Why Metropolis Ark 1 Is My Favorite Orchestral Kontakt Library
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ธ.ค. 2018
- Since I've been asked this quite a lot these days, here's my take on why Metropolis Ark 1 is the best orchestral library for what I do, and which library you should get between Ark 1, 2 and 3 if you write Loud Orchestral Music.
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🎻 LIBRARIES & SOFTWARE:
(For each module, the libraries are sorted based on how much I like them).
- STRINGS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, Nucleus, Cinematic Studio Strings, Fluid Shorts, Cinematic Strings 2, Jaeger
- BRASS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, JXL Brass, Nucleus, Twelve Horn Ensemble, CineBrass CORE, Century Brass, Jaeger, Angry Brass
- CHOIR: Oceania, Metropolis Ark 1, Stormchoir 2
- WOODWINDS: CineWinds CORE, Nucleus, Metropolis Ark 1 & 3
- HYBRID PERCS & LOOPS: Damage, PercX, Decimator Drums, Cerberus
- BIG CINEMATIC PERCS: Los Angeles Modern Percussion, New Epic Toms Ensemble, New Epic Dhol Ensemble, CinePerc
- ORCHESTRAL PERCS: CinePerc, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, Kontakt Factory Library
- PIANO: The Giant, Woodchester Piano, Spitfire LABS Soft Piano
- HARPS & OTHERS: CineHarp, Kontakt Factory Library
- SYNTHS: Juggernaut, Serum, Harmor, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica,
- ORCHESTRAL SFX: Metropolis Ark 3, Palette Orchestral FX
- SOLO STRINGS: Tina Guo Solo Cello, Solos of the Sea, Cinematic Studio Strings Solo
- SOLO VOCALS: Jaeger, Vocalisa
- GUITARS: Basic Live Guitars & Bass routed into Waves GTR / Guitar Rig, Metropolis Ark 1, Heavyocity Atlantica
- TRAILER SFX: Custom / Private Samples, AVA Instinct, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Epic Sound Effects Quantum, Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.1, Juggernaut, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica, AizerX Classic Trailers Toolkit, AizerX Trailer SFX Tools
- REVERB: ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer
- MIXING & MASTERING: iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced, iZotope Neutron, FabFilter Pro-Q3, FL Studio Plugins
- DAW: FL Studio 20
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💻 HARDWARE & PC SPECS:
- Desktop PC: 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700k / 32GB DDR4 RAM / 2TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD
- Laptop PC: Asus ROG GLW752 (2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ / 16GB DDR4 RAM / 1TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD)
- Audio Interface: M-Audio M-Track Plus
- MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Keystation 49 MkIII - เพลง
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Apparently, Metropolis Ark 4 was just announced a few hours after I shot this video. COINCIDENCE?
-> th-cam.com/video/HH7gQCf2G54/w-d-xo.html
Now the question is, should I buy all 4 ?
Thanks for your videos ! Do you know how is the Metropolis Ark 4 compared to the first ? Would you recommend it more for a first library ?
@AlexMoukalaTutorials , what is the difference between ARK 1 and 4? I didn't find any information about it on the internet...
How to work with tempo changes and do 5.1 surround mix in FL
Your house is bugged 😂
It’s so heartwarming to find another orchestra producer using FL Studio.
^Another here!
Oh boys FL sucks ))) seriously, lotta other daws have way more midi processing features, Cubase is prolly the most powerful
@@angryktulhu switched to Logic Pro, best thing I’ve ever done
@@tialeqs9978 yeah that’s my fav daw (and I tried a dozen of them in the last 15 years). Cubase has more tools to work with midi tho ))) but I love logic for overall great user experience
@@angryktulhu FL is superior!!!!! free lifetime updates, who knows if it will obtain those processing features soon? I'm sticking with it for life
Because of you I’m getting ark 1 as a Christmas present for myself 😁
That's great! I'm also planning to get it for myself in Summer. How was it?
your CPU it's crying for help...
Indeed, wrote this on my desktop which could cope with it.
