--- UPDATE - A FEW NEW LIBRARIES I GOT AND RECOMMEND --- - Audio Imperia Nucleus - Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 3 - Performance Samples Oceania II --- PART 1 - MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SAMPLE LIBRARIES --- 00:00 - Intro • BUDGET LIBRARIES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEGINNERS 02:09 - EastWest Composer Cloud ($30+) • PIANO LIBRARIES: 03:22 - Native Instruments THE GIANT ($99) • ALL-IN-ONE ORCHESTRAL LIBRARIES: 05:34 - OrchestralTools Metropolis Ark 1 (€549) 08:24 - Audio Imperia Jaeger ($599) 13:46 - OrchestralTools Berlin Orchestra Inspire (€399) • STRINGS: 15:56 - Cinematic Strings 2 ($299) 17:48 - CineSamples Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato ($99) 20:14 - CineSamples CineStrings Solo ($399) • BRASS: 22:04 - OrchestralTools Metropolis Ark 1 [Brass Demonstration](€549) 22:29 - 8Dio Century Brass Ensemble ($398) • CHOIR: 25:54 - Performance Samples Oceania ($269) 27:01 - Strezov Sampling StormChoir II: Core ($329) 28:40 - Impact Soundworks Vocalisa ($129) • WOODWINDS: 30:14 - CineWinds CORE ($349) • ORCHESTRAL & HYBRID PERCUSSION: 32:14 - Heavyocity DAMAGE ($299) 36:34 - Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion ($199) 38:10 - 8Dio The New Epic Toms & The New Epic Dhol Ensembles ($99 / $99) • CINEMATIC / TRAILER SFX: 40:01 - Impact Soundworks Juggernaut ($139) 42:35 - BOOM Library Cinematic Trailers Designed (€99) 43:27 - AVA Instinct ($59) 44:24 - Audio Imperia Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.01 ($59) 46:15 - 8Dio Hybrid Tools Vol.02 ($249) 47:20 - Audio Imperia Shredders Vol.01 ($65) --- PART 2 - OTHER LIBRARIES I HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT OR DIDN'T MENTION --- • OTHER ALL-IN-ONE BUNDLES: -- Spitfire Albion ONE (€449): GREAT Sound, All-In-One Orchestral Library with Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion & Synths. Not as loud as Metropolis Ark 1, but more dynamic. -- EastWest Hollywood Orchestra (USually on sale at $499) Has Strings, Brass / Woodwinds / Percussion and contains an incredible variety of articulations for each. A bit of an old library, sounds less mind-blowing out of the box compared to its competition. -- 8Dio Majestica ($599): A larger than life Orchestral Library. Same concept as Metropolis Ark 1, but differently from it, it doesn't contain any choir. I personally prefer the sound of Metropolis Ark 1 big time. -- Metropolis Ark 2 (€599): The opposite of Ark 1: dynamic and deep sounding orchestra. Not very loud, but it works for calm and intimate moods. Less unique than Ark 1 and 3 in my opinion. -- Metropolis Ark 3 (€399): Orchestral Clusters / Percussion & Rhythmic Clusters on steroids. Incredible quality, very useful if you write music for film, can't think of another use for it however as I have the impression it's mostly cluster notes which you wouldn't hear outside of soundtrack for films. • OTHER STRINGS: -- Cinematic Studio Strings ($399): The "sequel" to Cinematic Strings 2. -- Cinematic Studio Strings Solo ($299): Like Cinematic Studio Strings, but with soloist Strings instead. -- OrchestralTools Berlin Strings (€840): Heard a great deal about this one, and the rest of the Berlin Series, they're expensive but are among the best Orchestral Libraries at the moment. -- Audiobro LASS 2.5 ($499 / $1399 - Sometimes in sale for less): Great "dry" and clean sound. Extensively programmed. -- Native Instruments Symphony Series Strings ($449) • OTHER BRASS: -- CineSamples CineBrass CORE & PRO ($399 / $399): Quite old but still pretty great. The "Twelve Horns Patch" in CineBrass PRO is an all-time favorite between composers. -- OrchestralTools Berlin Brass (€799): Supposedly one of the best Brass Libaries ever made, but quite expensive at that, too. -- Native Instruments Symphony Series Brass ($449) • OTHER CHOIR: -- 8Dio Lacrimosa ($599): An "Epic Choir" library from 8Dio. Fairly new, but from all I heard, I prefer the sound of Metropolis Ark 1's Choir, which, considering is just a little part of the entire library, is also way less expensive than Lacrimosa. -- 8Dio Insolidus ($599): Lyrical / Gregorian Chant type of choir, most dynamic and fluent choir I ever heard, but very soft too. It works well as a quiet choir, but I'm not sure if it can get loud and epic like Metropolis Ark 1 or Lacrimosa. -- Strezov Sampling ARVA / FREYJA / WOTAN / RHODOPE ($329 - $429): Very particular kind of choirs, ranging from Children, Ethereal Women Choir, "LOTR" Men Choir or Ethnic Bulgarian Choir. • OTHER WOODWINDS: -- OrchestralTools Berlin Woodwinds (€649): Supposedly one of the best Woodwinds Libaries ever made, but quite expensive at that, too. -- 8Dio Claire Virtuoso Bundle ($688) -- Native Instruments Symphony Series Woodwinds ($449) • OTHER PERCUSSION: -- OrchestralTools Berlin Percussion (€499) -- StrikeForce Cinematic Percussion ($389): A ground-breaking Hybrid Percussion library, the one true heir of Heavyocity DAMAGE, it seems. Endorsed by the man himself, JunkieXL. -- Native Instruments Action Strikes ($299) A percussion library of various percussive kits, each geared with tweakable cinematic loops, but can be used without loops too. -- Spitfire Hans Zimmer Percussion (€399): No need to tell why this library is acclaimed worldwide. • OTHER CINEMATIC / TRAILER SFX: -- Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 (€449): Impressive standalone library full of all sorts of instruments, pads, synths, fx, percussion, you name it. -- Heavyocity GRAVITY ($449): This one is all about cinematic motion pads & atmospheres, but it also has risers, stringers and hits. In my opnion, not as fundamental as the libraries I mentioned in my video for Trailer Music. -- Native Instruments Rise & Hit (€149): Amazing library for building your own trailer / cinematic hits, woshes and risers.
