Spitfire Albion Advice

[frank1985]

This sale is both a blessing and a curse - there are so many options. I think I’ve narrowed things down though to the Albion orchestras, which I’ve just seen are on sale. IYO what is the most ‘laid back’ library? I predominantly compose minimalist ambient, drones, atmospheres etc. So I guess I’m after soft articulations, massive room tone etc. To my ears, after listening to some demos, Albion V Tundra appears to be the one best suited for this - can anyone who provide further clarification and advice?

Other ones I’ve been looking at are Morphestra 2 and Novo.

[polarsky]

This sale is both a blessing and a curse - there are so many options. I think I’ve narrowed things down though to the Albion orchestras, which I’ve just seen are on sale. IYO what is the most ‘laid back’ library? I predominantly compose minimalist ambient, drones, atmospheres etc. So I guess I’m after soft articulations, massive room tone etc. To my ears, after listening to some demos, Albion V Tundra appears to be the one best suited for this - can anyone who provide further clarification and advice?

Other ones I’ve been looking at are Morphestra 2 and Novo.

Tundra is excellent but there will probably be better deals at xmas. Spitfire libraries have a unique sound if you can afford the price tag. For ambient guitars check Enigma there is 57% off the bundle.

[frank1985]

This sale is both a blessing and a curse - there are so many options. I think I’ve narrowed things down though to the Albion orchestras, which I’ve just seen are on sale. IYO what is the most ‘laid back’ library? I predominantly compose minimalist ambient, drones, atmospheres etc. So I guess I’m after soft articulations, massive room tone etc. To my ears, after listening to some demos, Albion V Tundra appears to be the one best suited for this - can anyone who provide further clarification and advice?

Other ones I’ve been looking at are Morphestra 2 and Novo.

Tundra is excellent but there will probably be better deals at xmas. Spitfire libraries have a unique sound if you can afford the price tag. For ambient guitars check Enigma there is 57% off the bundle.

Ah great, I’ll wait till Xmas then. I already have a guitar plus a gazillion fx so I’m good in that department. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[_emanon_]

Just a piece of little advise - if you have some Spitfire libraries you might want some day, put them in the wish list.
In the past couple of years, there were pretty nice presents from Santa for those who wished rightfully.

[frank1985]

Just a piece of little advise - if you have some Spitfire libraries you might want some day, put them in the wish list.
In the past couple of years, there were pretty nice presents from Santa for those who wished rightfully.

Excellent, thanks for the heads up, just starting up an account now

[Mr Arkadin]

I'm after Tundra myself. Make sure to create a Spitfire Audio account and then put whatever you'd like into your Wish List. Once there when Christmas comes you may find some nice discounts. You could put everything in the Wish List of course, but I try to limit myself to what I really need.

As to you style have a listen to Olufar Arnalds Chamber Evolutions - amazing library. Also Evo Grid 3 which is more rhythmic Minimalism in the style of Reich etc., and Evo Grid 4 which is weird woodwinds and seems to get overlooked.

[jancivil]

For a long view sort of approach, I'd advise that, until relatively recently the Spitfire libraries baked their wondrous grand room into the product in such a way that trying to make it dry made it a bit problematic, and the sound of that room tending to mean a mix clash unless you were going with all Spitfire and that [brown-sounding] room. Also the samples were very deliberately not normalized so you're going to have to boost its channels in a non-trivial sense. So you're in for a penny in for a pound with those.

I say this because the goal in the other thread is ambient which probably means reverb.

More recently they've taken the hint and do some things differently. I bought the Peter Gregson Electric Cellist product a little while back and it isn't like that at all. I'm not certain what is or isn't, but the Albion line was a flagship for them and was built around that room.

[frank1985]

I'm after Tundra myself. Make sure to create a Spitfire Audio account and then put whatever you'd like into your Wish List. Once there when Christmas comes you may find some nice discounts. You could put everything in the Wish List of course, but I try to limit myself to what I really need.

As to you style have a listen to Olufar Arnalds Chamber Evolutions - amazing library. Also Evo Grid 3 which is more rhythmic Minimalism in the style of Reich etc., and Evo Grid 4 which is weird woodwinds and seems to get overlooked.

Thanks for the recommendations - these are all great. I’m hoping for hefty xmas discounts

[whiskers]

Just a piece of little advise - if you have some Spitfire libraries you might want some day, put them in the wish list.
In the past couple of years, there were pretty nice presents from Santa for those who wished rightfully.

maybe a dumb question, but do you have to have made prior SA purchases to be eligible should they do the wishlist discounts again? Or is having an account and adding the items enough?

[dougj7]

maybe a dumb question, but do you have to have made prior SA purchases to be eligible should they do the wishlist discounts again? Or is having an account and adding the items enough?

Prior purchase isn't necessary.

[Mr Arkadin]

Prior purchase isn't necessary.

And you can also get the free LABS libraries (own player, not Kontakt) with no purchase whatsoever.