But I left it in Milan and I'm on my Laptop now, which is a bit weaker.
I bought the ARK bundle with 1 and 2 yesterday. Loved it so far!
Gotta watch the video now
You are back!Hope UK is treating you well!
Thanks Alex!!!
This looks like something I'm searching for!!!
It seems like I should start all over again in terms of video games covers, your work is so cool! But at least I finally found the orchestra library I was looking for for so long! Thanks for your reviews and your great music!
OMG these sound HUGE, thanks for sharing! I always loved the "cliché hyped trailer-like big orchestra" and although I have used some minor specific libraries in the past (like some cinematic brass ones and stuff), this seems like the perfect all-in-one solution.
Comunque, congratulazioni per il trasloco e la "nuova vita"! Buona fortuna!!
what a beautiful production. awesome work bro
Back on sale. Thanks for this.
@Fuji look in the description
Informative video! Thank you very much!!
Those audible glitches and flutters is your CPU screaming at you:
"Knock it off!"
I know this is an old video- but I bought Ark 1 years ago, and could never get it working on my DAW. I'm coming back to it now with a better understanding of how all of this works, and I've very excited to finish downloading and get it together. Thanks!
Thank you for few ideas . Im gonna try it !
Love ARK 1. Bought it and ARK 2 last week. Again, I'm a total noob to all this but I'm following along and looking to learn all I can!
Another thing to say about this library is that it blends very well with many other libraries.
Awesome review of Ark 1 dude! Ark 3 is probably my favourite for similar reasons: it's punchiness, attack, and just all-out power.
That sounds cool!
Could you find good use in it even in Trailer Music or "Epic Music" for listening purposes, as opposed to film scores?
Alex Moukala Oh absolutely, it’s very versatile in that regard. I think as long as your music is ‘epic’ in some way, Ark 3 will fit right at home. I personally use the string staccatissimos in every single project; they have so much grit. The timpani ensemble as well is so inspiring.
that's what I was saying
the fucking timpani ensemble lmao...
honestly just the fucking freight train of those rhythmic strings is enough to buy the library
Fascinating, my refrain is that as a stand-alone library the limitations of Ark 3 are pointed, it definitely needs to be mixed in with other sustained elements or libraries. Which isn't a bad thing, just an asterisk in thinking about recommending it. I personally love Ark 2 the most for a more subtle (compared to ark 1) tone, but I'm the kind of person more likely to just mix the best bunch of solo libraries I have in most use cases.
Hey Alex ! Did you have the chance to test Ark 2 now that 2 years passed ? Do you have new thoughts about it ? I was wandering about what librabries you were thinking when you said that it seems easy to replace.
Hello, Alex. Am I right, that if I buy your "Music Producer Pack" I may download all your midi stems that you shared by now? Maybe there are ready to use projects for DAW? If yes, will it be projects for FL or maybe for Cubase? Thank you.
Great Video, bro!
What's the best libraries for choirs in your opinion?
And for percussion, Berlin Series percussion Bundle is good?
I recently got my hands on Audio Imperia - Jaeger Hangar IV, which has the vocals of Merethe Soldvedt, and they are gorgeous. Obviously limited, cause you only get Merethe's voice (ooh's, aah's and mhm's). But the sound you get is just wow!
For percussion I got Audio Imperia - Cerberus. Really good for huge and big sounds. I also think Alex has a video about this library.
And I have the Native Instruments Symphony Series which includes a percussion library as well. Still experimenting with it, but so far I like it.
All these libraries had crazy offerings 2 weeks ago though, so that's why I bought 'em. Now their prices went back up.
It depends on the sound you're going for.
I personally like Ark 1, but also Oceania a lot for Choir. Though it mostly works as for loud sustains, marcato and staccato.
You can hear it in my Dream Is Collapsing cover: th-cam.com/video/4j-0xPsF-NQ/w-d-xo.html
For Percussion, from what I know I can recommend you Damage, Cerberus or Strikeforce for very aggressive stuff.