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I really fucking appreciate all the work you put into your tutorials man. I've made a good few vids for my producer alias myself, but they are only like 5 minutes long each. This video alone doesn't come close to scratching the surface to the actual amount of work, time, effort and years you must have spent to get to this point to help others. This is super valuable to me, and everyone watching. And i truly thank you, and will continue to watch your videos because i aspire to make stuff like this in the future (even tho currently only make EDM).
Alex Moukala literally you have saved me hours of searching for presets like this. U have inspired me, thanks a ton for your tutorials. Really appreciate it 💯
I love how you are actually take your time to explain everything. Not a lot of youtubers do what you do. For that, I respect you and I am more than willing to pay for your course when I get paid. Keep up the great work that you're doing.
It's so good to see comments like this. Usually the only people who post about time are complaining about how the video "could've been 8 minutes" or whatever based on their own "expert" calculations. :-P
Every library has pros and cons. combine different libraries in same categories bring better sound. If I choose 1 library among Alex's list. I'd pick, Metropolis Ark 1. Hans Zimmer said that sample library must treated like real instrument. if you start guitar or piano, you may practice scale, chords, chord progression, avoid note and so on. better know your library deeply, it comes along with better sound . better realistic one. I learned a lot form this channel. I appreciate Alex.
Another informative video by Alex M. I'm just beginning my orchestration journey. Got a few free libraries along with Ark 1 which went on sale. It sounds terrific.
I've been really happy with Garriton Abbey Road Piano. It's an old Pre-Kontakt VST that runs on it's own player, but it's deeply sampled under optimal recording conditions from a 50K piano. Spent $550 on it in 2014, but it runs for $159 now.
I realise this is quite old video but i just wanted to thank you for helping me with my search of orchestral vst instruments. I decided to take Jaeger, Metro 1 and Berlin expansion B. The third one wasn't on your list but because of you i was able to find it. So thank you! ^^
Good list. I would advise people watching this that most of these libraries are more focused on epic or trailer music style, so they generally do louder styles better than anything soft. Not all of them though, for example Cinematic Strings 2 is fairly flexible, so is one of the few here that will do soft or emotional reasonably well also.
Hi Alex... loving your video tutes! And totally agree about 'you need talent before libraries'! And also, from another video, 'get it right in the mix and you won't need tons of plug-ins'.... as a Pro Mastering Engineer of nearly 40 years :-O and a recording engineer for 20 before that :-O (starting at Abbey Road..), the best masters I've ever done have required very little input from me. In fact, for several years I worked in a room which only had basic Pultec EQ, and there I mastered Court of the Crimson King, Electric Ladyland, Satanic Majesties, Ogdens NutGone Flake, along with literally hundreds of other iconic albums, all with very little EQ! Because the Studio Engineers got it right in the initial Recording and Mixing... Now trying to get into Orchestral writing on my DAW... do you have a link to your 'Composing to a Piano track' video? Have you actually done it yet?!!
I really appreciate how you always stress that hard work, practice, skill development and experience is the only way to really become a master. Tools are just tools. Weapons of art if you're a master, wasted money and HD space if you look for shortcuts too much.
Thanks for the awesome tutorial! I took film scoring in university but ultimately never did anything with it. In the process of putting together my own home studio now though. Thanks for the tutorials! It feels great creating again.
Thank you Alex for taking the time to do this. Like you mentioned, long videos are often an editing nightmare. Have you entertained Fluffy Audio's Dominus choir at all?
I personally couldn't tell you, my current choir library I am using is Olympus Choir from Soundiron, but Daniel James did a brief demo of it and it sounds pretty nice. You can check it out on his Black Friday Haul video (ruclips.net/video/l22tlDT6YbM/видео.htmlm57s). It sounds pretty expressive, but more ambient sounding than say 8Dio or Ark's. It sounds like a "better" version of Olympus with the word/phrase building - something you get a little more control over but similar to the Performance Samples Oceania.
For anyone needing a very affordable piano library, I would recommend True Pianos. It is definitely not the best, and it could use a few more velocities, but it is amazing for its price. I should also say their website hasn’t been updated in a very long time, so their customer support may be nonexistent.
CS: Tina Guo is one of the first I bought, absolutely amazing legato. Some may say it's too loud or processed or whatever, but I can just sit with it listening to all the power and details in it
Best advice one can also give is that anyone can (better have to) do his own opinion about that kind of stuff ! Just try, practice, and you gonna make great things, find your own style and way to create / orchestrate, even with "beginners" stuff. (Actually Ew is pretty amazing for a lot of different things, even if its not user and cpu friendly). Great work mate.
ALEX!! Are you out of your mind?! Need to rob several banks and some, only to buy the harddrives for this!! For the rest very much appreciated.. thank you!
My favorite video so far. Really appreciate you sharing this info Alex. And here I finally learn where those amazing Taiko Rolls come from. Yeah, Jaeger might be the all in one I use instead of Metropolis Ark 1 because it has more articulations and can play fast. Wondering if you've compared Damage to Action Strikes. Also Wondering if you ever used Omnisphere. I have the original: very old and takes forever to load individual patches even on a new computer, but it has many synthy gems and I'm told Omnisphere 2.5 is phenomenal. I like Soundiron best for brass. I see Cinematic studios has a new positively reviewed brass program. Sure it plays beautifully. 8Dio Requiem is a great Choir. Hollywood Choir has HUGE potential but takes me forever to program it to sound good. They should have recorded all pitched consonants with all the variable vowel sounds. I did finally get it to work though.
This is a wonderful resource. Many thanks sir. I would add that my favourite orchestral woodwind library is the Chris Hein kontakt library which I much prefer to the Spitfire orchestral woodwind library which I also own. It sounds so damn realistic.
Does Chris Hein have more articulations than Spitfire? and which Spitfire lib are you comparing to? There are at least 3. I'm deciding which woodwind library to buy so I would appreciate the help.
Free upgrades for life, the best, most free flowing piano roll on the market (which is fantastic for solos if you aren't an A+ pianist), and mid/high-level tools for everything EXCEPT composing to video (which is improving). Did I mention FREE upgrades for life? Talent doesn't lean on tools, it leverages them. (ps - I don't think your comment was intentionally inflammatory, just the mere mention of FL always starts flame wars. haha)
Thrift Simple No, I was just surprised you didn’t go with a more “musician centric” daw like Cubase, Digital Performer, or Studio One. Plus, I’ve found FL to be really heavy on cpu vs some other daws, so if you’re composing many orchestral instruments, you must be running it on a supercomputer!
