The fact that Project SAM has some of the best standing libraries in multiple areas of the orchestra really shows in this library. A lot of the time, budget orchestral libraries either leave a lot to be desired sound wise or they just don’t cover everything well. This is it! I always get asked what is a good all around orchestral library that “isn’t super expensive”. Though the ability to tweak is also very welcomed. The recordings are high quality, the sounds just have a very rich tone to them, and they instantly sound “professional” without any tweaking needed. Being able to have access to all these sounds that not only sound great on their own, but sound great together as well, is very beneficial to anyone’s workflow. All stand on their own and you can tell they come from a spectacular legacy. Let’s not forget about the percussion, the sound design, the keyboard, and the woodwind sections. If you’re looking for a collection of solo instruments then this is not for you. Now the theme of this library is ensembles, chords, octaves, fx, and things of that nature. The brass is large and cinematic as well, and I love that each section of the library also has a legato instrument included. I love the fact that you have controls built into each instrument, directly in the Kontakt interface so that you can tweak the fx, the round robin, the eq, even an octaver to quickly fill out your parts with more notes. The strings have an epic and airy feel about them, but not too drenched in reverb to where they don’t fit equally well in film or pop music. I’m a huge fan of ensemble recording because it just has a more realistic feel to me. I love that they recorded the sounds as ensembles, instead of solo instruments and trying to stack later. Man…it sounds like your wildest dreams! Well…I guess that depends on what you dream about!īut really, this is the definitive orchestral library to start with if you need a broad collection of useful tones. The main idea I think, is that instead of going “all in” for one specific library, you get very useful and essential sounds from all of the larger libraries, giving you a great orchestral workstation. The idea is to provide an essential collection of instruments for anyone into film, game, and media production, as well as a great collection of orchestral tones for anyone doing pop, urban, electronic, or any type of music where authentic orchestral sounds are desired. It has sounds from Symphobia 1 and 2, True Strike 1 and 2, and Orchestral Brass, as well as new instruments not from any of the other products. It’s a scaled down, “essential” library of sounds taken from all of the premier Project SAM titles, grouped together into an affordable package.
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So you can imagine how excited I was when I saw they had a new product called Orchestral Essentials, aimed to bring the Project SAM sound experience into the hands of the average consumer.
PROJECT SAM SYMPHOBIA 3 VS GARRITAN FREE
No, I have never owned one personally, outside of the free stuff they used to give away back in the day.īut I’ve always loved their sound, and Symphobia has remained on my wishlist forever!
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and what sounds good to you.Now, I’m pretty excited about this one because I’ve been a long time admirer of Project SAM libraries. and its dedicated to their own samples and not 3rd party stuff.Īgain it's down to your budget. so I recommend using Kontakt libs over Play stuff. not very efficient and the play engine tends to be a little unstable. Personally I have found the EastWest Play range very good but on a Mac. However, while Kontakt itself is reasonably priced.none of the high quality 3rd party libraries are cheap as you will discover. (Including Project Sam that you mentioned) Spitfire's amazing Orchestral collections. LASS - One of the best String Libs out there. Then you will have access to all the various different 3rd party Kontakt Libraries that you could purchase. it's really hard to offer advice/suggestions.īuy Kontakt either as a stand alone app or as part of the Komplete package.