Moin Ihrs!

Well, i'm still looking for some vst instruments, and i'm searching for a flute, strings and some japan stuff like a koto or such. I hope you can advise some for me, and if i must buy them its no problem. And, please not so complicatet plug ins i'm new in this business! i would be very pleased if you answer me. Thanks !

Welcome at KvR Keule!

For realistic stuff there are 2 options I can think of :

- A rompler (Sampletank, Hypersonic,..) : Not too expensive and easy to use, but you'll have to check first to see if they provide all the instruments you want to use.

- A sampler + sample CD's (Halion, Kontakt,..) : A bit more expensive and a bit more daunting to learn at first (but very rewarding in the long run). Positive thing is that you can buy only the sounds that are of interest to you.

There's a third option actualy : A resynthesizer (Cameleon,..) : Not an exact emulation but a very interesting sound and lots of fun!

Peter.

You can also get a free sound font player like the sfz from rgc:Audio who has a forum here. Then do a search on this forum for topics about soundfonts. Those topics will lead you to places that you can download free soundfonts to use within sfz. Also, consider upgrading to sfz+ which cost a little bit of money but is very nice.

Robert

Keule wrote:

Moin Ihrs! Well, i'm still looking for some vst instruments, and i'm searching for a flute, strings and some japan stuff like a koto or such. I hope you can advise some for me, and if i must buy them its no problem. And, please not so complicatet plug ins i'm new in this business! i would be very pleased if you answer me. Thanks !

IMHO Sampletank is the best allarounder. Easy with good sounds except for the saxophone which absolutely stinks:) But... Go for Tubilesax in addition to ST if you need a good sax synth and youre pretty much covered for it all.

mutant koto:
http://dsp.mutagene.net/?pid=projects

phy mod, didn't test it, so...

cheers,
tobias.

Bonjour Keule! I myself am pretty happy with Ethnosphere. It's a 'rompler' of world instruments - for better or for worse. But it does have a great selection of flutes, asian orchestras, guitars, and much more! www.soundburst.com

It's REALLY straight foward, pick a sound and play it pretty well. Responds to Pitch Bend and Volume and Tune - but no myriad of knobs and 'snapshots' and all that. And most of the sounds are pretty darn good!

Welcome!

Picking a sampler isn't a bad idea, what host do you use? Cubase SX? FL?

For the koto, you might want to check out NuSofting's HarpTime to see if that works for you. It's one beautiful-sounding VSTi.

Keule wrote:

...and some japan stuff like a koto or such.

Sonic foundry came out with a ACID loops cd called 'Opium' a while back. It's fantastic!!!
It dosn't have a koto but it does have: Dizu, Erhu, Guchin, Pipa, Yangchin, and some percussion.

If you want a Koto i recomend a cheap eighties yamaha or casio keyboard. just kidding.

J Dub wrote:

Bonjour Keule! I myself am pretty happy with Ethnosphere. It's a 'rompler' of world instruments - for better or for worse. But it does have a great selection of flutes, asian orchestras, guitars, and much more! www.soundburst.com It's REALLY straight foward, pick a sound and play it pretty well. Responds to Pitch Bend and Volume and Tune - but no myriad of knobs and 'snapshots' and all that. And most of the sounds are pretty darn good!

hey JD dont suppose ethnosphere has a decent harmonium?

Keule,
What is your host? What program are you going to use to play the vsti?

BTW, I think sampletank would be the easiest.

Thanks man for the koto!
So, I use Cubase SX 2. So please, i don't wanna buy Sampletank or such, i would be very pleased if the synths could work with cubase, too, and not only with sampletank. if its only works with project 5, fine, io have it too, so: Please only plug ins who work with cubase sx 2 and project 5! and excuse my bad english i'm only a 15 years old boy from germany (the hitler-region, and remember: hitler was from AUSTRIA, not from german !, yes you thougt it: a noooooooooooooo~b.

Oh, and does anyone know a good brass?

Keule wrote:

Thanks man for the koto! So, I use Cubase SX 2. So please, i don't wanna buy Sampletank or such, i would be very pleased if the synths could work with cubase, too, and not only with sampletank.

Sampletank IS a synth, or rather, a sample player. It's a VSTi, so it works in Cubase. It contains lotsa samples in a proprietary format: this means you can use those samples only in Sampletank, not in e.g. Halion, and you can't import the samples manually to Cubase either. (Of course, you can play Sampletank and record that in Cubase)

Cubase plays VSTis. Sampletank is a VSTi.

What? Sampletank is a VSTi? Dammit! I thougt it was a seperate Programm like Projeckt 5! Shit! An this incredible sampletank seems to have very much synths? Is it good to buy it?

You can try out a free version:

http://www.kvr-vst.com/get/141.html

Shit, when I want to install the Demo-version my computer asks me for a code, where can i get it? does anyone know that?

You've got to register on the sampletank site.

So, I got the dammit code and the demo works... no it don*t works. how can i open the synths? the programm always asks the hard-disk-driver... what does that mean? do i have to burn the synths and then open them in sample tank or what`? Shit please help? how can i open the sampletank-synths in the demo-version of sampletank?

vurt - sorry buddy, no harmoniums. But really good Accodordians and wind instruments. Even has a pretty good Digeridoo too. (Say that fast 5 times! )

So, now i got the strings... thanks to sampletank... and how does is look wit a brass? do anyone know a good brass for me? please!!!