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Thanks to Spitfire for the review copy. I am not paId to review products and Spitfire had no prior knowledge of what I was going to say.
00:00 Hello Everybody
00:45 What does it do well?
03:20 Longs
05:12 Shorts
08:28 Core vs Pro
11:39 Nostalgia
13:20 Caveats
14:52 Mic Positions
17:52 Resources
19:40 Conclusion
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Date of upload: Oct 4, 2023 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I love Spitfire Audio products, but I have one big thing against them. I put $ after $ after $ into their Abbey Road One series... only to NEVER get high string legatos. They gave us low string legatos with 'Legendary Low Strings', but never followed up with 'Heavenly High Strings' (yeah, I made up that one name).. Instead, they completely dropped Abbey Road One (in my opinion), and jumped straight into their next big money-maker...... Abbey Road Orchestra. I'm not sure I am going to jump into this one, because I cannot be sure (or convinced) that they will ever FINISH it. They have proved to me that they can't finish what they started!
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I remember once taking a screenshot of Alan Silvestri's Cubase template on his desktop in the background during a video interview about his workflow a couple of years ago.. I then zoomed in on his choice of string library. I was surprised that it was something that was at least 15 years old and no longer available. Later, in another video, Jake Jackson (as Chief Engineer for Spitfire Audio) said to Guy: "It doesn't matter how good your sample library is, it's not the same as the real thing". The key point from these interviews is surely that you should spend your time mastering your existing libraries and having the best workflow presets you can create to speed your composition. I stopped buying the latest new libraries a few years ago, because the $64,000 question is: Do you actually need them?" The answer is: "No, you don't!"". Save your hard earned money. Learn to create your own SFX sounds.. Focus on the quality of your composition and orchestration techniques. Learn how to mix your sounds. If your string library is as old as Alan Silvestri's, you're probably on the right lines!
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Oh look! Spitfire released yet another string orchestral library! Imagine my shock. :-)
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Yesss I’ve been waiting for this review!
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Very sensible review. Thank you!
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Thanks, as always, for your input! You make it clear that people need to understand how to use the software to get the amazing features and quality. After I saw Paul Thompson's video about the Abbey Road Orchestra 1st Violins, as someone who grew up playing the violin, I realized this product was going to allow me to give the actual violin sounds and usage I have been wanting to show, so I knew I definitely had to purchase the Pro version, while it was at an introductory discount price. Now, you are helping explain and clarify things, which I appreciate. This software will make me improve my fingering technique on the keyboard, for sure. Now, I am going over to watch your "Part 2" video on this wonderful orchestral violin sample!
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Thank you for the review 👍🏻
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Guy, I abolutely love your music for the queen of trees documentary from 2005, did you ever release the music somewhere I can hear it? I love it very much. I will buy it on cd or streaming I just can't seem to find it.
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I noticed up around 150 notes used on that fairly simple line played with just 1st violins. Which brings me to what kinda PC power level one should aim for if its not gonna choke when you add up the tracks. We have quite lot of cpu power today, but if just the violins is taking up so many voices, and that in eco mode, I don't wanna think of how much a full orchestra arrangement is gonna require in cpu power and ram if you want to use Full mode without bouncing each instrument track first. Will 16 cores and 64gb ram cut it ? or more direct put Intel 13/14 gen I9 xx900k or Ryzen 9 7950 ?
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Nice to see You inspired, good Review, thanks!
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Simply awesome💖
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Guy - I always look forward to your reviews as they are useful to a working composer like myself but accessible to other levels of musicians. Bravo and thanks! I bought this library a couple of weeks back and haven't regretted it a bit. The only trick is to get my older libraries (even some of the Spitfire ones) to sound like they belong in the same mix. However, it's nothing that some tweaking won't solve and the tweaking is a lot of fun! (Now - to do that drug deal to pay for the anticipated REST of the orchestral library to be slowly unleashed upon us bit by expensive bit!)
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The sunglasses of doubt never fail to make me smile.
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Guy, thank you for sharing another instrument library! What is the main piano library you are using now?
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Hia Guy, at 60 i am just diving into Abelton and using my Komplete Kontrol MK2. What is that small box you have connected on the left hand side of your keyboard and what does it do ?.. thank you
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Fantastic video Guy! Would love you to check out Pacific Strings by Performance Samples. It is in my opinion the best commercial string library out there.
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1:29 out of tune Bb 😭 Is this a pre-release version of ARO1V
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Guy, what are you streaming the library from? Ive had zero luck with any of Spitfire's libraries using their own player...can never play more than a few notes at a time and completely puts me off any of their new libraries, however good they might be...
Also, how do you feel this compares to MSS? The sound is different obviously, but MSS basically has all the features + more that you've mentioend here.
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'I honestly can't imagine anybody's going to do sampled orchestration any better than this' → Well people have said this time and time again in the past because they didn't have any better reference to compare it with. Technology and knowledge doesn't stop here.
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@ThinkSpaceEducation
7 months ago
Part Two: Scoring with Abbey Road Orchestra 1st Violins - 3pm this Friday!
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