If you need some more organic / quiet orchestral percussion, I wouldn't know what to recommend (I personally use Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion for those and I like it a lot, but I don't exclude there might be something better out there)
I love Berlin Percussion, for me it's great. But yes, it's not a trailer percussion
truestrike 1 from project sam is really good and cheap (percussion)
Berlin percussion is an amazing library, but its not for epic stuff.
choir libraries on the other hand - ark 1 and 2 have nice choir stuff for epic things
dominus and Oceania are a killer combo, but even old ass EWQL symphonic choirs still works if you learn how to program/shape words with it
I like that you can buy individual instruments. The low strings and trombone are the most epic parts to my ear. Layered on top of a lower priced and more subtle full section library they really shine.
Hey bro, greetings from CUBA, please I need to ask you how you do to manage the initial delay of the sounds of Metropolis ARK 1...I do Symphonic Metal and it´s very difficult to me to find a track compensation to sync the MA1 with my other tracks... I think is between 50 - 80 ms but... based on your experience...How you manage it?
Alex, have you noticed that the middle A on the High Strings multi articulation patch sounds out of tune? It's very noticeable on the unison sustains articulation for me.
IMO there is no „the best library“ out there. The most powerful tool for a composer like you and me is to know what the library can and can’t do. After you figured that out, you are in the first row of greatness ;)
hey man i love your videos and i'm definitely looking forward to getting this plugin. does it work with kontakt 5?
I tweeted to *OrchestralTools* ✅
Alex what do you think about native instruments symphony series collection or symphony essentials? Or what do you think about The Orchestra from sonuscore`?
Do you have a map or chart/list of which piano keys are mapped to which individual instrument samples in the two ARK 1 percussion sections?? Not the drum set, already know those. Thanks!
Hello Alex, I'm really enjoying your youtube content. I recently bought Metropolis Ark 1 and i love it, but I'm now wondering that is it normal that some orchestra instruments are mixed very low volume compared to other instruments when loaded to Kontakt player default volume. etc. my Contrabassoons and trombones are much lower volume level compared to high string and other? Should i turn up the levels on kontakt?
Hey Alex, I am looking for some percussion like Tubular Bells, Glockenspiel, Timpani, Triangle, Xylophone... Does ARK have it?
If not, which libraries do you recommend?
How about the Swarm from Spitfire Audio?
BBC Symphony orchestra from spitfire has all that. I have a feeling alex doesnt like spitfire audio , ive never seen him mention them
@@MiloMcCarthyMusic well, spitfire is more into classical music, and trailer epic music requires impact and power. So. Maybe.
R. Etesky well I don’t know about that, Albion One is basically metropolis ark 1 without the choir and better sampled
Ark 1 for the Sine player is on sale today for a limited time on the orchestraltools site. Get it while you can!
I subscribed after falling in love with that composition of "The Landing."
Hey! Fantastic stuff you are doing on here. I had a question in regards to Kontakt. Are you just using the player, and then adding sound libraries, or is this a full copy of Kontakt 6? (I'm sure you get asked all these things a bunch)
Idk if answering this after 2 years is useful or not,but Metropolis Ark 1 works with Kontakt player,so does most(if not all) of the commercial libraries out there
I can't take away the reverb. Are the samples of the bows recorded with effect? Or can I take it off?
Hey, would you say Metropolis Ark 1 could work well together with Jaeger? So far Jaeger is my go to-library, but sometimes I miss a little brunt in its sound. You're absolutely right about that the samples are pretty well defined but i think they could use a little more punch in the face. So i 'm about to get my hands on Ark 1 for a loud and rich base and intend to maybe bring out the main points by combining it with JAEGER.
Bro a small doubt...I'm asking this again.. sorry!! Can it manage the series of metropolis ark1, ark2, ark3, with i5 -8th gen ,16gb ram ,500 GB SSD &
1 TB HDD...is these specs are enough to handle the metropolis ark1 ark2
ark 3 libraries...without any issues..majorly I'm gonna use these libraries only..plzzzz clarify it...thanks a lot for guiding us this much...
