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Yeah, I'm thinking thats the problem. I fluctuate between eating pretty healthy and giving into the dark side. I need to work on controlling the food demons. Just cause I metabolize things fast doesn't give me carte blanche to eat horrible shit. I have one of those scales that measures body fat and stuff. It's almost never above 10% body fat, usually in the 9-10.5 range. But, yeah, that could be off for sure.

Took long enough to be released. hb

So you want the benefits of an expensive guitar, without the pesky paying for it thing that most folks do. Got it. I certainly hope the salespeople are on the lookout for cheapskates with laptops.

That is awesome. I love his work on WoT, and the Way of Kings.

Jeez, you young punks. I started in my early 20s. I'm a doddering old man now.

So, yeah, I've been wondering about this for awhile. I'm pretty thin, <= 10 percent body fat I reckon. Metabolism is quite fast, always has been. Yet I still have a bit of a pouch going on my belly. Its quite perturbing. All these crunches and stuff I'm doing are for naught if belly fat is covering it up. Yet I'm not a fatass, so what's up with this? Harrumph.

Awesome, more final wavs.

This song is almost to the point of adorable. I can't get the idea of an 80s sitcom out of my head now. Yes. Yes. Super fun track.

Doesn't look like there are all that many ethnic instruments. RA and Silk have a lot more, or Garritan World Instruments (barf). These are more like, good niche items to round out your existing collection. That being said, the Qanun sounds very tasty, my credit card is tempted by the sweet siren song.

fuck me, I remember when they released Mallets awhile ago and I thought, I want this, will wait for a sale though. Then I forgot the name of the company and the product entirely, until just now thanks to your post.

+1, I've never heard this either. I would assume a store could sell it above teh MSRP, and simply no one would buy it.

This is some crazy shit. It falls under the "complete subversion of the original" category of arrangement. Hope to hear more of this stuff.

Yeah man this is nice. And the fact you're a new member of the Reaper family makes me feel a connection with you.

Yes, I like this. A lot. So I want to hear a full song.

Just an FYI, for the comments they took two separate comments from me (from my OCR sub & the album) and mashed them together. So if it reads a bit... incoherent... that is the reason!

I like music that sounds good. I used to be really into shred guitar, but got bored with that after awhile. I find it difficult to listen to Dream Theater these days, while a band like Vanden Plas that writes simpler, more melodic songs is still satisfying to me after all the years.

This was a great deviation from the usual Narshe-jazz arrangements (not that there's anything wrong with that). Sounds like you're lost in an ethereal dream. It makes me want to do an ambient arrangement of something.

to me the concept of a "guilty pleasure" is pretty sad. if you like something you shouldn't have to justify it to others.

Without dubstep, what would people complain about?

Are you messaging us from the future? October 1 is more than a month and a half away.

I have to agree with spellmynamewithabang, the string sounds are pretty awful. I play the violin, I'm ok I guess. idk, maybe there is someone better around here. Definitely would like to see a real quartet.

Garritan kinda sucks. EWQL can be good, not so much if you don't want the wet concert hall sound. Also, iLok, inefficient sample player, possibly shitty customer service. Definitely some serious issues to weigh. The big point in this one's favor is the concert hall ambiance, if that is important to you. Philharmonik is old, but better than Garritan I think. No dongle, and if you wait 6 months tops you're almost guaranteed IK Multimedia will put it on sale. Vienna SE is a dry sound, I definitely like the woodwinds. Brass might be kind of wimpy. You can buy it in pieces tho. E-licenser is slightly less annoying than iLok. Pretty much never on sale, so you can buy it whenever. Kirk Hunter Diamond. Kontakt library, no dongle. Definitely a point in its favor. I'm a big fan of his Concert Brass and Concert Strings. No experience with this one though. May be worth a look? Website is kind of horrendous. Spitfire Albion... no experience with it myself but it's a newer library. Not sure if it has the traditional setup though? ProjectSAM Symphobia... uh, really expensive. Not sure it has a traditional setup, I think it relies more on group patches. Sounds pretty good tho. And then there's Kontakt itself, comes with a moderate palette of orchestral stuff. No section woodwinds, and solo woodwinds lack vibrato. It's all derived from VSL though, so it's pretty decent. Could be an investment rather than your be all and end all orchestral solution. Not aware of any other full orchestral packages in your price range. I'd give the demos of each a listen, weigh the opinions people have given.

Says you. Maybe, just maybe, people discussing the merits of other products will give the OP insight into the weaknesses of Garritan and EWQL that she was not aware of. But no, sorry people, Meteo Xavier commands us to stick exactly to the script. You vill not deviate from ze plan!

I own the Vienne SE woodwinds, and they are much more usable to me than the winds in EWQL which I never liked.

I own all the Eduardo Tarilonte libraries, and they are all excellent.