They are not that high end, they are niche products that serve a certain type of cinematic sound that is actually fairly overdone but still in demand. They are quick solutions for people who need it for work and are able to pay the high prices (and some like it for regular music as well of course). But no it isn't in the same league as Omnisphere, which has more than twice the sample content for similarly prices samplelogic products, with far far superior instruments in terms of instrument design (expressiveness etc.), not to mention having a full dsp synth and powerful features not found in Kontakt. I mean Come on, Omnisphere is an actual full standalone product, SAmple Logic make libraries for Kontakt. Sample Logic are certainly good at sound design and therefor useful for certain types of music and television/movies, but they are not expressive instruments like you get from the likes of Omnisphere, SonicCouture, ToneHammer (or what was split off from it) etc. I don't know much about Cinematic guitars but their older libraries like elements and morphestra were largely contained of single sample instruments. Very different from the deep sampling and synthesis of Omnisphere.bbaggins wrote:Sample Logic's product offerings are definitely high-end, in the same league with Omnisphere (which many also believe to be overpriced).
People who think Omnisphere is overpriced are thinking of it in terms of a soft synth (where most of those go for 200 or less). But when you compare the library to something like Cinematic guitars, it suddenly seems like a pretty good deal. But if Sample Logic can charge what they do and professional composers/post-production folk will pay, then all the power to them.