I currently only own Jaeger. The Bottleneck I am experiencing is the Percussion. Do you guys think ARK 3 is a good option since it is on discount? I am not sure if I am going to use the atonal clusters all that much so I'm really not sure…
I'd really like to see a video or even have you here in the comments share a piece of your mind, Alex, in regards to what was the driving factor for you when it came to choosing your first song to cover during your baby steps in composition. Was it something relatively affordable to recreate with the hard-earned libraries you got for yourself for starters, or did you pick your libraries specifically for the setup you heard in the musical piece you attempted to do? Was it a strenuous and tedious journey which eventually paid off, or was it a stroll in a park since you knew what you were doing all along? Were you much like those guys who put up epic and complex tracks with an annotation in the description "i just picked up fl studio and some libraries this is my first ever composition lol" or did you have to work really hard at it, often questioning whether you're even going to make it where you want to be? (I know that in some of your videos you already mentioned that you indeed practiced intensively to exhaustion, but a recap of that would be nice, too.) I reckon that a lot of us would be interested in a tale of the hardships you had to endure in order to achieve your own piece of greatness that we look up to now. As well as getting to know your methods for overcoming limitations bound to either max capabilities of your first set of libraries or your own skill back when you started.
By the way, great video! Can really see why you love Ark 1 so much. That juicy sound is to die for.
I've never been a fan of the idea of climbing a whole mountain in one step. I prefer doing it one step at a time.
My first songs weren't that much complicated in comparison tot he songs I'm doing now, but they were "difficult" to write for me at that time.
I always set myself and tackled one or two challenges maximum per each song, relative to what my skill level was when I began such songs, instead of trying to figure out the entire puzzle in one go as that's very counterproductive.
If you want an example, one of my first ever compositions's challenge was:
- use nexus2 to create a track that has a structure, a melody and and chord progressions going on.
So happy I still waited a bit before buying. I was hoping they would do a black friday deal, but no...
Then I had a few other deals, and I was like, fine I'll get Metropolis next month, but I guess it's never going to be on sale...
Two weeks later they come up with these crazy deals, I'm like aaaaaw yeah! 😁
You're a lucky man!
Love song
I'm having trouble setting up Metropolis Ark 1 to keyswitch between articulations using the brso plugin, can you help? Thanks in advance.
Never mind sir, I came across the presets in your other video about ark 1, thanks a million also!
Hi Alex, are the individual midi files available in your patreon?
*It's a beautiful library.*
What's the next best library where you CAN compose per instrument? There's something about patching that makes me feel like it would limit my compositions rather than expand them.
Thanks for the review! I know it might be out of place here, but how much is the rent in London?
London is so huge and vast that rent changes a lot depending on the area (and how many flatmates you're willing to live with).
For decent apartments which are not too far from the center, I'd say It's higher than Milan, but not by a huge shot.
Does the Albion series and Ark series compliment one another, or are they totally redundant to each other? If I have the complete Albion series, do I need the Ark's?
That Metropolis Ark 1, 2, 3, and 4, is the most beautiful instrument and it's useful for those genres: Semi-Loud, Epicness, True Hollywood, and Soundtrack Orchestra.
The Fact is, I like what Orchestral Tools they made.
Thank you, Alex! Always helping a lot. The Arks are heavy on cpu? I have an Mac Mini (Late 2012), Core i7 (quad), 16gb, 128SSD and running libraries from my LaCie - 7200 rpm - usb 3.0. Planning to get an external SSD for this stuff. (I was going to upgrade my machine but I'm thinking about doing this later since i never saw an sale like that with Orchestral Tools)
I honestly can't tell, my orchestrations get quite big very easily so they're CPU intensive no matter what I use at a certain point.
On my laptop here (ASUS ROG GL752w) I will have to freeze some tracks eventually to read my projects (like I did in this video for example).
Thank you for your answer,@@AlexMoukala ! Just so i have an ideia, do you mind telling me if you use an external hard drive for you libraries? If so, is an SSD or all this things aren't really THAT necessary?
