Sample Library Update 2023!
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- New Sample Libraries in my template, Summer 2023 update!
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0:00 Intro
1:17 Orchestral Tools
3:25 Audio Ollie
5:30 ProjectSAM
10:19 Spectrasonics
11:07 Heavyocity
12:27 Strezov Sampling
15:39 The Amazonic
17:39 Native Instruments
18:49 Superior Drummer
20:02 Accordions 2
20:52 Realitone
22:37 Efimov Audio
23:35 Audio Artemis
23:57 Folklorica Sounds
26:30 Slate + Ash
27:08 Spitfire
30:38 8Dio
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@TheUnfinishedSynth : www.theunfinished.co.uk/
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Thanks for liking LA Modern Percussion! I’m very proud.
I also did the Zimmer Cinematic Percussion. If you want a less roomy mix try my mixes!!!
I got both and love them.
Happy to hear that you’ve been enjoying Symphobia 4 Pandora & Symphobia 3 Lumina and that they’ve earned a spot in your template, Anne!
Lumina is amazing, I didn't like the rest of Symphobia series myself (never tried Pandora) but some of the stuff found in Lumina is really hard to find elsewhere.
The soloists are insane too, cheesy maybe but when they're the right ones you won't find a better option
I''m a happy amateur and I've bought Symphobia & Symphobia 2 for a good price. I love the sound of your libaries and hope to add Lumina, Swing & Swing More one day. But first I need to make more music myself. That's what can happen when you don't have to make anything for anyone but yourself unfortunately. Still happy to support a Dutch company as a Dutch though. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the shout-out for Omnisphere Colossus. Glad you’re enjoying it. :)
I love it! Thank you for making awesome sounds! ❤
Big thanks for sharing the video and giving a shoutout to The Amazonic! It's a project we're seriously stoked about, and we're gonna keep expanding it to fresh regions and cultures worldwide! 🌍
Thank you so much for sharing your choices as a working composer. I found them to be incredibly inspiring and thought-provoking.
My pleasure! ❤
Great video. Thank you for all of your input! 🙂
Great list!
Thanks a lot for sharing this good information!!...👌❤
Thanks for the video 👍🏻
Thanks for teach us and share your knowledge and your talent whit us 💖
Vielen Dank für dein Update. Sehr cool
So true with project Sam libraries being inspiring to play and compose with. 🎵🎵🎵
Yay it’s here 😃
Can't wait to finally see this game you've been working on. It sounds like there's a lot of good stuff in it
Can’t wait to see which game you’re scoring! Thanks for the video, Anne. Very informative stuff
Greetings from Brazil! Nice to hear you talking about The Amazonic. It will be great to use it in a project I'm involved. Thanks for all the suggestions!
Great Video 🙂We are very pleased that you chose Accordions 2 and we are even more pleased that you liked the library. Thank you very much 🙂
Wonderful thoughts on your experiences and views/opinions on these products. Thank you!
Thank you very much for the Video.. it is really cool and inspiring ! - and YES - more women in sampling business! Thanks that you let us know so much - it is really helpfull!
Never heard of Lucie Treacher before but instant buy, cool stuff!
Same
Love her! ❤ Maybe if we all buy her things she’ll make more. 😊
Hi Anne .this is a great video and I love that you're presenting more experimental /morphing libraries:) Keep it up with these nice reviews and thanks for sharing your honest reviews regardless of companies offerings for you to do so .
PS Lucie Treacher is a person I admire and like Very much :)
Thank you for sharing your additions. I have most of the products you mentioned in this video, and I’m well-acquainted with Lucie Treacher’s past work with Spitfire; but I was unaware of her Folklorica libraries. I appreciate the introduction. I’m checking them out now.
Also, while I agree that Symphobia 4: Pandora is well-suited for horror music, I also use it in a wide variety of contexts (sports and action music, to name two) for its synced crescendos, drum rolls, and other tonal and percussive elements. Like you said, its sync abilities make it very easy to use; and ProjectSAM consistently makes great sounding products.
Sounds like a great tool for more ambient scoring as well as more traditional sounds
Thanks to your recommendation I just picked up Audio Ollie's LA Modern Percussion which is currently on a big BF discount . Thank you so much for your CZcams videos.
Thank you for this, very informative. And it's awesome that you comment on the actions of those libraries in the world at large. I think we musicians should factor those things into our purchases and not just separate principles from commerce.
Picked up La Modern Percussion. It was exactly what I was looking for. Much drier than most large percussion libraries. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hello and thank you very much for this fascinating review :)
I've come to the same point as you concerning what libraries offer as an instrument. Having at least 5 strings libraries doesn't make me happier. It can be handy at times but I also want more emotive, inspiring textural, felt sounds.
