Strings Comparison - Legato (Pacific Ensemble Strings, CSS, Spitfire Studio Strings)
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- A comparison between 8 different strings libraries.
In this example, I am using my rendition of "Newt Says Goodbye to Tina" by James Newton Howard from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
• Newt Says Goodbye to T...
Pacific Ensemble Strings
www.performancesamples.com/pa...
Cinematic Studio Strings
cinematicstudioseries.com/str...
Cinematic Strings 2
cinematicstudioseries.com/cs2/
Tokyo Scoring Strings
impactsoundworks.com/product/...
LA Scoring Strings 2 (Discontinued)
audiobro.com/la-scoring-strin...
Spitfire Studio Strings
www.spitfireaudio.com/spitfir...
Spitfire Chamber Strings
www.spitfireaudio.com/spitfir...
Spitfire Symphonic Strings
www.spitfireaudio.com/spitfir...
Out of the Box
00:00 Pacific Ensemble Strings
01:40 Cinematic Studio Strings
03:20 Cinematic Strings 2
05:00 Tokyo Scoring Strings
06:40 LA Scoring Strings 2
08:20 Spitfire Studio Strings
10:00 Spitfire Chamber Strings
11:40 Spitfire Symphonic Strings
Mixed (Reverbs and EQ)
13:21 Pacific Ensemble Strings
15:01 Cinematic Studio Strings
16:41 Cinematic Strings 2
18:21 Tokyo Scoring Strings
20:01 LA Scoring Strings 2
21:41 Spitfire Studio Strings
23:21 Spitfire Chamber Strings
25:01 Spitfire Symphonic Strings
26:41 Pacific Tokyo Chamber Strings
28:21 Cinematic LA Scoring Strings
30:01 Spitfire Strings
31:41 Franken-Strings
Download Logic Session & MIDI here
victorkongmusic.gumroad.com/l...
Pacific sounds lush and gorgeous. Impressed.
Notice that the Pacific has that tape-ish sound that makes the feel more "analogue", the right amount of "grit" and "dirty" sounding that makes it more natural.
That said, regardless the samples, it's all comes back to the detailings of the mod wheels and touches, as well as the mix. So.. PSA: Don't cut corners, people! Make use of your automation!
pacific really got this unique sound.. so beautiful
Yes I liked Pacific more than others
Nd I think about user also matters because I also heard la scoring strings demo songs that was amazing
@@joeljoseph2325 definitely. How you use the library makes all the difference in the world for sure.
@merluzo8269 unusable to you maybe. It's getting a lot of use for me and I'm getting really good results 😃
@merluzo8269 yes too here, it's horrible :(
thanks for your work Victor
Thank you for doing this and offering up the session file and midi. Much appreciated as a noob looking at building out my first toolkit. You just sold me on Pacific
Perfect comparsion! Loaded the files! Thanks a lot!
Great video! Also just a thought for Pacific to push the strings back a little and make it sound even more natural. Try setting the close mics for each Pacific instrument to -7db and then set the panning left or right based on if it's violins, violas, cellos, or basses. Magic! I was watching a master mixing video (of someone who mixes orchestra for a living) and he said that typical for him is to have close mics around -10db of the volume of the main mics (and -6db when you really want to emphasize the instrument). Since the main mics in this case already on avg are around 3 db louder than the close mics, moving the close mics down -7db gets you close to that sweet spot. Obviously tweak to taste. But just a thought :) cheers
Awesome demo thank you so much!
Thank you for this! I’ve studied your Rue’s Farewell comparison a lot, and I will do the same with this one.
Amazing work! Thanks!!
I liked the L.A scoring strings with reverb!
i did not care about the libraries anymore, i just listened to this beautiful piece 20 times in a row, good work
Pacific + CSS is just amazing. Having both of them really takes your music to a whole new level. Pair that up with some Spitfire Albions like Tundra and Neo, and you are covered for cineamtic string writing for a long long long time.
PTCS is my favorite
TSS really lives after processed (excited for the 2.0 update). I know people like to layer it with CSS or other libraries which sounds quite nice together. I do love Pacifica and the Spitfire Air sound is great for pieces like this. Great video Victor!
