I want to buy my first orchestral library. I've narrowed my choices to Project Sam, Symphobia 1 or Spitfire, Albion One. Comments/advice to help me choose? TIA
I'm running Cubase Pro 12 on PC.
First Orchestral Library, Symphobia 1 or Albion One?
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Re: First Orchestral Library, Symphobia 1 or Albion One?
They are both good sounding libraries, having used both I reach for Syphobia more - I think it's because I prefer the interface rather than the sounds being the deciding factor
I just find it more intuitive and it hase some really good multi's which I've found handy for Sync.
I just find it more intuitive and it hase some really good multi's which I've found handy for Sync.
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I say Albion ONE, I use it quite often, and also because I do not have/have never tried Symphobia, but have heard many good things about it
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agree, vote for Albion ONE
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Re: First Orchestral Library, Symphobia 1 or Albion One?
Thanks for the comments all. I bought Albion One in the end.
I saw a good YouTube comparison which didn’t have a clear winner because they both are obviously very good, but it had a lot of seemingly impartial detail on both. I went with what I thought would suit me best personally. I liked the idea of the multi’s with Symphobia though, so to test a potential workaround for mulis with Albion, I loaded a few sections from the free BBC SO Discover on different DAW tracks, selected all the tracks simultaneously and played my keys. The result was similar to a multi. It certainly sounded good, except that each instrument section was on its own track, which could be handy for mixing and editing. A nice feature of BBC SO btw is that the note ranges are set to match what the actual instruments can play, so you have your keyboard splits set according to the real instruments, keeping it authentic. I thought that was pretty neat.
Anyway, happy to have a nice setup to work with now. Thanks for the input.
I saw a good YouTube comparison which didn’t have a clear winner because they both are obviously very good, but it had a lot of seemingly impartial detail on both. I went with what I thought would suit me best personally. I liked the idea of the multi’s with Symphobia though, so to test a potential workaround for mulis with Albion, I loaded a few sections from the free BBC SO Discover on different DAW tracks, selected all the tracks simultaneously and played my keys. The result was similar to a multi. It certainly sounded good, except that each instrument section was on its own track, which could be handy for mixing and editing. A nice feature of BBC SO btw is that the note ranges are set to match what the actual instruments can play, so you have your keyboard splits set according to the real instruments, keeping it authentic. I thought that was pretty neat.
Anyway, happy to have a nice setup to work with now. Thanks for the input.
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