EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

I wrote:

>  > Gino, you might check out some of the newer libraries. AOE is still
>>  pretty good, but I think most people who are into this stuff would
>>  agree that the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since then.
>>
>>  Project SAM is pretty far ahead of AOE, for example, and for that
>>  matter the brass in East West Quantum Leap Symphony Orchestra (which
>>  is available as an individual section, although not for EXS) is ahead
>>  of QLB. QLB does have some good jazzy articulations, but it's also
>  > from the pre-Giga era (even though it's available in Giga format).


From: phil buckle <pbuckle1@...>

>Interesting to note that in the company I keep the AOE and Vitous
>libraries still reign supreme. Even though some run Giga on a separate
>machine with Garritan they still prefer the old library. Go figure.

Garritan Strings has a lot of articulations and some clever things 
going on to make much more expressive performances than you can make 
with old libs, but it has a recording quality that you'll either like 
or not like. Or maybe you're talking about GOP, which is a very 
inexpensive library.

Most libs have something good in them. Vitous has some really nice 
woodwinds, for example - but taken as a whole, there's simply no 
comparison to EWQLSO or VSL. Or Sonic Implants Symphonic Strings and 
Project SAM, for that matter. Not even close.

Seriously, if you hear some of the VSL and EWQLSO demos, what I'm 
saying will be obvious in five seconds. This is way beyond my 
subjective opinion, it's night and day.

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Nick Batzdorf
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