Is MSI A Good Product For The Price?
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:14 am
I am running MSI on my PC successfully, but I am not sure if I would say it is a good product for the price. I know it doesn't have all of the instrumental options and articulation/s like higher end virtual instruments, but I would still expect stability and quality samples where you don't hear loops and inconsistent velocities from one note to another. I do believe the software has potential, but in my opinion MOTU has a long way to go with MSI. There are other virtual orchestra software in the same price range that has more stability and better samples. I own one of the other ones and planned to use MSI as an enhancement. I have now come to the conclusion I will take the hit from purchasing MSI and save my money for a "higher end" orchestral software such as East West.
Below are some examples of samples you can hear noticeable loops. (Strings Ensemble)
Contrabass sus: A1, A#1, B1
Celli sus: A2
Note: The velocity varies on some of the samples also. Below are some obvious velocity issues. (Strings Ensemble)
Violas sus: D5, D#5
Violins sus: G4, G#4
Unfortunetly, if you can get beyond the sticky note/s and spikes (hardware and software stability), you still have to deal with the samples themselves.
Oh well!
Below are some examples of samples you can hear noticeable loops. (Strings Ensemble)
Contrabass sus: A1, A#1, B1
Celli sus: A2
Note: The velocity varies on some of the samples also. Below are some obvious velocity issues. (Strings Ensemble)
Violas sus: D5, D#5
Violins sus: G4, G#4
Unfortunetly, if you can get beyond the sticky note/s and spikes (hardware and software stability), you still have to deal with the samples themselves.
Oh well!