Hollywood Orchestra alone is worth the price. And if you don't like subscriptions, it regularly goes on sale for $400 USD. Easily the best value of any lib. HO is what beginners are looking for.

Thank you so much for your support, Ben! I really appreciate it and it's absolutely amazing to see my content being so well received.

It truly is.

awesome! yes I imagine nucleus bring great for that.

love the woods in nucleus!

thank you :)

Good luck with your music! :)

Yes great offering that’s accessible to everyone!

Thanks! Yes, CSS has 3 legato speeds, overall more control than an all-in-one orchestra like Albion One or BBCSO :)

Thanks! Good luck on your composer journey!

I got BBCSO Core, too, but for a slightly different reason. I'm purely a hobbyist composer, and BBCSO Core has given me my own private orchestra, whose sole job is playing my music, or whatever else I tell them to. Not even Beethoven had that luxury! Kudos to Spitfire in recognising the significant market that exists in people like myself, and producing a suitable product.

Thank you :) Oceania does one thing and it does it well. it's a bit of an epic one trick pony and I'm glad I bought it. Choir essentials is a capable allrounder for many scenarios that Oceania doesn't cover

btw I'm actually looking for more of this "grey percussion" for my trailer tracks. heard good things about box factory (was it called like that?)

@@KevinKuschel Ahh good to know about Oceania. And yes! I actually have Box Factory as well. It has a very neutral, punchy sound and yet it has a very organic quality which is rare for trailer percussion. It is slightly opaquer in terms of resonance and relies mostly on reverb for tails, but it can definitely add a lot of punch especially when layered with other types of percussion and can get blasting for sure. It comes with some handy booms, wooshes and risers which add a lot of flexibility. I think it can do especially well at brightening low hits and cutting through a mix. Alex Pfeiffer actually made a video with a short demo showing how bright and punchy it can get. Comes with four different mixes: agressive, natural, gritty and snappy. I guess the best way to describe it in my opinion is: It's like cooking with vodka. It can enhance the flavor of your dish without adding a lot of it's own flavor. 😀

@@arielyznardocomposer Thanks! Excited to taste your meals LOL

@@KevinKuschel Haha, come to Costa Rica and I'll make cook you some really great pasta!

You're welcome! :) I don't have Miroslav Philharmonik 2 and I don't know anyone that uses it.

Thanks for sharing your experience! No experience with Spitfire strings on my end. I use CSS as main generalist and then things like afflatus, vista, TSS and sunset strings as colorful specialists. expansions.

I can appreciate that. I did give Amadeus serious consideration, mainly because of a non-existent budget for what is essentially an expensive hobby. I was a bit worried about the lack of true legato, but the deal-breaker was a demo I heard which featured the violins in the high range, and it was not good. My composition for which I wanted an orchestra library featured both legato and high strings extensively, so it got scratched off the list, even though it had instruments that another contender, BBCSO Core, lacked. In the end, I got BBCSO Core when it was on sale last year. A choice I haven't regretted, even if I have to use my hardware synths for such things as the Cor Anglais.

No, you can't use solo versions of each non-solo patch. Only those instruments in the solo folder. These are separate recordings. It's not possible to extract a solo performance from an ensemble recording.

@@KevinKuschel Thanks for your reply! Could you recommend any orchestral library (for beginners) that also has solo instruments? Cinematic Studio Solo Strings doesn't have a double bass, and I'd like all parts in the instrument family if possible.

Super cool!

It's great for adding colors and choices to your palette. Wonderful for adding atmosphere and a cinematic feel to your compositions. If you already have a set of basic libraries (strings, brass, percussion etc, depending on the type of music you write), then I'd say yes. It's probably not the best choice for THE FIRST sample library you buy, if you're looking for orchestral music, because you'd want to have your basic instruments covered first imo. Considering Elements' price, you can't do much wrong as long as you have Kontakt Full.

