I was always blown away by how precise Acoustic Samples's stuff sounded. The legato is pretty much flawless, and they got everything to sound so clean and seamless. Hats off to the developers.
I remember getting the Aaron Venture Infinite Woodwinds, and I just couldn't stop smiling when using them. This new approach to virtual instruments is just so liberating!
I bought Infinite Brass and Infinite Woodwinds recently, and I’m very happy with them too. The playability is insane. I may need something else for exposed solos or jazzier stuff, but for ensemble brass and winds in an orchestral context, I don’t think I’ll be looking for anything else for a good while. Having access to separate instruments that sound different is great for realistic ensemble writing, but being able to do that all on a laptop with minimal RAM footprint is incredible.
Infinite sounds excellent - and the playability appears even better. "Liberating" is a fitting word. I'm so thankful for sample libraries. Yet, they can be frustrating as heck.
Another banger, Anne-Kathrin! And yeah, I'm right there with you. These are game changers. I've basically only been using Sample Modeling Brass and Aaron Venture's stuff for a while, abandoning everything else, but I will be trying the VWinds because they do sound wonderful. I can't imagine there's anything else left to do with orchestral percussion, and the moment someone manages to do this with the strings section (supposedly Aaron Venture's been working on this) I'm dropping CSS and everything else. Can you imagine being able to have all your orchestral instruments in like a couple dozen tracks? *faints*
This library is heading in the right direction. As a brass player, I have found the Sample Modeling Trumpet the most realistic Trumpet I've heard so far. The horn is great, as well. Then, the trombone and tuba are also top notch. They are wonderful to use as a layer to other brass libraries or on their own.
Hi ! Since you like Samplemodeling , I thought I'd send you a message to check out my channel... I play The Trumpet rumpet 3 🎺 ! I agree with you !! 😜. Sad that Samplemodeling doesn't exist anymore , because their trumpet was the best ever ! The only thing I'm fighting now is a bit of shrillness in the highs on the high notes played loudly .. I play a Yamaha WX-5 wind synth ... Cheers ! 👍
Maybe it's just me as a clarinet player but I don't find the clarinets convincing, they sound kind of saxophone/english horn. This shouldn't be the case because while all are closed tube models all of the instruments I mentioned are conical bores and clarinets are cylindrical, so they should generate completely different overtone series. I listened to the demos on the product page and yes the true niente isn't modeled correctly and the vibrato is crazy but the tone on some of the sustains is unfocused. Listening to the Aaron Venture Infinite Woodwinds the over exaggerated vibrato is still there but overall the sound is more convincing.
I agree. As someone who has listened to many wonderful clarinetists, I hear these VI as having the wrong harmonic spectrum. Typically we should hear more emphasis of the odd harmonics which give clarinet its round, almost hollow woody tone, especially in the lower range of the instrument. These samples sound more nasal, like the timbre of the upper range.
As mentioned in the video you can shape the sound however you want. I have my preferred EQs and reverbs applied, especially for the piece I wrote, but someone else might make completely different sound choices. It definitely sounds much warmer out of the box but that doesn’t cut through in the type of orchestral piece I wrote.
I hang out in a room with celli, bass, viola, tenor sax, and what happens goes straight to stereo mix, reflecting the room we are in. And love the Bass Clarinet.
Thanks for the review, Anne-Kathrin. Food (and wine!) for thought. Will be checking out these libraries tomorrow. Yes, a new string library could be a game-changer. Now… why do I fancy a glass of wine? 🍷
Thank you! Yes, physical or hybrid modeling is definitely the future of virtual instruments. But, that will also mean that composers will have to be much better players themselves if they want to really use all the possibilities of such instrument. Or, they will have to spend much more time editing expressions of already played track. Which also means that good musicians will not be in danger. On the contrary! Awareness of good musicians will just rise and they will have I believe even more job than before.
I love the interface but for those who have the time to tinker with the endless options, bless you. All these accelerated options are just deferring your greatness in writing.❤
The plugin Kick 2, used be a lot of EDM veterans is an example of a hybrid approach where the kick drum is synthesised and then they layer it with a sample of a click at the beginning of the sound. It works well. I think most physical modelling instruments are hybrid.
8:03 Samplemodeling (the company) also uses samples. As far as I can tell, the basic concepts of Acoustic Samples and Samplemodeling (or Aaron Venture, for that matter) are very similar. I guess the standout accomplishment of Acoustic Samples has been to capture the tone of the instruments exceptionally well by the standards of that niche.
