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Thanks for the suggestion Rob, I agree Adagietto sounds amazing. I have to admit, I have researched Cinematic Strings 2 a lot and really want it, so I might get both!

You mentioned CinePerc Epic earlier, and the demos sound great. I was curious if you think the Cineperc bundle is worth getting? It’s pricy but seems to be the most widely praised percussion library right now. Then again, Soundiron’s APE is $249 and seems to do a lot of what CinePerc does but it’s hard to tell from demos only.

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Check out this article, it helped me out a lot when I was trying to figure out which headphones to get. I have the Sony MDR7509HD’s and Audio Technica ATH M50’s and they are both amazing. The Sonys have a really open, defined midrange that is great for mixing in particular. I wouldn’t want to listen to them all the time but they reveal a lot of flaws which is helpful!

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan10/articles/studioheadphones.htm

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MichaelL, thanks so much for the advice on LASS! I am in awe of what it can do and I definitely will get it, but probably not as my first orchestral library. I’m leaning toward Cinematic Strings 2 and Symphobia as my “introductory” string libraries since they have ensemble patches. I think they’ll be easier for me to handle at first.

I am definitely going to get VE Pro for my new mac when it arrives next week, thanks Denis and MichaelL for the advice on it, very timely for me!

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MichaelL, thanks for that podcast, what a goldmine of information! It really helped to clear a few things up for me as far as what the best products are. It seems like it is pretty easy to narrow it down to several in each category but hard to narrow it down to one if that’s all one can afford.

Kenny, I have Alchemy and highly recommend it. I would get it along with the Dream Voices and Himalaya Pads sound pack, but you don’t have to get any sound packs since it comes with a ton of sounds anyway, and I think you can get Taste of Camel for free which has samples of all the packs.

woodsdenis, I read up about VE Pro and I’m really intrigued by it. I am planning on getting a Mac Pro next year and more sample libraries. Would it make sense to run VE Pro using just one Mac Pro or does one need a multiple computer setup to take advantage of it?

Rob, thanks for the suggestions. I had a listen to APE and Cineperc Epic and they are amazing. As of now I’m taking your advice and replacing Drums of War with those 2. Do you use Cineperc Core and Pro as well? BTW, I have a ton of synths due to my TV composing so luckily I won’t have to shell out for those as well!

And if you’ve made it all the way through this post, I have a question for anyone…is LASS user friendly? I don’t have any experience with orchestration per se, and I have been afraid I might be in over my head if I got LASS as a first library as far as divisi, too many options, etc. Any thoughts? Many thanks to all of you!

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Thanks for the replies everyone, excellent info. East West has been tempting the heck out of me with the sales they are running right now, but the Play issues have kept me from seriously considering their products, but MichaelL you have me wanting to re-consider them, at least the Non-Hollywood ones and particularly the Symphony Orchestra and Stormdrum. Is the Symphony Orchestra easy to work with?

woodsdenis, I’m really impressed by LASS as well and definitely want to get it at some point, it seems like it has the most options and it sounds great. I’m not sure if it will be my first orchestral library purchase because the 8 Dio strings sound SO amazing but I want LASS too. Now that would be a combination! Adagietto sounds great too, seems to be something one could buy if they didn’t want the full Adagio bundle but still wanted a quartet. I have Damage and love it, words cannot describe the greatness of those samples.

I’m grateful to Daniel James for his videos as well, and I’ll be getting Project Alpha no doubt, hope it serves you well Art!

If anyone is interested, Sonokinetic has a 12 Days of Christmas sale(only good for a few more hours) and I just got Tutti for about $111. Lots of great orchestral effects.
http://www.sonokinetic.net/products/classical/tutti/

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