KVR Audio

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:58 am

I used the Choir in my latest. Sounds quite good, I think. I was underwhelmed by the Amplified Cello sec.

Digivolt · Post by **Digivolt** » Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:38 pm

Frozen Strings they released today is interesting

Idematoa · Post by **Idematoa** » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:19 pm

01 - Spitfire Audio - Labs - Choir Long
02 - Arturia - Grand Piano

https://soundcloud.com/user-919732565/cinetik-piano

kevinwayne · Post by **kevinwayne** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:09 am

Can anyone direct me to the best tutorials on LABS? Kinda confusing: The frozen strings always shows up on the list even though i try to switch to another instrument group.

ALSO: Is this good for playing MIDI files I've written the melody for? Or is the intention to be used with a keyboard? Seems like I have a hard time getting it to boost the audio levels without cranking in the channel~!

Thanks.

kevinwayne · Post by **kevinwayne** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:41 am

Don't everyone yell @once

lajosuti · Post by **lajosuti** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:39 am

Midi comes out of your keyboard as well, the plugin doesn't know if it is pre written or comes from a keyboard. It's possible your velocity values are lower and inconsistent using a keyboard, but you can use midi effects to adjust velocity before it hits the plugin.

kevinwayne · Post by **kevinwayne** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:42 am

lajosuti wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:39 am Midi comes out of your keyboard as well, the plugin doesn't know if it is pre written or comes from a keyboard. It's possible your velocity values are lower and inconsistent using a keyboard, but you can use midi effects to adjust velocity before it hits the plugin.

Thanks. Just manly wanted to know if it was MIDI-compatible

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:03 pm

CC1 and CC11 are crucial. Frozen Strings so far in my usage has had a tricky response to that control, particularly at low velocities.

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:17 pm

I was excited to try these instruments as I have all their previous "donationware". Unfortunately, even though I followed their tutorials on how to repair the plugin, it doesn't work at all. I've sent them an email but at this point, I'm just tired. I've been on this for a couple of hours now and feel I should have done something else. I don't understand why they decided to go with a convoluted process. All the other companies that use similar processes make it flawless and easy (NI, XLN Audio, AmpleSounds, etc.).

Edit: Got it working by clicking on the "!" on the top left. The solution was simple. lol

Cooker · Post by **Cooker** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:53 pm

Downloaded most of these currently. Like many I guess, gave it a shot to see if the strings were any better compared to other offerings.

The downloads aren't small and I was afraid if these would take too much ram (I prefer to avoid Kontakt stuff cause of that). Was a surprise they don't take more ram than most synth.s out there and the CPU load is low too

After some demoing, I'm taking it more as a synth. vsti which wasn't my intention before trying them. Likely will finds its place in my next mix

jowen · Post by **jowen** » Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:07 pm

When I want to use them they need a repair, tried several times.
Deleted everything last week
Only a wast of time, completely unusable!

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:04 am

Using labs sounds.. If it's worth anything

Cooker · Post by **Cooker** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:35 am

jowen wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:07 pm When I want to use them they need a repair, tried several times.
Deleted everything last week
Only a wast of time, completely unusable!

Last year I had a similar problem up on first download and simply forgot about these after that. Their Kontakt alternative player is likely updated which now works for me. Try sending them a mail about the bug.

Taron · Post by **Taron** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:19 pm

I just stumbled across them again and really fell in love with it all... subsequent downloading frenzy included.

I don't have much time lately to enjoy my usual sound design adventures. Using exciting canned stuff gives me the chance to experiment in different ways. Seems like there's much to explore, both in terms of their incredible designs and my own journey into using sounds I haven't made myself...
Here are my first two explorations with pure LABs sounds (nothing else) and only most minimal mixing:
https://soundcloud.com/taronium/a-day-in-late-2020
https://soundcloud.com/taronium/sketch-of-faith
Whether or not those first tests do it some justice, I'm having a complete blast with them!

Anyone tried Spitfire Audio's free Labs plugin implementation....?