This is how we can create more surprising and personal palettes.
Orchestral Tools has a ton of great instruments to match this quest and I love being able to buy a few instruments out of any of their collections.
You make an excellent point with the topic of synchronization and length control when it comes to aleatoric libraries.
I don't mind unfolding some sounds but at a certain point, it becomes frustrating and very limited.
I'm going to check out your links and watch your video again ; it's a pleasure to listen to you speaking of all these subjects.
Have a beautiful day and stay safe.
You really have a taste for the finer things in life 😊
Very nice video! I've been dabbling with OT stuff this summer because I really like the sound of their libraries. Got a few a la carte instruments from Salu, Time Micro, and Drones. But my big purchase (maybe Black Friday) will be Berlin Symphonic Strings and/or maybe Con Sordino Strings.
Thanks for another amazingly insightful video!
Agreed that Audio Ollie is amazing...everyone go get their bundle during the ongoing Black Friday sale!!
Thanks Anne! IT was really interesting! Very useful information. About spitfire, same thing happens in my PC, too. I use BBC often, but I have to freeze and bounce all the time. I've thought it was because of my computer, but maybe not. I definitely need to try another libraries. I appreciate that you share these information.♡
Thank you for posting and sharing information about music creation. I create as a hobby, I am a retired electronics technician and vowed to one day have the ability to create music on a computer. The more I learn about music the more I find there is to learn: So again, thank you.
Totally into the Time Micro stuff. My cup of tea! Traditional and aesthetic Advante-Garde.
Great! Your videos are the most useful thing that ever happened to my composing skills. As a sound design enthusiast, I feel kind of guilty for using textural/aleatoric presets, but wasting hours on an original texture has been a progressively bad idea lately, so this selection is just gold.
This video was great. Very helpful.
The Spitfire products have always cpu spiked My machine. iZotope as well but that's a effect.
HI Anne-Kathrin,
Thanks for making this helpful video.
OT Berlin Strings Sordino is a Gem , Hopefully OT will make their Berlin Strings Library another Gem, via an update they have told us they are working on.
I need to check Audio Olie's LA Modern perc. , Thanks for the recommendation. also the OT Time Macro, and Micro which I don't have. I will watch your separate video on these libraries. (Thanks).
Another great video, it makes me smile to see you getting so excited when talking about your favorite libraries, you come across like a kid on Christmas morning!
Yes! I absolutely love creative folks who inspire me to write! ❤
I bought S+A Landforms for Christmas last year, a lovely textural sweetener with fabulous user interface/capabilities/fx ☕️✨
Totally agree! They really nailed the golden combo of user-friendliness and innovative interesting sounds.
Scoring obviously pays off well, you buying all those fancy libraries. Thanks for the channel, you are keeping it real! I mean, actually making music.
God, hearing your take and descriptions of sample libraries and plugins I'm familiar with from the "music producer" scene is so refreshing. You honor these sounds and companies rather than invade my senses with semi-crass presentations
Great video Anne. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. Lucie is or was a Spitfire affiliated composer, but I didn’t know she made her own stuff - a fascinating discovery for me and yes, the Spitfire Player is a terrible resource hog. Their Kontakt libraries don’t behave that way. I hardly use their stuff anymore. I use and enjoy 8DIO libraries for specific things but their patches load so slowly (even after batch resaving) that I try to use other alternatives where possible.
Thank you! I rarely comment on videos, but I feel compelled to say that besides being a good composer and having a useful CZcams channel, you also seem to be a good person. I appreciate your support for sustainable business models and encouraging more women in the sampling field. Keep up the great work! ... and thank you! 🙏🏼
Yes about Spitfire. I have too many of their libraries that want to eat up my processor and memory. I need to start looking other places for libraries that do similar things, but don’t beat up my computer. And that’s across the board with Spitfire. The moment I start working with all of the microphone choices, my computer and their software start a power struggle argument. Not fun.
Big fan of OT's TIme Micro & Time Macro. Got these when they first came out and are finding a lot of use here. In answer to the question of " How many string libraries do you need?" - the answer is always The Next One.
So interesting to hear what you use and why Anne-Kathrin. Thanks for your time doing this. Lucie Treacher is a fabulous creative force and yes, her speaking voice is mesmerising.
Yes! Some big company needs to give her money to go wild on all these little treasures! ❤
heheh awww thank you so much! and yes please !!! :))) glad to hear they resonate!
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer well she was working for Spitfire for a little while and then she suddenly disappeared from their videos. I suspect it was because of their controversy, but obviously that's just my suspicion based on no real information.
