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I also watched the film at the weekend and I'm rather disappointed. The music by Hans Zimmer, which I had listened to a few weeks earlier, had created great expectations in me. Unfortunately, in my opinion the film is far from delivering what Hans' music does. The music is often very large...

Mixing in mono is key! Ask the best mixers....... .

Great to hear this, José.

Maybe I am a special case? I worked with Cubase 5 until 2019 and was very satisfied. After Windows 10 no longer supported my Firewire interface with drivers, I bought a new audio interface, a new audio PC and finally the current Cubase version. Now I've landed on Cubase 11 and I kept...

Can they make the mixer smaller, as it was in Cubase 5?

Have you ever had midi timing / sync problems with Cubase 11 and Kontakt 5? In the course of my work on a project, I noticed that Kontakt Sampler was out of sync with the song tempo. It was totally annoying! The eighth notes of my bass were more and more out of time. I had googled for hours...

When Windows 11 comes, you can only use it if you answer Bill Gates' questions: who are you, how old are you, which party do you vote for, what illness do you have, what do you eat, are you gay, etc. . .... And of course you have to agree that Microsoft monitors you completely 24 hours a day.

Do you like the ultra deep bass from the Hans Zimmer scores, do you like deep bass sounds that make every room tremble? Then wait and see. I'm currently programming a super cool bass instrument for the "Kontakt-Sampler", which does exactly that best. The sample content isn't big, because...

I think most people can't hear the difference anyway because they don't have an optimal listening room. All of these small loudspeaker boxes in unoptimized rooms are lying to the ears! ;-)

You are 100% okay! I love 3/4 ... . ;-)

If you have 50 instruments in the arrangement, all playing at the same time and all fighting for the same frequencies, then with good EQ's you can actually make it sound very clear and just great. Provided you have good ears and equipment. ;)

Experiment with samples ... . ;-)

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Hello R. Naroth, what you did here is very cool! Your using of zebra, finding/programming the sounds ist very great! I think, if you post such a comparison here, then you are certainly ready to receive well-intentioned criticism. My criticism is about the mix. My ears recognized that there...

To me it sounds like the original "Solina Strings" ....? In the 80*s, I had one of this.

The digitalization is good and bad. I fear that we will soon be living in a world that will only be digital. Then nobody will discuss sample libraries anymore, but everyone will claim that being human and living like this is stale and should be abolished?

A very big one, 4k, 32", and I have not selected hidpi in Cubase, it is turned off.

In Cubase 10.5 Kantakt was o.k., Now in Cubase 11 on win 10, Kontakt is so small that I have to use a magnifying glass .... .

Te sound reminds me of the free Tascam CV Piano -GVI. :)

Paul's Dream: An interesting arrangement and as always this so great sounding low end, also the use of the reverb. What I don't like so much is the sound of the distorted guitar and am I right when I think I can hear (for my taste too much) distortion also used for other instruments?

The director has to trust the composer? Huh, how often does this happen? They trust world-famous composers, yes, but if a composer is not world-famous, then they come up with their own demands, wishes, etc. Yes, no? ;)

I think it was this:

Coool! ;) But, back to the track: It is so very well done! Sometimes it seems to me that Hans has access to other worlds that exist at the same time, as far as the (musical) vibrations are concerned. ;-)

It sounds like music from hell. ...

Daryl, in the meantime, people are so stupid that no one can say when and why the pyramids that exist around the world were built. It is certain that they are no tombs and that it has nothing to do with religions. .... So, yeah ......

How long will these qualified people be around? I think you know what I mean, what I think ....?

..." there will always be a place for "quality". ... And who determines what quality is?

At some point, computers and machines do everything. Then why should one still live, or from what, if there are hardly any jobs left?

I suggest U-He Hive. This synth is now my first synth in all what am I doing. It is so very good sounding and flexible. ..... . Try it out for free by downloading it from their webside!

I updated from Cubase 10.5 to 11 and now the Kontakt plugin is so little small that I need a agnifying glass , when I want to edit things there. In Cubase 10.5 all is fine, but in 11 it is so very small ..... . I did so many experiments to get this solved, bur nothing worked. And, in both...

