TheGuitarHero Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I want to make an orchestra remix but I cant find any good soundfonts. I would eather like to know a page that I can get some nice orchestra soundfonts, or I would like a program that has some nice orchestral sounds. I am new to making orchestra music and I just recently gained intrest. so I would appreciate it if someone can lead me in the right direction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 How much are you willing to spend? Because this endeavor could cost between $200 and $20,000 If nothing, I got nothing to offer. I use EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Gold XP which is/was on sale for about $500 (way cheaper than I paid). It's a good starter orchestra for someone who's serious about orchestral music, but doesn't want to worry about things like intense mixing or high quality IRs, etc. Here's an example of a piece I'm working on: http://dannthr.com/samples/sketches/dho2cm_i_nf_3.mp3 Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuitarHero Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 I want to spend around 20,000. haha yeah right! yeah that program is seriously good enough. thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 That piece you arranged just made me cry... how many samples/instruments are included in this bundle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 That piece you arranged just made me cry... how many samples/instruments are included in this bundle? Many, here's a quote from their website about system requirements: 35 GB Free Hard Disc Space, DVD Drive* PLEASE NOTE: THE PRO XP VERSIONS DO NOT SUPPORT MAC OS-9 OR WIN-98. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (for Native Instruments software) Windows XP, Pentium III/Athlon 500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G3 500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for Native Instruments software) Windows XP, P III/Athlon 700 MHz, 1GB RAM Mac OS 10.2.6 or higher, G4 733, 1 GB RAM RECOMMENDED SYSTEM (for sound library) EASTWEST recommends using a fast processor and at least 1 GB of free RAM to optimize the performance of this sound module. COMPATIBILITY WIN (VST®2.0, DXi2™, ASIO™, MME™, Direct Sound™) MAC (VST®2.0, ASIO™, Soundmanager™, OMS™, Audio Units™, Core Audio™, RTAS™) DFD - Direct from Disk extension from www.soundsonline.com/techsupport.shtml is required. This product requires registration within 5 days (by web, fax or mail). and regarding sample size: Gold: 14.2GB Gold XP: 21.2GB Gold Total: 35.4GB EDIT: I should mention (in fairness and in honesty) that during the quiet part between 20 seconds and 60 seconds, there's a very subtle choir sample that plays, giving the section a bit more "air" than if it were playing without--and in the very, very opening couple of seconds there is some percussion noises that like the choir noise do not come with this library. Not that that's much--those are subtle additions--I just wanted to make sure you understood what this library could do. The choir noises are from the library's sister library EWQL Symphonic Choirs (which is premixed to accompany Symphonic Orchestra) and the percussion noises are from QL StormDrum. They aren't featured in anyway so sometimes I forget that they're there (it's been a while since I worked on this piece). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSB Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 As a fair warning, creating a large song using lots of EWQL sounds will REALLY eat up your RAM. 1 GB will let you run it, but if you want to use a lot, you're out of luck. Especially if you want to use the keyswitches. I'm stuck with 1 GB for right now and it's killing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Excellent point. My "orchestra" is rendered on a slave computer with 4GB of RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholestien Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 get sample fuzion orchestrial samples...only 29.99$....best buy you'll ever get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous hippopotamus Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 im surprised no one's mentioned the squidfont orchestral soundfont... it's free, and it's pretty damn good. http://soundfonts.darkesword.com/ edit: okay okay, it's not nearly as good as those programs you can buy for hundreds of dollars that almost perfectly emulate an orchestra... but for free, it might be the best soundfont you'll find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovemaster303 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Good post... as always anything for free is pretty much perfect and this is no exception. if your really serious about Orchestral music than you really do need to spend some cash but for those of us who just want to try it out it's pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 No one mentions Garritan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Garritan is cool because you can get a special edition of Sibelius that translates to a Garritan Personal Orchestra performance. GPO is also a good starter orch if you don't have the budget for EWQL Their Stradivari is sexy sounding, but I haven't tried either of them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Wulvik Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Their Stradivari is sexy sounding For me "Sexy" just isn't the word for something related to the classical orchestra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Orchestral music is brimming with passion, sensuality, and wild, unfettered abandon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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