@@lucietreacher Oh sorry Lucie, I didn't even see that you had personally commented before I made my comment below. I hope you don't mind.
Also not huge on Strezov's Storm Choirs, but Wotan and Freya pretty much get used in place of everything else for myself. Definitely keep experimenting with them, they are very deep, but I struggled at first to "get" them, now they are the first choirs I reach for, if they can't do what I need, its usually because I need something way more outside the norm.
Loved your video, got me interested in the ProjectSam Stuff!
You might like "haunted spaces" by soniccouture if you want more shifting and evolving pads, been a minute, but I think you can load your own samples into it as well.
When it comes to nylon guitars, my goto library is Spectrasonics Nylon Sky. Sounds absolutely fantastic!
I'm buying the new (actually stripped down ) chamber strings library from Spitfire. I've wanted that library for years but could never afford it. Now It's low enough for me to grab. Looking forward to orchestrating with it. Love the intimate sound.
Great video as always! Keep it up 😃 I'm always happy to see a new upload from you.
I also have alot of issues with Polaris from Spitfire Audio. My guess is that it has some memory leaks going on, cause it tends to get worse the longer it's loaded for me. I have the same problems with LABS. My DAW is Reaper, and it's very rare that it crashes on me, but LABS shuts down Reaper every single time i load it and change instrument a couple times. No other plugin does that for me, not evern Polaris. It's such a shame, cause there's alot of cool things in both Polaris and LABS that i want to use.
Interesting! I get the same behavior - the longer I use it, the more resources it uses up and the less stable it gets. It’s the only thing that can crash my whole session.
Yes, Spitfire NEEDS to fix the spiking issue. Also, I’m not sure if there’s a sample purge option. I believe there wasn’t years ago, & if so, they need to get on that ASAP.
Native Instruments also has another XY pad-based instrument called Mysteria -- it's just like Thrill (and also made by Galaxy Instruments) but instead of instrument AFX it's based on vocals/choirs. Also, another XY pad instrument I really like is Morphestra 2 by Sample Logic -- MSRP is $299 but keep an eye out for a sale; I got it for ~$99 a couple years ago
I got Thrill with Komplete 14U, but it was a bit of a disappointment to me. I think it's a bit of a copy from Soniccouture Threnody, and I think the original is better.
I like Mysteria better than Thrill by the way. Same concept indeed.
Anne-Kathrin Dern !, Thanks Much !.......
Thanks Anne-Kathrin for taking the time to share your knowledge and expertise. I really, really appreciate it.
I actually tried using Spitfire's engine today, before I saw your video, and to be honest, I felt kind of relieved that you had the same experience. I thought I had some issues with my computer and spent hours of upgrading drivers, tweaking Cubase, tweaking voices, preload size and buffer size until I gave up. I couldn't use more than a few tracks before it clogged up my computer.
Kontakt and the SINE player runs smooth as butter, the cpu meter barely moves.
I've had my eyes on Polaris for a while, but I'm still not sure if I'll invest in it unless Spitfire fixes their engine or converts back to Kontakt.
I’m relieved reading all these comments of ppl having the same issues. 😅 I thought I was doing something wrong.
LAMP is just delicious.
Have you tried Native Instruments, 'Fables', and 'Lore'. Both have many customisations, and 'Fables', in particular is absolutely beautiful. Strings, brass, plucks, choirs, organic textures, acoustic, and synthesized.
Incredible, I use many of the libraries you mentioned. I too like libraries where one can tailor make new sounds to avoid hearing the samples in other people's work. I don't use Spitfire's sample player as it is just another interface to learn when the samples could be played in Kontakt. One day NI will bring the GUI into the 21st century 🤣
Great video! If you like Sunset strings, you should try Nightfall! and if you like Thrill, try Threnody strings. Same concepts for each.
I'll check it out! ❤
I do really appreciate your support on the companies owned by women! Women initiatives in the industry need to be much more widespread and visible.
I have Polaris, in my experience, it's the convolution reverb in it that's the resource hog -
it's in almost every patch, but once it is off, things run a lot smoother. (I'm on a mac.)
I’ll try that next time. Let’s see if it becomes more stable then.
I have become infatuated with Cube by lunacy audio. I think you would love it.