As dry as possible, but this means: You have exactly to know what u have to do in your mixing sessions. You have to have a lot of knowledge about rooms, delays, reverb, "EQ'S" etc. . The right using of the "EQs" is a most important thing here!!! Yeah ... . ;-)

I don't care obout this, I care on the sound only. ;)

Yeah, please do not take my criticism personally! Whenever we use samples, we try to fake a real orchestra. With some libs we can do it well, with others not so ...... . I just don't like it when people get upset that the fake works better here and there than anywhere else. This library is...

Oh no, I think it is the right forum for my thoughts. In the past, we all were after the real thing. Yes, no? But now the things have changed. ...

The scripted legato .....

You know what? I hate the digitization! Book real musicians and don't argue about the way digitization is carried out! It doesn't sound real, that's true. But in 10 years no one will criticize this anymore, because everyone will have got used to this digital, inhuman crap! This is what our...

I did not read all the posts here but I think all critics should book real musicians and pay them fairly.

I suggest you to book real musicians and pay them right ..... .

Yeah, I think it was and is built only for mixing, as the name says it. I think I will test it. (I remember that I was interested some years ago, but forgot it .....) Thanks!

This! ;-)

I am asking here because I have many friends here and trust more their opinions and experience than advertistings ..... .

I keep seeing advertisements for this virtual console. Do any of you use these? What is your experience with it? Is it worth buying this software?

I didn't notice your libs, DSmolken. They sound interesting. ;-)

Do built sections out of solo instruments and detune ..... . The faster the passage is, the more detune .... .

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQBdibdDxH2ngu3kNPYOEA/videos

Hive really is a very fantastic synth. I am using it all the time and am very happy with it. Thks for this "free" update, U-he! ;-)

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This! Good example

5 years ago I have had some trouble with their libs, because I built a new daw. They were very frindly and helped me. Their service was excellent at this time .... .

A few years ago I received the lib / plugin to produce a demo. I didn't like it and therefore, after a few experiments, declined. I don't like this development! ...

The piano sound is sooooo good! And yeah, your composition, too.!

John, if I am allowed to ask you: What percent have you learned from books and what percent have you learned from experimenting?

It's all very interesting, Ed. It reminds me of a time when I experimented with harmonies. My partner is a professor at a music college and she has a very good command of harmony. At that time she gave me a task: to accompany a film scene with only chords. She said, if you try this, you will see...

One more note: There are special moments when something very special is needed. For example, the transition from one emotion to another in a few seconds. I often do this with synthesizers that I program for it. My advantage is that I learned that very well when producing advertising. The...

I know your scenario all too well. I almost only compose with a piano or with string / brass section-presets. So I know from the start that I will take care of "everything else" later and now concentrate only on the grades. (Yeah, the x and y is in my head always ....) Of course I also make...

In Germany you can now even study "sound design" at university. And even there they don't really agree what "sound design" is ..... :-) How is it in your country?

Yeah. For example let us talk about a car drivers. Formula 1 or street cars, etc. .... . ;) Salut!

So it is as it is. "There is not even a clear formulation of what sound design is." ;-)

Going to scool wasn't the right way for many well known people. Sound design is a wide field, as the rest of our life. There is not even a clear formulation of what sound design is. ;)

Do u remember EMU? This Company produced the most important hardware samplers in the past, and what happened?

An interesting task: I will program a cool sounding btaaaaaam by using a fart sample. :)

Yesterday I recorded a fart of mine. It is an outstanding sound! You can get it for only 1 Dollar! If you order now, you will get my fart noice for only 50 cents! :) :) :) My friends, do not allow to forget us how funny it is, to make jokes! :)

BTW. You can save your instrument as a monolith file. Then u get only one file with all in it .... .

This year I used the Christmas days to explicitly listen to James Horner. I am amazed what a great composer James is! James doesn't primarily work with sounds, as for example Hans Zimmer does, but with good compositions. I can tell he is very good at his craft and I bet James didn't need...

This library was and is great. Especially for people who know how to edit instruments right (in the Kontakt version).

