ionian
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Afflatus, at nearly twice the price, has far fewer patches, and many of these are quirky things I'd never use in a million years. On occasion I use portamento and will miss it. The "Pads" patch, while cool, is a lot of content I don't want or need, and it really could be a stand-alone library for $99. I feel like I've paid for quite a bit in Afflatus I'll never use (I predict I'll use just individual chambers, lush, minimals and shorts.)
I appreciate this post - I work in the same field and I've been hovering on Afflatus for the past three days, even my finger at times twitching over the "add to cart" button but I've been following the old musician's adage - "When in doubt, lay out". The demos sound fantastic, but primarily working in the pop field, and often on larger budget projects where the VI strings do get replaced by real strings, I was having a really hard time reconciling how great the library sounded versus the nagging feeling that there's a lot of stuff there I would never use.
It's hard to get that perspective here because so many people lean on the trailer/orchestral/game side of things where everything always sounds like a John Williams extravaganza. I'm thrilled to see a post from someone who took the plunge AND works in the pop field as well.
As amazing as Afflatus sounds, I just found it a whole lot easier to take a pass and put my money towards something that I'll get more mileage out of.