If you muck around with the mic mixes it can sound pretty different from what you hear in those examples.Linos wrote: ↑May 01, 2024 4:55 am It's pretty obvious that the samples in the Audio Tech Talk video are not used well. So I don't attach any importance to the fact that the examples sound bad.
This, however, is another matter:
Oh my God, how bright those strings sound. What an unbalanced sound. It's a trend that for epic music everything has to be bright to cut through the mix. The VSL Synchron libraries suffer from this. It may be modern now, but I just don't like it. Nor do I think it will age well. That's why I don't own a single Synchron library. Great concept, unbalanced sound signature in my opinion. Also the 8dio Centery series. And now Hollywood Strings 2 has gone completely over the top. It sounds like steel to me. Totally unappealing in my opinion.
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Charlie Clouser: " I have no interest in, and no need to create, "realistic orchestral mockups". That way lies madness."
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Is there a good HS2 demo anywhere that a) has a warmer sound and b) has the notes joining up in phrases?Ashermusic wrote: ↑May 01, 2024 3:38 pmIf you muck around with the mic mixes it can sound pretty different from what you hear in those examples.
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On sale this week for $199. Any positive experiences out there?
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If I say what I think Nick Phoenix will hear about it and come here berate as a traitor looking for revenge against EWGuy Rowland wrote: ↑Sep 11, 2024 4:27 pm On sale this week for $199. Any positive experiences out there?
Charlie Clouser: " I have no interest in, and no need to create, "realistic orchestral mockups". That way lies madness."
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Oh I forgot he did that! Fair enough, and of course your comment tells me a lot.Ashermusic wrote: ↑Sep 12, 2024 5:41 pmIf I say what I think Nick Phoenix will hear about it and come here berate as a traitor looking for revenge against EWGuy Rowland wrote: ↑Sep 11, 2024 4:27 pm On sale this week for $199. Any positive experiences out there?
I need a REALLY good reason to buy any string library these days, no matter how cheap. I'm closest on Sample Modelling because it is genuinely different to anything I have. The sheer complexity of control is what holds me back there - I wish they'd do a clever clever update where it does much of the controlling of nuances under the hood depending on playing style (as an option).