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Posted by ClearWater on May-10-2008 14:47:

orchestral VSTi's

Piano, strings and brass. What would be the best VSTi's for these?

I remember trying TruePianos a while back by 4Front, the same company that puts out a decent free version. Very good.

Strings would be next in importance to me... to get that sort of Darren Tate sound. Followed by brass.

Posted by echosystm on May-10-2008 15:23:

imo, samples are the way.

buy kontakt!

Posted by kevin shawn on May-10-2008 18:49:

Computer Music issue 120 has a Darren Tate masterclass and for his strings he uses Absynth and Atmosphere along with a TI for his pads.

Posted by derail on May-10-2008 23:32:

Perhaps try out the demo version of pianoteq for piano. Their website has audio demos which sound incredible. It's a modelled piano, rather than using samples, it only requires 15 megs of hard drive space!

Posted by cryophonik on May-11-2008 00:01:

quote:
Originally posted by echosystm
imo, samples are the way.

buy kontakt!

+1

Another one to check out is Cakewalk's Dimension Pro - it's not a sampler, but it does come with a huge library (plus two free expansions) containing a ton of orchestral sounds.

Posted by kitphillips on May-11-2008 06:30:

Atmosphere seems to be best for trance orchestra sounds but I have no experience with it. I use Kontakt and layer up pads from FM8 and Absynth to get different effects, it took me a while to get used to, but I think I'm starting to sound OK with it.

Posted by Fernito on May-11-2008 17:24:

Nothing to do with trance, but what's the best software to make some orchestral tracks that sound like real instruments?

Posted by BOOsTER on May-11-2008 20:07:

I kinda like Edirol's Orchestral HQ, or whatever it's correct name is I never seem to remember..

also...the orkester sound bank in reason is quite good, if you combine the two, you get pretty decent sounds

Posted by cryophonik on May-11-2008 20:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Fernito
Nothing to do with trance, but what's the best software to make some orchestral tracks that sound like real instruments?

East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra is one package that is widely used. Take a listen to their demos:

http://www.soundsonline.com/EWQLSO-...W-160PROB1.html

I've never used it but I have used their Symphonic Choirs and they sound brilliant!

Posted by Fernito on May-11-2008 21:01:

OMG! Those demos sound GREAT! Thanks a lot, I guess that's the software I'll need.

Posted by messytechie on May-13-2008 09:02:

Garritan is the end of when it comes to orchestral samples

http://www.garritan.com/