Joe Seabreeze the CPU comment is fair. Though I run a mid-range gaming computer with tons of instruments and haven’t had any choking yet, so IMO that has been improved / overstated. Different flavors, I just wanted to address the comment since plenty can be done with a $99/$199 DAW vs paying $500-$1000 for similar functionality. Scoring to video IS an absolute shortcoming of FL though, so I’d look elsewhere if that were a decent part of someone’s work/interest.
Grandissimo Alex! Sei un genio, si vede che la passione per questo tipo di musica ti ha portato lontano in poco tempo (3 anni). Farai mai dei tutorial basilari su come iniziare ad usare il programma? Comunque non ti preoccupare per il tuo inglese, è perfetto, ho vissuto in America per 5 anni e ti capisco benissimo! Ciao!
Se ti servono dei tutorial sulle basi di FL Studio, ti consiglio questa playlist di tutorial che mi insegnarono molto agli albori: -> ruclips.net/p/PLGYoE903Nir5-wvI5ipGZMS6AYD1Le_iu
I am doing pop music. Which one of these should I buy? I was thinking about kontakt 6, The giant and Electric Sunburst. I travel alot, so I cant use instruments, like on the plain and in the car etc when I am on tour. What else should I get?
Thanks so much for making this video! It's been a huge resource to me :) I do have a question about how you export individual sounds, particularly mentioned around your drum hits/percussion/sfx. I there a batch function in Kontakt that allows you to do this? Thanks !
Hi Alex, It's me again with a quick question. With this video in mind I downloaded several Manuals and wrote e-mails to a few companies just to see if I got a response. I stumbled upon "The Orchestra" from Sonuscore and was amazed by the sound and possibility's of the library. Because I thought it could fit my needs to grow I also mailed them. They were the first to respond and took the time to answer my questions. They've brought out 2 patches since the first sale. Not because of errors but just to implement wishes they got from users. I'm in no way related to any of the companies but this kind of service is certainly good to notice. My actual question is: Do you know Sonuscore (the orchestral library)? And could you give a short comment on my question? Thanks in advance for your time. Ed
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So if I buy everything that I want and is dope from your list I would spend 5184$ :D but it would be worth tho Thank you for this list alex, that helps a ton!
And afterwards you don't own a SINGLE Mixing Plugin... Or Mixing Equipment like Midi Controller, Headphones... Monitors... Speaking of Monitors if you really want to make the Most of your DAW you'll need a couple screens aswell... So jeah... Try aiming for about 10000$ after that.
Nice work and great compositions! In contrary to the most composers I'm looking for "close" sounds. Anybody knows a sound library with dry sounds (no reverb, no room effects at all)? Thanks.
@==/A\== Thanks for the tip! I only need occasionaly the orchestral stuff. I primarily compose music that's supposed to make people happy. I like latin rhythms, african melodies, cartoon music and stuff like that. Imagine a band like The Mambo Legneds Orchestra, if you put them in a concert hall their music won't sound happy anymore, it would rather sound scary, distand, cold ... I hope you see what I mean.
I like the Giant Piano , but every time I use it in my mix It doesn't sound loud enough , like only strings , some percussion only , very minimal but it doesn't sound obvious in the mix . I know I missed something . Alex , any tips so I can make my piano sound in presence , not behind the mix ? Thank you .
Really? I have the opposite problem with the Giant.. I think it is almost too loud at times. My biggest peeve with it is it seems that this really intense, "wooonnggggg"-tone, builds up around the 250hz-500hz range - I find myself doing a big EQ cut around there, or else when I listen on small speakers (phone/laptop) it sounds like a kids piano.
So I just bought Kontakt because of black Friday deal! I was looking at this library called The Orchestra by SONUSCORE. would you happen to know anything about it?
What about ProjectSam Symphobia 1/2/3? I think it's awesome libraries. ( I used symphobia 1 and on my opinion it has VERY good strings and other sections at all)
Hey alex, How does 8Dio Century Brass Ensemble stack up against metropolis ark I brass? i bet you can get some really nice layered brass with these two. More specifically how are the trumpets, are they close in power to metro ark I?
PSA: SOME OF THESE REQUIRE THE PREMIUM KONTAKT PLAYER NOT JUST THE FREE VERSION. I just wasted $269 on the Performance Samples Oceania only to figure that I need to shell out another $400 just to use it....
I can appreciate the personal preferences and these are fine libraries, but "definitive list" with no mention (other than the all-in-one Albion) of Spitfire strings, brass and woodwinds? Arguably some of the very finest stuff at Spitfire. (No, I'm not affiliated :-). Anyway, great stuff Alex :-)
Hi Alex! I have been watching your videos and they are very useful, but I would like to know whether you can make a tutorial on how to make percussive rolls in the daw because everytime I try to make one it sounds like a machine gun. The last thing would be how to separate each string instruments from a string ensemble which is playing chords. It would be very helpful and I would appreciate your help. Thanks!
Great list. You are an amazing composer! Do you use the Komplete Kontrol midi keyboard? I'm thinking about getting the S49.. Can you do a video about the hardware you are using?
I've never tried those so I can't tell. The only piece of hardware I'm using (except for my PC hardware) is an M-Audio Keystation 88 MkII as a keyboard. Which is a bit clanky, but for the little I use it it's not a huge issue for me.
Indeed. The libraries I refer to at the beginning are the best starting point and will last you a long time as a beginner, in that case, those are THE best bet.
Hey Alex, may I ask which you would chose between "Jaeger" and "Albion One" or "Metropolis Ark 1" as a first library to start with making orchestral film music (Hans Zimmer, Two steps from hell, etc.) (not only the loud epic but also the quiet film music) ?:)
Great tutorial Alex. Do you use a slave computer with Vienna Ensemble Pro to house all your libraries? I'm gonna be upgrading my PC (actually buying a new one) and wondering my best course of action. I've rather not and just have 1 PC as I don't think my templates will get as large as some I've seen. Any thoughts?
I keep on hearing about the VEP & Slaves combo more and more everyday, but I think it might still be a bit early for me to look into that. I might be wrong, but my template are not humongous to the point I need a slave machine to write orchestral music yet.
