Spitfire Audio is one of the best sample labels for orchestral sounds.They regularly work with industry-leading composers, engineers, and musicians, to create the best orchestral and cinematic sounds for media composers.
Whereas other orchestral VST instruments feature performances from world-class musicians and expensive recording spaces, Versilian Studios takes a different approach with the VSCO 2 Community Edition library.
Halion Symphonic Orchestra Vst Sound Instrument Set Download
Presonus Symphonic Orchestra is more than just another sample library. It combines a complete symphonic orchestra instrument library with ready-to-use Studio One Musicloops for lightning-fast arranging and production in an attractively-priced bundle. The instruments not only comprise a full symphony orchestra, but also a contemporary strings library that has a different ambient character to choose from. More than 1,200 Musicloops allow for creating full arrangements on the fly while retaining complete control over tempo, key, chords and sound character. Tight integration with Studio One makes production work fun again.
Recorded by 11-time Grammy nominated classical recording engineer Prof. Keith O. Johnson, the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA was honored with Sound On Sound's Reader's Choice Award an unprecedented 3-times, and the very first orchestral collection to be recorded in a "state of the art" concert hall where orchestras mainly perform. Every detail of the recording hall is captured with incredible precision and detail, adding realism and shimmer to every note. You can create convincing orchestral performances with very little time and effort, and the natural ambience will make it feel as though the instruments are playing back live.
I compose music for feature films. I come from a classical background and my music is primarily for the orchestra with additional electronic elements when appropriate. When I compose, I have a full orchestra loaded into samplers. The cost of it really isn't an issue for me, because when I need to do the orchestral mock-ups I need to have the best sounding, most expressive orchestral instruments I can find. The big issue I have had with orchestral sample libraries in the past has been the way they were recorded. Most of them were close mic'ed and not in a proper environment for an orchestra. No matter how much reverb you put on those recordings, they never sound good. The EWQLSO recordings are excellent and sound the way a real orchestra sounds in a hall or sound stage. The sounds are inspiring to play because they sound so good. Simply put: EWQLSO is now the best sounding orchestral library on the market!
There are a lot of orchestral libraries on the market, but EWQLSO is the only one I really trust sonically for finished products. When I heard a score I had done using EWQLSO played in a movie theater, I couldn't believe how great it sounded over those massive speakers!
As a composer working in the computer games industry, Im often working to tight deadlines and turnaround times. I couldnt meet my schedule without a library like EWQLSO. It sounds first class, right out of the box, and I find I dont need to do any panning or EQing - trying to make instruments sit in the mix.
While it's not exactly miraculous these days to have access to good orchestral samples, it seems nothing short of miraculous to me to have this level of quality and realism available at my fingertips. There is simply no other library - at any price - that compares with the overall sound, usability and capability of EWQLSO. And of course the "Pro" expansions take the product so far into the next realm that the competition might as well pack up and go home!
A big, bountiful, powerful, expressive, sonically superior collection of top-quality orchestral sounds, recorded in a first-class concert hall, played, recorded and programmed by expert practitioners, waiting to burst into life in your compositions
As the musical director and keyboard player for Paul McCartney I need to use the best orchestral sounds available and I have found them in the EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA Sample Library.
This is a beautifully recorded (and expensive sounding!) orchestra and to have it at your fingertips at the compositional level is quite remarkable and that is before you even consider the way you are able to shift and blend microphone positions to suit the mood of the job in hand. Virtual is not a word I use very often but the Symphonic Orchestra is virtually perfect!
Virtual Playing Orchestra is a full, free orchestral sample library featuring section and solo instruments for woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion. Click the buttons below to learn more, to download the library and to hear a few compositions using the free orchestral instrument sounds that are available.
Virtual Playing Orchestra is a free orchestral sample library, in sfz format, that was created to emulate multiple articulations of the solo and section instruments from a full orchestra using the best free samples from Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra, No Budget Orchestra, VSCO2 Community Edition, University of Iowa, Philharmonia Orchestra and extra free samples from Mattias Westlund, author of Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra.
I also find that most brass instruments are not able to be sustained after 3 bars in MuseScore. I know it may be unrealistic for three or four bars sustain but sometime sustaining one note so long make the piece sounds good unrealistic though it may be. Can you say why this is so? Thank you one again for this site, very grateful for it.
I want to make the sound that was used in the Super NES and make music that was used in super NES games. After examining it, it seems that it is possible to make a similar sound by making the sampling format the same as when SNES. So when I was looking for an orchestra sound source, I came across virtual playing orchestra.
HALion Symphonic Orchestra puts the awesome emotive power and sheer sonic majesty of a full symphonic orchestra under your total control.
In FlexiMusic Orchestra you assign "small pieces of music beat" to each key/button of all your "Input Devices" and play it as orchestra or musical instrument. Small piece of music beat: You can choose any standard instrument/drum from midi bank. Or
The Player Options dialogue provides options for configuring RAM use, sample quality, and MIDI controllers, with the latter including a Learn function for use with hardware controllers.For the majority of the instruments, the combination of program types covers the most frequently used performance articulations such as legato, staccato, spiccato, pizzicato, and trills, with a variety of other 'expression' style programs also included. As with most modern orchestral libraries, however, HSO also includes a large number of key-switched programmes. These offer different performance articulations within a single program, with the user switching between them via a number of MIDI notes located outside the normal range of the instrument. This makes it possible to play a complete performance (for example a string line that moves between legato, spiccato, and pizzicato) in real time without have to break it down into several MIDI parts and record it in a number of passes. These programs (the most comprehensive of which Steinberg term Combis) do, however, contain greater numbers of sample layers and so occupy more RAM when loaded.
Solo instrument programs are supplied for violin, viola, cello, and double bass and these are split into Xswitch, Velocity, and Velocity With Pitch-bend types, with plenty of keyswitch options available. These programs include similar performance articulations to the sections, but with the added bonus of some fast-attack, short- and long-bow staccato (as opposed to spiccato) and ornament programs. The violin and viola legato programs feature quite a strong vibrato that is gradually introduced as a note is held. This sounds wonderful in the right musical context (sad, lyrical melodies for example), but might not suit all situations. Unlike the Garritan Stradivari Solo Violin (reviewed in SOS August 2006), there is no way to control the speed of the vibrato here, but, that comment aside, these are very playable solo instruments and a welcome addition to the palette of string sounds available in HSO.
Using Halion Player's 16 stereo outputs, it is easy to tailor individual instruments or sections via the host mixer if required.The sounds themselves are very good indeed. While I occasionally found myself adjusting the amount of ambience for certain programs, the trumpet and trombone go from soft and warm when played pianissimo through to strident when played fortissimo. As should be the case, the horn and tuba instruments are less aggressive at louder performance styles, but the horns do have a nice rasp in their lower register. Overall, while HSO perhaps lacks some of the less common brass articulations that might be found in a top-of-the-range orchestral library, at this price point the instruments are both very playable and capable of very realistic results.
What constitutes a 'good' sound in the context of orchestral instruments is, of course, a matter of personal taste. However, if you are in the market for a mid-priced yet well-specified orchestral library, HSO is most certainly worth auditioning alongside the existing competition.
At this price, Halion Symphony Orchestra represents excellent value for money. It may not have all the articulation options of some more expensive orchestral libraries, but it lacks nothing in terms of sound quality and is flexible enough to be used on a variety of host system specifications. 2ff7e9595c
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