Snowster 23 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I would like to hear your opinion of some symphonic sample libraries. I'm thinking about a sub 500$ investment, and am planning to use it with both notation and sequencer software. I currently have the possibility to test the following: Garritan Personal Orchestra, Eastwest Silver ProXP, MOTU Symphonic instrument. Also if you can reccomend something else, it would be great!Thanks,-Snowster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Kontakt Gold is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Garitan is crap, so is MOTU. Buy East West, and I hope you computer is stacked so you can load more then a single flute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Garitan is crapIt beats Zimmer's General MIDI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I have Garritan and it is just SO BAD!!! I Cannot stress this enough, it is useless except for like two sounds. THe harp and celeste sound decent. Don't get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Advanced Orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I'm looking into buying Steinberg's new Halion Symphonic Orchestra, which is right in that price range. Curious to hear how it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowster 23 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Halion has something like a 30GB library doesn't it? What about Miroslav philharmonik, anyone got that?? So basically many of you say NO to GPO? I'm actually at the same time evaluating orchestra libraries for my personal use, but also for classroom use at the university I'm working at. We currently have NI Bandstand in our classroom. We replaced the old Roland SC-88 modules with that. Basically I'm looking for some better orchestral sounds for our Logic and Cubase users and propably also for Finale etc. Oh, which reminds me, do you know if there are any differences between the standalone GPO and Finale GPO libraries (other than the fact that you can use it with other hosts)?-Snowster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Still using Gigastudio 2.5 and doing well.Has anyone experience with 3.0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Has anyone experience with 3.0?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Nothing beats Zimmers anything midi. That man is the champ. He must also use a ton of compression and eq, i would love to peek at his presets. His taikos sound as if they have low pass filters on them. Anyone know more detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsinct 3 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I use the Edirol HQ Orchestral. It works pretty well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 EastWest or Kontakt 2 (comes with Vienna Symphonic Library and is a full sampler) with Overture 4 as a sheet music/sequencer. Its also a full VST host that allows you to compose normally to switch between sample types (as in staccato samples vs long samples, etc.)Ad below. Use 20% coupon code to get it for 20% (apply to download version or crossgrades) offCoupon code is "jhgsove4"http://www.geniesoft.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Yes.Very witty ... :? If you have some experience to share with me, go ahead and do so.If not, don't bother even responding to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 an inexpesive way if you own a Mac is to buy the Orchestral jam pack for $100. Word is the samples are scaled down VSL. If not EWQLSO Silver Pro is very good for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Nothing beats Zimmers anything midi. That man is the champ. He must also use a ton of compression and eq, i would love to peek at his presets. His taikos sound as if they have low pass filters on them. Anyone know more detail?Zimmer uses primarily custom libraries. Those string and brass samples you hear in, for example Crimson Tide, are the LSO. And they have been used a million times since, including Survivor and 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 So basically Zimmer's scores are midis?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Not entirely, but somewhat. Lets say 75% is midi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaderbait1 1 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 What program has the most realistic sounding instrument soudns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 The sounds in the Vienna Symphonic Library are fantastic, but do remember that they are all recorded in an acoustically dead environment with absolutely no acoustic modelling. This means that you'll have to do a lot of tweaking (usually) to get the samples sounding natural, as if recorded in a given environment (usually a concert hall). And to be honest, you'll probably never get the samples to sound as good as samples already recorded in a large hall.I think East West is the only other realistic alternative. Generally their samples are good - although I must admit, the quality of some of the samples are poor. However, all the EWQL samples are recorded in a large hall, which means you don't really have to do *much* work to get the orchestra sounding fairly natural.I haven't personally used Garritan. I've heard good and bad things about the library, but I've heard the strings are pretty good. I've also been meaning to test out Advanced Orchestra, which is very affordable.I'd also recommend buying Kontakt 2 as you get a nice set of VSL samples, and Kontakt 2.1 is by far the best sampling engine in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi 0 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 If you cant afford a giga PC, get kontakt. It will do the best job, unless you use logic of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyy38 21 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I know you're not looking for *hardware* but these aren't too shabby.http://www.rolandus.com/Multimedia/Flash/s...x/srx_demo.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaderbait1 1 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Are sample libraries separate from the actual notation program? Could I use say Sibelius and a totally separate brandname sample library and incorporate them together, or will there be compatibility issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrygollay 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I use all the 8 Cd roms Advanced Orchestra with some Vitous Brass and Woods Sections + Dan Dean Solo strings Piano for Prosample, it works pretty well !!!http://erahd.free.fr/edf/Here is a link ,if You click on the medaillion, You'll see the trailer of the film on Avi format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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