Do you think expensive Kontakt libraries often cheat?

[enroe]

Do you think expensive Kontakt libraries often cheat?

It just seems like in general a good dry sound is very rare ...

Haha, No!

There are so many Kontakt libraries that such a general statement is
quite wrong!

The thing is: You have to look and listen to every library before you
buy it. Some are sampled with huge effects - some are very dry.

... when recording a sample or two with a cheap mic seems to get better results sometimes.

Yes, this aspect can be true: After several years of experience with many big libraries
I sometimes prefer tiny small old sf2 or sfz sample-sets, because simply they sound better,
they have that "character". I don't know why, and it might be mysterious ... but
it is true (at least for me).

[Jafo]

I sometimes prefer tiny small old sf2 or sfz sample-sets, because simply they sound better, they have that "character". I don't know why, and it might be mysterious ... but it is true (at least for me).

You are not wrong. Pristine audiorealistic sound isn't everything (except for when it is, and that isn't as often as you'd think).

[paulquk]

Ye agreed. But the majority of the time I would be using the sounds with FX present