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Hi VI community! 8dio have recently announced their 'All Choirs Bundle' which is Lacrimosa, Insolidus+Silka, Requiem Pro & Liberis for the sum total of $198! I'm relatively new to the Orchestration VST world but I do love a choir, and currently only have Nucleus (along with some freebies) in...

Both libraries are still on sale. I'm on a budget and not sure which one to get. I'm working on some live-sounding, contemporary gospel that Session Horns could fit. But I find they sound a bit "synthy". Century sounds more real to me with way more articulations, but are missing important ones...

Hello everyone, I hope this is the right section to ask advices about vst libraries. Anyway, I'd like to ask advice to everyone owning/working with both of the libraries in the title. I'm into underscoring at the moment and I own and like Century, but because of its sharp sound I tend to cut...

the beauty of 8Dio which library?

Hi! I was wondering if there are any 8dio libraries that are actually worth recommending when it comes to quality. I'm thinking about any orchestral instruments, choirs, experimental sounds ect. I'm currently looking for some cheaper (on sale or not) hidden gems that I might be missing on. I was...

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Which is the best "gentle tenuto" for this kind of andante quasi adagio you know? answer there on the comments please. My contribution to sample talk ; )

This is a common figure for strings in the romantic era, principally by Strauss, and later influenced the early hollywood film music. How good can virtual performances come close to this "defined but undefined chorus sound" ? Do you have any examples ? Look at the strings right at the start...

I'm specifically looking for soloist polysustains with legato, and noticed both these libs can do that, which one sounds more convincing?

Check out my review of Deep Quintet Strings by 8Dio on Virtual Orchestration.IT This library features 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos, and it’s focused especially on long articulations. Thanks to the 9 Round Robin legato you get a different sample on each legato transition and the sound of the...

I'm getting strange ghost notes with 8dio Intimate Studio Brass :emoji_confounded: Over the weekend I made one final purchase before the current sales end - I grabbed Intimate Studio Brass. I bought Intimate Studio Strings a few weeks back and I'm loving it, but the Brass library may have some...

8dio central series users. I want to hear your demo. There aren't as many videos on YouTube as I thought. What songs did you write?

Hi! I wanna share a new track of mine. To some extend, there are all 5 Metropolis Ark libraries included in here, as well as Rhodope2 and some Freyja Choir, CSW and 8Dio Synthetic Shadows. It is part of the album I'm currently publishing and still working on, I'm planning a total of 8 tracks...

Hiya gang. Bless the rains down at Omni Publishing, I was so excited to get my hands on the published score for Powell's sublime HTTYD. Here's my attempt at my favourite cue from the score, "Forbidden Friendship". It's a phenomenal piece of music, and very tricky to get right. Hope you enjoy...

I have my eye on Arva, Genesis, Mercury and Liberis, Which of these or any others would have the best sound or coolest features?

Hi Everyone, Newbie here from Australia, but long time lurker, absolutely love this forum and the grand community here! I’ve bought 8dio century brass 2.0 recently; absolutely love the sound and the options/articulation available available. One thing I struggle with though is the 6 horn patch...

I have recently gotten some 8dio stuff and they say I have watermarked copies. The music I want to make is under an anonymous moniker, will people be able to figure out my identity by analysing the watermarks? I bought the libraries under my real name.

Hello world! As a proud owner of BBCSO, the Anthology Violins and Cellos as well as EW’s Hollywood orchestra (the new 2021 one), I am looking for that striking and defining string sound. No Hans Zimmer “I will blast 10.000 violins” nor “we recorded 30 players but it sounds like 10” sort of...

I saw this one: Is it that one? Oh am I glad that I recently bought V8P Extreme Ensembles Electric Guitars for $104 now seeing they will soon arise for $20 or less in Soundpaint. Pride of ownership gets overrated these days... :speechless: And when I click on that: I get there :eek...

Anyone else find some serious quality control issues with 8dio's samples? Click here to play uncorrected sample 1 Click here to play uncorrected sample 2 I'm finding myself correcting so many of them... Had to do the same for LSS Solo Strings just not as bad. There are clicks on so many of...

I guess the title explains it all. I am not sure how these strings slipped under my radar, but I listened to the demos for the first time yesterday, on the back of Sarah's post and project. Wow, the legatos, and some of the Poly Arcs sound amazing- What is more very flexible, and responds...