Wow, what a fantastic comparison and a beautiful cover! I've got Spitfire Studio Strings, but Pacific Strings sound the most warm and expressive👍
Great comparison! 👌🏻
Pacific really stands out to me ❤ CSS is second. Thx for the video!
It didn't take me up to ten seconds to be pulled in by the beauty of the Pacific ensemble strings. They have such a beautiful, soulful texture to them and for someone like me who loves it when instruments sing, I think I might have just found my go-to library❤
However, I think at the end of the day, it all depends onthe story the composer is trying to tell. For one scenario, you might want a library as expressive and somewhat "mournful" as Pacific ensemble strings or one that's slightly more "stoic" or "detached"
my favorites are CSS !
Come on, they all sounded fantastic!1
This helped me tremendously to make a decision. If "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" it is also in the "ear' :) Pacific String carries so much emotion... it's incredible. My choice.
Thank you very much for taking the trouble to make this comparison, it requires work. I have all the libraries in the comparison except pacific strings. They all sound great but CSS and Pacific are the ones I like the most. The spitfire ones are fantastic but too wet for me. And the LASS2 I think are old and require a lot of programming.
I like the sound of CSS too, but the delay is really hard to work with.
@@VictorKongMusic Totally, especially in legato mode. Unlike Spitfire, when you done the midi with CSS, it can hardly switch to another library smoothly.
The issue with sample libraries are how the starts and endings of the samples effect the sound of the next sample played and how the pauses sound too
Demos always sound like they are just individual notes put together rather than a played piece played live.
If an orchestra played this piece they would play the notes in a certain way especially how you start a note. They would have a flow and work together.
A note in the middle of a phrase would not stand out as a starting note like they do in programmed sample music.
They never sound like the notes are flowing into the next note because they are recorded in a different way and in isolation.
You have to play samples live as best as possible otherwise you have notes starting too early if they are programmed and the releases sound snatched.
Orchestras dont play in the same way a pop band does or the way you produce beats. You have to play them in a way that uses their limitations rather than trying to make them fit to what you want.
You cant just use the same midi notes for each library as they all will work differently. Each library needs playing again and then edited separately. This would stop the notes sounding incorrect and make them sound more musical and real.
Dont use quantise on orchestral samples it really makes the notes sound fake. A string section would hold on to notes longer use rallentandos to create mood. They would emphasis starting notes or quicken starts of phrases. You only get that from live playing.
You can use rallentandos with the tempo track. No need to play it yourself or doing a bunch of clicks till you find the right spot.
Import midi or quantize
Adjust the tempo track like a maestro
Use a negative track delay
I didn't create this. The Pros did!
I admit that Pacific Strings will be good to use.
And perhaps even for Spitfire Symphonic Strings for the advance.
I'm sure that might be grateful to use tho.
You are very talented. please create a tutorial showing how you played each instrument. I use Pacific ensemble strings
Great demo! the Logic session isn't opening for me, what version is it from?
Spifire Symphonic is best among all.... But Pacific got a really great warm and analouge effect....
Fantastic Beats! Hehe, Nice arrangement & comparison
Spitfire Chamber Strings...wow
Your comparisons are the best! Could you consider making a comparison between the new Spitfire Symphonic Strings and the old ones? The new performance legato is supposed to be much better, I think.
Been using Pacific for 6 months now.
anyone able to open the logic session file? it doesn't seem to work for me, it's not recognized as a logicx file.
pacific is the best for me
For me the best is SO symphonic strings
If you could choose only one of these libraries to write your next 2 years worth of scoring projects, which would you choose????
Probably Pacific and all the Spitfire. I really like the sound of CSS but the delay really is so painful to work with.
Pacific all the DAMN way 🤤
Hi vic, nice work 👍🫰
In my opinion, the best sound comes from chamber strings. It has just the right amount of reverb while not sounding entirely wet or dry. The quality is also very good and works well for layering.
I would like to know how pacific handles repeating notes. I use css there are recorded re bowing.
They do "Sustains with Same-Note Repetitions".