Not so sure about that as your template looks pretty big lol! :) Curious if you have any issues with PC performance from the size of what you have loaded up and while steaming or video capture. Since you talk about libraries and not necessarily needing every single thing I'm wondering if you could also share your PC specs with us including ram, etc and graphics card too. I think it would help a lot of us just starting out.. Thanks! Keep up the great walk throughs.
Alex, I haven't seen the video yet because I have little time right now, but I've seen your post on Reddit about the libraries. My question is what makes one library more suited for a certain type of music? For example, why is Cinematic Strings 2 more suited for quiet music than, Metropolis Ark? Say, if I had Cinematic Strings 2 only (which I don't unfortunately because I can't afford any library currently), what would the difference be if I composed a loud, epic orchestral on it as opposed to on Metropolis Ark? Also right now, how can I make the most out of free sample libraries (to make them sound more natural and realistic)?
It depends on the way they were sampled or recorded. Metropolis Ark 1's instruments are sampled from f (forte) to fff (fortissimissimo), which means they played those instruments in a very loud way when they recorded the library. Thus, they'll sound loud. Cinematic Strings 2 was recorded at much more quieter dynamics. You can usually thicken the sound of a library by using plugins such as XFER OTT, by applying layering, or by using compression / EQing and all those things, but you'll never get the result you'd get by using a library that was made exactly to achieve a certain level of power. It'll take you longer to get something that, most likely, won't sound as good.
Hi Alex! My dad recently ordered "Steinberg Absolute 3" which has the "HALion Symphonic Orchestra" in it aswell. Do you think that's a good orchestra plugin for a beginner like me? That would be first time with a plugin for me. My dad ordered absolute 3 cuz he's doing music aswell. I hope you can answer my question and thanks for this great video! Love you!
I never tried it so I can't really tell, but hey, Steinberg is great, any starting point is good, and you can always upgrade to new software if once you feel you've outgrown the ones you own. ;)
Thanks a ton Alex! If I had the money, I'd directly go ahead and buy metropolis ark, BOOM library etc :D Thanks for teaching us! I learned most of the stuff from you, thanks :)
Alex, what is the difference between all metropolis ark versions? ... For instance, if I buy ark 4, will it include instruments of the previous ones? Or shall I buy them all?
Vienna was the only gig in town for real sounding strings for years. Still have to respect the million samples they recorded and the infinite articulations. Looks like a very user hostile interface by today's standards. Not sure if the original Vienna Samples are 24 bit.
This depends entirely on the library, you'll always find written on the site of each library if that particular one is compatible with Kontakt Player or not. I wouldn't be surprised if at least half of all of these required the full version of Kontakt tho.
@@AlexMoukala I got the whole suite on a sale and cross grade. Was looking to add a solid library to my arsenal. It's the most reputable orchestral library I have at the moment. I was considering Metropolis ark 2 (more of my style of music vs ark1). And then maybe down the road add Albion 1? I dunno 🤷🏾♂️
--- UPDATE - A FEW NEW LIBRARIES I GOT AND RECOMMEND ---
- Audio Imperia Nucleus
- Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 3
- Performance Samples Oceania II
--- PART 1 - MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SAMPLE LIBRARIES ---
00:00 - Intro
• BUDGET LIBRARIES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEGINNERS
02:09 - EastWest Composer Cloud ($30+)
• PIANO LIBRARIES:
03:22 - Native Instruments THE GIANT ($99)
• ALL-IN-ONE ORCHESTRAL LIBRARIES:
05:34 - OrchestralTools Metropolis Ark 1 (€549)
08:24 - Audio Imperia Jaeger ($599)
13:46 - OrchestralTools Berlin Orchestra Inspire (€399)
• STRINGS:
15:56 - Cinematic Strings 2 ($299)
17:48 - CineSamples Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato ($99)
20:14 - CineSamples CineStrings Solo ($399)
• BRASS:
22:04 - OrchestralTools Metropolis Ark 1 [Brass Demonstration](€549)
22:29 - 8Dio Century Brass Ensemble ($398)
• CHOIR:
25:54 - Performance Samples Oceania ($269)
27:01 - Strezov Sampling StormChoir II: Core ($329)
28:40 - Impact Soundworks Vocalisa ($129)
• WOODWINDS:
30:14 - CineWinds CORE ($349)
• ORCHESTRAL & HYBRID PERCUSSION:
32:14 - Heavyocity DAMAGE ($299)
36:34 - Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion ($199)
38:10 - 8Dio The New Epic Toms & The New Epic Dhol Ensembles ($99 / $99)
• CINEMATIC / TRAILER SFX:
40:01 - Impact Soundworks Juggernaut ($139)
42:35 - BOOM Library Cinematic Trailers Designed (€99)
43:27 - AVA Instinct ($59)
44:24 - Audio Imperia Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.01 ($59)
46:15 - 8Dio Hybrid Tools Vol.02 ($249)
47:20 - Audio Imperia Shredders Vol.01 ($65)
--- PART 2 - OTHER LIBRARIES I HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT OR DIDN'T MENTION ---
• OTHER ALL-IN-ONE BUNDLES:
-- Spitfire Albion ONE (€449):
GREAT Sound, All-In-One Orchestral Library with Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion & Synths.
Not as loud as Metropolis Ark 1, but more dynamic.
-- EastWest Hollywood Orchestra (USually on sale at $499)
Has Strings, Brass / Woodwinds / Percussion and contains an incredible variety of articulations for each. A bit of an old library, sounds less mind-blowing out of the box compared to its competition.
-- 8Dio Majestica ($599):
A larger than life Orchestral Library.
Same concept as Metropolis Ark 1, but differently from it, it doesn't contain any choir.
I personally prefer the sound of Metropolis Ark 1 big time.
-- Metropolis Ark 2 (€599):
The opposite of Ark 1: dynamic and deep sounding orchestra. Not very loud, but it works for calm and intimate moods. Less unique than Ark 1 and 3 in my opinion.
-- Metropolis Ark 3 (€399):
Orchestral Clusters / Percussion & Rhythmic Clusters on steroids.
Incredible quality, very useful if you write music for film, can't think of another use for it however as I have the impression it's mostly cluster notes which you wouldn't hear outside of soundtrack for films.
• OTHER STRINGS:
-- Cinematic Studio Strings ($399):
The "sequel" to Cinematic Strings 2.
-- Cinematic Studio Strings Solo ($299):
Like Cinematic Studio Strings, but with soloist Strings instead.
-- OrchestralTools Berlin Strings (€840):
Heard a great deal about this one, and the rest of the Berlin Series, they're expensive but are among the best Orchestral Libraries at the moment.