"Reminisces" Recorded with 8Dio's 'Caisa Drum' and 'The Ronroco' by Guareschi. Adding anything else to these tracks only muddied the waters. I like how it turned out. :) I included two ways to listen since I was curious to compare bandcamp and youtube's audio quality after uploading and...

Would love to hear anyone’s thoughts about the quality and usability of this library. Sounds good to me but would love to hear opinions of people who have the lib!

I realized in another thread that @doctoremmet has V2.1 of Century Strings installed. I never got any information about that since I bought them in the week they were released last year. I have the bundle including Sordino. I looked for manual download links and there they are. That's a little...

Recently I got an invitation from 8Dio to join a "text" group to get further sales offers that obviously are not covered in the regular newsletter. I have to say that IMO this stinks. Having subscribed to a company's newsletter is and must be enough of a declaration of interest as a customer...

Right now 8Dio has a storewide 50% off sale. So after months of dragging my feet I went ahead and bought The New Century Strings bundle which I had been wrestling with myself about getting previously due to the fact that I already owned Anthology - and I was worried about there being too much...

Newbie here. I bought all the Deep Solo strings from 8dio to do a string quartet. I have set the sample rate in Kontakt and ASIO to be 48000, as that is what the samples are. But all the instruments sound distorted to me, scratchy and heavily laded with air sounds. What could I be doing wrong? I...

Hello composers, 8dio string quartet series is true solo or first chair? t's an instrument that I'm really interested in.

@Troels Folmann @8Dio News @8Dio Productions Dobby Emmet says: “Let there be woodwinds”

Anyone owns this library - https://8dio.com/instrument/emotional-multi-samples/ I'm curious to know which demos feature that particular library most? From the first time I heard the demos and watched the walk-through videos, I have been in love with this library. At the time, though, due to...

I made a little "opening track" last year and published it January 1st, so I decided to do it again! Happy new year folks! The beginning is a little dark, but it brightens up.

This is it my friends. 2020's produced some wonderful fruit (in terms of sample libraries), so let's review some of the best. Please enjoy!

https://8dio.com/instrument/intimate-studio-woodwinds/ I'm wondering if this a good library, and if it's worth buying at this price if I lack a dedicated woodwinds library and a cor anglais. I like the tone and expression, and the legato seems decent. Someone did tell me that the legato is...

Hello, guys. Does anyone buy and use 8dio Studio quartet series? I'm going to buy and use Csss soon. There are some conflicting opinions about 8dio in many ways. 8dio currently has the Century strings & brass. These instruments are that impressed me the best in 8dio. (Including Requiem) I'm...

Recently got Century Brass 2, and the polyarcs in it are so lovely! Got inspired and made a short hybrid track from them. Maybe if you're wondering how the library does in a hybrid context or how it sounds you can check it out, all brass in it is the a6 horns long polyarcs patches :)

https://8dio.com/company/ Just sharing this I received today, in case anyone hasn't seen it. (I don't work for 8DIO, just passing the message) :) 8Dio is currently looking for passionate and talented individuals to help us grow in various disciplines. We are hiring in the following 6 areas...

Both on sale for $198/$199. https://8dio.com/instrument/century-ensemble-brass/ https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/komplete/audio-imperia-offer/#c948627 For those who own both, which do you prefer? Do they serve different purposes or does one just do everything better than the...

Can somebody please quickly test if they can route the Decca and Wide mics of Claire_Piccolo_Arcs to Kontakt outputs? It works for me in other patches, but not for this particular one, somehow. You should be able to configure mic/output routing by clicking on the mic name. The interface is...

🔥🎷 Studio Series Fire Saxophone 🎷🔥 The Studio Fire Saxophone is the latest addition to our Studio Series, utilizing recording techniques for gathering a dry and modern sound, the resulting library is an instrument that fits perfectly in any Pop, Salsa, or Latin music. This library is perfect...

The other day I downloaded the 8dio century brass try pack. I liked the sound of the solo flugelhorn and wanted to make sure it was worth $50, and after buying the $4 try pack and using it in a cue, I'm happy to say it was worth it, and bought the full version. Had I not been able to try it out...

Studio Series Fire Trumpet Studio Fire Trumpet is the latest addition to our catalog. Utilizing recording techniques for gathering a dry and modern sound, the resulting library is an instrument that fits perfectly in any sort of Pop, Salsa, or Latin music. The Trumpet is characterized by its...