@@MarcinhoFernandesOficial I do use an SSD and it makes loading times way faster. It's also ideal for DFD patches in kontakt libraries.
Would never go back to HDD.
Is it still worth getting in 2021 or the ark 2/3/4 (is there a 4 already?) is a better deal?
Hello,
I have a big problem with the expressions map and articulations with orchestral tools ark 1, I search the internet on orchestration forums, can not find an answer, I explain, I want to use via kontakt "Strings Finckenstein High" and all these articulations, so I load each articulations in kontakt, "High Bartok strings Pizzicato Col Legno, Glissandi cluster, glissandi up, etc." I load in expression map the preset "String Finckenstein High" that I found on the forum (VI-control), we can see articulations in the midi editor on cubase that appear, but at the data level via the "expression map configuration" I do not understand how to connect the articulations of the instrument to midi information. In the "expression map configuration" what to put in "output settings"? I have tried a multitude of options, nothing is consistent and my joints either do not work, or it is not the right one that is triggered,
can someone help me? Thank you
I haven't ever used expression maps so I can't help there.
Maybe look for videos on how to make a custom one so you get it right.
if i use any ARK library with the free kontakt 6.1.1, will it have the 15 minute demo thing?
Hey dudes! I bought Metropolis Ark 1 but I have a great problem with latency...it seems like the sounds have a slighty delay I noticed that when I add a drums track and my metropolis strings sound awful out of time. It´s normal this on this library ? I have to guess the delay compensation on FL studio to correct that, I dont see anything about it in the MA1 Manual... HELP!!!
Check the sound align thing in the audio setting
Alex you're so great, I wish I could make music like you... Right now I make good music, but I need to make it more epic like you...
Write music everyday and you'll get there and beyond really
Alex Moukala Thank you Alex for your guidance. I'll do that. 🙂😊 I will never give up. 💝 I hope maybe we'll meet someday 🙂
Do you use negative track delay for any (or all) of the patches? If so, which patches and how much?
I do on most orchestral instruments (not only ark1) , usually to taste as every library has its own attack times
Okay so from what I have heard, Ark 2 might be replacable in terms of loudness of course, however it's a great sound just as Ark 1.
In this video you even said that you couldn't make a quite intro for you track "the Landing". Now imagine, Ark 2 has a very similar sound to Ark 1, both blend perfectly together. They build up on eachother in terms of dynamic possibilities and combined are an unbeatable combo. They were recorded by the same team in the same stage. I would always choose that combo instead of combining Ark 1 with a totally different library, recorded by another brand. Gonna have to try that out for myself though
Yeah that's a good point: the idea of blending two libraries from the same brand / series is a good one.
Plus, getting both right now, since they're discounted, is not a bad idea financially speaking.
However, I personaly just preferred to buy additional libraries like Cinematic Strings 2, 8Dio Century Brass etc., which do way more than just being quiet and intimate.
Metropolis Ark 1 blends perfectly with so many libraries anyhow.
So I just bought the holiday deal and am just getting around to it. It took forever to download. I’m using protools and am having issues with how ark 1 and 2 is responding. I transferred on to an HDD 2 tb drive and the drive overloads in playback. Any pointers? Should I invest in a SSD drive?
If your HDD is too slow, it could be an issue if that's where the samples are being streamed from.
Try to move them to a faster HDD you might have and see if that makes a difference.
If it does, it would make sense to get an SSD.
Bought it :D
Got it for free :D
I own East West Hollywood and I rarely use it because the patches just take so damn long to load. How are the loading times with Ark?
if you use kontakt it won't take that long (but this depends on where you stored it and you computer speed) just use kontakt and store it in you C drive and it will be loaded in a few seconds. Just keep in mind the all articulations patches takes quite a little more time compared to just one articulation
We need metropolis tutorials....
One issue I seem to have with this library as I cannot make anything sync. How would I go about doing that? Every time I try to do a crescendo, it does not sync automatically.