-- Audiobro LASS 2.5 ($499 / $1399 - Sometimes in sale for less):
Great "dry" and clean sound. Extensively programmed.
-- Native Instruments Symphony Series Strings ($449)
• OTHER BRASS:
-- CineSamples CineBrass CORE & PRO ($399 / $399):
Quite old but still pretty great. The "Twelve Horns Patch" in CineBrass PRO is an all-time favorite between composers.
-- OrchestralTools Berlin Brass (€799):
Supposedly one of the best Brass Libaries ever made, but quite expensive at that, too.
-- Native Instruments Symphony Series Brass ($449)
• OTHER CHOIR:
-- 8Dio Lacrimosa ($599):
An "Epic Choir" library from 8Dio. Fairly new, but from all I heard, I prefer the sound of Metropolis Ark 1's Choir, which, considering is just a little part of the entire library, is also way less expensive than Lacrimosa.
-- 8Dio Insolidus ($599):
Lyrical / Gregorian Chant type of choir, most dynamic and fluent choir I ever heard, but very soft too.
It works well as a quiet choir, but I'm not sure if it can get loud and epic like Metropolis Ark 1 or Lacrimosa.
-- Strezov Sampling ARVA / FREYJA / WOTAN / RHODOPE ($329 - $429):
Very particular kind of choirs, ranging from Children, Ethereal Women Choir, "LOTR" Men Choir or Ethnic Bulgarian Choir.
• OTHER WOODWINDS:
-- OrchestralTools Berlin Woodwinds (€649):
Supposedly one of the best Woodwinds Libaries ever made, but quite expensive at that, too.
-- 8Dio Claire Virtuoso Bundle ($688)
-- Native Instruments Symphony Series Woodwinds ($449)
• OTHER PERCUSSION:
-- OrchestralTools Berlin Percussion (€499)
-- StrikeForce Cinematic Percussion ($389):
A ground-breaking Hybrid Percussion library, the one true heir of Heavyocity DAMAGE, it seems.
Endorsed by the man himself, JunkieXL.
-- Native Instruments Action Strikes ($299)
A percussion library of various percussive kits, each geared with tweakable cinematic loops, but can be used without loops too.
-- Spitfire Hans Zimmer Percussion (€399):
No need to tell why this library is acclaimed worldwide.
• OTHER CINEMATIC / TRAILER SFX:
-- Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 (€449):
Impressive standalone library full of all sorts of instruments, pads, synths, fx, percussion, you name it.
-- Heavyocity GRAVITY ($449):
This one is all about cinematic motion pads & atmospheres, but it also has risers, stringers and hits.
In my opnion, not as fundamental as the libraries I mentioned in my video for Trailer Music.
-- Native Instruments Rise & Hit (€149):
Amazing library for building your own trailer / cinematic hits, woshes and risers.
pin this or put this in the description, this is much more valuable info but a comment could be lost
So lucky I read all the comments and I do not miss this most valuable one! I will make it to my notes, thanks Alex!
Yes, please put this in the main description. Thanks!
bababa bobobo he had already mentioned that video description has text limits.that is why the second part was mentioned here
You are the best Alex!!!
I NORMALLY WOULD NEVER ASK THIS SO DIRECTLY, BUT:
If you earned some value out of my tutorials at all, then please consider returning the favor by sharing THIS video with all your composer friends who might earn some value out of it.
Making and editing this killed me five times, so it'd be awesome if you could help it spread over the internet!
I will bro,
Thanks a lot, I love your live composing videos, please make more ;)
Alex Moukala Thanks for your effort love ur tutorials , you're my inspiration and I will share it with my friends . Good job ! Greetings from Guatemala.
I really fucking appreciate all the work you put into your tutorials man. I've made a good few vids for my producer alias myself, but they are only like 5 minutes long each. This video alone doesn't come close to scratching the surface to the actual amount of work, time, effort and years you must have spent to get to this point to help others. This is super valuable to me, and everyone watching. And i truly thank you, and will continue to watch your videos because i aspire to make stuff like this in the future (even tho currently only make EDM).
Will do bro
Alex Moukala literally you have saved me hours of searching for presets like this. U have inspired me, thanks a ton for your tutorials. Really appreciate it 💯
I love how you are actually take your time to explain everything. Not a lot of youtubers do what you do. For that, I respect you and I am more than willing to pay for your course when I get paid. Keep up the great work that you're doing.
It's so good to see comments like this. Usually the only people who post about time are complaining about how the video "could've been 8 minutes" or whatever based on their own "expert" calculations. :-P
Every library has pros and cons. combine different libraries in same categories bring better sound.
If I choose 1 library among Alex's list. I'd pick, Metropolis Ark 1.
Hans Zimmer said that sample library must treated like real instrument. if you start guitar or piano, you may practice scale, chords, chord progression, avoid note and so on.
better know your library deeply, it comes along with better sound . better realistic one.
I learned a lot form this channel. I appreciate Alex.
Another informative video by Alex M. I'm just beginning my orchestration journey. Got a few free libraries along with Ark 1 which went on sale. It sounds terrific.
I've been really happy with Garriton Abbey Road Piano. It's an old Pre-Kontakt VST that runs on it's own player, but it's deeply sampled under optimal recording conditions from a 50K piano. Spent $550 on it in 2014, but it runs for $159 now.
I have Giant to but use Garriton. Cinematic Studios has a great, very cheap piano too.
I realise this is quite old video but i just wanted to thank you for helping me with my search of orchestral vst instruments.
I decided to take Jaeger, Metro 1 and Berlin expansion B. The third one wasn't on your list but because of you i was able to find it. So thank you! ^^
I'm looking to start myself and jaeger is thr one catching my eye on starting out
@@chrisbdye MA1. Get that, and also Albion 1 in my opinion.
@@chrisbdye My Piano teacher love Jaeger, and it's good 2, but I recomend the other 2.
You are sooo awesome Alex! I sent this video to all my friends!!!
This is one of the most helpful videos I've ever had the pleasure to discover. Thank you so so much
Good list. I would advise people watching this that most of these libraries are more focused on epic or trailer music style, so they generally do louder styles better than anything soft. Not all of them though, for example Cinematic Strings 2 is fairly flexible, so is one of the few here that will do soft or emotional reasonably well also.
