Orchestral plug-ins

[WillMedic]

Useful thread for me since I'm also looking to getting orchestral plugins, once I'm used to Logic Express 8 since haven't been sequencing for over 10 years (see other thread!)

I assume all of those plugins are fully compatible with Logic Express 8 or are some more compatible than others?

[sureno]

Originally Posted by WillMedic

Useful thread for me since I'm also looking to getting orchestral plugins, once I'm used to Logic Express 8 since haven't been sequencing for over 10 years (see other thread!)

I assume all of those plugins are fully compatible with Logic Express 8 or are some more compatible than others?

all compatible

[trbguy]

Originally Posted by cane creek

I own IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik and im very happy with it the solo strings are superb.
Also got EWQLSO silver which i dont like at all.

Id love to buy 'Project sam symphobia' however at £899 its out of my price range at the moment especially since i have my eye on a Metric Halo ULN-2

I listened to demos again and I think Miroslav is way to go. I just wonder their pricing policy as you can get total workstation bundle for almost same price as only Miroslav Philharmonik.

[sureno]

Originally Posted by trbguy

I listened to demos again and I think Miroslav is way to go. I just wonder their pricing policy as you can get total workstation bundle for almost same price as only Miroslav Philharmonik.

you cant get tw bundle its now tw2 bundle at a bigger increase in price

[trbguy]

Originally Posted by sureno

you cant get tw bundle its now tw2 bundle at a bigger increase in price

Total workstation bundle 2's list price in Finland is 429€ and Miroslavs 389€.
That makes 40€ for sonik synth 2+ Sample tank XL+Sample moog+Sampletron.

So no question which to buy

[trbguy]

Oh, and some stores are selling composer trio which includes Sampletank L+ Miroslav CE+ Sonik synth 2 for 179€ while Miroslav CE is 199€
Doesn't make any sense to me

[sureno]

Originally Posted by trbguy

Total workstation bundle 2's list price in Finland is 429€

£485.44 here and thats at 15% v.a.t

[trbguy]

Originally Posted by sureno

£485.44 here and thats at 15% v.a.t

We have 22% tax and the price is lower here maybe DV should make a Christmas offer

[sureno]

that is so odd

[WillMedic]

I'm edging towards the Miroslav as well, the interface looks logical and the strings seem somewhat punchier in the demos than the Garritan.The EWQL is not too far behind in quality- is it the ease of use that people struggle with generally for those samples?Only thing that I notice is slightly concerning is that the Miroslav CE quotes a max of 16 channels- is that the case with all soft synths (as in emulating 16 MIDI channels?) If so, is there any way of expanding them? (e.g. loading in 2 copies of the synth!)*I ask because 16 separate channels for a symphony orchestra requires pretty clever use of voices and loads of rapid instrument/MIDI program changes to represent all the instruments!

[sureno]

You should be able to load as many instances as your CPU will allow

[OJB]

Originally Posted by sureno

You should be able to load as many instances as your CPU will allow

Word!! I have about 5 running in one of my pieces...

[WillMedic]

Originally Posted by sureno

You should be able to load as many instances as your CPU will allow

Cool, I wonder how many I will get away with loading when using Logic Express 8/iMac with 2.6 Core2/2GB memory, may need a memory upgrade at some point

[trbguy]

Originally Posted by WillMedic

Cool, I wonder how many I will get away with loading when using Logic Express 8/iMac with 2.6 Core2/2GB memory, may need a memory upgrade at some point

Quite many, memory update is easy and cheap with Imac and you can do it by yourself. Just don't use Apple resellers to buy memory as price difference is quite big.

Here you can find suitable memory chip and installation guide

[modz1]

Originally Posted by sureno

£485.44 here and thats at 15% v.a.t

Price drop
http://www.dv247.com/invt/58664/