Real instruments synths plugins talk

johnnym

GPO rocks. There's nothing at the price that sounds better. The harp is really nice too. It's quite comparable to Edirol i think.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Btw, you can also look at
http://www.magix.com/us/music-maker/

Their premium package contains Independance 12GB library now, plus many separate instruments.

Btw, it is very fun to watch how fast consumer companies buy specialized companies :-)

johnnym

Independence tried to launch when Kontakt was already the softsampler of choice. Yellow Tools probably had to sell out.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Things could change fast.
Hot thing next year could be Windows 8 tablets with multiple USB ports, etc
And none of the samplers or labraries are aimed at small footprint and low CPU consumption.
Because last years main marketing battle had been samples size and maximum voices number.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

You can find big number of sampler libraries at
http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=kontaktplayer2

All of them work with free Kontakt Player from NI.

johnnym

True, tablets may be the future. (I wouldn't know as i've never even held one.)
Then only small hq libraries like LASS or Omnisphere (less than 20GB) will stand a chance. Hollywood Strings at 600GB will not be useable on a tablet.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@johnnym

It is not so simple.
For example, I have Acer W500 (also Kindle Fire, and old Motion tablets, but this does not matter).
You can change internal SSD, up to 256Gb without problem.
And use any 128Gb SDXC card :-)
Just CPU it not very fast.
We'll see big jump in CPU performance next year, plus I hope that synth authors start using OpenCL to use quote good GPUs located in this tablets.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Few more links about replacement option
http://mydigitaldiscount.com/mydigitalssd-128gb-50mm-bullet-proof-msata-ssd/
http://forum.notebookreview.com/solid-state-drives-ssds-flash-storage/599675-mydigitalssd-bullet-proof-128gb-msata-review.html

johnnym

The CPU hit with LASS is minimal, but it does need a lot of RAM.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

VARAZDIN ORCHESTRAL ($169)

Complete orchestral library for very good price
Works in DirectWave sampler.

http://www.image-line.com/documents/varazdinorchestral.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

MOTU Synphonic Instrument (abou $200, 8GB)

Works on low end computers (good for tablets!)

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Independence Pro (70Gb complete library, with arpeggiators, etc, 210 EURO + VAT if you are in EU)
Now owned by MAGIX
Made by a guy who professionaly do orchestral things
http://www.yellowtools.us/cp21/cms/index.php?id=930

Vitaliy_Kiselev

The free Amore Grand Piano (free time limited offer!)
We recorded a Yamaha grand piano, close miked in stereo and kept it small, under 200 MB
http://www.store.precisionsound.net/amoreinfo.php

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Many samples made with leading orchestral libraries
http://eotte.blogspot.com/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

LASS 2.0 whats new and demos
http://audiobro.com/lass-2-0/

thepalalias

8Dio is about to release a new violin library in February.

http://8dio.com/?btp_product=adagio-violins-vol-1

And the sound of Spitfire Albion is one of the most unique orchestral recordings in years.

http://www.spitfireaudio.com/albion.html

Edward

No problem (a quick review and video follows)...the three links I gave are virtual instruments I have in my collection. I just happened to notice they were on sale as of this post. I have no affiliation with esoundz. Re: the quality of the library- they are not quite as extensive as GPO, EWQLSO, or LASS- but the symphonic effects line has a nice fat Hollywood sound, and is above average IMO for a library in its price range. No that usefull if you need control over a full orchestra, but great for quickly sweetening up genre pieces. A video of its use is below.

Thanks,

Vitaliy_Kiselev

RealGuitar 3 demo

thepalalias

Impact Soundworks Shreddage X
http://impactsoundworks.com/products/instrumental/shreddage

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Garritan Instant Orchestra more videos

zcream

SO MANY CHOICES... AARRGH!

I have some public domain foxtrot sheet music. Can someone please recommend what I would need to generate a decent sounding track with it ? I used Finale Notepad for a music course at uni. And thats all I know. I do remember that the composition sounded artificial and midi-like.

So far I have been advised Finale or Sibelius coupled with Garritan personal orchestra. Are there better/cheaper options ?? Cheers!

thepalalias

A few choices for solo violin, all announced/released within the last few months (and one announced today).

Adagio from Impact Soundworks (mentioned earlier for the ensembles) http://8dio.com/?btp_product=adagio-violins-vol-1

Spitfire Audio Solo Strings http://www.spitfireaudio.com/spitfire-solo-strings.html

Quantum Leap Solo Violin http://www.soundsonline.com/QL-Solo-Violin

And less recently, both VSL and LASS offer solo string libraries individually (that area also included in their larger libraries) as does Kirk Hunter. And even less recently, there is Big Fish's London Solo Strings.

There are solo strings included in EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra, and while they are expressive, they are not as deeply sampled as the others mentioned here.

For solo instruments, it's often worth weighing whether you'd prefer to spend money on a getting a good solo performer because it typically takes a huge number of man hours to "approximate" the sound of a good solo part.

Should we start a thread mentioning good session players? If so, I'd mention Nimrod Nol (Israel) and Jeff Edward Ball (USA) for solo violin.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Should we start a thread mentioning good session players?

You can do it any time.

Of course they'll be out of reach for 99% of members, but who knows :-)

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Samplemodeling Clarinets

Amadeus5D2

@Vitaliy, so far great sounds from Samplemodeling. Perfect for Jazz and all kinds of music except some classsic music I think. Here an example:

http://www.sample-modeling.com/Demos/10-J_S_Bach_Brandeburg_Concert_no_2.mp3

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