Originally Posted By: justanoldmuso
Mario.
thanks for those ideas.
much appreciated. very nice of you. your the midi king.
are these massive libs ?
your tag lines eg electric car always make my wife and i giggle. (keep em coming.)



It depends on what you mean by massive. They do cover all aspects of a symphonic orchestra like strings, brass, and percussive sections so in those terms they are massive.

If you mean by footprint then the are not that massive. You should look at the requirements for each product to determine exactly what is required.

Do you have the full version of Kontakt?

Also what DAW, if any, are you using? Some DAWs like Studio One Pro include some orchestra patches.

There are some free orchestra VSTis available:

https://hiphopmakers.com/free-orchestral-vst-plugins-best-orchestral-vst

Note that I do not have a lot of experience with these.

Garritan has a couple of orchestra VSTis available for purchase:

https://www.garritan.com/products/

I have their Personal orchestra and I use it on occasion.

To maximize the realistic sound of a MIDI orchestra mixing sounds from different products is a recommended. I have mixed Kirk Hunter's sounds with synth orchestra sounds, Garritan, GM, and other free orchestra sounds. Sounds from different companies have different timbres, thus when mixed can sound more realistic.

If I can think of others that I have heard and/or have, I'm not on my music computer right now, I will post them.

I hope this helps.

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