Recently I have worked on a project and I needed a Rhode. I have wonderful libraries for Rhodes and so many keyboard in my house, including a Nord stage 4. I have made my demo with a library first and I quickly recorded the Rhode part of the music with the stage 4 Rhode patch. That was like travelling to an other dimension. 😅 Then the day of recording, at the studio, we had access to a real Rhode... Gosh the mighty! That was like a parallel dimension to access to heaven! The reactivity of the instrument!!🤩 Rhodes are not just electric instruments, there is a mechanical part in it that any patches on any libraries or keyboard emulating the instrument will never replace in my opinion. Imagine with acoustic instrument! Just to say that in my view, the real energy of human player playing a piece is something we will not be able to emulate perfectly before a very very long time. Playing music is not just following instruction on a sheet with length, rythm and dynamics instructions, but you probably know that more than any of us.😅 So developing libraries, software or scripts, is like dividing a number indefinitely for reaching zero without actually reaching it. I don't see AI as an enemy of musicians either. First of all because AI is actually not an AI. It is a very complex and well developed software but it is actually not an "intelligence". Companies developing those software call them AI but it is not really. Where I can see the threats is on a lot of smaller jobs for composers. Everything like those website where you can sell music for series, or anything like that, that is something that those "AI" will be able to do in a very near future (if not now). But it will not replace a song writer an original artist or a film composer, because you have that original research of creativity that is needed that an AI can't do. An other area in my opinion, that can be threatened by AI to a degree, is mixing and mastering. AI are still having mitigate results in that area but I can see how it will improve very quickly in the next few years. But again, that will work in very generic music in my opinion. We will still need a human being for any music that is very creative with more "complex" arrangement or orchestration.
I was thinking the same as the game developer. I went back and played Dark Forces last summer and I noticed its adaptive soundtrack for the first time, which was MIDI and super responsive. I'm only worried that having these libraries available in game engines is going to become a major licensing hassle. We'll see where it goes. For what concerns the future: I'm hoping for this technology to be the future. After having spent a few years working on Aaron Venture Infinite Winds and Brass and Sample Modeling Strings, I find it super hard going back to traditional sample libraries. I want the freedom of writing a scale run and have the instrument play exactly how I've conceived it.
Hello. First time viewer of your channel. Loved watching this video. I'm now a subscriber. Beautiful piece with this library. I have been following Acoustic Samples for a while now. I think the quality and sound of these libraries are fantastic! ON top of that, the amount of control is amazing! I will say I do agree with all points you covered. I do think what Acoustic Samples is doing is the future. It was really cool to hear these sounds from a classical point of view. I love Jazz, but its great to know that these work in multiple styles. I will add that as a blind musician, the learning curve with sample libraries can be steep some times because of the amount of key switches developers would add. With Acoustic Samples, the fact that you can just play whatever you feel and how you want is really cool. One thing about people using their own player... there is a possibility developers don't think about accessibility when it comes to developing those players. I always work with them to help make products accessible for blind users. I gotta get in contact with UVI to see what can be done. Anyway, keep up the amazing work. I'm curious how the other V Horn libraries fit in your workflow. I think they would sound fantastic.
My day job requires me travelling between three different locations regularly, so it would be an absolute dream to have a versatile library that fits on a laptop ssd with me at any time. The size of some sample libraries is what is keeping me from going completely mobile, because even with a powerful laptop, it always means carrying an external 4TB hard drive with me just for samples (not including my projects folder), which kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop for me. And even with my desktop rig at home (which I can't use while on the road), I'm just over the whole "where can I fit another hard drive in here and how fast does it have to be?" thing. That's why I'm very interested in this approach and will keep my eye on it.
Literally bought the saxophones and horns yesterday and your vid just confirms how awesome Acoustic Samples is!! I haven't been this excited about a new library in forever!
Incredible ! Same here ! Yesterday the saxes and I'm just coming here on YT while downloading the Horns, ha ha, what a "coincidence". Nice to be back with Anne-Kathrin, always at the top on this game 🏆
Your last point is the most important for me, being able to write without thinking about to make it sound good. I KNOW that a real player would be able to play what's in my head and make it sound good, so I hate having to make changes because the samples can't handle it. So I'm watching how modelling progresses with great interest. Also, Port Salut is the best cheese.
Its getting better and better for sure, i was blown away from audio modeling swam solo, you can control the bow with a midi controller or mouth, controller, always getting more real feelings 🎉and easy on cpu
Question for you: Have you tried these with a breath controller? (Do you even use a BC at all?) I feel like it feels even MORE real when I control instruments like this with my BC. And it also keeps me legit on the length of phrases because I'm literally breathing like a real player.
