EWQLSO alternatives?
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
Can anyone recommend any newer library that has the cold and "austere" sound of the EWQLSO?
Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxuaDhXlJeU
Jeremy Soule endorses Garritan, but I'm sure the bulk of this track is not made with Garritan.
Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxuaDhXlJeU
Jeremy Soule endorses Garritan, but I'm sure the bulk of this track is not made with Garritan.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
anyone?
- KVRAF
- 8181 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Word.tehlord wrote:Spitfire Albion combined with LASS
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
Thanks! Didn't think of the "combining" option.tehlord wrote:Spitfire Albion combined with LASS
Can you describe the sound of Albion? The demo on the Spitfire site isn't enough.
I just find the stuff like SAM and HollywoodStrings/Brass too colored.
- KVRAF
- 8181 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
canadianlight wrote:Thanks! Didn't think of the "combining" option.tehlord wrote:Spitfire Albion combined with LASS
Can you describe the sound of Albion? The demo on the Spitfire site isn't enough.
I just find the stuff like SAM and HollywoodStrings/Brass too colored.
I think it's the right side of epic
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
Does the LASS mix well with other libraries?tehlord wrote:I think it's the right side of epiccanadianlight wrote:Thanks! Didn't think of the "combining" option.tehlord wrote:Spitfire Albion combined with LASS
Can you describe the sound of Albion? The demo on the Spitfire site isn't enough.
I just find the stuff like SAM and HollywoodStrings/Brass too colored.
http://soundcloud.com/alexpfeffer/feel-the-steam
- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Why wouldn't it? It's all in the person doing the mixing
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
Why is the EWQLSO being recommended everywhere as an "orchestral synth"? Does it include sample manipulating features beyond what samplers like kontakt do?
Maybe that's why it sounds "synthy" and are used for games?
Maybe that's why it sounds "synthy" and are used for games?
- KVRAF
- 2096 posts since 24 May, 2008 from London, UK
I can also recommend the combination of Albion and LASS Lite and it's a lovely string sound.
Albion also has brass and winds, but you'll want something else with a little more detail in thos areas too. Cinesamples being an option.
Albion also has brass and winds, but you'll want something else with a little more detail in thos areas too. Cinesamples being an option.
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
I was concerned that the LASS Lite would not be layerable onto anything else because it already has 16 violins. The total sum of the sounds wold overwhelm.synaesthesia wrote:I can also recommend the combination of Albion and LASS Lite and it's a lovely string sound.
Albion also has brass and winds, but you'll want something else with a little more detail in thos areas too. Cinesamples being an option.
I think some nice sounding sample-based synths may be a better option here if all I do is mix them inside the rich harmonic textures of something like Albion?
Can anyone recommend any?
- KVRAF
- 23102 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
canadianlight wrote:Why is the EWQLSO being recommended everywhere as an "orchestral synth"? Does it include sample manipulating features beyond what samplers like kontakt do?
Maybe that's why it sounds "synthy" and are used for games?
Whoever said "orchestral synth" is an idiot, sorry. It's not a synth, it has very VERY basic options to change the sound, basically just the envelope, and the reverb (in PLAY engine version, not within Kontakt - in the old Kontakt EWQLSO... you can load it in Kontakt and play to your heart's content with it). It's an orchestral sample library, not a synth.
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
Does anyone have Cinematic Strings here? How does it sound, because the demos all sound very dark and "romantic". I'm not sure if it's the sound of the samples themselves or if they are dressing the demos up to compete with HS. But that is the kind of sound I do not want.
- KVRAF
- 2096 posts since 24 May, 2008 from London, UK
Well, if you played both libraries at full tilt, perhaps. But the idea is that you blend the sounds.canadianlight wrote:I was concerned that the LASS Lite would not be layerable onto anything else because it already has 16 violins. The total sum of the sounds wold overwhelm.
For me, LASS covers the detail, plays the lines (and I tone the dynamics down from full, where it's a little scratchy) and then I have Albion's strings playing under the violins and cellos to add that warmth and air.
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- KVRist
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- 170 posts since 24 Jun, 2011 from Canada, Toronto
How dry is the close mic of the EWQLSO? I think maybe it can be layered onto OSR2 to create an atmospheric sound.
Or maybe Session Strings Pro?
Or maybe Session Strings Pro?