The 2 workarounds that everyone uses are either time patches for kontakt time machine, or use the modwheel to make your own crescendo lenghts
Hi,can anyone help me with this problem :)?
Is it possible to achieve the same loudness and epicness with the inspire 1 library when you use lots of compression and eq? I'm really struggling to pick one. Ark1 or Inspire 1. I already own cinematic studio strings, but am in need for good brass and percussion. How are the strings in the Orchestral tools compared to the ones of CSS? Also, there's a 100 dollar difference in price between Ark 1 and Inspire 1 :)
And what is the difference between Ark 1 and 2?
Thank you!
Ark 1 is the louder library, but it can't go that quiet. It fits very good into your trailer and epic music works.
On the other side, Ark 2 is the quiet library, which can't go loud. Also it has other instruments than 1 like Fluegelhorns, Wagnertubas, Altoflutes, Children's choir,...
Great brass, great choir, great string, yeah its good, but for strings I prefer the basses of cinestring core, but Metropolis is really awesome! My 2nd favorite
I already have an Albion one, but I'm unhappy with Brass. So, will Metropolis Ark 1 be the solution?
If you want prominent / loud brass, yes. And you'll also get all the other insturments as well.
Albion One will be great for the quiet parts and Ark 1 for the loud ones. However, you might also want to consider getting standalone brass libraries like CineBrass, Caspian, 8Dio Century Brass, Trailer Brass etc. depending on their price and what you exactly need.
What Is a stem? is it possible to buy the fl studio file somewhere?
The stems are the separated audio files of all the insturments in the songs, you can get them + the MIDI of the project on my Patreon page (but not the FL Studio file, you wouldn't be able to open that on any computer that is not my own).
Do I need to own Kontakt to run metropolis ark 1? Together they add up to $1100 :/
I noticed in their page they have both a (pricier, not updated) kontakt version and a regular version. What's the difference? Should I save and get kontakt 6 first? Is it really worth it?
I don't want to overexpend, please guide me. I use FL too.
Metro 1 and 2 can run in the free sine player now, all of these are compatible with the free version of kontakt
I can't decide between this and nucleus. I wanna have quieter less Trailer like elements in my pieces. Ark 1 is really loud. But the choirs! I want them both
@@johna4457 which choir do you reccomend more?
@@MiloMcCarthyMusic what kind of sound are you going for?
TheFalseProphet most versatile
It’s now 2023. Should I still get Ark 1? Or is there something better for the same/lower price?
i downloaded metropolis ark 1 kontakt version, i am afraid 69 gb is that okay to download??
What do you think about Miroslav Phillermonik 2?
Never tried it, nor have I heard any of my professional compser friends mentioning that library, so I don't really know if it's worth it.
This library is also very cool - Orchestral Tools - Berlin Strings II
I can't figure out how to keyswitch in Metropolis Ark! Help please.. Other libraries I can just press a key in the 0 range and it switches but this doesn't work in Metropolis ark for some reason. What am I doing wrong??? :(
Most OT libraries don’t use keyswitches but instead of have separate patches for differently articulations
@@marLamaDeo I see. That's how they did it. Thanks! Then I can stop looking now. Just hoped I didn't need to open up several instruments and wonder how I can easily play one melody over multiple instruments to switch between different articulations mid-melody -_-'
Hey Alex!
What is your opinion on Berlin Orchestra Inspire 2? As someone who already owns BOI 1, I'm considering buying the second one as well now when it's at a discount, but I'm interested if you could give any input on whether or not you think it's a good idea? Thanks!
I haven't tried BOI 2, in all honesty I thought I would use BOI 1 way more than I did.
Since that didn't happen, I chose not to look at BOI 2.
I don't think they're bad libraries, but they probably don't fit my style so much right now.
