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Afflatus 2 has some insane brass patches (...and loud legatos! :D)

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Kevin Kuschel
Got a chance to review the long-awaited Afflatus 2. At least, I awaited it for long. Since I first heard those gorgeous curated ensembles from the strings years ago.

Here are my honest thoughts (disclaimer: got a review copy in exchange). Full video below <3

Let me know if you have any questions about the library. Happy to help!

- The curated ensembles range from organic-epic to mellow, noir-ish tones, and even useful stuff for modern hybrid orchestral (e.g. phantom brass patch). Great sound for film scoring!
- It's capable as a bread-and-butter brass library with good consistency in articulations. They listened to Chapter 1 feedback for sure.
- The samples have a great, authentic tone. Lively performance. Love the optional room ambience and breath samples! :D
- Noticed that some legato transitions are a bit loud. An option to control this would be nice, or a fix in an update.
- Sound design pads are not there yet, come in an update (I think Afflatus 1 had them available on release).

 
Got a chance to review the long-awaited Afflatus 2. At least, I awaited it for long. Since I first heard those gorgeous curated ensembles from the strings years ago.

Here are my honest thoughts (disclaimer: got a review copy in exchange). Full video below <3

Let me know if you have any questions about the library. Happy to help!

- The curated ensembles range from organic-epic to mellow, noir-ish tones, and even useful stuff for modern hybrid orchestral (e.g. phantom brass patch). Great sound for film scoring!
- It's capable as a bread-and-butter brass library with good consistency in articulations. They listened to Chapter 1 feedback for sure.
- The samples have a great, authentic tone. Lively performance. Love the optional room ambience and breath samples! :D
- Noticed that some legato transitions are a bit loud. An option to control this would be nice, or a fix in an update.
- Sound design pads are not there yet, come in an update (I think Afflatus 1 had them available on release).


I totally agree.
 
Thanks for your review, informative and with that exciting tone of a proper musician! I already own both CSB and Heavyocity Forzo, so I guess between both I got a lot of terrain covered, but, man, those patches in Afflatus sure sound great, really great, and seem to work on a lot of different scenarios...
 
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