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Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 7:09 pm Post subject: Why No Kronos Orchestral Brass Libraries? (& woodwinds)
The likes of Korg, Kapro and Karo (and other brands of course!) have tempted us with their wonderful orchestral string libraries for a good few years now but there don't seem to be any good orchestral brass (& woodwinds etc.) libraries - even Karo rely mostly on the stock Kronos brass and woodwinds to mix with their own samples
There is the odd instrument here and there (e.g. Sonatina) but every time I search the web the tumbleweed keeps blowing past.
I'm not really sure why this is, maybe there just isn't the market for it...
I don't know if the Kronos is used for used for full on movie soundtracks/scores which is what your example sounds like. The film score producers likely use Digital Performer and a few PC's running Gigastudio, etc, etc for their platform.
Its possible that the Kronos can be used for indie productions.
Anyway, I like that demo. I don't recall hearing anything close enough from the 3rd party sample lib authors. _________________ Kronos 88. MODX8
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:05 am Post subject:
Probably a silly question, but have you tried the brass expansion that comes preloaded with the Kronos? It's not loaded by default.
Personally, I use Extreme Sample Converter to port across sample libraries from Kontakt rather than buying expansions specifically for the Kronos anyway. Kronos libraries are expensive an non-transferrable, which doesn't make them more good long-term investment in my eyes. _________________ Current Equipment:
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Probably a silly question, but have you tried the brass expansion that comes preloaded with the Kronos? It's not loaded by default.
Personally, I use Extreme Sample Converter to port across sample libraries from Kontakt rather than buying expansions specifically for the Kronos anyway. Kronos libraries are expensive an non-transferrable, which doesn't make them more good long-term investment in my eyes.
How are the results when you sample from Kontakt libraries to the Kronos? Some of the (e.g. Guitars from 3. party have alot of vel. layers and scripts) is that possible to replicate on the Kronos? I've never tried this myself, as I just got the Kronos this week - but I'm VERY interested in hearing more about your results, if you'd take the time to explain. _________________ Korg Pa3X 76
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Why No Kronos Orchestral Brass Libraries? (& woodwin
Peas&Carrots wrote:
The likes of Korg, Kapro and Karo (and other brands of course!) have tempted us with their wonderful orchestral string libraries for a good few years now but there don't seem to be any good orchestral brass (& woodwinds etc.) libraries - even Karo rely mostly on the stock Kronos brass and woodwinds to mix with their own samples
I have a few KARO/KApro libraries. There are some new brass sounds and even a few woodwinds (woodwind and flute ensembles, duduk, several pan flute variations, and uilleann pipes).
Nothing fancy, but here is a video of me going through several orchestral brass programs, from KApro and Korg's EXs 16. The focus is on orchestral brass, but obviously there are many saxes and other horns I didn't get to.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:30 am Post subject:
It may have something to do with money and effort. The amount of work that goes into creating multisamples from an entire orchestra is substantially more than sampling a single instrument or a sound, you have to pay all those musicians, too! Since Korg included EXs3 with the Kronos, everyone probably chose to work on other projects, especially because EXs3 was so good. _________________ Korg Kronos-61, 01/Wfd, SONAR Pro
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