4/10/2024 0 Comments Kontakt 5 strings library![]() Gigastudio is now defunct, a software success story turned sour nowadays, sample developers tend to favour the ubiquitous Kontakt sampler format, or they use proprietary player software which works only with their products. The ’90s saw a steady trickle of Akai–format orchestral libraries, but with the advent of the PC–based Gigastudio in 2000, the trickle turned into a torrent. When Miroslav Vitous released his Symphonic Orchestra Samples CDs in 1993, no–one could have predicted the avalanche of similar products that was to follow. Sometimes there are bow-change sounds after attacks as well from different bowings being stitched together.The quality and variety of orchestral string libraries continues to grow. Sometimes you’ll hear a bow scrape after the intervals (from the short legato). This is not a particularly “clean” library.The same-note bow-change repetitions are somewhat subtle at times (sounding more like “movement” than distinct bow-changes), particularly on the higher strings and decca mic.However, it will work with the sustains themselves. On the balance (B) page, compressing and expanding the CC/Vel Dyn Range doesn’t work very effectively on the legatos, because of the way they’re mapped.There is some mysterious disk spiking happening on occasion, but it doesn’t seem to lead to drop-outs.The harp was not de-noised and by some standards could be considered fairly noisy.This simply comes with the territory of pulling samples from connected performances on the same pitch in an ambient room. There is some level of ambience-bleed / “bump” on the hard attacks if they’re played in standalone isolation or you’re using mostly decca. ![]() However there is also an option to have all the notes ring out in the GUI. NOTE ON THE HARP: this patch works best if you have a sustain pedal, considering the delay. All the elements of the library (legatos, sustains, attacks, same-note bow-change repetitions, etc) are on the same delay. The library is heavily optimized for this delay amount. NOTE ON DELAY: this library has a moderately delayed response when playing (140 ms based on the close mics) to further the musicality of the legatos and releases. ** the same hall as Oceania, Oceania II, Angry Brass Pro, the Perfperc series, and others. ![]()
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