korruptkey
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The Vagabond demo sounds like it copied 3~5 Two Steps From Hell tunes, primarily Victory. Good to know it can pull off that caliber though.
Out Now: Areia - Cinematic Ensemble Strings
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jaketanner
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Please tell me that they're all separate section and not ensemble type...like violin + violas patch. Or high strings, mid and low. We get actual individual articulations?
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audioimperia
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All separate sections, yes! There are additional pre-orchestrated and full ensemble patches too though, similar to what we added to Nucleus. Those do come in handy when you're in a time crunch
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jaketanner
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so then the next BIG question(s): When? and how much?All separate sections, yes! There are additional pre-orchestrated patches too though, similar to what we added to Nucleus. Those do come in handy when you're in a time crunch
May as well throw in what are the section sizes too.
filipjonathan
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That sizzle/white noise or whatever it is is really bugging me though 
Other than that, it sounds very, very nice!
Other than that, it sounds very, very nice!
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audioimperia
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That sizzle/white noise or whatever it is is really bugging me though
In the demo tracks? All of the demos (NOT the tech demos) were using the very early Alpha version that did not have any noise fixes.
José Herring
Lost in Cyberspace
Any way to offer both, noisy patches and fixed patches? The tone of the strings is good, but I feel as soon as it gets squeegied with noise reduction they will start to get that glossy plastic high end that almost every commercial libraries has. The Alpha version has the real grit right now. I know it's tougher to sell, but maybe an option with treated and nontreated patches shouldn't be too hard to do.
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audioimperia
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That's unfortunately not possible. But we are very, very careful with our noise fixes in terms of how much and where/when to apply a fix!!!
This!!
One of the reasons why I find private sample libraries so much more lively than commercial ones! It’s perfectly understandable why the developers apply noise reduction and tune the samples though, as people start complaining once they hear anything human in the samples. To spot great musicality and emotion in the samples takes experience, but to spot a noise from chair on the stage - even my grandmother can do that.
I love every piece of emotion, grit and musicality in the samples themselves. It’s the same reason why vintage gear is popular; the gear itself is noisy, yes, but you’d pick character over a clean representation of the signal any day.
Look developers, we don’t need any more 12 microphone, sterile, clean, processed, lifeless sample libraries. Already have a ton of those. Give us some grit!
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audioimperia
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We do it extremely carefully because emotion, grit, and musicality, etc are 100% components that we like to keep in our samples. "Sterile" and "Lifeless" are not really we approach sampling or part of our sampling philosophy.
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NoamL
Winter <3
That sizzle/white noise or whatever it is is really bugging me though
Yes, most of these demos sound really nice, but the sustain demo with con sord. it felt like a ton of excessive sound in the 7k-15k region. It's understandable to want to capture as much detail as possible but it doesn't sound natural IMO. Again, the other tech demos sound nice & well balanced. The measured trems in particular have a nice lively "Vivaldi" ish tone to them! Wish I had those on a recent documentary score!
Great!! Really looking forward to the release, demos sounding promising for that exact reason.
Sorry, didn’t mean to hijack your thread with a little bit of sampling philosophy rant there
NekujaK
Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed!
Exciting new release @audioimperia !
On a tangential note - any news on the Jaeger update? Namely, the legato fixes and other features that were hinted at early in the year? Thanks.
On a tangential note - any news on the Jaeger update? Namely, the legato fixes and other features that were hinted at early in the year? Thanks.
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audioimperia
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Yes, most of these demos sound really nice, but the sustain demo with con sord. it felt like a ton of excessive sound in the 7k-15k region. It's understandable to want to capture as much detail as possible but it doesn't sound natural IMO. Again, the other tech demos sound nice & well balanced. The measured trems in particular have a nice lively "Vivaldi" ish tone to them! Wish I had those on a recent documentary score!
Hahahaha, it's actually great that you're all pointing out the same thing and something that's fixed in the release version. Lesson learned: maybe no more demos with early Alpha versions that are not 100% like the RC version. That's why we need you guys! Constructive criticism, things that we can learn from so we can provide you all with better rollouts with future releases.
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