I've played the AS Trumpet and also a Saxophone with a breath controller (BBC2). I set up breath for dynamics, tilt (right) for vibrato and nod (up) for growl/flutter. It works really well! Examples can be found on my website, if you're so inclined.
17:23. You said it 🙂 20:20 - this is another essential thing. "What's the right choice ?" Myself for example - I would probably need some professional guidance in this regard, preferably from some established Hollywood mixer. Having multiple mic positioning choices to choose from in DAW's plugins - that's one thing. Another thing is to know the reason why to apply them, how and when. Especially when it comes down to mixing two opposite styles of music : orchestral and jazz (or blend of both, where proper mixing can be a real game changer). 24:53 - welcome to the club !
I recorded many live Jazz Ensemble concerts while a young college music student in the late 80's, have relied on midi to compose instrumental music from the start, & Sax Ensemble samples libraries are still the big kahuna to overcome in terms of realism. IMO the VHorn Saxes I heard at the start of the Big Band demo are no exception, though their solo saxes I've listened to on their site or user demos are THE best I've ever heard. So when they & other developers, can also nail a jazz horn ensemble sample library that can convincingly play independent melodic lines without being blended or used sparingly to hide their weaknesses, then I'll salute them!
Well, I had planned on skipping all the Black Friday samples sales this year, but thanks to your video I'm now the owner of the two Acoustic Samples VWinds libraries. 😀
These seem perfect for performance with a wind-synth. I got good such results with my old Yamaha VL-70m played on my WX-11. That’s the most organically-integrated way of playing the controllers simultaneously with the … “raw notes,” so to speak.
Great video ! I also discovered Acoustic Samples with their VWinds (Double Reeds first, then Clarinets were an insta-buy) and it has been a real game changer for me. I even got myself an EWI to play those wonderful instruments. So satisfying.
I pinch the controller data from the Acoustic Samples midi demos. An idea is to cut out snippets of expression, name them, and drag them in. Then scale and stretch the controller data to fit.
I always find your videos very useful and interesting. You have insightful tips on orchestral mockups and I found your exercice on doubling and texture very useful and loved doing them! Also, I know it really isn't the point of your video, so I'm sorry if it's inapropriate but: Your makeup is so on point! It really highlight the deep blue of your eyes. I find that the red, the blue of your eyes and the hair harmonize so well together!
There is no question that accoustic samples represents a superior form of sound library. I have 4TB of space on my laptop and my computer was full after installing all my old sound libraries. But then I discovered the Vseries which had both superior sound/playability ratio by far, and also much smaller harddive footprint. There are only positives with the Vseries so I deleted my old sound libraries for the most part and switched over to Vseries. The only reason there isn't more hype around their approach is because Spitfire hasn't adopted this yet and thus started their patented Spitfire hype train marketing campaigns.
@@AnneKathrinDernComposeryour French is actually very good, I'm impressed! As usual, a great video. It's funny, I discovered Simon Passmore's work last month (and it's really good) Thanks again for your quality content!
Although the quality of sounds is really important, you can get away with a lot with good programing and production. Alex Ball did this a few years back with his "My Computer is a 1950s Orchestra", using only sample libraries from a few vendors. It sounds pretty mind blowing. Like you said, had I not known I doubt I would've noticed
You should definitely try Beaufort affiné minimum 12 mois. Sancerre is a good choice, it goes well with oysters, and if you can find Tariquet premieres grives, you'll be half way between a Sauternes and a Sancerre, also half way to heaven :)
Pianoteq was the first company to do sample modeling convincingly while keeping CPU load down. I wonder if dedicated soundbaords with SPU (Sound Processing Units) with AI generated midi engines will be a thing. Time for hardware to go up in price though.
Roland has been using a similar technology in their pianos and drums for many years now (as have other manufacturers). Aaron Venture appears to use a similar technology as VWinds and has been around for 5 years. It's sort of surprising that sample-based modeling hasn't been developed further with orchestral VSTs considering the limitations of samples.
Chris Heins orchestral libraries also have optional phases aligned samples for playing dynamics. In the case of brass and string instruments from these libraries, it's almost impossible to distinguish the phase aligned samples from the normal ones. The technology behind this actually has been around since the 70s.
i was just on a Simon Passmore video commenting how 3 other youtube-moc up enthusiasts i subscribe to were in his comments, and then I click youre most recent upload and... small world :')
Hi Anne-Kathrin! Thank you so much for putting the spotlight on this unfairly overlooked company. I've just bought the double reeds and clarinets Vseries back to back, and I'm literally blown away by the quality and ease of use (although I'm creativily debatting with myself on the same points as you...). I really feel like I can play all these instruments on the keyboard, it's incredible. I didn't feel the same way with the Orchestral tools woodwinds, which I also own, because you have to change or do something each time you want a different articulation. With the Vseries, it's all done in one go... It's a dream! And yes, sorry, WE are French 😈 But I must confess your french accent is not bad... And yes, as Marc pointed out, it's pronounced San[ss]erre 😊 Continue ce magnifique travail ! Merci !
