Ásta Jónsdóttir
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Spitfire Chamber Strings is apparently a classic and one of the best, if not the best chamber sized orchestra library. It has Divisi samples and a good range of articulations. This library is now 14 years old.
Albion Neo also offers a Chamber sized orchestra. It does not have Divisi samples but feathers together the different sections of the orchestra into ensemble patches and offers and A and B variations. Neo is brand new and also offers more variety of articulations.
One would think that Neo should be much superior to SCS as it is built on 14 years of experience in making sample libraries however, I have not seen anyone comment that the Neo Chamber orchestra sounds better than the Spitfire Chamber Orchestra.
I have searched through all of the past posts and threads and there are no comments comparing the two. Only comments on how Neo is similar in that it is a Chamber sized orchestra and could play proxy to SCS.
To me, it would seem obvious to compare them since it has been 14 years since Spitfire released a Chamber sized orchestra. One would think there should be significant improvement. I have watched all of the videos of each including the walk throughs and it is very hard to tell if Neo is any better or if perhaps it is actually worse sounding than SCS.
So what are your thoughts if you own both? Which Chamber sized orchestra sounds better and why?
Albion Neo also offers a Chamber sized orchestra. It does not have Divisi samples but feathers together the different sections of the orchestra into ensemble patches and offers and A and B variations. Neo is brand new and also offers more variety of articulations.
One would think that Neo should be much superior to SCS as it is built on 14 years of experience in making sample libraries however, I have not seen anyone comment that the Neo Chamber orchestra sounds better than the Spitfire Chamber Orchestra.
I have searched through all of the past posts and threads and there are no comments comparing the two. Only comments on how Neo is similar in that it is a Chamber sized orchestra and could play proxy to SCS.
To me, it would seem obvious to compare them since it has been 14 years since Spitfire released a Chamber sized orchestra. One would think there should be significant improvement. I have watched all of the videos of each including the walk throughs and it is very hard to tell if Neo is any better or if perhaps it is actually worse sounding than SCS.
So what are your thoughts if you own both? Which Chamber sized orchestra sounds better and why?