I think Inspire 1 is better than Inspire 2. Have you looked at Project Sam Orchestral Essentials part 1 and 2 instead of Berlin Inspire 2? If you don't have Ark 1 get that instead though. I like Spitfire Albion 1 and 2 though too. Depends on the price, but I think they are all better than Inspire 2. The Orchestral Tools stand alone libraries like the Berlin Woodwinds and Berlin Brass are amazing though. I tried Ark 2 and Ark 3 at a friends house and didn't really like either (especially 3 which I couldn't get anything to sound good, but that might be my fault more than the library). Also Project Sam Symphobia 1 is a decent all-in-one library too and has strings, brass, winds and percussion like the Inspire series. I'd at least check out their videos and demos before purchasing Inspire 2
Can you make softer orchestral music with this library or does it always have the epic powerful feel?
"If you want to write quite stuff with Ark 1, forget it" at 7:40 th-cam.com/video/YLWI7lnHJTk/w-d-xo.html
Powerful all along, metropolis ark 2 is for softer stuff.
Personally I use ark 1 along with many other libraries to achieve a full range of dynamics.
List of libs in the description
how did you install metropolis ark?
Are you going to review metropolis ark 5?!!!!
1st video in London!
Woo!
Indeed, I'm still alive and with a decent internet connection. We should celebrate!
@@AlexMoukala make a video where you show us the flat and maybe also the differences between milan and london
What's your second favorite library after this one?
Final fantasy 8? Sounds great!
How does Ark 1 compare to Nucleus? Why would you have both?
Have you reviewed Albion 1 yet?
Instant follow for scoring in FL. Haters going to hate but living proof it’s possible and not only that but up to standard
Orchestral Tools lets you buy single instruments from their collections now. What do you consider the best instruments in Ark 1? Thanks!
Surely the brass and the choir.
The low strings patch is also irreplaceable for a big low-end, though it's too heavy to be used at all times
Ark 1 or Project Sam Orchestral Essentials ? BTW: most of my libraries are part of Komplete 11 Ultimate. I see you also own this. Would it be possible to write a track with only instruments from Komplete 11 Ultimate ? Would be nice to see what you can do with it... Thanks !
Metropolis Ark 1 blows the other one out of the water I think, it's much much newer.
As for Komplete, I don't have the ultimate version so I can't tell from experience.
Which great libraries do you have there?
@@AlexMoukala Besides Komplete Ultimate, I have some Keepforest libs like Vikings and Evolution Atlantica/Dragon, some stuff from Impact Soundworks like Juggernaut and a bundle I bought from Sound Iron. I think I've made the wrong choices here and there, there are some great sounds in all the libs I have, but they are kind of cheap, so nothing that blows your mind I guess. Problem is I have a lot of libs and constantly want to buy new ones, but I haven't made any piece of music with them, because I don't know where to start :/ (watching your videos would be a step in the right direction I guess)
@@lucvw1975 I have Ultimate 11. It was my first purchase and yes, you can definetly write whole tracks with it.
What's missing the most though are legato strings in my opinion (but session strings have legato, symphony series strings dont)
@@nilstarlight Do you have examples of tracks made with Ultimate 11 ?
@@lucvw1975 I myself haven't published a track like that yet, sorry. Look on Native Instruments sites for demos. It's not easy finding a lot of videos like that, but here on TH-cam you will find some examples as well. What's definetly lacking the least from Ultimate 11 are Synths and Percussion of all kinds. The symphony essentials still contain everything you need if you are a beginner imo, and more than that
Hi Alex could you please do a video about orchestral moods, please?
What do you mean with orchestral moods?
Did you mean modes?
No. Sadness, tension, magical and mysterious feelings for example and how to generate those moods by the way of instrumentation and harmony for example.@@AlexMoukala
@@MultiBelz Oh! That's a good idea for a few tutorials. Might talk about that in the future
esperé a que hicieras sonar los vst....
What about Berlin Essentials 1 & 2. 😏
You probably won't care it this but what do you think avout "Miroslav Philharmonik 2"? It's said to be the best budget library.
As I replied in another comment:
I never tried it, nor have I heard any of my professional compser friends mentioning that library, so I don't really know if it's worth it.
