"Mutilated" was my favourite ;)

lol that's why I'm not going to watch past 5:50 till I'm ready to look at the others.

Same feeling when watching Metropolis ark 1 - 4 showcase and comparison

Yes I felt exactly the same... bought One, Neo and Tundra. The one I use most? Albion One. CS strings are EPIC. Neo is so lovely but it's so much more niche. All depends on your genre!

​@@gregoryferguson4360 Which one is best suited for emotional and grandiose pop and rock? I think Tundra sounds amazing, but I am worried it won't be powerful or epic enough for a stadium rock anthem kinda track, but at the same time I am not trying to score Pirates of the Caribbean :)

😆 true

I felt like I should go buy it at this moment :))

Should I go for a combo of BBC and Neo? Or would Neo be fine just by itself?

I was actually trying to buy Neo and accidentally purchased albion One... damn. its still good though

@@JoshuaLoveofficial if you really want to change, you could maybe write an email to them, im sure they arent super opposed to it

which chords are those

@@wolfie8748 I think it's an Fm to Cm9 progression. The melody goes Ab, Bb and D.

I love the Tundra face :D

XDD that facee

I love it and actually doesn't sound like horror to me,more like build-up for some ostenato action

The vral grid, silken longs and hollow and mini cres sold me on the tundra library.

Glad you said this. I shall have to investigate. I was drawn to Tundra but when I heard him say 'on the edge of silence' I thought this was gonna be far too niche and specific to justify the price. I am guessing there is more to it.

We’re coming to these libraries from a similar place. I work in modern pop/alternative as a writer/producer, but use cinematic elements in my work. Been torn between Albion One and Neo. One seems more flexible for my work but Neo is just gorgeous sounding. I’ll probably end up with both too!!

@@mrnelsonius5631 Consider this...I had the exact same thought process as you before I purchased because I too thought Neo sounded stunning but was worried it wouldn't fit as broadly into my work as Albion One. I honestly thought if I had to buy one it would be Albion One. As you know, I ended up buying both and can tell you that if I absolutely had to pick, I would choose Neo. It has a very unique sound, but gives instant vibes/inspiration for my projects. That being said, I definitely made a great decision getting both because Albion One offers more of the classic sounds that you're probably wanting in your music. It really does cover all of the bases, but Neo is even more modern with darker, mellow vibes. If that's something you're wanting more of in your tracks, you'll definitely be happy with Neo as your first choice. Get Albion One if you're just wanting more traditional, high quality, epic sounds. You might even consider getting Neo and then a couple of the Originals libraries (Epic Strings + Epic Brass/Woodwinds). Hope that helps!

@@Inflightmuzik it does help... make me want both!! 😂. I have most of the Originals and love them. Got Labs “wow these are inspiring” then got a bunch of the originals: “every time I open these I write a song” so have been eyeing the Albions for a year. I’m with you that Neo sounds INCREDIBLE. I’m primarily a songwriter, so I feel like I should go with what I think will inspire me most, which is Neo from the demos. Also been eyeing “Sunset Strings” by a company called Realitone that’s still on intro price. I need more royalties coming in 😂 thank you for the thoughtful response tho 🙏

Those originals are gold. I would love that violin coleño swarm very nice

Brilliant comment... the world hunger bit. Love it.

Also a good pre-purchase justification!

The White Shift Definitely.

sell the kidney on the left, five years after, sell the kidney you've left.

it hurts, why do things cost so much

@@nostalgia_junkie Sorry if that's just rhetorical but please indulge me and allow me to vent: I'd say it's a mix of we get paid too little and as a business they have to price what they feel the value of it is along with ROI + blah blah blah. Of course, if they didn't put so much into their high-end used car salesman approach to marketing the prices could substantially be reduced but then perhaps their products wouldn't be perceived as high quality and taken as seriously. Don't get me wrong, they are high quality, but I find that they can milk things to the point of ridiculousness sometimes when it comes to sales ie 'if you play 2 of the same rhythms at 2 different starting points you get an entirely new rhythm! That's an extra $100 value!'. True but that's not exclusive to your product that's just a universal principle lol please. 'If you driver faster and roll down the windows you get a natural air conditioning experience!' It's not that I think the prices are too unfair as much as I feel like my intelligence is insulted with some of their selling points and it doesn't need to get that far because the products speak for themselves, but at the same time unfortunately it still works on many people if not most, like 'oh, I didn't think of using it that way, now I will' so it's a fine line and the bottom line is that it's a business so whaddyagonna do? Hopefully it doesn't get to the point of where you see 'Award Winning Website Scrolling Experience Technology' Now that I think of it I don't remember desperate selling points since Newton or Galileo or whatever it is

