orchestral music

alan kelly

Alright guys.. wondering does anyone out there know any good orchestral music software.. looking for some good violin sounds both on their own and as part of an orchestra. Thought native instruments did a soundpack but cant find it,, Any ideas would be great,, cheers

Rockshamrover

I just got Miroslav philharmonic as part of the latest IK Multimedia 4 for 1 deal.

It sounds pretty good to me as it's actual samples of an orchestra. It was made a good few years ago though so isn't cutting edge.

I've heard good things about East West Strings but I think they are a bit pricey.

TelePaul

Synful is pretty good, free demo at www.synful.com

telecaster

As a balance between cost and quality, Garritan Personal Orchestra is very good

TheBandit

If money isn't an issue check out Vienna Instruments, i think its the daddy of them all. Its unbelivable, check out stravinskys rite of spring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB3njyDW8SY
I still can't believe how good it is. More of a dream world option but its worth looking at even just to appreciate it

ZV Yoda

Rockshamrover wrote: »

I just got Miroslav philharmonic as part of the latest IK Multimedia 4 for 1 deal.

It sounds pretty good to me as it's actual samples of an orchestra. It was made a good few years ago though so isn't cutting edge.

I've heard good things about East West Strings but I think they are a bit pricey.

I'm with Rock on Miroslav... I got it as part of a deal last year & I think it's great. I love the cellos... they're yummy... kinda like Purple Cadbury's Roses chocolates

alan kelly

I love cadburys roses.. especially round christmas time:D .. Cheers for the idea.. Will check them all out and let u guys know how i get on.. Thanks

madtheory

Garritan personal sounds a bit "soft" to me, it's the attack. The bundled strings with Kontakt are, surprisingly, wonderful. I'd love to own one of the expensive ones- Vienna, Siedlazik, Miroslav etc.

Mataguri

madtheory wrote: »

Garritan personal sounds a bit "soft" to me, it's the attack. The bundled strings with Kontakt are, surprisingly, wonderful. I'd love to own one of the expensive ones- Vienna, Siedlazik, Miroslav etc.

Doesnt Kontakt 4 come with some variation of the Vienna library?

madtheory

I don't know. I'm still using Kontakt 2.

PMI

Hi,

I started with EWQL Silver, it was ok but was washed in a cheap sounding verb...

moved to Miroslav philharmonik and I think its alot better....

VSL is the big boy of it all and for about 6k you can get a great setup, personally I only have the strings but they are priceless sounding.

good luck

Ed

alan kelly

thinking of miroslav or kontact,, Kinda have a fondness for the ni gear..

ZV Yoda

alan kelly wrote: »

thinking of miroslav or kontact,, Kinda have a fondness for the ni gear..

Come to think of it, much as I like the IK stuff (I have Miroslav, both T-Racks & CSR plus various Amplitubes)... one thing I would say is that I have problems with the authorisations nearly every time I switch Pro Tools on. Constantly have to re-authorise the plug-ins... it's a real PITA