You're a master of your craft.kaiyoti wrote:I like to think that the use of synth over sample is to prove that samples doesn't mean everything...
I was once picked on at the NorthernSounds forum because I simply said the library for the Ableton 7 Orchestra sound was pretty good where everyone agreed it was terrible. To support my statement, I said that people simply need to listen past the lousy demo tracks with poor midi orchestration that Ableton gave and listen down to the samples. Then somehow that statement was translated into me intentionally insulting their midi skills. They claimed that I was ignorant to realize that most people on that forum are professionals who already use superior products like EWQL and VSL. Yah... superior in price for all I care. That's when I started going heavy on making my custom sounds... especially with free soft synth.
These days, people seem to be blinded by these dominating commercial samples and not realize that computer music can be more fun and creative than just pre-made samples... My two cents.
Don't listen to the naysayers. Most of the time, these are people who have lots of chops, but very little talent and imagination. They're just sheep. Use anything you want to get the job done, no matter how unpopular it may be with the "Elite". I'm tired of trolls who define composers by the libraries they use. Most of the time, they wouldn't even feel bold enough to change the ADSR on a string patch to make it their own.
Whether you use VSL, EW, GPO, an old E-Mu library, or synthesized instruments, it's the results that matter.
Guys like Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard are all about blending sounds from various sources. That's why the Dark Knight score is so good.
Keep up the good work!
More power to ya man.
thanks for that feedback. I guess that would make me too. 