I always liked it to read re-peat`s posts, because I know that he has so good working ears. He is able to hear a grass halm growing. And this is good meant from my point! re-peat has no qualms about calling facts by their names. And you know what? I don't think he has any bad intentions at all...

Maybe they took on drunken musicians. Allegedly, alcohol increases the creativity of many? :-)

They recorded a triangle library. ;-)

Larry, I am so very very sorry to hear this here and now. I send you my deepest condolences and prayers!

What a great read, John! Thks for this! I am with you 99,99%! But yeah, with only one sample what is more than 20 years old, you sometimes can get more attention than using the newest thing, always depending on the film ..... . Thanks again for reading and answering, John!

John, I never said that the newer libraries are all marketing. I, as you, know, how good they are and what you can do with it. I only said that you are also able to get great results even if u use older libs. If you write concert music, I think it is a "must" to have all the new libs, but it...

I too agree! My question in the other thrad was not meant to blame new libraries! Please have this in mind! ;-)

Ask our womans about the placebo of being wowed by new clothes ... . ;-)

I am very sure that both libs are very good! My neighbour plays on a stradivari, what is hundreds of years old and sound very good, also at this/our times. I always make decisions about buying a library based on the sound a library offers.

I use the factory reverbs what comes with cubase now, because they are so great sounding. Please have in mind that I can use all other effects like eq, compressor etc. in the same effect channal. ... ;-)

SUPERGRAND Piano Plugin (artvista.net) This piano is a "Swiss Army Knive". ;-)

I think it depends on your keyboard / master keyboard first of all. Is the keyboard weighted and how does it trigger which velocity values? All libraries also differ here on this topic. You can see the differences immediately when you send the same midi file to different piano libraries. You...

An interesting question! I always prefer good sound.

The right using of dynamic eq's etc. can make old libs sound like new ones ... . ;-)

Very good answers to my question here! Thanks to everyone who replied here! I didn't ask this question to criticize new libraries! I am also enthusiastic about all the new possibilities.

Just answer my question. All other points of view can of course also be discussed, but not here. My question is easy to understand .... .

Are you already wearing a mask in your own studio because you ventilated and maybe the virus got into your studio through your window?

+ 1000, but u can still manipulate all, if you know, how to do it. (For example with unlocked libs for Kontakt) ;-)

Huh .....

I underline all what you say, but this answers not my question?!

A talented composer could still produce a very good sounding film score with libraries that are at least 10 years old or older. Yes, no? What do You think?

Here you go ;-)

U can use any brass library for trailer music! Just learn the mixing / sound rules. You can get good brass results only by using the oldest brass libs ....! ;-)

Some month ago I bought a Focusrite Clarett 4 Pre USB (not a Scarlett) for a 2. computer and it is absolutely professionally quality. A very very good sound and some good software gifts inclusive. I would suggest you to spend enough money for the room treatment itself, because this is the most...

I am listening only to your composition, not to the samples and mixing. And you know what? I like it and I think you are on a good way!

I think the way what Samplemodeling startet is a right way for a perfect library in the right direction, but at this time it is not perfect?

I do not think he wants to blame them. I hear him saying that he wants a library, available to buy, what makes all his dreams about a library comes true. A nice idea if you ask me.

One of the best libraries on the market, but you need enough time to learn it ...

I think for a lot of people it's a matter of trust. You have a library from xy and you are enthusiastic. Then this company xy publishes a new library and you blindly trust. And then .......

I'm in the process of learning Cubase 10.5. Before that, I had only worked with Cubase 5 for so many years. Cubase 11? And what about Cubase 11.5 next week? :-)

Luckily, in the past, when Kontakt libraries were not locked, you was able to edit your string libraries by using the great tools what came/come with Kontakt Sampler. Nowadays you can't, because they are all locked. ... For example: In the past you could make 11 absolutely authentic sounding RR...

I did use the function of voice groups and cutted the release times. Many composers in LA did use my edited version of this library .... .Yeah, I am a ghost, also in this game! ;-)

I have the platinum version for Komtakt, and it is amazing! After I edited the lib for my use, I was able to play so many instruments at the same time, only using a smart PC. ....