Great composition and comparison Victor!:) As you have all three Spitfire String Libraries - may I ask you how often you use Spitfire Studio Strings? I have Chamber and Symphonic myself and wonder if the Studio Strings are worth considering!? Maybe also for layering!;)
Spitfire LCO strings to layer with is the ticket
@@WinItReigns LCO?? what is the shortcut means?
@@bartmuz Spitfire. London Contemporary Orchestra Strings.
LCO Strings
Pacific best!
Any reference to the excellent sample modeling library? How is it possible if you are supposed to be objective?
Spitfire Studio Strings crush them all
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Yes. Is from a good friend of mine. You can check out the album here. open.spotify.com/album/5oSxMxGMwq70kZrn7nNRVg?si=Xk0iGZhISgqLCz5-UnJ6nw
@@VictorKongMusic Oh, thank you very much
Wow, thanks for making this video! For me it’s: 1. Franken-Strings 2. Pacific 3. LASS
Pacific pretty much demolishes everything else. Performance samples really have something special going on.
CSS is very close, it just requires a lot of manual programming and sound processing
Where is Eastwest Opus?
cinematic strings 2 have the best playability ever, you can use it for play live and sounds like an orchestra in your hands, i've never found another library so good in this aspect
pacific have the best sound overall
Pacific is better and when vista II comes out both Berlin strings and cinematic studio strings will be obsolete.
@@JohnnyADi pacific have better playability??
@@MrMusicopathnot only does it have insane playability, but he's also going to update it to fix and refine even further the playability with a free update after he makes Pacific brass, Pacific solo strings, and Vista 2. Vista 2 is a similar size in instruments to css and Berlin strings, Vista I already has one of the best legatos on the market.
And keep in mind, these were his first 2 big projects, it will only improve.
@@JohnnyADi Agreed!
CS2.......Win
Spitfire stuff sounds really outdated. Can't believe they are still charging 800.00 for the Chamber strings.
What do you think sounds better than Spitfire?
I wouldn't say it's "outdated". It's got its own sound and it is useful in some situations, particularly when layering. Their Con Sordino and Flautendo are very unique and sound absolutely great and beautiful. I still use it and I wouldn't be able to find any Flautendo able to compete with SCS. I Personally find that Spitfire has a lot more definition than some other libraries but I recommend to purchase a library that's suitable for the music you're willing to make. Spitfire is definitely not the best for big Epics songs.
Most music producers (including myself) would layer multiple strings libraries in a project. I use SCS, SSS, CSS, Ark1, Ark3, Jeagger, Solo, Fluid Shorts,... It all depends on the type of music, the emotion,... And generally, we all have at least one particular patch that we love in each library we own.
However Pacific Strings seems to be amazing, not only because it sounds great and different, but it does react differently when playing (in a good way). Definitely my next purchase.
chamber strings has fantastic portamento, and legato sounds better with use „legato performance” but this recordings doesnt’t contain it’s possibility so it sounds poor without this option
@@chilloutambient1249how do you go about layering your strings? And how do you pan them?
@@itspedroteixeira I sometimes layer solo instruments with ensembles or sometimes I layer ensembles which is something some sound engineers wouldn't recommend (phasing). It all depends on what I want to achieve. For instance Audio Imperia Jaegger and Solo work absolutely great together.
Regarding panning, I use some slightly different settings for better definition but still always keep violins to the left.
I listened to all of these examples. And then i listened to some live strings in a similar vane. And Pacific is by far the closest to how a real section sounds live. Not hyped. Not over detailed. No bumps. It's clear that Jasper holds overall tone/sound really high on the list. You may not get the versatility of CSS and others, but what you do get is superior Tone. Pacific has that classic, authentic tone. Spitfire Symphonic i think has a pretty nice tone, but it comes with too many shortcomings in the legato and dynamic layer/crossfade. And it has a bit of that "Hyped Highs" that i just can't get with.
used EQ &reverbs？🥹
Fabfilter for EQ. Altiverb & Lexicon for Reverbs!
@@VictorKongMusic thanks!!!!
@@VictorKongMusic Can you tell me specifically what settings you used for each? I also have Altiverb, Lexicon and Fabfilter.
@@pamelaphillips9309yeah I'd also love to know!