Hi Alex... loving your video tutes! And totally agree about 'you need talent before libraries'! And also, from another video, 'get it right in the mix and you won't need tons of plug-ins'.... as a Pro Mastering Engineer of nearly 40 years :-O and a recording engineer for 20 before that :-O (starting at Abbey Road..), the best masters I've ever done have required very little input from me. In fact, for several years I worked in a room which only had basic Pultec EQ, and there I mastered Court of the Crimson King, Electric Ladyland, Satanic Majesties, Ogdens NutGone Flake, along with literally hundreds of other iconic albums, all with very little EQ! Because the Studio Engineers got it right in the initial Recording and Mixing...
Now trying to get into Orchestral writing on my DAW... do you have a link to your 'Composing to a Piano track' video? Have you actually done it yet?!!
Wow Alex, your channel's got the attention of an engineering legend! Well met Mr. Bridge! That Abbey Road Piano library is the best BTW.
JAEGER ! Yes , please a full walkthrough ! Thanks.
There are so many Libraries... but have you tried Miroslav Philharmonik? It's medium price, but seems very realistic.
I really appreciate how you always stress that hard work, practice, skill development and experience is the only way to really become a master. Tools are just tools. Weapons of art if you're a master, wasted money and HD space if you look for shortcuts too much.
Thank you so much! Very useful!
It's really impressive how you're keeping everything organized.
Thanks for the awesome tutorial! I took film scoring in university but ultimately never did anything with it. In the process of putting together my own home studio now though. Thanks for the tutorials! It feels great creating again.
Im still in the process of buying my libraries! Interesting on taking film scoring in university, i bet it helps alot.
Thank you Alex for taking the time to do this. Like you mentioned, long videos are often an editing nightmare. Have you entertained Fluffy Audio's Dominus choir at all?
Never tried it! How is it?
I personally couldn't tell you, my current choir library I am using is Olympus Choir from Soundiron, but Daniel James did a brief demo of it and it sounds pretty nice. You can check it out on his Black Friday Haul video (ruclips.net/video/l22tlDT6YbM/видео.htmlm57s). It sounds pretty expressive, but more ambient sounding than say 8Dio or Ark's. It sounds like a "better" version of Olympus with the word/phrase building - something you get a little more control over but similar to the Performance Samples Oceania.
8Dio Century Brass can be very good, but sometimes, I miss attack on some sounds... That make them hard to use on pure classical music Midi mockup...
14:01 Strings and bras... That's what I love the most :)
as a FFXIV player and aspiring music producer.... I LOVE THIS. THANK YOU.
For anyone needing a very affordable piano library, I would recommend True Pianos. It is definitely not the best, and it could use a few more velocities, but it is amazing for its price. I should also say their website hasn’t been updated in a very long time, so their customer support may be nonexistent.
Love how the camera starts to shake when he previews DAMAGE :D
Holy jeez, these prices add up fast :'(
Man, your music is great!!! What a great sound you get out of these libraries!!! CONGRATS!!
Can you do an updated version :)))
that brass sounds insanely good
Quite the collection of virtual instruments you've got.
thanks a million for this list
You're welcome!
CS: Tina Guo is one of the first I bought, absolutely amazing legato. Some may say it's too loud or processed or whatever, but I can just sit with it listening to all the power and details in it
Damn right!
Best advice one can also give is that anyone can (better have to) do his own opinion about that kind of stuff ! Just try, practice, and you gonna make great things, find your own style and way to create / orchestrate, even with "beginners" stuff. (Actually Ew is pretty amazing for a lot of different things, even if its not user and cpu friendly).
Great work mate.
Thank you so much for this man. I'm an aspiring composer and can't wait to get my hands on one of these softwares. Still trying to decide which one.
ALEX!! Are you out of your mind?! Need to rob several banks and some, only to buy the harddrives for this!!
For the rest very much appreciated.. thank you!
lmaooooooooooooooo
My favorite video so far. Really appreciate you sharing this info Alex. And here I finally learn where those amazing Taiko Rolls come from. Yeah, Jaeger might be the all in one I use instead of Metropolis Ark 1 because it has more articulations and can play fast. Wondering if you've compared Damage to Action Strikes. Also Wondering if you ever used Omnisphere. I have the original: very old and takes forever to load individual patches even on a new computer, but it has many synthy gems and I'm told Omnisphere 2.5 is phenomenal. I like Soundiron best for brass. I see Cinematic studios has a new positively reviewed brass program. Sure it plays beautifully. 8Dio Requiem is a great Choir. Hollywood Choir has HUGE potential but takes me forever to program it to sound good. They should have recorded all pitched consonants with all the variable vowel sounds. I did finally get it to work though.
This is a wonderful resource. Many thanks sir.
I would add that my favourite orchestral woodwind library is the Chris Hein kontakt library which I much prefer to the Spitfire orchestral woodwind library which I also own.
It sounds so damn realistic.
Does Chris Hein have more articulations than Spitfire? and which Spitfire lib are you comparing to? There are at least 3.
I'm deciding which woodwind library to buy so I would appreciate the help.
Wow! Thank you so much Alex, this is SUPER helpful!
You've been composing orchestral music for years and your daw is FL Studio? Wow! I wouldn't have guessed that at all!
Free upgrades for life, the best, most free flowing piano roll on the market (which is fantastic for solos if you aren't an A+ pianist), and mid/high-level tools for everything EXCEPT composing to video (which is improving). Did I mention FREE upgrades for life? Talent doesn't lean on tools, it leverages them. (ps - I don't think your comment was intentionally inflammatory, just the mere mention of FL always starts flame wars. haha)
Thrift Simple No, I was just surprised you didn’t go with a more “musician centric” daw like Cubase, Digital Performer, or Studio One. Plus, I’ve found FL to be really heavy on cpu vs some other daws, so if you’re composing many orchestral instruments, you must be running it on a supercomputer!
Joe Seabreeze the CPU comment is fair. Though I run a mid-range gaming computer with tons of instruments and haven’t had any choking yet, so IMO that has been improved / overstated. Different flavors, I just wanted to address the comment since plenty can be done with a $99/$199 DAW vs paying $500-$1000 for similar functionality. Scoring to video IS an absolute shortcoming of FL though, so I’d look elsewhere if that were a decent part of someone’s work/interest.
thanks for all your effort alex! its really amazing
Grandissimo Alex! Sei un genio, si vede che la passione per questo tipo di musica ti ha portato lontano in poco tempo (3 anni).
