You're right! Corrected itJust to be clear you meant Albion ONE. Plus it's not just phasing prolbems. Velocity problem as wells.
Thanks for replying. You say "probably" though. Why is this so murky? I still don't get what is in the product FFS (not addressed at you, just general OMG)Basically you get the HZ set of Mics (Close, Room, Surround). This is from the Producer Presets section and gives you ability to mix the Mics, but these Mics are that particular producer's submix of probably a greater array of Mics, plus their processing of these.
I've read both threads, watch the HZp vids and read the web pages but still don't understand the mixes. Do the mixes include hidden features/processing that is not accessible by the user? How exactly is the basic HZp crippled so that you can't recreate the "mixes" in HZpp - is it just missing mics? Are the mixes just snapshots of the mix parameters on the GUI and mic choices or something else?
So...just to confirm, if I have HZ01 but not HZ03, I pay for the update, but if I buy HZ03, I'll get the update for free as I own both HZ01 + HZ03?
If so...I guess I'd better buy HZ03. Can anyone comment on how much different HZ03 is from HZ01? I use HZ01 a decent amount but I don't know if I'd get that much use out of HZ03 as I don't need soloist drums that much....
Buying HZ03 will cost you more than the upgrade from HZ Perc to HZ Perc Pro so that's probably not a very sensible thing to do unless you need HZ03 today.
You need to read through the two forum threads and the FAQ's on Spitfire's site.So wait until HZ Perc Pro is released to get HZ03 and all the new content for cheaper than HZ03 costs now?
You need to read through the two forum threads and the FAQ's on Spitfire's site.
They are essentially an orchestral sample library company who by this point has already sampled the orchestra multiple times, in multiple ways.
Buying HZ03 will cost you more than the upgrade from HZ Perc to HZ Perc Pro so that's probably not a very sensible thing to do unless you need HZ03 today.
They already replied to me to this question on the other thread. They answered me that the best bet financially would be to get HZ Perc, then HZ Perc Pro instead of HZ03.So if HZ03 is $199 today, and my cross grade as an HZ01 owner is $106, it seems remarkable that the upgrade from HZ Perc to HZ Perc Pro will be less than $93. Can someone from SpitfireAudio confirm this?
Thanks. I think I saw that, but was hoping for numbers to base my decision on. Of course I realize they have no obligation to tell me.They already replied to me to this question on the other thread. They answered me that the best bet financially would be to get HZ Perc, then HZ Perc Pro instead of HZ03.
Thanks. I think I saw that, but was hoping for numbers to base my decision on. Of course I realize they have no obligation to tell me.
Hmm, well I'm unable to switch between [for example] Taiko and Taiko Ensemble with the KS so no idea here. Thanks for help. Apologies to others.There are indeed keyswitches to change drums. However I find that a bit clunky as its very difficult in realtime to play combinations of drums and certainly not at the same time.
Hmm, well I'm unable to switch between [for example] Taiko and Taiko Ensemble with the KS so no idea here. Thanks for help. Apologies to others.
What's left to do??!!Despite the fact that you've received a reply from SF themselves!, I can't help feeling you made a key point here.
I see three things going on with SF - first they continue to do cool, ambitious, risky projects like Phobos and Sacconi that may/may not pay off. Second they continue to do more Albions and EVOs which I bet are a lot closer to a sure hit. And finally this "rationalization" (and because this is the Sample forum I'll give some unvarnished opinion here) I think they are doing this, as is 8Dio, because they are facing off vs new developers whose libraries are already "rationalized" in that they take considerable lessons learned from what worked and didn't work in EastWest Hollywood Series and Spitfire British Modular Library. Necessarily there's a limit to how much you can update a product to compete with a successor (Musical Sampling, Berlin Series, Cinematic Studio etc.) that took your product as its point of departure in design.
Now, these successor products, not to flatter them too much, seem to be reaching up to the limit of what orchestral samples can do. At least the way I see it, the ceiling is no longer RAM or whatever. It's that the more broadly and deeply you sample, the more you risk having samples that don't cohere. Seen in that light the Hollywood Series is kind of amazing in how well different articulations kind of work together. Of course the developers that followed really nailed that idea and retrospectively exposed how flawed the first attempt was. Anyway the breadth and depth of sampling is getting astonishing and the musicians holding it all together with one vibe and one musicality is starting to feel like the limiting factor. Libs like Berlin Brass show that even with really good methodology (I assume) getting 11 sampling sessions to blend without being able to hear each other is one hell of a challenge. So, really, what's left to do?