I'm looking at century solo brass. Specifically the flugelhorn. I can't figure out from the demos whether or not I want it, because I don't particularly like the very wet sound of the instruments, and the project I'm working on is being orchestrated with a small size and very intimate sound in...

The New Epic Percussion Flash Sale For the next 48 hours, all of our Epic Ensemble Percussion are on sale including our Epic Taikos, Epic Dhols, Epic Toms, and Epic Frame Drums, and yes you can also combine this sale with our Custom Bundle Maker...

The New Cajon & Bongo The New Cajon and Bongo comes with 11 core articulations and 8 new presets. Everything is neatly organized into our custom browser, which holds all of the available articulations within a single instrument. You will now have immediate access to a large and diverse pool...

8Dio Sample Aid Vibraphone 8Dio Vibraphone $18 "From The Studio Orchestral Percussion Series" 8Dio Vibraphone is a featured Instrument from our Studio Percussion Series and uses our advanced technique ‘Groove Sampling™’ that allows you to create hyper-realistic percussive grooves with a...

Custom Instruments Sales Custom Instruments Series EverWave After months of design and almost a year in development, our master Luthier presented us with this beautiful masterpiece. With over 100lbs of weight, EverWave is a unique instrument that required a lot of passion and preparation. It...

On The House The New Glass Marimba The New Glass Marimba is a custom 8DIO instrument and is a modification of the classic Marimba. We have taken a classic Marimba and replaced the wooden bars with glass bars, this gives a very warm and bright tone to the classic sound. This instrument is a...

8Dio Early Leap Year Sale 40% Off All Products.

Hybrid Tools Sale For the next 48 hours, get five of our industry-leading hybrid collections and an amazing discount, plus receive Aura Guitars FREE with any purchase of $148 or more. Sale Ends: 01/18 11 AM PST Official Walkthroughs: The New Hybrid Tools 1 contains 10 Different Core FX...

8Dio Sequential Prophet X/XL Add-On 9 Juno 60 The Juno 60 Add-On is the latest Official Add-On pack for the Prophet X series, featuring the truly iconic sound of the Roland® Juno 60. Including 32 custom instruments recorded through a purely analog signal path and 16 hand-designed stackable...

8Dio On The House The New Propanium Welcome to "On The House" by 8Dio. A series of free advanced sample libraries for everyone. If you feel like leaving us a TIP - just subscribe to our Youtube channel! The New Propanium (aka Milltone) is a multi-sampled tonal metallic drum that has been...

The Bible of SALSA: Volume Three is Available Now The third volume completes the circle of the Bible of Salsa. In contrast with Volumes One and Two, The Bible of Salsa Volume Three is all about writing music. While One and Two will allow you to create real salsa tunes in a matter of minutes...

Please post them if you have them. Also, does the center panning work well and are these harps easy to fit into an orchestral context?

8Dio Custom Instrument Series: Circle Strings is Available now We did it again! We partnered with our master luthier and designed an instrument from scratch looking for new sounds, new timbres, new possibilities of sonic fulfillment, and we created Circle Strings. Circle Strings is a peculiar...

I've looked at 8Dio what they have to offer for BF and discovered their orchestra Majestica that is on sale for $176 I think. I already own one of their strings library (Agitato Sordino Strings) and I find them very good. Since Majestica is more that 60% off I kind of want to buy it. They have...

Hi guys, As Halloween approaches shortly, 8dio kindly allowed me to review their Chris Young horror library. 8DIO - CHRISTOPHER YOUNG ORCHESTRAL TOUCH | Walkthrough Definitely recommend this one for any of you composing horror. :emoji_spider_web::emoji_jack_o_lantern:

Hello, Recently I bought Epic Choir Bundle which consist of Lacrimosa & Requiem Pro. The installation of Lacrimosa is ok. This is different with Requiem Pro. After installation, this library becomes unusable. All images & text labels are missing. I have contacted 8DIO support and I have...

Hey guys, A walkthrough of 6 Top Brass Libraries and their French Horn Ensemble. Thanks, Bill

8dio's Acoustic Nylon Guitar is on a flash sale, until 10 a.m. 3/9. For those who own this instrument, what are your thoughts about it? The solo version sounded pretty good to my ears. The strumming version sounded good, but less remarkable. I'm not sure I'll spring for it, even with the...