Farai mai dei tutorial basilari su come iniziare ad usare il programma?
Comunque non ti preoccupare per il tuo inglese, è perfetto, ho vissuto in America per 5 anni e ti capisco benissimo!
Ciao!
Se ti servono dei tutorial sulle basi di FL Studio, ti consiglio questa playlist di tutorial che mi insegnarono molto agli albori:
-> ruclips.net/p/PLGYoE903Nir5-wvI5ipGZMS6AYD1Le_iu
I am doing pop music. Which one of these should I buy? I was thinking about kontakt 6, The giant and Electric Sunburst. I travel alot, so I cant use instruments, like on the plain and in the car etc when I am on tour. What else should I get?
The one thing what I like it, it's the Brass: 8Dio Century Brass Ensemble, in my opinion: it's really Ultra Realistic.
East West has the best pianos in my opinion. Börsendorfer and Steinway sound brilliant.
Thanks so much for making this video! It's been a huge resource to me :)
I do have a question about how you export individual sounds, particularly mentioned around your drum hits/percussion/sfx.
I there a batch function in Kontakt that allows you to do this?
Thanks !
Hi Alex, It's me again with a quick question.
With this video in mind I downloaded several Manuals and wrote e-mails to a few companies just to see if I got a response. I stumbled upon "The Orchestra" from Sonuscore and was amazed by the sound and possibility's of the library. Because I thought it could fit my needs to grow I also mailed them. They were the first to respond and took the time to answer my questions. They've brought out 2 patches since the first sale. Not because of errors but just to implement wishes they got from users. I'm in no way related to any of the companies but this kind of service is certainly good to notice.
My actual question is: Do you know Sonuscore (the orchestral library)? And could you give a short comment on my question?
Thanks in advance for your time.
Ed
So if I buy everything that I want and is dope from your list I would spend 5184$ :D
but it would be worth tho
Thank you for this list alex, that helps a ton!
And afterwards you don't own a SINGLE Mixing Plugin... Or Mixing Equipment like Midi Controller, Headphones... Monitors... Speaking of Monitors if you really want to make the Most of your DAW you'll need a couple screens aswell... So jeah... Try aiming for about 10000$ after that.
Nice work and great compositions!
In contrary to the most composers I'm looking for "close" sounds. Anybody knows a sound library with dry sounds (no reverb, no room effects at all)? Thanks.
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Thanks for the tip! I only need occasionaly the orchestral stuff. I primarily compose music that's supposed to make people happy. I like latin rhythms, african melodies, cartoon music and stuff like that. Imagine a band like The Mambo Legneds Orchestra, if you put them in a concert hall their music won't sound happy anymore, it would rather sound scary, distand, cold ... I hope you see what I mean.
You really know your stuff.
You've earned yourself a subscriber.
I like the Giant Piano , but every time I use it in my mix It doesn't sound loud enough , like only strings , some percussion only , very minimal but it doesn't sound obvious in the mix . I know I missed something . Alex , any tips so I can make my piano sound in presence , not behind the mix ? Thank you .
Really? I have the opposite problem with the Giant.. I think it is almost too loud at times. My biggest peeve with it is it seems that this really intense, "wooonnggggg"-tone, builds up around the 250hz-500hz range - I find myself doing a big EQ cut around there, or else when I listen on small speakers (phone/laptop) it sounds like a kids piano.
Benny Damien use keyscape and Garritan yamaha cfx grand......
So I just bought Kontakt because of black Friday deal! I was looking at this library called The Orchestra by SONUSCORE. would you happen to know anything about it?
Alex please help on MIDI keyboards ans studio setup :). What midi controller do you use.
Thank you for this video
Didn't you think about buying Rise & Hit library? It has a lots of powerful risers and lifters and its very flexible.
Superb overview!
idk about you but what my understanding was from this video is that Alex likes ff8's music a lot, and i can relate lol
What about ProjectSam Symphobia 1/2/3? I think it's awesome libraries. ( I used symphobia 1 and on my opinion it has VERY good strings and other sections at all)
very aged sounding library, cheesy
Hello!) What do you think for symphony series percussion library from NI's?
Hey alex, How does 8Dio Century Brass Ensemble stack up against metropolis ark I brass? i bet you can get some really nice layered brass with these two. More specifically how are the trumpets, are they close in power to metro ark I?
PSA: SOME OF THESE REQUIRE THE PREMIUM KONTAKT PLAYER NOT JUST THE FREE VERSION. I just wasted $269 on the Performance Samples Oceania only to figure that I need to shell out another $400 just to use it....
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I know the feel :|
Metropolis ark 1 and Albion One works with free kontakt player. Those are really amazing libraries.
Ark 1 is on a 63% off deal now for another week.
There's always thepiratebay.org
If you just buy Komplete instead, it includes Kontakt, and is usually half that price, and you get alot of other libs with it.
I can appreciate the personal preferences and these are fine libraries, but "definitive list" with no mention (other than the all-in-one Albion) of Spitfire strings, brass and woodwinds? Arguably some of the very finest stuff at Spitfire. (No, I'm not affiliated :-). Anyway, great stuff Alex :-)
Hi Alex! I have been watching your videos and they are very useful, but I would like to know whether you can make a tutorial on how to make percussive rolls in the daw because everytime I try to make one it sounds like a machine gun. The last thing would be how to separate each string instruments from a string ensemble which is playing chords. It would be very helpful and I would appreciate your help. Thanks!
Great selection. Thanks, Alex.
Looks like you could use some Batch Resaving on some things, like the Epic Dhol. :)
Holy crap, metropolis ark is almost 1000$ canadia!!
plugintorrent.com/orchestral-tools-metropolis-ark-1-v1-2-kontakt/
or 0$ canadia
I like that you talk in 1.25 speed, naturally
It's a skill! Or curse.
Good effort Alex ! We appreciate that ! :)
Cheers Stanislav!
11:41 - sounds like the horn of the tripods in the remake of War of the Worlds
Alex what do You think about Miroslav Philharmonic CE wich is now for about 39 euro ?
love u brother ....great work iam so thankfull to you
Great list! What about Hans Zimmer Percussion or Ark II?
Right on! Added them to the lsit. :)
Alex Moukala lsit ;)
Wow look who's here, Ashton Gleckman! I think Alex and Ashton are the two best tutors for orchestral music on youtube.
VERY good video, I thank you a lot for this list!
