Best Orchestral VST now

[kirk1701]

I really love Spitfire. They have options from entirely free to very dear indeed.

I like the Originals collection. I think they're repackaged versions of their first Albion orchestra.

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/origin...-and-woodwinds

[reaper@395.dk]

Originally Posted by Michael AD

Check out Amadeus. It only costs $149 and it will surprise you how good it sounds.

https://indiginus.com/amadeus.html

I second that. Great sounding library, including the solo stuff.

[OldTascam]

I just bought Amadeus a few days ago and love it. I don't think anything has kept me going back to the DAW to play as much as this has. Finally, a really useful library that runs in Kontakt "player," i.e. doesn't need the full version of Kontakt.

[spk77]

Originally Posted by spk77

I was looking for a cheap orchestral library and found this:
Nucleus Lite Edition (Made For Kontakt Player) for $99.00 https://www.audioimperia.com/product...s-lite-edition

I bought it and liked it immediately!
This is what I was looking for - easy and fast to use for a complete amateur like me.

Layered performance patches sound impressive:
https://youtu.be/kyq84JP8iWo?t=404

Audio Imperia "Nucleus Lite Edition (Made for Kontakt Player) - Walkthrough:

[Naji]

Kurg Hunter symphony orchestra is only €99 now, but 40 GB! Projectsam sounds better to me and only 8 GB.
Just listened to some demos

[Tomm]

As a test to see what I could do with freebies, I threw this together using only Sonatina Orchestra libraries:





it was super easy and I dunno about most people, but I find myself more productive and less self-critical using these more limited instruments as I'm not too focused on realism, but more just getting a decent-enough mockup. Because there aren't many articulations, the most time-consuming part is editing volume envelopes to help with dynamics. A little EQ and reverb here and there goes a long ways too, as samples like these can be quite harsh and dry sounding. I used built-in REAPER plugins only, but a nicer verb would probably improve things more...

[slooky]

Originally Posted by OldTascam

I just bought Amadeus a few days ago and love it. I don't think anything has kept me going back to the DAW to play as much as this has. Finally, a really useful library that runs in Kontakt "player," i.e. doesn't need the full version of Kontakt.

I agree I really like it

[slooky]

Originally Posted by Tomm

As a test to see what I could do with freebies, I threw this together using only Sonatina Orchestra libraries:





it was super easy and I dunno about most people, but I find myself more productive and less self-critical using these more limited instruments as I'm not too focused on realism, but more just getting a decent-enough mockup. Because there aren't many articulations, the most time-consuming part is editing volume envelopes to help with dynamics. A little EQ and reverb here and there goes a long ways too, as samples like these can be quite harsh and dry sounding. I used built-in REAPER plugins only, but a nicer verb would probably improve things more...

sounds great!

[Cue Zephyr]

Originally Posted by Tomm

As a test to see what I could do with freebies, I threw this together using only Sonatina Orchestra libraries:

https://youtu.be/KH6jmSshKzg

https://stash.reaper.fm/38351/Untitled.png

it was super easy and I dunno about most people, but I find myself more productive and less self-critical using these more limited instruments as I'm not too focused on realism, but more just getting a decent-enough mockup. Because there aren't many articulations, the most time-consuming part is editing volume envelopes to help with dynamics. A little EQ and reverb here and there goes a long ways too, as samples like these can be quite harsh and dry sounding. I used built-in REAPER plugins only, but a nicer verb would probably improve things more...

Thanks for that! Sounds fine to me.