I decided to pull up 19 different Spiccato String libraries and test which one sounds the best (at the time of making this video). I tested Spitfire Audio's Albion One, Albion Legacy, Albion 2 Loegria, Albion 3 Iceni, Mural (Legacy), Spitfire Symphonic Strings, Hans Zimmer Strings, BML Sable...

This is my mockup of the introduction's theme from Shawshank Redemption film. A music from one of my favorite composers, Thomas Newman. I used EWQL Symphonic Orchestra and 8Dio Adagietto layering for strings. EWQLSO and Organic Samples for Horns. From soundtrack:

Anyone have this yet? I like the sound in the video, but been burned by 8Dio scripting before (uneven range balance or instruments needing a lot of tweaking to get the sound smooth). Interesting though, considering how difficult sax is to get right...

My piece using three total tracks/patches: Insolidus Arc 4 Syllables, The New Bazantar Main, and The New 1969 Piano Main

I’ve come upon an issue that I’ve never seen before. In setting up a template on a slave with VEPro, I’m seeing that 8Dio’s Century Strings and Century Strings Sordino are using approximately twice the amount of memory that it shows in Kontakt. I get that there is some overhead in any...

Forgive the novice question. I have 8DIO Adagietto and Agitato Sordino. I'm not classically trained nor composing classical music instead I use strings for alt / rock / folk / atmosphere songs and occasionally on trailers. I know I'm missing solo instruments (cello / viola) which I'm...

Hey everybody! As probably most of you I purchased Lacrimosa on it's 98$ Sale, but when I open it in Kontakt it says it's only a demo. A friend told me that his version (also bought on sale) works totally normal. Did anybody else experience this and if yes, what was your solution? (Yes, I...

I wanted to try something texturelike this time and combined Spitfire alternative solo strings with NOVO, 8Dio Insolidus and Spitfire British Drama and some small Omnisphere 2 details. End outcome is quite organic in my opinion with lots of intricate details and movement. Compositionwise I...

Having become a proud V8P member recently apparently it is because of my "contributions that" 8dio "can keep creating more extraordinary instruments and push the bar for sonic design and music." As the loyal customer that I am I wanted to get something nice from the good folks at 8dio at the...

Ok, I realized this is the time to get some brass to expand my palette. At now I've got only the VSL SE brasses (I picked all the SE one year ago) and the Epic Orchestra coming with VEP (but never installed). My genres can vary to orchestral to cinematic, so I'm looking for a "general" lib, if...

This was the most difficult review yet as there is a lot of content to dig through, and I initially was wowed by the arcs. However we gotta take a look at everything included and all the aspects of using this library. Can it hold it's own to justify a $598 price tag AND offer enough content...

Hi, Can I ask for advice please? I have two user accounts on my macbook pro and can only perform a successful Kontakt batch re-save on my main account for my 8dio libraries. The problem is I use my second user account for all my music production. An attempt to batch re-save any 8dio library...

Hi, This is my first post on this forum and I apologize beforehand for any faults I am doing. I was looking for a new strings library to mostly complement my Albion strings with a bit more scratchy sound and more articulations on the short notes (Marcato and different types of Spiccato) and I...

Thanks to those who participated in the poll! The poll is still open here https://vi-control.net/community/threads/review-8dios-century-brass-ensemble.75616/ so feel free to chime in! 66 Tubas: "The Verdict: 7.25/10. This is a very niche library and truly provides a sound you absolutely cannot...

8.5/10 "Century Brass is a very good library, but it’s note quite achieved greatness yet. The wealth of articulations and versatility, as well as the realism and detail captured in the recordings, are some of the highlights of Century Brass. These standout features are slightly marred by...

Wanted to make a little track using only sound sources from the 8Dio Studio Percussion Auxiliary library. There are some creative tonal uses of the library, including a pad, percussive melody, and perhaps most interestingly, a bass made from a heavily processed timpani.

Hi fellow VI-Control'ers, I have 8DIO's 66 Tubas and enjoying using their various samples. However, we're scratching our heads as to how to route the different Mics to different Kontakt channels. I was hoping it would be as simple as the method used by Spitfire Audio or similar - simply...

Hi, everyone! Would love to hear some feedback. This was my first attempt at this sort of genre. The whole "film" music thing is pretty new to me. For anyone curious, I used a lot of various libraries, but definitely heavy on 8Dio, Spitfire, and a bit of Heavyocity. Thanks!