Yess, they may be incredible sounds but arajments are more incredible than them.
👏👏👏❤❤👏👍👍👍
Alex can we get this video for 2021 plss ???
Great list. You are an amazing composer!
Do you use the Komplete Kontrol midi keyboard? I'm thinking about getting the S49..
Can you do a video about the hardware you are using?
I've never tried those so I can't tell.
The only piece of hardware I'm using (except for my PC hardware) is an M-Audio Keystation 88 MkII as a keyboard. Which is a bit clanky, but for the little I use it it's not a huge issue for me.
Alex. Make a new one for 2020 too if you think you can add new stuff. Thanks! Cheers!
Thanks Alex. It is very confusing when starting out as there are just so many options out there.
Indeed.
The libraries I refer to at the beginning are the best starting point and will last you a long time as a beginner, in that case, those are THE best bet.
What MIDI keyboard are you using?
Hey Alex, may I ask which you would chose between "Jaeger" and "Albion One" or "Metropolis Ark 1" as a first library to start with making orchestral film music (Hans Zimmer, Two steps from hell, etc.) (not only the loud epic but also the quiet film music) ?:)
it should be besides sounding good (of course) be easy to use...... price does not matter, they're both insanely expensive :D
Great tutorial Alex. Do you use a slave computer with Vienna Ensemble Pro to house all your libraries? I'm gonna be upgrading my PC (actually buying a new one) and wondering my best course of action. I've rather not and just have 1 PC as I don't think my templates will get as large as some I've seen. Any thoughts?
I keep on hearing about the VEP & Slaves combo more and more everyday, but I think it might still be a bit early for me to look into that.
I might be wrong, but my template are not humongous to the point I need a slave machine to write orchestral music yet.
Not so sure about that as your template looks pretty big lol! :)
Curious if you have any issues with PC performance from the size of what you have loaded up and while steaming or video capture. Since you talk about libraries and not necessarily needing every single thing I'm wondering if you could also share your PC specs with us including ram, etc and graphics card too. I think it would help a lot of us just starting out.. Thanks! Keep up the great walk throughs.
How did you manage to load the damnation samples into the FL-browser?
Hi ...
What about MAJESTICA from 8dio
Alex, I haven't seen the video yet because I have little time right now, but I've seen your post on Reddit about the libraries. My question is what makes one library more suited for a certain type of music? For example, why is Cinematic Strings 2 more suited for quiet music than, Metropolis Ark? Say, if I had Cinematic Strings 2 only (which I don't unfortunately because I can't afford any library currently), what would the difference be if I composed a loud, epic orchestral on it as opposed to on Metropolis Ark? Also right now, how can I make the most out of free sample libraries (to make them sound more natural and realistic)?
It depends on the way they were sampled or recorded.
Metropolis Ark 1's instruments are sampled from f (forte) to fff (fortissimissimo), which means they played those instruments in a very loud way when they recorded the library. Thus, they'll sound loud.
Cinematic Strings 2 was recorded at much more quieter dynamics.
You can usually thicken the sound of a library by using plugins such as XFER OTT, by applying layering, or by using compression / EQing and all those things, but you'll never get the result you'd get by using a library that was made exactly to achieve a certain level of power.
It'll take you longer to get something that, most likely, won't sound as good.
Hi Alex! My dad recently ordered "Steinberg Absolute 3" which has the "HALion Symphonic Orchestra" in it aswell. Do you think that's a good orchestra plugin for a beginner like me? That would be first time with a plugin for me. My dad ordered absolute 3 cuz he's doing music aswell. I hope you can answer my question and thanks for this great video! Love you!
I never tried it so I can't really tell, but hey, Steinberg is great, any starting point is good, and you can always upgrade to new software if once you feel you've outgrown the ones you own. ;)
Thanks a ton Alex! If I had the money, I'd directly go ahead and buy metropolis ark, BOOM library etc :D Thanks for teaching us! I learned most of the stuff from you, thanks :)
Man, impressive covers and great info.
Alex, what is the difference between all metropolis ark versions? ... For instance, if I buy ark 4, will it include instruments of the previous ones? Or shall I buy them all?
It's all written on metropolis ark 1, 2, 3 and 4 website pages.
@@AlexMoukalaI did, thx man. What do you think about EW composer cloud orchestral products? .. do you think it's good for a starter composer?
What are your feelings on the Vienna Special Editions, etc ?
Vienna was the only gig in town for real sounding strings for years. Still have to respect the million samples they recorded and the infinite articulations. Looks like a very user hostile interface by today's standards. Not sure if the original Vienna Samples are 24 bit.
Crie hein solo violin is BANANASSS
Tina Guo Cello is on sale - including volume 2 with fast articulations!
This was very helpful!!!
Alex, would you recommend using the full version of Kontakt to use these libraries, or would the free version be sufficient?
This depends entirely on the library, you'll always find written on the site of each library if that particular one is compatible with Kontakt Player or not.
I wouldn't be surprised if at least half of all of these required the full version of Kontakt tho.
HEY Alex ,you can make a video like this to introduce your divices and hard wares.it could be grat if you do thid
Hey Alex, was wondering what you thought about NI Symphony series as a whole
Haven't tried them enough to give an opinion
@@AlexMoukala I got the whole suite on a sale and cross grade. Was looking to add a solid library to my arsenal. It's the most reputable orchestral library I have at the moment. I was considering Metropolis ark 2 (more of my style of music vs ark1). And then maybe down the road add Albion 1? I dunno 🤷🏾♂️
No BBC Symphony Orchestra? It seems to be the best out there imo
It wasn't yet released back then. Also, I don't think there is "the best" of anything in terms of sample libraries
Best video!!!
Amazing!
Great job maan!
what's that thing at 12:10 ? is it like a user-made internal controller?
it's an fl studio only plugin for switching articulations easiely
No Spitfire titles?
Hmm
He mentions Albion 1
Best harp library!
13:38 here you go sir!
How you got FL files in the video?. Would you share to links? I need to practice and learn
Does metroplis ark 1 work with the free kontakt player without limitations
thank you for the composer cloud information
would you ever offer those exported versions of these libraries sounds? like how you have those damage hits, etc.
That’s illegal
@@MiloMcCarthyMusic that's not illegal .. companies have websites all over the internet that sells sounds like that lmao
Rich Hustle it’s redistribution of paid sounds lol it’s very illegal unless you are licensed