Anyone using MSI for other styles of music?

wvandyck · Post by **wvandyck** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:49 pm

Would the brass, sax, and wind sounds be suitable for something like jazz, old Chicago (the band), and Motown styles of music?

I liked the sound of the demos online.
I don't need to create the illusion of a real orchestra. However, lamboguy's demo has inspired me to be a better reader.

alexff · Post by **alexff** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:10 am

Well, i use some of the brass sounds for mellow parts in slow R&B - Jill Scott type stuff. The Trumpets work very well for this. If you really want some jazz type brass libraries, there are better options than the MSI, though the names escape me.

Hit google.

philcastillo · Post by **philcastillo** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:55 am

I think the SI brass sounds better in larger settings and would be a little exposed in Chicagoesque stuff. I would check out SAM Trombones for some great sounding trombone.

wvandyck · Post by **wvandyck** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:57 pm

Many thanks for the responses!

wvandyck · Post by **wvandyck** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:11 pm

Big Fish Audio First Call Horns www.bigfishaudio.com

SAM Orchestral Brass http://www.projectsam.com/libraries_ext_04.html

funkyfreddy · Post by **funkyfreddy** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:35 pm

I use the MSI and I certainly wouldn't call my music classical or necessarily orchestral. Your use of sounds is limited by your imagination.... don't wait for permission to use it!

wvandyck · Post by **wvandyck** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:42 pm

funkyfreddy wrote:I use the MSI and I certainly wouldn't call my music classical or necessarily orchestral. Your use of sounds is limited by your imagination.... don't wait for permission to use it!

Appreciate your tip.

I guess my original question should have been: "I don't want to buy a bunch of libraries (a lie

), so how far can I push a given collection of samples?"

MSI is at the top of my list because I think I can get a lot of non-orchestral uses out it.

kelldammit · Post by **kelldammit** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:04 pm

i'm actually having a ball with it, tweaking envelopes and whatnot to make much more "fake" sounds

for instance, cellos that sound kinda like fake clarinets, but smooother....
decided for the sake of experimentation to use it in the current mellow electropop thing i'm working on...and it's working out better than i had imagined.

kell

wvandyck · Post by **wvandyck** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:01 pm

kelldammit wrote:i'm actually having a ball with it, tweaking envelopes and whatnot to make much more "fake" sounds
kell

I'm looking forward to using it for somewhat realistic voicing (i.e. Eleanor Rigby, I am the Walrus, Motown, etc), and of course..."pushing the envelope".

I recently ordered a Godin three voice guitar. I'll break it in with MSI.

kelldammit · Post by **kelldammit** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:38 pm

they seem pretty real to me...i'm not too sure about jazz sax or anything, though.
i nearly always end up bumping up the the decay just a hair, particularly on the strings...i tend to like things a bit more legato than the defaults are.
i have a project waiting in the wings that will use the "real" sounds pretty thoroughly, though on the current project a few got through pretty much unmolested...anyway, gotta finish up this project first! i can't wait!

wvandyck · Post by **wvandyck** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:12 pm

kelldammit wrote:they seem pretty real to me...i'm not too sure about jazz sax or anything, though.

Your input has been helpful.

The Godin came in 6 weeks ahead of time. So...
I'll post some impressions of MSI in the next few weeks.