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I really like these and learn from them...and he's just so damn good at what he does. CineSymphony Lite sounds great too.Michael Patti with a real-time composition screencast featuring the newest installment in our collection: CineSymphony LITE!
Very cool! Thanks!c0mp0ser wrote:I'm using the PC1600X - an old discontinued MIDI controller. Its still the best in my opinion.
Read this thread:spencer4t wrote:I feel silly for asking this. Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheaper MIDI fader unit that would work well for entering this type of MIDI data? Also, since I've never done it before, is assigning function to those faders fairly simple in DP? Thanks for your help!
why do you feel its the best?c0mp0ser wrote:I'm using the PC1600X - an old discontinued MIDI controller. Its still the best in my opinion.
stubbsonic wrote:Those samples sound good! Seems like they are much more playable and better than the vienna stuff that comes bundled with Kontakt. It was good to see another persons workflow.
Looks like that CineSymphony Lite will be released on 10/14/14. I wonder what it'll include and how much it'll run. Seems like a pretty promising library for someone like me with limited funds, but high-dollar expectations.
I'm relieved to 'hear' you say that. I had assumed I was just too lazy to get my head around the articulation switching. I've not had those problems with other libraries. I don't think recent releases of Kontakt have changed anything about the vienna stuff.Shooshie wrote:... I started with Vienna samples that way, but thought they were awkward and unmusical, because I could not control them in a musical way.
... But to try to make a musical mockup using Vienna in Kontakt? I question the concept of that. Maybe it's better now than it was when I quit using Kontakt a few years back.
Shooshie
Oh, it's great with its own interface. It's just hard to control in a 3rd party interface like Kontakt. With its own interface it's pretty easy to control how it moves through its velocity layers for expression; that's very hard to do in Kontakt (as far as I could tell). I could make other libraries, like Garritan or Miroslav, respond musically to simple Breath Control or Expression Control, but Vienna just wouldn't seem to move right. Put it in its own interface, adjust the parameters, and suddenly you have something that feels like real fiddles and flutes. Well... to a point. I actually still prefer Wallander Instruments for woodwinds and brass, even though it's about 9 years old now (and quite a few years since an actual update). I just hope he keeps it current, working with new releases of OS X.dewdman42 wrote:At one time Vienna was the best. It may not be now, but also keep in mind that it was designed in a different way, more to be like the raw instruments with all the articulations and ability to compose anything, with nuance, etc.. Back in the day, East West always had a bit more of that big hollywood blockbuster in your face sound, but vienna was more subtle. Now there are numerous libraries out there, including this one, which are impressive to say the least, but they do take things from a different approach, which is to go for those big, gritty, dramatic sounds. Nothing wrong with that, its just a different approach. Vienna still has a place.
