Really appreciate it! I am not planning to do any epic orchestral stuff in the near future and therefore used the term "allrounder". So make sure you do lots of research before you commit to buying, as you can’t return these things, and read the EULA as you sometimes can’t resell it either. So they all have a use, but one man’s allround may be another man’s never. That is more like an East West Hollywood strings, Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark, Symphobia type of sound. Also if the sound you are going for is the big trailer type Hollywood sound, the BBC library might not be it. If you like to blend with many other libraries, there is a risk it will be hard to handle. The reason I still consider it is because it seems like an all-in-one type of proposition, which I would love if it really can work like that. Spitfire is typically a more classical type of sound with room baked into the samples (you can’t get rid of it). I think the Spitfire BBC is a 1a type of library, so it falls kind of in between. So, whether you go for 1b or 2a types of libraries, it depends on what you are looking to do with it, and your ressources (time and skills ect.). 2a type libraries tend to sound great “out of the box”, and can be faster to work with for certain types of library music. I tend to buy 1b, but that is because I can make it sound like 2a with processing. I like both types of sounds, but this is usually what you need to research with the libraries you consider. I think the big distinctions to notice with orchestral libraries areġ) does it lean towards a classical sound (clean, neutral, open) orĢ) does it lean towards a more epic sound (bold, loud, compressed), andĪ) has it room/ reverb baked into the samples orī) are the samples dry (so you easier can add your own reverb). But honestly I have been doing instrumental tracks for a while now and I increasingly feel the need for having something at my fingertips to bring in orchestral sounds that sound 'legit' (or - coming back to the Taxi mantra - that a qualified user can make sound legit without agonising over it due to a horrible interface/GUI etc.). I am looking for an all-rounder (and I guess that statement alone qualifies me for being a total ignorant ). Thanks Kolstad! Really appreciate your thoughts and I'm glad you're putting your thumbs up for Spitfire. It also depends on what type of music you are looking to do, so make sure your purchase fullfill a real need, as any of these VI's will require a lot of work to sound natural, even though the samples sounds great.
Other contenders could be Orchestral Sounds Ark series, and the Cinematic Studio Series libraries. ProjectSam also comes out with their Symphobia 4 this October, but that will probably work the best in tandem with the other 3 Symphobias. Mixing Spitfire libraries with others can be tricky due to their special room sound, but when everything is in one package, that sort of bypasses that problem. BBC is all about natural sound, so I think it will be a great starting point to work with in a daw. Getting those things seperately will rob you blind, and you will even struggle to blend the different libraries when mixing.
It's very reasonable (and even more so with Spitfire's educational discount) for a full orchestral package that has solo strings, full orchestra as well as plenty brass, ww and percussion. I do tend to be over passionate about subjects that took my deepest interest for any reason, and music is one of them.Yeah well, I need a bigger computer and SSD drive space, but when I get to that next summer, I definitely will get the BBC orchestra. Keep in mind also that I'm Asperger at some degree, meaning that motivations/priorities and how these affect my mind/dedication are not the norm. I only go to sleep (around 3:30AM) because I'm physically exhaust, otherwise I could stay all night long playing around with music, no sleepiness, no mental fatigue, just "that fun time that passess too quickly". While school (day job) is not that bad, during the break is when you can actually play as a kid does, my actual moment of fun. The night to me is like the break time in the school. My day job is artistic but is not creative so once used to the techniques and tools it becomes quite boring. How much productive time do you manage with your DAW? I know when I get home from work I'm mentally exhausted, so the evening DAW time I have is not terribly fruitful.Īll of it! I'm physically tired, that's the only thing that can reduce productivity slightly, but music always becomes extremely refreshing to my mind! When writing music frustration kills my productivity much more than fatigue does. Carles wrote:My daily fun begins every day after dinner only, just when I do start up my DAW).