Consona
Senior Member
I'm talking about Spitfire demos.If you're talking about mine
I'm talking about Spitfire demos.If you're talking about mine
Just yesterday I loaded up Cinebrass, played some lines and honestly, I think I won't buy anything new (more so when I know they keep updating all their flagship libraries, so it's not some abandonware).I have Cinebrass, and despite being a big fan of both CSB and SSB, I don't feel overly tempted to buy either of them at the moment.
I'm still considering CSB, but like, some really great demos would have to show up to convince me. After yesterday's noodling with Cinebrass I don't feel I need anything else for now.
I don't like SStB sound better than CineBrass. I just like SStB sound a lot. You know what I mean?..This is a perfectly reasonable approach and a perfectly reasonable conclusion to come to, even if you like the sound of a library you don't have somewhat better. Is there enough difference there to add something you don't have for the cost. I'm evaluating similarly, though I'm looking at Spitfire Studio Brass Pro as a supplement to their Symphonic Brass, not CSB, which doesn't have the instrument coverage I want.
I passed on the Berlin Woodwinds at the BF sale, even though I like the sound of that library a lot and I still have tinges of regret. But I objectively did not need it at this point. For what I do, my current libraries are serviceable, even if I don't love all of my woodwinds.I don't like SStB sound better than CineBrass. I just like SStB sound a lot. You know what I mean?..
They just uploaded a "Contextual" demo on Youtube:
They just uploaded a "Contextual" demo on Youtube:
Wow. What a video. How does CH do this, and where does he find the time to do it? All the things that need to come together to make a video like this (aside from building the product, in the first place) add up to a superhuman effort. Really nice composition, beautifully rendered, wonderfully mixed, and constructed in a very logical way to demonstrate and instruct. And then, he puts together an extremely tightly organized presentation that's interesting to watch, exciting, entertaining (and also very effective from a sales standpoint). Just being able to do a presentation like that is a full-time career for lots of folks. The set is well lit, and there are now a lot of fancy zoom-in shots on various windows.
If time machines existed, and someone could have shown me this video back in the early eighties when I first started buying samplers and sample libraries, I would NEVER have believed that the competitive market for sample library content would have evolved to where it is today. I think we just kind of accept it, because we're just incrementally watching it build from month to month, and year to year.
Can anyone comment on the sound or ease of use of SStB vs the brass that comes with my VSL SE 1 Plus?
It feels like the same level of quality, just a different flavor.
I'm tempted by all the lower cost new tools this season but maybe I should get to writing more with what I already own!
Wow. What a video. How does CH do this, and where does he find the time to do it? All the things that need to come together to make a video like this (aside from building the product, in the first place) add up to a superhuman effort. Really nice composition, beautifully rendered, wonderfully mixed, and constructed in a very logical way to demonstrate and instruct. And then, he puts together an extremely tightly organized presentation that's interesting to watch, exciting, entertaining (and also very effective from a sales standpoint). Just being able to do a presentation like that is a full-time career for lots of folks. The set is well lit, and there are now a lot of fancy zoom-in shots on various windows.
If time machines existed, and someone could have shown me this video back in the early eighties when I first started buying samplers and sample libraries, I would NEVER have believed that the competitive market for sample library content would have evolved to where it is today. I think we just kind of accept it, because we're just incrementally watching it build from month to month, and year to year.
It’s recorded.Spitfire's vibrato, did they record the performer, or is it a filter?
What is more, if you saw this video back in the 80s, and someone told you that people were fretting and worrying about whether it was even the best option (because the market now has so many good options) ... yeah, you'd definitely not believe that.