I love Superior Drummer 3 too! I've just finished the percussion maps for Core, Brushes and I'm on Hitmaker, for Dorico. Available for free in the forum 😉
Great video, as usual 🙏
Personally I love the mallets from Enjoy Samples
I frequently use Spitfire libraries in my projects. Notably their more interesting ones, like Solstice, LCO Strings, Iceni, and the Abbey Road Legendary Low strings. Polaris has become my absolute favorite, I've used it on every single project I've done. That said...I've also noticed that the Spitfire Audio player is a massive resource hog. particularly CPU usage. I've not had the dropout problem you face with Polaris...though I don't have a template that size. I tend to create a skeleton template that I customize on a per-project basis, rather than a large template. But I've got that SAME problem with all VSL libraries. Like you, my computer is very powerful, however, I can't use even a single instance of a VSL library without it clipping and dropping out due to CPU spikes.
I have the same problems with Spitfire Albion Colossus.
Agree on the Spitfire player issues. A heap of my template at the moment is BBCSO Pro, and I have to leave every track disabled in Cubase and then enable them one at a time for whatever articulation I need. It's awful. But I love their Kontakt libraries, NEO and Tundra are great.
I'd love to make the switch to Orchestral Tools stuff instead. Maybe one day.
Regarding Efimov: The Uilleann Pipes are the best, period. Those together with his Tin Whistles and added chamber strings (Vio and Via on Sforzando articulation by VSL) and you are in for serious celtic scoring. AMAZING!
Spitfire's player: I use it every day with multiple instances of BBC SO (by multiple I mean 25 or 30 at least) and LABS too as this is the same player and I never have any problem about CPU overloading (I run that on a 5 years old intel Mac). But I don't know specificaly about Polaris.
Can you made a video with Winds Sample Libraries please, Anne 🙏.
Really a great video. What do you think about the SoundPaint from 8Dio?
Very cool. In what way do you mix LA Percussion with Damage? Layering them with different parts or using different samples from each on the same part?
Also do you still have goto orchestral libraries among the plugin jungle or ones you use mainly?
Loving the vid ^^
My wallet has mixed feelings tho x)
I just wondered
would you think it's a useful exercise to listen to the textures offered by these library patches and try to copy them using individual instruments ?
(useful as in : to train orchestration and vst knowledge)
Thanks a lot! Have you tried Ample Sound as a guitar (nylon, strat, etc.) For me, it's much better than 8Dio or Efimov.
Thanks for sharing, Anne! I totally agree with you on LA Modern Perc, it just has THAT blockbuster sound!
Thank you, Anne Kathrin, for donating your time to us "mere mortals". I will not use any Spitfire product, regardless of sound quality because: 1. Salami business model. The slices get thinner and more expensive all the time, and now they try to sell us the old sausage for almost the price of a fresh one ("vintage" Albions ...) . 2. The Player. Non multitimbral, no purge function, no editing. Resource hog? I managed to get 30 something instances of BBCSO Discover to mimic the overture of Bizet's "Carmen" on a now 13 year old iMac. No hiccups at all. But the library would probably not be demanding on a few AKAI S1100. 3. A marketing hype that does not match the quality of the products.Way too much money spend on bling bling than on their products (debugging, improving). I'm glad Lucie Treacher got out of there. She is a real gem, albeit a real quirky one. I like her approach to composing a lot.
Great video thx , not sure what I have missed but what the problem with Spitfire and 8dio ?
as for spectrosonics ..... I bought omnisphere for $300 7 years ago . its still around that price if you shop around
Hi from Finland! Thank you for this video...and other videos too. I'm just wondering are you using any of the Syncron libraries from VSL. I think you gave them a good word in some of your videos. Have a great week!
I’m not currently using them but they are definitely very good comprehensive products.
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer Mit Verlaub, aber VSL dürfte eine andere Liga sein, was die Klangqualität und die Steuerungsmöglichkeiten des Synchron-Players betrifft. Leider zu selten besprochen. Für zeitkritische Arbeiten sicher kein Arbeitspferd, aber für Komposition und Orchestrierung sicher die erste Wahl, wenn man ein Orchester nicht sein Eigen nennen kann. Vielen Dank für den guten Content Ihrer Videos. Ich bin erst vor kurzem per Zufall darauf gestoßen. Und viel Erfolg in der Zukunft für Sie. Die Welt braucht gute Musik. Grüße aus Berlin.
K D Nice, music maker
Do you know the Pulse platform? There are great small companies with original sounds. I found some great accordions there 😊
Great review! Are you still using the Cinematic Studio Stings (CSS & CS2) in your work?
Yes, they’re still my go to strings along with the Berlin Sordinos.
Hi. What plugin you're using for all the sample?
