Thanks so much - I'm really interested in the sound of the room, without reverb on either. How 'meaty' does the brass sound, what are the early reflections like etc. Just playing the same tune on both, with the opportunity to hear the softest and the loudest, would be amazing. Comparing Horns for Horns or Trumpets for Trumpets would be a great idea, so we can hear how the instruments compare 1 to 1. (As many as you have time for). Thank you!
Sorry for the delay. I'll answer your request from the CSB thread over here.
I've made a couple of comparisons for Cinematic Studio Brass and Cinebrass Core. I don't have CineBrass Pro, so it might be a bit of a different story, if you add it to the mix. It's all without reverb, pretty much out of the box.
Instrument Comparisons
First there are a bunch of comparison for single instruments of both libraries. They all cover the full dynamic range in the sustains.
It's always Cinebrass first and CSB second.
For the horn ensembles, Cinebrass has horns a2 and a6, which you will hear in this order. Keep in mind, that the 2 horns only have the 1/8 shorts, the shortest ones, so it's not as versatile.
Also for the Tuba and Bass Trombone with CSB, I first put them together to compare to the Tuba+BassTrombone patch of Cinebrass and then they're also spearate for comparison.
I didn't want to compare the Solo Trombone of CSB against the Trombone ensemble of CineBrass so far, so I left this out.
Ensemble Comparison
To compare the sound of the whole ensemble playing together, I made a little brass track, again with both libraries,
starting with Cinematic Studio Brass this time.
Here, I didn't try to max out the dynamics, but tried to keep them somewhat even mostly. CSB certainly has more room to go louder and more quiet.
My Conclusion
Generally I prefer Cinematic Studio Brass over CineBrass Core.
CSB sounds great, has full dynamic range p-ff(f) for every instrument, nice legatos, various shorts and other articulations. For me the solo tuba and solo bass trombone sounds great and were alone worth it, which I was missing with CineBrass and there's also the solo trombone.
It's also very consistent for every patch and it's all very flexible. Still, it cost me more time to deal with the articulations, dynamics and timings, but I think it's worth it.
Having both, I still don't find CineBrass Core redundant. The sound is great, especially in the solo trumpet and horn, but those are also more limited in dynamic range and tonal range. It's generally not that consistent and the dynamic range is a bit narrower, so it might not suit the low dynamics well.
I find it easy to program and for live playing using the sustain pedal and velocity based articulation switches, but this probably works mostly with this limited amount of articulations, but it's a bit leaner on the RAM. The legatos are also nice and there are lots of controls for legato speed, dynamic range and more.
Hope that helps.
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