ananmusatili
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I've not yet sent the feedback, because I'm still in the middle of going through the library, and I keep bumping into problem sample.
After very light testing I find quality problems with a lot of the samples. I can take a random instrument, hold a note, and there you have it more often than not.
The so-called pro instruments have these issues. Not very pro, when you get a pumping sound after pressing a second or two. In fact, I'm starting to regret my purchase, and now I also understand why the library is so small in size.
What the hell? Are the Kontakt versions this bad too?
Anyone who actually got Musio subscription or Musio 1, do you get these issues? It's easiest to hear in the higher notes from C4 and up.
They're so prevalent that I'm starting to see why this is so often a discount product. They clearly have big troubles in quality control, and that's why they have postponed many launches.
Example instruments (Note that these are just a small example. I didn't go through all the libraries but started to take a listen to random instruments. Then I stopped, because the loop jumps are prevalent everywhere):
Cinewinds Pro:
-Duduk longs
*A very noticeable pumping effect after about a second
-Bass flute
*E4 to G4 in addition to the flute sound, you get a slightly piercing metallic screeching with it
-Border pipes
*D4, Rapid machine gun effect. Hold a note for 3 seconds, and you'll hear it.
*Other notes, hold a note over 3 second, and you'll get a noticeable loop pumping
-Eb clarinet
*Again, after 3 seconds you get the loop pump
EDIT: Removed the Tina Guo and Taylor Davis mentions as apparently you're supposed to use the "infinite bow" versions to not have the bow change jumps. So, if you use them, the non-infinite versions need to be used in a certain way to make them sound natural around the bow changes. EDIT ENDS.
Yes, I'm aware that you wouldn't that often hold one note that long with most instruments, but in those moments, where you actually do hold a note a bit over 3 seconds, you'll have problems with many instruments in this library.
I'll end the test here, because whatever random thing I pick, the problems present themselves. The sound of the instruments is fabulous, but you do have to carefully play around the loops to make the library work. Some instruments, like the Duduk, you can't use at all.
It seems, whoever was hired to prepare the samples, was pretty sloppy with the loop programming.
If I compare Musio's looping to HOPUS, for example, HOPUS does not have any of these issues, or NI Symphony Series or Symphobia or Session Strings Pro 2 etc., all of which I own.
Did you notice these? Do you or do you not consider these a problem? I clearly do, but am I expecting too much in this case? Do people use this just for background layering, or why has nobody talked about these issues?
After very light testing I find quality problems with a lot of the samples. I can take a random instrument, hold a note, and there you have it more often than not.
The so-called pro instruments have these issues. Not very pro, when you get a pumping sound after pressing a second or two. In fact, I'm starting to regret my purchase, and now I also understand why the library is so small in size.
What the hell? Are the Kontakt versions this bad too?
Anyone who actually got Musio subscription or Musio 1, do you get these issues? It's easiest to hear in the higher notes from C4 and up.
They're so prevalent that I'm starting to see why this is so often a discount product. They clearly have big troubles in quality control, and that's why they have postponed many launches.
Example instruments (Note that these are just a small example. I didn't go through all the libraries but started to take a listen to random instruments. Then I stopped, because the loop jumps are prevalent everywhere):
Cinewinds Pro:
-Duduk longs
*A very noticeable pumping effect after about a second
-Bass flute
*E4 to G4 in addition to the flute sound, you get a slightly piercing metallic screeching with it
-Border pipes
*D4, Rapid machine gun effect. Hold a note for 3 seconds, and you'll hear it.
*Other notes, hold a note over 3 second, and you'll get a noticeable loop pumping
-Eb clarinet
*Again, after 3 seconds you get the loop pump
EDIT: Removed the Tina Guo and Taylor Davis mentions as apparently you're supposed to use the "infinite bow" versions to not have the bow change jumps. So, if you use them, the non-infinite versions need to be used in a certain way to make them sound natural around the bow changes. EDIT ENDS.
Yes, I'm aware that you wouldn't that often hold one note that long with most instruments, but in those moments, where you actually do hold a note a bit over 3 seconds, you'll have problems with many instruments in this library.
I'll end the test here, because whatever random thing I pick, the problems present themselves. The sound of the instruments is fabulous, but you do have to carefully play around the loops to make the library work. Some instruments, like the Duduk, you can't use at all.
It seems, whoever was hired to prepare the samples, was pretty sloppy with the loop programming.
If I compare Musio's looping to HOPUS, for example, HOPUS does not have any of these issues, or NI Symphony Series or Symphobia or Session Strings Pro 2 etc., all of which I own.
Did you notice these? Do you or do you not consider these a problem? I clearly do, but am I expecting too much in this case? Do people use this just for background layering, or why has nobody talked about these issues?
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