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Spitfire Audio “This is London Calling” - BBC Symphony Orchestra

You have to question some people’s devotion to their craft when they would rather use a sampled sleigh bell than spend a tenner on a real set - especially when said samples have no playable legatos or fast runs. I mean, come on guys, someone has to feed the poor sleigh bell maker’s kids right...RIGHT?! FFS! :mad:
 
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Zedcars said:
You have to question some people’s devotion to their craft when they would rather use a sampled sleigh bell than spend a tenner on a real set - especially when said samples have no playable legatos or fast runs. I mean, come on guys, someone has to feed the poor sleigh bell maker’s kids right...RIGHT?! FFS! :mad:
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I actually have sleigh bells. I hang them from my front door to let me know if someone is going in or out. Never thought about sampling them. *dreams of becoming the next big sample maker based on sleigh bells* Yeah this could work. :)
 
dzilizzi said:
I actually have sleigh bells. I hang them from my front door to let me know if someone is going in or out. Never thought about sampling them. *dreams of becoming the next big sample maker based on sleigh bells* Yeah this could work. :)
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Don't try to sample them in an anechoic chamber. Apparently the way they excite the room simply cannot be captured this way.
 
I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread, but can anyone recommend a machine that is up to the task of hosting a decent amount of the BBC samples at once? I studied the screenshots and it seems that one "all articulation"-instrument ranges from 200 to 600 MB. I'm not talking all articulations however, but rather all instruments with their main articulations.
I'm considering buying a new PC (Dell Precision 7YDHY with 32 GB RAM), will this one for instance do its job or is it 64 GB and no less?
btw: Will the new sample engine work in Vienna Ensemble? As a VST3 it probably should, but who knows? Any thoughts? Thanks!
 
Would also like to know what would be the ideal (yet still reasonable) Mac configuration.
 
xanderscores said:
I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread, but can anyone recommend a machine that is up to the task of hosting a decent amount of the BBC samples at once? I studied the screenshots and it seems that one "all articulation"-instrument ranges from 200 to 600 MB. I'm not talking all articulations however, but rather all instruments with their main articulations.
I'm considering buying a new PC (Dell Precision 7YDHY with 32 GB RAM), will this one for instance do its job or is it 64 GB and no less?
btw: Will the new sample engine work in Vienna Ensemble? As a VST3 it probably should, but who knows? Any thoughts? Thanks!
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Look at some of the HP Workstations. I cannot recommend Dell.
 
SPOILER - Leak of Spitfire walkthrough script:

Hi...Paul Thomson here from Spitfire Audio. I´m very excited today to show you a new and exciting library in collaboration with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. I´m just gonna jump right in first of all, and load up the Sleigh Bells patch.
 
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JF said:
Any word on the video that was mentioned to be released earlier this week?
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I was wondering the same; hope it comes out tomorrow! :)

Also I'd hope for a walkthrough video of the main solo instruments (e.g. lead violin, etc.), especially to showcase the legato
 
I'm somewhat puzzled by the photo of a bass flute for the BBC orchestra on Spitfire's facebook page. There is no bass flute in the BBCSO as announced. So I take it that this implies expansions are coming. In one sense, that sounds great, but in another sense I feel that that takes away slightly from the idea of a universal starting point. Collaborators need to have the same expansions. Still, cool with more instruments. I guess I will need an Eb clarinet for my Shostakovich mock ups.
 
gussunkri said:
I'm somewhat puzzled by the photo of a bass flute for the BBC orchestra on Spitfire's facebook page. There is no bass flute in the BBCSO as announced. So I take it that this implies expansions are coming. In one sense, that sounds great, but in another sense I feel that that takes away slightly from the idea of a universal starting point. Collaborators need to have the same expansions. Still, cool with more instruments. I guess I will need an Eb clarinet for my Shostakovich mock ups.
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Interesting!

Maybe this might be a late addition to the main library.

What other instruments are 'missing'?

Bass Flute
Alto Flute
Wagner Tuba?

BBC Symphony Orchestra Choir ??!
 
Do they have a Wagner Tuba in the BBC Orchestra? I'd be interested to see a list of all the instruments in the actual BBC orchestra and see how it compares to the Spitfire version. Though there are probably "standard orchestra" and "we need a few unusual instruments for this piece" orchestras
 
Noeticus said:
Euphonium, Bass Triangle, ContraBass Sleighbells, and Saxaphones etc. :)
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Ooooo I want some ContraBass Sleighbells. I need to search online for that......

Edit - Did you know there is a band called Sleigh Bells? I didn't. However, no big huge bass sleigh bells. I'm disappointed.
 
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