I have had the Diamond Symphony Orchestra for many years now. It is a good purchase for $50 but it is an old dated program. It does include all of the orchestra instrument in many settings, i.e. full orchestra, chamber music settings, etc. My guess is that it may be around the same as your Philharmonik 2 program as that is also an old dated program.

IF you can afford it the Amadeus orchestra for Kontakt is a much better sounding orchestra. You have heard it on many of my instrumentals. It is on sale for $99 right now:

https://sonicscores.com/Amadeus/

IMHO the Indiginus Solid State Orchestra sounds better than the Diamond Orchestra even though "the "orchestra" sounds were modeled using analog synth waveforms." It sells for $59:

https://www.indiginus.com/solid-state-symphony

I use both of the above a lot in my recordings but I rarely use the Diamond Orchestra at all anymore. I also have Kirt Hunter's Virtuoso Ensemble but it is more expensive, as well as a number of other modified orchestra sounds from various companies..

You might want to listen to the demos and decide if either of the above programs meets your needs.


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