Modeling is the future. Have you tried the audiomodeling instruments? I have them also and find them even more controllable. The main difference is they don’t have the orchestra seating that AS has. You have to create your own solution.
They also announced GPU Audio that will be incoporated in their instruments and in the future. This will unlock even more power and way less CPU load. Exciting times up ahead!
Hi My name is William and liked your video which led me to purchase the flute samples from Acoustic Samples. I'm sure it some where in these comments but you never mentioned Audio Modeling from SWAM. They are an Italian company. I am wondering if you have tried some of their instruments. The brass and strings are very convincing. LMK what you think.
Physical Modelling Synthesis definitely will become the successor to conventional sampling. Just look at the Modartt Pianoteq 7 (as demonstrated on Phil Best's TH-cam channel) or the Synthesizer V Studio Pro singing voice software.
So glad to hear the issue of "Room Buildup". In my naivete I thought having all the OT libraries being recorded in proper locations at Telex would stop this problem, but NO. I keep hearing this background buildup and getting annoyed. This kind of problem is something nobody seems to talk about. And indeed Acoustic Samples seems to have solved this as well as quite a few other problems.
Looks very interesting. That articulation settings screen has a scary amount of detail, so it might not be a tool for beginners. But it definitely seems like a promising technology for the future, especially with "artists modelling" or other opinionated configurations.
My solution was: Spend some time with it initially, dial the sound to your likes and save it as a preset. Usually you can use that for more than one track or piece.
Santé ! 🥂Nous vous apprécions tellement, chère Anne-Kathrin ! Bien plus que le soleil, jaloux, à qui vous faites tant d'ombre... 😘
I was always blown away by how precise Acoustic Samples's stuff sounded. The legato is pretty much flawless, and they got everything to sound so clean and seamless. Hats off to the developers.
Missed your content so much!
Thank you for all the tricks and tips!
As usual, your make up and your hair is GORGEOUS!
Thank you for putting Simon Passmore on my radar.
I remember getting the Aaron Venture Infinite Woodwinds, and I just couldn't stop smiling when using them. This new approach to virtual instruments is just so liberating!
Aaron Ventures Infinite Brass and Infinite Woodwinds are so underrated. Would love to see a review of his stuff by Anne.
I bought Infinite Brass and Infinite Woodwinds recently, and I’m very happy with them too. The playability is insane. I may need something else for exposed solos or jazzier stuff, but for ensemble brass and winds in an orchestral context, I don’t think I’ll be looking for anything else for a good while. Having access to separate instruments that sound different is great for realistic ensemble writing, but being able to do that all on a laptop with minimal RAM footprint is incredible.
Infinite sounds excellent - and the playability appears even better. "Liberating" is a fitting word. I'm so thankful for sample libraries. Yet, they can be frustrating as heck.
Yes I can't wait for @Anne-Kathrin Dern to discover Aaron Venture's Infinite series and (I hope) make a video. :D
+1 for the Aaron Venture stuff. Highly underrated and unfortunately not that widely known.
hey Kathrin, you also have SWAM from Audio Modelling, wich is a completely modelled library
✅ All articulations in one track
✅ No negative delay
✅ Low tax on system
This is huuuge! Thank you for the video!
Another banger, Anne-Kathrin! And yeah, I'm right there with you. These are game changers. I've basically only been using Sample Modeling Brass and Aaron Venture's stuff for a while, abandoning everything else, but I will be trying the VWinds because they do sound wonderful. I can't imagine there's anything else left to do with orchestral percussion, and the moment someone manages to do this with the strings section (supposedly Aaron Venture's been working on this) I'm dropping CSS and everything else.
Can you imagine being able to have all your orchestral instruments in like a couple dozen tracks? *faints*
This song at the beginning is so beautiful.
This library is heading in the right direction. As a brass player, I have found the Sample Modeling Trumpet the most realistic Trumpet I've heard so far. The horn is great, as well. Then, the trombone and tuba are also top notch. They are wonderful to use as a layer to other brass libraries or on their own.
