Does anybody love SI?

waterstrum · Post by **waterstrum** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:32 am

I'm just checking in.
After my big disappointments with Unisyn and Mach 5, I'm wondering if SI is the same almost great but not well supported thing.

Does anybody love SI?

alexff · Post by **alexff** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:24 pm

Well, it hasn't crashed on me or presented any problems yet.

zerosin · Post by **zerosin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:27 am

I'm diggin' it so far. Your system needs to be in good shape, especially if its an older one like mine.

peacetoyou · Post by **peacetoyou** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:20 am

How realistic are the sounds?

Mungojeff · Post by **Mungojeff** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:58 pm

It's all about context.
If you already have alot of the same sounds in other formats, or are looking for a higher end thing, you might be disapointed.
but for me, I have found many sounds that I have already used and layered with other sounds it can add some serious depth of character. Also, as usual, many of the sounds and aspects of the unit that many complain about, are some of my favorite things about it (again, context!).
I'm new to the VI world and I am not disapointed at all. Only time will tell if it stays on me or gets put away in the closet.

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:22 am

I love MSI too. My computer is a custom made Pentium IV 2.8ghz with HyperThreading and a gig of RAM and Windows XP that I built myself, and MSI runs great in Cakewalk Home Studio 2 with an Emu 0404 soundcard and the ASIO buffer latency set to 80ms.

As for the sounds... the woodwinds are about as real as samples can get. I love them. The brass is a mixed bag, some of it is good, some of it is unusable. The only string samples I don't like are the sustained viola and violin strings, because of a weird noise in the samples (and I'm not being petty - this noise is really loud). Everything else is superb. My jaw dropped when I heard the harp and guitar... and the recorder patches are amazing. I have a feeling I'll even grow to like the strings and the poor sounding brass.

largon203 · Post by **largon203** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:56 pm

Well all in all very impressive. It's a tremendous upgrade from my Yamaha S90. The vocal samples are eerie.

joelmusic · Post by **joelmusic** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:18 am

i LOVE msi. it is so easy to use, and sounds great. yeah, you can pick certain things apart, but i would choose this environment for creating orchestral music over any other. the built in convolution reverb sounds great. it doesn't give you 200 different variations on a diminished contrabassoon run, but it is very usable and i had a great musical experience with it. for me, i can get very technical and heady, but while in the creative process, i just want something to be intuitive and doesn't require a lot of logical thought. the interface makes sense and is simple.

AJS Music · Post by **AJS Music** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:42 am

zerosin wrote:I'm diggin' it so far. Your system needs to be in good shape, especially if its an older one like mine.

I have a TiPB550MHz with 512MB of RAM.

I own Live and have some $ to spend.

Was thinking of the Traveler and MSI. I want to get back into dp - but don't want to pay for it now and then have to pay for it again after the MacIntels come out. So, I guess MSI is a more sensible way to spend the dollars.

Do you think I could get MSI to work with Live on my PowerBook?

TIA.

meeloo · Post by **meeloo** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:18 pm

AJS Music wrote:I have a TiPB550MHz with 512MB of RAM.

Do you think I could get MSI to work with Live on my PowerBook?

TIA.

It should works quite well as long as you stay away from heavy convolution reverbs (that's what MSI's "fast reverbs" are for).

Hope this helps!

AJS Music · Post by **AJS Music** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:28 pm

Thanks - do you actually use MSI though, or are you summising?

excatcher · Post by **excatcher** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:06 am

One man's ceiling is another man's floor. Like with any sample library, your ear will tell you what rings true and what doesn't. For me, most of MSI doesn't. BUT...I found some of the sounds to be lovely and useful, i.e., the harps and some of the orchestral chord fx. Other than that, as always, you get what you pay for. Let's see what 1.1 brings. I hope they've developed a more stable text interface and some richer, less noisy samples.

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