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Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:17 pm

Those two are on sale right now on Best Service. Which one is better? Evolution's World percussion 2.0 is 287€ and 42GB in size, while Vir2 costs 143€ and weights in at aprox. 12 GB. I don't know why the former weights over 3 times as the latter, since the latter has more instruments. There is also the lack of Taikos in the Evolution collection which I find disappointing. Tho Evolution just released a Taiko library, that's for the full version Kontakt 5 which I don't have.

I don't own any percussion libraries right now and I've been looking to get one, preferably ethnic for a while now, for use in cinematic and ambient music. I've previously found hardware samples dry and uninspiring. I tend to blend in plain drums and electronic rhythms. (Troel Folmann's Tomb Raider-scores and Powell's Bourne-scores spring to mind.) Other thing, fluid and driving rhythms are more my thing rather than thundering trailer and action cues.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:30 pm

ESWP weights in 3 times as much because it has a lot of velocity layers and round robins across each and every percussion sampled (5 or 10 layers and/or RR, respectively). So, it sounds much livelier in the long run - no way you can get it machine-gunning all over the place, and all those velocity layers make it more expressive, too.

IMHO (I'm slightly biased, since I scripted it), ESWP is the clear winner here. Again IMHO, the only percussion library that I personally feel that is better than ESWP, is Spitfire Percussion. Anything else just doesn't feel right, one way or another.

Ryan99 · Post by **Ryan99** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:33 pm

I have Evolution World Percussion 2.0 and it's sounding very good. It's deeply-sampled, so that may be why it has bigger files.

For percussion, my favorite product is Soundiron Apocalype Percussion Ensemble 2.0. The sound is incredible!

If you want a very good percussion library with taikos, you can also look for StormDrum 2 or 3 from EastWest. They are on sale now.

Monkberry · Post by **Monkberry** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:45 pm

+ 3 on Evolution World Percussion. It's a standard in the scoring community for ethnic. There are a lot of Taiko libraries out there to choose from as an add on. The only down side to Evolution is the price but I think it's fair for the size and the amount of layers.

Monkberry · Post by **Monkberry** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:29 pm

I just checked out a video demo of World Impact. It seems to offer a good variety and is set up nicely by ethnic region. Seems to have 3 mic positions so you can get dry or blend in distance mics. It's not a bad choice at half the price of Evolution World Perc. If you have a busy mix going maybe all the extra layers get lost in sauce anyway.

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:54 pm

Ryan99 wrote:If you want a very good percussion library with taikos, you can also look for StormDrum 2 or 3 from EastWest. They are on sale now.

I'm scared of ILok. XD

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:09 pm

Besides, Evolution Series taiko is simply just much better than EW's in Stormdrums.

Aryaroman · Post by **Aryaroman** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:39 pm

I think I'll get World Percussion. Funny, John Powell (Bourne-trilogy) seems to have endorsed it on Evolution's website. Cheers for the answers.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:22 pm

Good call

Vir2 World Impact or Evolution World Percussion 2.0 for ethnic percussion?