Hi ! Since you like Samplemodeling , I thought I'd send you a message to check out my channel... I play The Trumpet rumpet 3 🎺 ! I agree with you !! 😜. Sad that Samplemodeling doesn't exist anymore , because their trumpet was the best ever ! The only thing I'm fighting now is a bit of shrillness in the highs on the high notes played loudly .. I play a Yamaha WX-5 wind synth ... Cheers ! 👍
Did I miss something? Sample modeling seems to still exist as far as I can tell.
Maybe it's just me as a clarinet player but I don't find the clarinets convincing, they sound kind of saxophone/english horn. This shouldn't be the case because while all are closed tube models all of the instruments I mentioned are conical bores and clarinets are cylindrical, so they should generate completely different overtone series. I listened to the demos on the product page and yes the true niente isn't modeled correctly and the vibrato is crazy but the tone on some of the sustains is unfocused. Listening to the Aaron Venture Infinite Woodwinds the over exaggerated vibrato is still there but overall the sound is more convincing.
I agree. As someone who has listened to many wonderful clarinetists, I hear these VI as having the wrong harmonic spectrum. Typically we should hear more emphasis of the odd harmonics which give clarinet its round, almost hollow woody tone, especially in the lower range of the instrument. These samples sound more nasal, like the timbre of the upper range.
As mentioned in the video you can shape the sound however you want. I have my preferred EQs and reverbs applied, especially for the piece I wrote, but someone else might make completely different sound choices. It definitely sounds much warmer out of the box but that doesn’t cut through in the type of orchestral piece I wrote.
This must be the best sounding orchestral software instrument I ever came across. Thanks for sharing
I hang out in a room with celli, bass, viola, tenor sax, and what happens goes straight to stereo mix, reflecting the room we are in. And love the Bass Clarinet.
Thanks for the review, Anne-Kathrin. Food (and wine!) for thought. Will be checking out these libraries tomorrow. Yes, a new string library could be a game-changer. Now… why do I fancy a glass of wine? 🍷
Beautiful dear Cathherine
Thank you!
Yes, physical or hybrid modeling is definitely the future of virtual instruments.
But, that will also mean that composers will have to be much better players themselves if they want to really use all the possibilities of such instrument.
Or, they will have to spend much more time editing expressions of already played track.
Which also means that good musicians will not be in danger. On the contrary! Awareness of good musicians will just rise and they will have I believe even more job than before.
I love the interface but for those who have the time to tinker with the endless options, bless you. All these accelerated options are just deferring your greatness in writing.❤
The plugin Kick 2, used be a lot of EDM veterans is an example of a hybrid approach where the kick drum is synthesised and then they layer it with a sample of a click at the beginning of the sound. It works well. I think most physical modelling instruments are hybrid.
The big band demo is impressive.
8:03 Samplemodeling (the company) also uses samples. As far as I can tell, the basic concepts of Acoustic Samples and Samplemodeling (or Aaron Venture, for that matter) are very similar. I guess the standout accomplishment of Acoustic Samples has been to capture the tone of the instruments exceptionally well by the standards of that niche.
Recently I have worked on a project and I needed a Rhode. I have wonderful libraries for Rhodes and so many keyboard in my house, including a Nord stage 4.
I have made my demo with a library first and I quickly recorded the Rhode part of the music with the stage 4 Rhode patch. That was like travelling to an other dimension. 😅
Then the day of recording, at the studio, we had access to a real Rhode... Gosh the mighty!
That was like a parallel dimension to access to heaven!
The reactivity of the instrument!!🤩
Rhodes are not just electric instruments, there is a mechanical part in it that any patches on any libraries or keyboard emulating the instrument will never replace in my opinion.
Imagine with acoustic instrument!
Just to say that in my view, the real energy of human player playing a piece is something we will not be able to emulate perfectly before a very very long time.
Playing music is not just following instruction on a sheet with length, rythm and dynamics instructions, but you probably know that more than any of us.😅
So developing libraries, software or scripts, is like dividing a number indefinitely for reaching zero without actually reaching it.
I don't see AI as an enemy of musicians either. First of all because AI is actually not an AI. It is a very complex and well developed software but it is actually not an "intelligence".
Companies developing those software call them AI but it is not really.
Where I can see the threats is on a lot of smaller jobs for composers.
Everything like those website where you can sell music for series, or anything like that, that is something that those "AI" will be able to do in a very near future (if not now).
But it will not replace a song writer an original artist or a film composer, because you have that original research of creativity that is needed that an AI can't do.
An other area in my opinion, that can be threatened by AI to a degree, is mixing and mastering. AI are still having mitigate results in that area but I can see how it will improve very quickly in the next few years.
