Orchestral Tools: Travels In Sound sale

[Guy Rowland]

Some of Orchestral Tools' more eosteric collections are on sale for half price, 66% off for the lot. Sale ends September 4th.

https://www.orchestraltools.com/promoti ... s-in-sound

I was previously unaware of an experimental cello library, Radome, at a mere €34+VAT. Some very cool sounding stuff in here.



https://www.orchestraltools.com/store/c ... J4ELfi8UYr

[Guy Rowland]

I like Radome a lot, some real gems in there.

I'd LOVE to see companies like Orchestral Tools release Omnisphere soundsets, maybe as official Sonic Expansions. Sine Player works pretty efficiently, but there's nothing much you can do with it.

[GR Baumann]

Did you know this? I just came across it a minute ago.

[Guy Rowland]

Did you know this?

I didn't! Thank you. Honestly it sounds to me like a regular crossfade to me though, Useful for sure though.

[X-bassist]

Did you know this? I just came across it a minute ago.

Looks pretty cool, As long as the samples mesh together well. I wish Kontakt had better looking controls.

[X-bassist]

Did you know this?

I didn't! Thank you. Honestly it sounds to me like a regular crossfade to me though, Useful for sure though.

I'm still waiting for Sine to grow up. I rarely buy Sine instruments because it feels very basic and limited to me. Even the mixer feels like a rough version that will be streamlined one day. After as couple of years I expected them to take it to the next level, new ways of selecting articulations or a "smart" articulation chooser. Hell, even polylegato in their instruments would impress me. But it still feels underwhelming after a few years of updates.

With their new announcement and solo strings I had hoped to hear about a greatly improved Sine player, but this doesn't seem to be a priority for them. I suppose it's the one thing they don't sell (although it affects sales) so they feel basic is better and less prone to problems. I just really like Capsule (I still use it all the time) because it's so flexible and has a lot of thought and options thrown in. Sine is almost the exact opposite.

Capsule always worked well for me (although I know some have had issues with it, they left it in good shape). It seemed like a great system that was abandoned for the freedom of building anything they could imagine, so they build a rompler with keyswitching, cc controls, and a store to buy individual instruments. Oh yes, and the mic mixer, which in a world where TBs are getting cheaper. never used here. I actually like mixing the original mics specifically for the project, but then again, I love mixing.