Orchestral Tools Berlin Inspire vs Metropolis Ark 1

[Narva]

Hi guys and girls,

This thread is about the pro's and con's of purchasing either Berlin Inspire 1 or Metropolis Ark 1.
Bit of backgroud

I'm a composer/music producer that makes a lot of different genres over my 10 year journey. Currently studying my Music MA with the aim to get into video game music composition after the course finishes, so I'm currently in the process of selling my hardware to upgrade my sample library collection.

I currently have Komplete 11 Ultimate (So everything that comes with that; Symphony essentials, Sessions strings and brass etc.), Palette and Melodics Brush pack, Aurora Choir and LSS Solo Strings bundle, Voices of Rapture and Olympus Choir, and finally Furia strings.

I've looked into Albion, Symphonbia and EWQL as all in ones and each have left me thinking I'd need something extra alongside it to help with the sounds/feeling I'm trying to create. My main focus is the RPG/Action realm which Komplete and the subsequent libraries handles more than appropriately. But since I've been trying to evolve my sound through different avenues I've hit a bit of a road block.

My libraries just aren't competing with the high octane energy of the faster paced FF Series or Dark souls compositions and was wondering whether I needed another All in one Library such as Inspire, to add another layer and another dynamic to the music (especially with how well produced it is) or to add a more "epic" style sounding library to mix into the already stated collection.
I've been looking extensively and these are the two that keep bringing me back because of their sound but I just can't seem to make my mind up to the pro's and con's for each?
If anyone has any experience with either library and how it incorporated itself into your music as well as how it plays with other libraries I'd be thankful.

Thanks to everyone in advance.

[vitocorleone123]

Have you asked this on the VI-Control forum?

As I understand it, Inspire is fairly full range, like Audio Imperia Nucleus and some others. If you want a loud orchestra (vs specific pieces), Ark1 is a major contender because that’s pretty much what it is.

Inspire - more range, not as loud
Ark - loud, not a lot of comparative range