But again, that will work in very generic music in my opinion.
We will still need a human being for any music that is very creative with more "complex" arrangement or orchestration.
What about the SWAM string section?
I'd be curious to see a comparison between these and infinite winds.
Have you tried Aaron Venture or the Sample Modeling or Audio Modeling SWAM libraries?
5:00 what the name of that piece of music in the background please!???
This is so gorgeous!
wow - this is really inspiring - thanks for your work to review this! all the best from austria!
As a French, can't agree more 😆
Great review as usual. Nice to see you back online.
Love this piece. Great taste… my goodness.
Bonjour, saviez-vous que l'on parle aussi français au Canada ? Salutations de Montréal...
I was thinking the same as the game developer. I went back and played Dark Forces last summer and I noticed its adaptive soundtrack for the first time, which was MIDI and super responsive. I'm only worried that having these libraries available in game engines is going to become a major licensing hassle. We'll see where it goes.
For what concerns the future: I'm hoping for this technology to be the future. After having spent a few years working on Aaron Venture Infinite Winds and Brass and Sample Modeling Strings, I find it super hard going back to traditional sample libraries. I want the freedom of writing a scale run and have the instrument play exactly how I've conceived it.
35:24 - PURE ESSENCE !! Can't agree more than that.
Hello. First time viewer of your channel. Loved watching this video. I'm now a subscriber. Beautiful piece with this library. I have been following Acoustic Samples for a while now. I think the quality and sound of these libraries are fantastic! ON top of that, the amount of control is amazing!
I will say I do agree with all points you covered. I do think what Acoustic Samples is doing is the future. It was really cool to hear these sounds from a classical point of view. I love Jazz, but its great to know that these work in multiple styles. I will add that as a blind musician, the learning curve with sample libraries can be steep some times because of the amount of key switches developers would add. With Acoustic Samples, the fact that you can just play whatever you feel and how you want is really cool. One thing about people using their own player... there is a possibility developers don't think about accessibility when it comes to developing those players. I always work with them to help make products accessible for blind users. I gotta get in contact with UVI to see what can be done.
Anyway, keep up the amazing work. I'm curious how the other V Horn libraries fit in your workflow. I think they would sound fantastic.
One more thing to add, musicians were involved with Acoustic Samples when developing the product, hents the "hybrid" approach.
No clue on negative track delay. But my system just plays stuff and I curate. Mutes and effect sends and happy.
My day job requires me travelling between three different locations regularly, so it would be an absolute dream to have a versatile library that fits on a laptop ssd with me at any time. The size of some sample libraries is what is keeping me from going completely mobile, because even with a powerful laptop, it always means carrying an external 4TB hard drive with me just for samples (not including my projects folder), which kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop for me. And even with my desktop rig at home (which I can't use while on the road), I'm just over the whole "where can I fit another hard drive in here and how fast does it have to be?" thing. That's why I'm very interested in this approach and will keep my eye on it.
Literally bought the saxophones and horns yesterday and your vid just confirms how awesome Acoustic Samples is!! I haven't been this excited about a new library in forever!
Incredible ! Same here ! Yesterday the saxes and I'm just coming here on YT while downloading the Horns, ha ha, what a "coincidence". Nice to be back with Anne-Kathrin, always at the top on this game 🏆
Check out Simon Passmore. He did a great video with v-sax and v-horns. A Japanese guy called k-strike works wonders too.
Your last point is the most important for me, being able to write without thinking about to make it sound good. I KNOW that a real player would be able to play what's in my head and make it sound good, so I hate having to make changes because the samples can't handle it. So I'm watching how modelling progresses with great interest.
Also, Port Salut is the best cheese.
Been using these for years, I thought no one like them, so surprised
vous êtes extraordinaire j'adore, je regarde toutes les vidéos :)
That was a beautiful music piece 👌
Hahaha emotional support wine! I love it! Great video, thank you!!
Cheers wonderful lady!🍷😁
Wow the compsotion and your orhestration are amazing!
Its getting better and better for sure, i was blown away from audio modeling swam solo, you can control the bow with a midi controller or mouth, controller, always getting more real feelings 🎉and easy on cpu
You're such an inspiration... Danke ❤
Beautiful piece of music and really interesting video. Good to see you back!
Question for you: Have you tried these with a breath controller? (Do you even use a BC at all?) I feel like it feels even MORE real when I control instruments like this with my BC. And it also keeps me legit on the length of phrases because I'm literally breathing like a real player.
haha i thought about the same thing while watching the video. definitely want to try this out now too
I've played the AS Trumpet and also a Saxophone with a breath controller (BBC2). I set up breath for dynamics, tilt (right) for vibrato and nod (up) for growl/flutter. It works really well! Examples can be found on my website, if you're so inclined.
