![]() ![]() Some libraries are recorded ‘wet’ – which include the sound of the room they were recorded in – and some ‘dry’ with no room ambience whatsoever. Some libraries are great for those Zimmer-Esque epic tracks, and others are better suited for more traditional orchestral pieces. The appropriate library for you also depends on the type of music you’ll be composing. In truth, I don’t think there is any one perfect library.Įach one has strengths and weaknesses, and often a great deal can be achieved from blending several to create the sound you need. New libraries pop up every month or so, all professing to be the best and urging you to press the ‘buy’ button as soon as they’re released. The moment a “true legato” patch is loaded, this happens.Finding that string library that can do everything you want can often feel like a never-ending quest to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. It happens no matter what legato patch I load (fast or normal, “rep”, accent, etc.). I was willing to chalk it up to a glitch, but with more testing I’ve found the exact same thing happens in all three libraries – Orchestral Woodwinds, Brass, and Strings. The first plays back normally the second starts off almost silent before the volume finally returns. Here’s a screenshot of the sort of notation I’m talking about: In faster passages this can make the note essentially inaudible. When playing back two repeated legato (slurred) notes, the second note’s attack volume drops to almost zero and takes almost a full second to return to full volume. I use them in Sibelius using these sound set integrations, and for the most part everything works well. I’m trying out EastWest/Quantum Leap’s Hollywood Orchestra series for the first time, specifically the Strings, Brass and Woodwinds libraries (all Gold). ![]()
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