@@Nomo_Popo someday ill get an orchestra and make my library as cheap as possible

@@nostalgia_junkie Sold! Please just make sure the trems and trills can sync with the tempo 🙏🏽Maybe you could sell different timing divisions as different 'cartridges'! (ok fine, the cartridge idea is kinda cute)

@@nostalgia_junkie Haha. Then I'm waiting for it. Notify me when you release your Orchestral Library. 😊

I was thinking of getting an Albion and BBC Core, do I need both or is core enough?

@@thewhiteshift9266 Core won't give you all of the "Cinematic" pieces that the Albions provide. The huge hitting drums, the brunel loops, the "synths" that Christian was talking about. However, Core also give you much more control over the orchestra. For instance, Albion One just gives you a "Low Brass" or "Mid Brass" selection (and more, those are just two examples), whereas in core you can select each individual instrument (solo or ensemble). They truly are two different things, even though Albion does prominently feature orchestral sounds.

Russell Pfohl good to know, thank you! The only thing that is pulling me away from Albion is the loops - I’m not sure how to, if possible, alter the slight swing that comes with them? It doesn’t go too well with the rest of the piece when it swings for me 😊

Trevon Topper Deadline or Art?

both lool.... BBCSO GOLD offer incredible possibilities in term of number of mics position... very close to very far.... But BBCSO need more training, ochestral skills to reveal all this power and.... well, Albion serie contain pads, fx, artificial electronic sound, modified instrument whereas BBCSO's aim is above all to capture the most realistic giga sound bank of this specific famous symphonic orchestra. I own both, they are very different and complementary.

They serve different purposes: Albion has a more synth-driven approach, with patches for every family instrument, it is faster to use and even if you just write down a few notes, it still plays a big, warm and cozy sound. Nevertheless, you have almost no chance to do detailed or per-instrument stuff (for instance, even an oboe solo is impossible to achieve with Albion). Instead, since BBCSO features separate sampling of every single instrument / string section in the orchestra, it may be more difficult to use if you don't know how to orchestrate, but it gives you an almost unlimited freedom in curating individual instruments.

Palette Gear

Second to that! Glad to have you back Christian!

My comparison would be; One - S. Spielberg Neo - M. Gibson Uist - S. Kubrick Iceni - F. Coppola Tundra - Q. Tarantino

You make a Hip Hop Record with any Albion Library and You'll Have a Banger the Likes of which The World has Not Heard till Now😮 Do It. Break the Mold Yo

@@WinItReigns i bought albion one and its TRASH.

Neo is a small orchestra combined with plenty of hybrid/synthetic sounds. Tundra is a large orchestra playing very gently. The first is more “modern” sounding, the second is a little more universal. I personally went with Neo and have no regrets!

I know it's a while ago since you posted this, but have you tried a re-install through the Spirfire app? I recently re-installed all my Spitfire libraries and have no issues. I believe I had some issues many years ago with Albion 2 aswell, where I couldn't add it to the library tab due to a damaged or missing .nicnt file. SF sorted it out back then.

I believe it's called Pallette... Though you can get well by with something like a nanokontrol by Korg.

You must have Native Instruments Kontakt to play these libraries I think they could work in the free version of Kontakt too that you can download on their site. So first you have to know which version of Kontakt you need. I never used Pro Tools but Kontakt is used by practically everybody so I suppose there's no problem with Pro Tools. You can find infos on the Native Instrument site and on the Pro Tools site.

No as stated here we replaced it with Neo.