Beautiful piece ! Sounds really good
Such a charming, lovely composition! Noire Italian vibes...
17:23. You said it 🙂
20:20 - this is another essential thing. "What's the right choice ?" Myself for example - I would probably need some professional guidance in this regard, preferably from some established Hollywood mixer. Having multiple mic positioning choices to choose from in DAW's plugins - that's one thing. Another thing is to know the reason why to apply them, how and when. Especially when it comes down to mixing two opposite styles of music : orchestral and jazz (or blend of both, where proper mixing can be a real game changer).
24:53 - welcome to the club !
Good music, wine and cheese. What ever could go wrong. ❤
I recorded many live Jazz Ensemble concerts while a young college music student in the late 80's, have relied on midi to compose instrumental music from the start, & Sax Ensemble samples libraries are still the big kahuna to overcome in terms of realism. IMO the VHorn Saxes I heard at the start of the Big Band demo are no exception, though their solo saxes I've listened to on their site or user demos are THE best I've ever heard. So when they & other developers, can also nail a jazz horn ensemble sample library that can convincingly play independent melodic lines without being blended or used sparingly to hide their weaknesses, then I'll salute them!
Ennio should be happy hearing this. Sehr schön und romantisch.
Well, I had planned on skipping all the Black Friday samples sales this year, but thanks to your video I'm now the owner of the two Acoustic Samples VWinds libraries. 😀
These seem perfect for performance with a wind-synth. I got good such results with my old Yamaha VL-70m played on my WX-11. That’s the most organically-integrated way of playing the controllers simultaneously with the … “raw notes,” so to speak.
Great video ! I also discovered Acoustic Samples with their VWinds (Double Reeds first, then Clarinets were an insta-buy) and it has been a real game changer for me.
I even got myself an EWI to play those wonderful instruments. So satisfying.
What a talented woman.
I pinch the controller data from the Acoustic Samples midi demos.
An idea is to cut out snippets of expression, name them, and drag them in.
Then scale and stretch the controller data to fit.
can you use the mod wheel for vibrato in manual?
I always find your videos very useful and interesting. You have insightful tips on orchestral mockups and I found your exercice on doubling and texture very useful and loved doing them!
Also, I know it really isn't the point of your video, so I'm sorry if it's inapropriate but:
Your makeup is so on point! It really highlight the deep blue of your eyes. I find that the red, the blue of your eyes and the hair harmonize so well together!
I learned a lot!
Thanks for the nice video🎉
From Japan with gratitude🇯🇵
Woah… that big band test blew me away! Holy moly! 😮
when are you coming home?
There is no question that accoustic samples represents a superior form of sound library. I have 4TB of space on my laptop and my computer was full after installing all my old sound libraries. But then I discovered the Vseries which had both superior sound/playability ratio by far, and also much smaller harddive footprint. There are only positives with the Vseries so I deleted my old sound libraries for the most part and switched over to Vseries.
The only reason there isn't more hype around their approach is because Spitfire hasn't adopted this yet and thus started their patented Spitfire hype train marketing campaigns.
what´s the name of these 3 french cheese? want to google and also try...
French singer here... I understand you like our wine and cheese 😅👍🏼
Sancerre is pronounced Sansserre, if I may 😉
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Dang, Google let me down this time 🥲
@@AnneKathrinDernComposeryour French is actually very good, I'm impressed!
As usual, a great video. It's funny, I discovered Simon Passmore's work last month (and it's really good)
Thanks again for your quality content!
I usually buy my French cheese at ALDI, too (Trader Joe's belongs to the ALDI-Nord-Family AFAIK) 😅
@@johanneschristopherstahle3395 Correct, since 1979. Aldi Nord even sells some stuff under the brand name "Trader Joe's" in Germany.
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer Any thought about the new VWinds Flutes? It seems it's been built up for you…
Hello, do you know if the clarinets come in a separate library?
WOW!! This sounds stellar!! I'm going to have to get that!
Although the quality of sounds is really important, you can get away with a lot with good programing and production. Alex Ball did this a few years back with his "My Computer is a 1950s Orchestra", using only sample libraries from a few vendors. It sounds pretty mind blowing. Like you said, had I not known I doubt I would've noticed
You should definitely try Beaufort affiné minimum 12 mois.