Just finished your video, and saw the comments on Spitfire Audio's Polaris. Maybe it's not their player in general --- I have a project that consists of 18 instances of their BBCSO, and it runs at a range of 9-18%, and every track has a lot of controller data associated with it. Maybe, in your case, it is the effects you mentioned. I don't have Polaris, so I'm not sure. I do have Solar/Mercury, and it does seem to use more than its fair share of CPU. I have another project (part of a test that I am doing) that has 50 tracks, 50 different VIs from all the major players, and my DAW lets me look at (and sort) the CPU usage for each VI. Solar tops the list in CPU, just a touch higher than UVI's player, Omnisphere, and/or Augmented Grand Piano (Arturia).
Some Spitfire instruments DO eat a bit too much CPU. Thanks for the advice
Hi Anne. I guess I might be answering my own question, but these libraries like the horror sounds or these beefy percussion samples. They obviously cannot be notated for live instruments. Do you score the live strings and/or other orchestral instruments and then add the synth textures later? Or are you just using them for gigs that remain in the box? I know you mentioned recently that you were doing more music for games. All quite intriguing.
Have you checked Modus by OT?
Thank you! From a workflow pov, do you edit (e.g. midi note timing, audio mixing and fx) in the Superior Drummer editing environment or in Cubase?
I do all the midi stuff in Cubase but I’ve definitely used the mic and mix page a lot in the Superior Drummer interface to get the sound I want.
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer Thank you 👋
Spitfire player... Thank you!! Spot on. I hate it. They seem to think it's the most awesome thing. And we don't need another giant knob. Maybe they will take the issues seriously from you.
How do you become a composer assistant? Do you need to go to a music school? Thanks!
Ah Lucie Treacher! isn't she working with Spitfire Audio?
Regard to what you said about Spitfire. I have a laptop with core i7, 256GB and an external drive 1TB. I use mostly BBC SO core, Abbey Road One and a couple of other libraries from Spitfire. I agree with you that it is no fun, due to all time that goes on for just waiting and waiting!!
Do you have an alternative good library for BBS SO core, I would be greatful.
Das Museumsquartier als Intro? Geilo. Wieso das? :) I really like your honesty about sponsorship, I guess there not that many CZcamsrs out there who would share this opinion.
But how many SSDs do you have to store all these libraries? Thanks for the video.
Just 2. I also load some older libraries from spinning drives still, just because I have them. But I’m also quick to delete products I no longer use and take them out of my template.
Great video. I think the only question is what Brass library's do you use?
I already made a whole video series about everything else. Should be in the same playlist on my channel as this video 😊
Yeah found it thank you!@@AnneKathrinDernComposer
Just picked up LA Modern Percussion. My wallet officially hates you 🙂, but I absolutely love and appreciate your content. Signed - Norm's Wallet 🙂.
Have you checked Peteris Vasks Strings?
They’re actually on my list for later this year due to their unique sound.
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer because of the library reviews I started listening to Peteris Vasks music and I got mildly obsessed with it.
It is so cinematic 😀
What is the problem with 8dio? I'm planning to buy them some stuff...
its always the effects that kill the CPU xD
I have all be it a lower end Mac right now but I am not doing any major audio stuff.
but I have a few snap heap presets that that will completely crush the CPU & all I hear is broken glitched distortion...
even the 12900ks rig it can only take one of the snap heaps & I have to freeze the rest or better yet just bounce out what I need a open a new project to use it xD
Thank God I’m not crazy. At last someone said THE THING about Spitfire’s interface design and their bloated player. Everybody around me praises their products, I bought a few of them a while ago and I deeply regret it, because they are A PAIN IN THE ASS to use.
Nothing from Audio Imperia?
I have a lot of Spitfire libraries both in Kontakt and their own player. I don't think their own player is all that much of a resource hog. But I don't think it's the most efficient player out there either. I suspect the issues you've had are related mostly to the Polaris library. I have that one as well but just haven't really found that much of a use for it yet, so I haven't tried it a lot. I also don't use big templates for my work, so if I was using it, there is probably a lot less going on in my Nuendo project file than folks like yourself that use large templates for their work. That's not an excuse, just a gut suspicion of why there hasn't been a lot of folks complaining about that. My biggest complaints about the Spitfire player are it's waste of screen space, the big knob interface is often worthless and hard to use and then they duplicate those same controls elsewhere on the screen. It's also worth noting that they only recently moved what they call their eDNA engine (originally in Kontakt) to their player. I wonder if that has something to do with your experience? I find that eDNA engine to be rather convoluted frankly. Too many little damn knobs to suck up huge amounts of time playing with. But to each their own. The other thing that annoys me about their player is that it's not multi-timbral. So you can't put multiple instruments in a single instance or even layer a few different sounds together without mixing multiple instances all together in your DAW. Pain in the butt.