I saw your orchestration video of a "russian piece" and read the libraries in the description, searched for reviews on youtube and realized I was on the same channel hahaha. Great work, man, after this I'm very convinced on getting Komplete... I'm currently using East West Composer's Cloud, but I find it harder to get that clean, yet powerful orchestration sound seen here. Anyway, you're very talented. Kudos
taking this opportunity... How long did it take for you to finish this project?
@Fuji no. It is a subscription-based thing. I’ve had terrible customer service with east west.
is it still your favorite?
im here after buying it ..i expected seperate patches for violins , viola , cello and double basses ..for the convenience of writing counter melodies..
Try spitfire BBC Core
It's sad but there's no pizzicato in all the strings sections on the entire Metropolis ark series, but Is still amazing!
Is there no way one could take another library like NI Symphonic Orchestra or VSL or Albion One and make them sound as loud and powerful as Ark?
I haven't tried all of those, but from experience: I think you can definitely get close with layering / compression / processing.
But I'm not sure you can get to the same exact result since Ark 1 is loud at its core.
How to install
I´m charging all my ki to buy this baby before the sale ends 😬!
Time to pay justice to my name, get epic, big and powerful! haha
Haha we talked about which libraries to buy few weeks ago. I remember you mentioning Metropolis Ark as well.
Enjoy it man, you gonna love it!
I'm very close, couple of days away. Thanks man! Can't wait :p
Alex! I know you have connections with orchestral tools . What are the odds you are posting this video the day they announce ark 4?? 😉
Holy crap, they did?
Edit: you weren't kidding. Sounds pretty awesome!
@@AlexMoukala it does sound awesome but im a little disappointed. Didnt blew my mind , i thought its gonna be something new and unique but its not really haha. oh well. My first guess was that its gonna have something to do with synths and a powerfull orchestra, guess i was wayyy off 😂
1 & 2 for 500€ !! Via native instruments
GET 👏🏾
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Currently $1,366.00
whaaat I want that deal!
Is the deal available this year?
Yeah, so shitty price for beginners. But still a great vst.
I’m also wanting to buy FL studio and some good plugins to make music and enjoy it. To put my emotion in it. Too bad i don’t have the money to buy those because I need to spend it on other things. It’s hard to get a thousand dollars as a 14 years old... Love your video’s alex!
You don't need $1000. Logic pro is cheap and comes with so many free sounds. Sonarworks is a great DAW and is FREW now. So many options, there are NO barriers to creating music now.
Yes, there are a few DAWs you can use for free, for example MuLab. Just be warned that it will play noise periodically if you use features that they want you to pay for. There are also loads of free synthesizer instruments available online, and even a few free orchestral sample libraries. Have a look around!
Will Metropolis Ark 2 allow me to compose soft contemporary emotional type of soundtracks? I want to have possibility to use FFF from Ark 1 but i mostly make more quiet music, so will ark 1 + ark 2 bundle cover my needs? And does Ark 1 + Ark 2 cover everything that Albion One covers in your opinion?
The amazing combination of what you're looking for is Metropolis Ark 1 and ProjectSAM symphobia 2. Try doing a bit of research on symphobia 2, it's still a very great library that use by a lot of composers but don't promote it because it's a gem of a library and sound fantastic (Composers try to hide it and keep it a secret to their sound).
@@Ninja-pc3gd I know that Symphobia 1 and 2 are great indeed. I keep an eye on them. I got that bundle Ark 1 and Ark 2 in the meantime though and im very much satisfied so far. I also have Red Room Audio Symphonic Sketchpad. All of this allow me to have moderate freedom in composing i must say. Minor problem is that in Ark 2 there is noticeable noise floor but it still sounds great and unique. My next goal is probably Komplete Ultimate and then i will try to get either Project Sam stuff or Jaeger. But there is also possibility to go with CineSamples Core libraries but this will depend solely on my budget. And lastly thanks for answer!
@@krzakson8, Jaeger is very similar to Ark 1 but the solo vocal by Merethe Soltvedt on that library is untouchable but you can buy that separately. Good luck on your compositions, I hope you will be successful.
thought i recognized that source tune.