East West. As someone who doesn't have a huge budget, and the fact that they are both on sale for $199 right now, is very appealing. With CineBrass, I really love the sound of it, though the lack of articulations does sorta put me off a bit. With Hollywood Brass, I think that it has a pretty good sound (but I've heard varying qualities on different demos), but also has a ton of articulations (including some other instruments like Cimbasso, which is a plus). I'm at a crossroads as to what I should go with.
Have any of y'all tried these libraries out? If so, if I were to go for one or the other, which would you recommend? Or, if your opinion is neither, what are some other libraries that I could look for in the $200 range?
To give an idea of the sort of sound I'm looking for, I really wanna shoot for the sound of the London Symphony Orchestra (see John Williams' work with them on Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith's soundtrack for more of an idea of what I wanna get close to emulating).