ProjectSAM: The Free Orchestra 2.0

[Guy Rowland]

Staggering what is free these days. This is a Kontakt Player update to ProjectSAM's Free Orchestra series, which is a series of instruments from the full Symphbia range, and True Strike I.

What’s new in version 2.0?

New Sounds
Wretched Risers (from Symphobia 4: Pandora)
Organ Mystique (from our various church organ recordings)

New Features
Powered by a completely new engine
Fresh and spacious design
All-in-One instrument and browser
In-browser audio previews
New and inspiring Multis by ProjectSAM
10 slot mixer to arrange and design your own Multis
Adaptive Sync for a selection of instruments
Shift and trim mapping of individual articulations
Customize articulation switching and dynamic control
On-screen tool tips

Improved Features
Smoother envelopes, filters and curves for all instruments
Better release trail response for slow sustains
Various mapping bug fixes

Updates through Native Access. New users register at the Project Sam website - https://projectsam.com/libraries/the-free-orchestra/

[playz123]

Downloads fine, but then I get an error message . First time I've ever seen this in NA. Will contact Project Sam.

EDIT: Definitely a glitch with NA today. I had successfully installed a Symphobia update earlier with no problems. I rebooted, logged in again, and then tried again and it worked, BUT it didn't install to the location I specified in my Preferences. So it was necessary to relocate the folder then Relocate in NA. NA has always been solid...until today. Yes, latest version, logged in correctly etc. Anyway, hope you have an easier install.

[Piet De Ridder]

I got the exact same 'Install failed' message earlier this week when installing the 300 Grand. (Never encountered it before either.) But as the library download consisted of an iso file, I simply proceeded with mounting the disk image and doing a manual install. After which it was 'fingers crossed' to see whether Native Access would recognize and accept that installation. Luckily, it did.

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[playz123]

Thanks for sharing that info, Piet; good to know. I had tried double clicking on the iso file as well, but in this instance nothing seemed to happen. Maybe I should have tried right clicking and choosing Open File, but I didn’t. Guess I was too focused on trying to get NA to do the install.

[Geoff Grace]

I got the exact same 'Install failed' message earlier this week when installing the 300 Grand. (Never encountered it before either.) But as the library download consisted of an iso file, I simply proceeded with mounting the disk image and doing a manual install. After which it was 'fingers crossed' to see whether Native Access would recognize and accept that installation. Luckily, it did.

This has happened to me at least three or four times during the last several months. I’ve always used the same workaround (mounting the disk image and doing a manual install), and it’s worked every time.

Not an ideal situation, but at least the end result is fine.

Best,

Geoff