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barbecutie · Post by **barbecutie** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:48 pm

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Mikelo · Post by **Mikelo** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:39 pm

Looking forward to the 8x1 !!!

As I bought in twice, I'm looking at which two libraries I should go for next.
So far I have these:

Vocal Collection

World Instrument Collection

SampleOB Xpander

Symphony Strings 2

Acoustic Guitar Collection 2

Bass Collection 2

Cinematik Collection

Electric Guitar Collection 2

Acoustic Drums 2

Hip Hop Instruments

OmniSynth 2

Piano Collection 2

Country Folk Rhythms

World Grooves[/b]

I was looking at the sample arp solo. Any good?
As I only have 2 loop libraries, I was thinking of either Sixties Motown Grooves, Blues Grooves, Nashville Pop Grooves or Dirty South.
Any recommendations please?

jrathkopf · Post by **jrathkopf** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:56 pm

I have both Omnisynth 2 and Piano Collection 2....

I personally don't love Omnisynth 2, find the sounds are not as good as I was hoping.

Piano Collection 2 has some piano sounds I really like, in particular upright piano is unlike any others

Mikelo · Post by **Mikelo** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:02 pm

Hi jrathkopf, what would you compare Omnisynth 2 to as I haven't had the chance to install the libraries yet!! Strange I know, but its been a little hectic at home with my little girl and her terrible two's and sleepless nights !!!

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:19 pm

Mikelo wrote:I was looking at the sample arp solo. Any good?

I think it's in the eye of the beholder. Some people like it a whole lot. andriodlove has an interesting demo of it. If you like the Obi Xpansion, you should like the Arp one too.

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Mikelo · Post by **Mikelo** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:30 pm

Reverend Rhythm wrote:
Mikelo wrote:I was looking at the sample arp solo. Any good?
I think it's in the eye of the beholder. Some people like it a whole lot. andriodlove has an interesting demo of it. If you like the Obi Xpansion, you should like the Arp one too.

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Amen Reverend, worth a gamble then!

Anyone liking Omnisynth 2??

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:37 pm

Mikelo wrote:Anyone liking Omnisynth 2??

Omnisynth is meant to give you general MIDI sounds in a smaller package - smaller than dedicated libraries. I think it compares to general MIDI sounds in synths, and like synths, some are better than others. The sounds I like in Omnisynth, I like better in the dedicated libraries. For example, I like the strings in the Symphony Strings better than the strings in Omnisynth. But if you like General MIDI, or if you want a library with all sounds covered, then Omnisynth is for you.

I hope that was clear...

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chroma · Post by **chroma** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:06 pm

omnisynth will give you a few sounds not really found elsewhere... in particular woodwinds and brass are under-represented in the other libraries. so if you need those, might be worth it.

Mikelo · Post by **Mikelo** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:09 pm

Cheers folks!
I have a good Brass library in Yellow Tools Independence, but variety is the spice of life. No harm having a few more.

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:09 pm

chroma wrote:omnisynth will give you a few sounds not really found elsewhere... in particular woodwinds and brass are under-represented in the other libraries. so if you need those, might be worth it.

Good point!

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Mikelo · Post by **Mikelo** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:13 pm

cool Reverend, I see what you mean. I guess the Omnisynth is the software equivalent to say the old Roland Sound Canvasas??

Peter - IK Multimedia · Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:21 pm

Reverend Rhythm wrote:
Mikelo wrote:I was looking at the sample arp solo. Any good?
I think it's in the eye of the beholder. Some people like it a whole lot. andriodlove has an interesting demo of it. If you like the Obi Xpansion, you should like the Arp one too.

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I like it. I added a terrible "lead" to this older demo that I had apparently never exported - all 10 parts (nine instruments) from SampleArp Solo: http://storage.tinytoaster.com/ArpSolo.mp3

Edit - so we're always "in tune" with the tuning, all the detuned stuff is on purpose and done manually.

ddash · Post by **ddash** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:25 pm

Really cool demo. Great vibe to it.

Mikelo · Post by **Mikelo** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:29 pm

Great stuff Peter! Reminded me of Hawkwind.

Def gonna get the Arp library as I am working on a (funny enough) Hawkwind cover, motorway city.

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:36 pm

Peter - IK Multimedia wrote:I added a terrible "lead" to this older demo that I had apparently never exported - all 10 parts (nine instruments) from SampleArp Solo: http://storage.tinytoaster.com/ArpSolo.mp3

Edit - so we're always "in tune" with the tuning, all the detuned stuff is on purpose and done manually.

That's a great example of the ARP Xpansion! Nice demo!