Hello everyone, fairly new to the forum. I have begun composing for my own personal project. The project is Progressive Death Metal with Cinematic Elements set in Space. I am currently using East West Quantum Leap Composer Cloud and I’m honestly not crazy about the samples themselves. As a...

I have to say I love Insolidus from 8Dio. It is just so inspiring tool to use and intuitive to play with. With this tune I wanted to create simple, but ethereal sound and utilised Spitfire Olafur Arnalds Evos as well.

In light of the recent threads claiming that 8DIO doesn't fix issues with their libraries , I would like to share my current experiences with 8DIO which have been nothing but positive. I'm sure this thread will bring out a few anti-8DIO remarks , but I have a feeling there will be others who...

Hi guys, Here's a comparison I just did on Brass Solo Libraries, the legato patch. VSL, 8Dio, Cinebrass, Spitfire, Berlin Brass, Hollywood Brass, Sample Modeling brass, and Symphony Series brass are compared with the legato patch. Thanks, Bill

Soundiron Sonespheres V.1 = $40 - SOLD Soundiron Requiem Light = $89* additional reduction + SI fees

Hi all I've made an hour long guide to using VIs to create realistic orchestral mock ups and recordings. Hope it's helpful.

I really like the (often) warm sound of flutes. And of course, the more alive it sounds the better. So in the past I have bought various flute libraries. Mind you, I play music for fun, and therefore I have a kind of financial upper limit when buying libraries. If possible, I prefer cheap and...

Insolidus is one of those choir libraries that I personally just love. It is intuitive to play and the sound is sublime. This tune I basically recorded just by pushing record and playing improvised choir lines with preset sound. Spitfire Olafur Arnalds Evo layer doubling as well.

Like many others, I've recently taken the dive into Century Strings. Beautiful library! Gorgeous actually. One giant issue.... Load times. :confused: Like 26 seconds of beachballing (OSX, Violins 1 patch) before the samples start to load. This is on an i7 iMac with SSDs over thunderbolt...

I know that this has been discussed on a couple of other forums and Youtube videos, but none of the solutions I find are working for me. Anthology Strings, for me, takes at least 3 minutes to boot up before the memory even starts to load, while for other people, it takes a few seconds. This is...

Hope you'll check out it out! Comments always appreciated :)

I have a lovely time working with Insolidus to create this new production, it's a beautiful and inspiring library. I hope you enjoy listening to this and I'm happy to discuss anything about this with you.

Hello everyone, this is Joshua from Hong Kong. I've done some work for Chinese TV dramas and some Hong Kong films. Here's a personal project that I would like some feedback to, as I aim to improve my skills in mixing/arranging/orchestrating etc.. This is my personal take of the Game of Thrones...

Wondering if others have seen this. Sounds fantastic. Has that lush Eric Whitacre sound, doesn't it? Funny how this will compare to the actual Eric Whitacre Choir Lib by Spitfire :) This Insolidus Choir would be a good counterpart to the upcoming Performance Samples Oceania Choir. Oceania seems...

Hi I am working on some EDM style tracks and was wondering if someone could suggest any libraries which can get me started quickly. I've checked out the 8dm series by 8dio. Any others suggestions will be really helpful. Thanks in advance PJ

Hey, I installed 8dio Adagio Basses, then ran the Multi_Installer Setup as instructed. I put it in the same folder as Adagio Basses. All it seems to have installed is a folder called "Kontakt 5\pictures\" and a bunch of PNG and TXT files. This can't be right, can it?

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Hi all, I know this has been discussed a lot already, but just wondered if someone might have thoughts about my specific situation. I own Cinematic Strings Two and am looking into possibly buying the 8dio Agitato Legato Arpeggio strings while it's still on sale. I'm especially interested in a...

A follow on from the thread I posted yesterday in the 'Composition, Orchestration & Technique' forum where I posted a video showing what libraries I used to create this. Here's the track on Soundcloud. Let me know your thoughts :thumbsup: Cheers :)

Hey all, So I've released a video showing how I achieved I relatively realistic mock-up of 'You Go, We Go' from one of Zimmer's lesser known scores, Backdraft. I love the score to this movie so thought I'd share it with you guys :) I talk a little about how I use VE Pro and what sample...