Sancerre is a good choice, it goes well with oysters, and if you can find Tariquet premieres grives, you'll be half way between a Sauternes and a Sancerre, also half way to heaven :)
Tariquet "premières grives" will take you straight to Heaven... For sure !
FOUND THIS VID VERY INFORMATIVE ON SAMPLE MODELLING.
Conté is the best! Love your vídeos, hugs from Brazil.
Please, wich plugins of samples do you use?
Great opening!
There's a small French market in the Grove - maybe look there?
Great video! Thanks for making this
What's the glass for? Amazing, cutting-edge library.
What do you think about the sample quality of Dominus Choir Pro from fluffyAudio?
I guess OT will raise the bar with their new Ben Wallfisch Library (No Loops, Bowing directions, Divisi)
Pianoteq was the first company to do sample modeling convincingly while keeping CPU load down. I wonder if dedicated soundbaords with SPU (Sound Processing Units) with AI generated midi engines will be a thing. Time for hardware to go up in price though.
Can I ask what company the fantastic sounding strings on the demo are from?
Yesterday I purchased the horn and double reeds. I purchased the clarinets on the day it was released. I am looking forward to seeing a flute library.
Roland has been using a similar technology in their pianos and drums for many years now (as have other manufacturers). Aaron Venture appears to use a similar technology as VWinds and has been around for 5 years. It's sort of surprising that sample-based modeling hasn't been developed further with orchestral VSTs considering the limitations of samples.
Chris Heins orchestral libraries also have optional phases aligned samples for playing dynamics. In the case of brass and string instruments from these libraries, it's almost impossible to distinguish the phase aligned samples from the normal ones. The technology behind this actually has been around since the 70s.
@@yango8778 I didn't know Chris Heins libraries incorporated that technology. I only ever glanced over them - guess I should take a better look.
❤❤❤interesting………..
What are your thoughts on using the gpu for plug-in and virtual instrument processing?
i was just on a Simon Passmore video commenting how 3 other youtube-moc up enthusiasts i subscribe to were in his comments, and then I click youre most recent upload and... small world :')
Hi Anne-Kathrin! Thank you so much for putting the spotlight on this unfairly overlooked company. I've just bought the double reeds and clarinets Vseries back to back, and I'm literally blown away by the quality and ease of use (although I'm creativily debatting with myself on the same points as you...). I really feel like I can play all these instruments on the keyboard, it's incredible. I didn't feel the same way with the Orchestral tools woodwinds, which I also own, because you have to change or do something each time you want a different articulation. With the Vseries, it's all done in one go... It's a dream! And yes, sorry, WE are French 😈 But I must confess your french accent is not bad... And yes, as Marc pointed out, it's pronounced San[ss]erre 😊 Continue ce magnifique travail ! Merci !
Modeling is the future. Have you tried the audiomodeling instruments? I have them also and find them even more controllable. The main difference is they don’t have the orchestra seating that AS has. You have to create your own solution.
They also announced GPU Audio that will be incoporated in their instruments and in the future. This will unlock even more power and way less CPU load. Exciting times up ahead!
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Hi My name is William and liked your video which led me to purchase the flute samples from Acoustic Samples. I'm sure it some where in these comments but you never mentioned Audio Modeling from SWAM. They are an Italian company. I am wondering if you have tried some of their instruments. The brass and strings are very convincing. LMK what you think.
Sold! I bought three of the V series
Thank you for this video !
What do you think of Performance samples pacifica ?
I'm french, Thank you for your answer 😅
I’m curious how these would work with a breath controller. It would perhaps help with the hyper realism and make it sound more idiomatic.
Unbelievably beautiful
Awesome demo!! Keep up the great work!
Physical Modelling Synthesis definitely will become the successor to conventional sampling. Just look at the Modartt Pianoteq 7 (as demonstrated on Phil Best's TH-cam channel) or the Synthesizer V Studio Pro singing voice software.
So glad to hear the issue of "Room Buildup". In my naivete I thought having all the OT libraries being recorded in proper locations at Telex would stop this problem, but NO. I keep hearing this background buildup and getting annoyed. This kind of problem is something nobody seems to talk about. And indeed Acoustic Samples seems to have solved this as well as quite a few other problems.
Looks very interesting. That articulation settings screen has a scary amount of detail, so it might not be a tool for beginners. But it definitely seems like a promising technology for the future, especially with "artists modelling" or other opinionated configurations.
My solution was: Spend some time with it initially, dial the sound to your likes and save it as a preset. Usually you can use that for more than one track or piece.
Welcome back!
Interesting stuff! I was a little disappointed that Avid took away the UVI Falcon before I was able to properly check that out