Meteo Xavier Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 www.typhoonsounds.com They have some cheap sound libraries that are (supposedly) from the Yamaha Motif series, the Phantom-X, a chiptune set and a new sound library that I guess had a wide range of stuff in it. The ones based off the Workstation keyboards are the ones I'm most interested in (they're $39 each), but their demos are quite few for what they offer and I was wondering if anyone worked with these or could vouch for their quality. I've always wanted to work on a Motif and this might be a good way to do so, but I can't seem to find any samples of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Not kosher - you can't sample workstation keyboards legally, only non-sample based synths. Avoid 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 I totally forgot about that, I was wondering why it's so cheap. Are there any licensed versions out there or a different Kontakt GM set you might recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Ricers Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 The website looks a bit suspect as well- they're attempting to avoid trademark issues by slightly renaming their products from the original source (Phantom instead of Fantom). An officially endorsed product won't have to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 As someone who has played a real Motif/Fantom AND listened to these "libraries"... not even close. Not by a long shot. It shouldn't be technically impossible, but the reason romplers sound so good is because each program - small though they may be, relative to 1GB+ Kontakt instruments - has been tweaked, tailored, and optimized out the ass to sound great on THAT specific hardware. Colossus is good, Sampletank is good, but I don't know of one single general purpose software sample library that really matches a Motif or Fantom, or my Kurzweil PC3 for that matter, in terms of a broad variety of usable sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 I was thinking more in terms of something like Atelier Iris or Legend of Mana sound sets - packages that weren't on the AAA side of production but could let me get some decent work done without stressing my computer out too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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