Yeah, the newly done orchestral part in the Kontakt Factory Library 2 is pretty decent! I listed it as A-tier in my Best All-in-one orchestral libraries video 👍

Sorry for the late response. Are you talking about Nucleus? Lite only has the ensemble patch, no soloists, no individual instrument patches, less articulations, no legato compared to full.

What do you already have?

@@KevinKuschel Albion & world percussion creator

Sorry I've never tried Dominus Pro. If you already have a lot of audio Imperia products, the consistent workflow can be a plus.

@@KevinKuschel Thank you very much.

Thanks for your feedback! I don't have a lot of experience with guitar VSTs as I focus on orchestral and hybrid orchestral, so I mainly use guitar patches within other libraries I own (e.g. the guitar in GROTH or Diamond Jazz Orchestra), but they don't replace standalone guitar vst's in detail and quality. For ambient guitars, I use trailer guitars 2, but they are more textural, and not a full guitar VST. Hope you understand :)

@@KevinKuschel Thanks for the answer! And do you think orchestral music can be suitable for a pixel game? I have a few ideas about this. But I don't know if I can contact you. I would really like to show something of my own to someone experienced. (I translated it through a translator because I don't know enough English yet, hello from Ukraine!)

I'd say Komplete standard/ultimate is a good option for that considering how much else you get. You get plenty of guitars, basses and drums.

never used it.

so good as nucleus, but a lot of details and bugy. You have all sounds there

Thanks for spending the time to leave some feedback! The Ark series is over 1k USD and still doesn't contain full control of the instruments in the individual sections. For these two reasons, I don't consider it to be an all-in-one orcestra perfect for beginners. However, it's a great and massive orchestra and I showcase that in my video on the Metropolis Ark series. For Nucleus, have you tried the classic mix? I think you can get some pretty awesome results with that one even outside of trailer music. Chcek out Tom Hawk's composition "Magic Tower Escape": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aqt5fplq392sdWg.html If the classic mix is still too direct for you, perhaps check out BBCSO core.

@@KevinKuschel One of my primary issues with Nucleus us how fractured its offerings are. Yes, it does have some solo instruments - but they very sporadic and basic in articulation options. Only a flute - no piccolo, no alto, no bass flutes - just a flute. And what, maybe 2 or 3 other woodwinds solo instruments? Yes, you can compose with that - but its going to sound very basic. Frankly, I'd rather have Amadeus Symphony for $150 - I have that and still use it in almost every composition - and that includes solo and ensemble patches for pretty much every woodwind, brass, and string option. Even includes solo strings and ensemble small and large options. If I had to pick a product to use as a beginner with a budget, it would be Amadeus over Nucleus any day of the week, just for the sheer amount of available instruments and articulations. I basically own the entire Ark series, the entire Berlin series, inspires, all of the Albions and the entire symphonic line from Spitfire - in addition to staples like Amadeus and TOC2 - they all have their goals, but I'd say the real choice will depend on what you want to do. AS fun as having every instrument and every articulation is - its also a time slog and chore to compose that way in many cases - one reason why I don't own the likes of BBCSO. I'm almost 100% a media composer, and as such rely almost solely on ensemble patches.

Lol interesting. I can't help it. Trying to find a good balance between expressing the excitement I feel for all of this, avoiding to sound boring, and not annoying peopple with my vocal inflections.

"I speak in C Major" is definitely an original thing to write on a tinder bio.

@@KevinKuschel Bro if you are in a position where you are so excited you have to bring it DOWN you are winning life. What an amazing person. I sometimes artificially tried to sound *more* alive or excited. It also comes across very visibly that you love doing music and are proud of your efforts to get better at everything.

Hey Rogier, thank you. I know Cinematic series is overrepresented, but that's what I bought and I mentioned in the beginning that this is a list of what helped me the most when starting out. It takes some time to understand how the delay works, yet I didnt come across a better library that ticks off all the boxes for me. What are your best alternatives that helped you out the most?

KKKKK mano, você não entendeu que tipo de vídeo está assistindo?