Take the best of each and combine into one. The SWAM sounds better in this comparison than I expected. And I find it hard to believe there's no way to get more fff from AcousticSamples. BTW, Does anyone have a realistic modeled string library at this level though,?
Swam is the only one with a modeled string library AFAIK. v3 is much better than v2, but it works best for solos. I know they also released a "string sections" plugin but I haven't gotten the chance to check it out.
Sorry for my late reply. Somehow I missed your remark. Yes the AcousticSamples can't go to fff. For solo strings, I find it hard to get a good tone out of the SWAM solo strings. I think the ones from Sample Modeling are better. But for that library I don't really like playing in the shorts. Too much tweaking is needed to make them sound good.
For classical music, I think you're right and the ones for AS sound more natural although they are missing a good forte layer. And if you're looking for a Klezmer of Balkan Clarinet, AS sounds to tame to my taste and the SWAM one is a better fit. But YMMV. Thanks for your response!
Perhaps but this was a 'Non scientific comparison' I am not that interested in making them exactly similar. I see these as different Clarinets with different ways of playing. You have to find the sweet spots of these instruments, sweet spot in sound and learn a way of playing that brings out these sweet spots. And you have to get acquainted with the configuration inside these instruments. Experimentation with different settings in the DAW, panning, reverb can definitely also help with that. All depends also a lot on style. For Klezmer and Jazz I prefer SWAM. For classical and more restrained music I prefer Acoustic Samples. When I listen back to the video after 3 months I prefer SWAM for this Gerschwin fragment (Jazz/Klezmer mixture). Even without the 100% wetness of the reverb signal! :-)
Thank you
This is definitely much closer than the Oboe comparison. I actually like all of the examples here for different reasons !
Take the best of each and combine into one. The SWAM sounds better in this comparison than I expected. And I find it hard to believe there's no way to get more fff from AcousticSamples. BTW, Does anyone have a realistic modeled string library at this level though,?
Swam is the only one with a modeled string library AFAIK. v3 is much better than v2, but it works best for solos. I know they also released a "string sections" plugin but I haven't gotten the chance to check it out.
Sorry for my late reply. Somehow I missed your remark. Yes the AcousticSamples can't go to fff.
For solo strings, I find it hard to get a good tone out of the SWAM solo strings. I think the ones from Sample Modeling are better. But for that library I don't really like playing in the shorts. Too much tweaking is needed to make them sound good.
To my ears the AS clarinet sound is much closer to a real clarinet
For classical music, I think you're right and the ones for AS sound more natural although they are missing a good forte layer. And if you're looking for a Klezmer of Balkan Clarinet, AS sounds to tame to my taste and the SWAM one is a better fit. But YMMV. Thanks for your response!
100% wet reverb signal from swam would make it more realistic comparison
Perhaps but this was a 'Non scientific comparison' I am not that interested in making them exactly similar. I see these as different Clarinets with different ways of playing. You have to find the sweet spots of these instruments, sweet spot in sound and learn a way of playing that brings out these sweet spots. And you have to get acquainted with the configuration inside these instruments. Experimentation with different settings in the DAW, panning, reverb can definitely also help with that. All depends also a lot on style. For Klezmer and Jazz I prefer SWAM. For classical and more restrained music I prefer Acoustic Samples.
When I listen back to the video after 3 months I prefer SWAM for this Gerschwin fragment (Jazz/Klezmer mixture). Even without the 100% wetness of the reverb signal! :-)