cclarry Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Resource for users of BBC Orchestra https://www.spitfireaudiothepage.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 BBCSO rocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Fleer said: BBCSO rocks From what I read in some thread a while ago, some people aren't finding it to be too cooperative. It may have been updated since though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 paging @Matthew Sorrels not sure if I really need BBCSO in my life but what's the current state of the windows version ?- I was watching your analysis with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 They fixed some of the Windows issues, so it's at least usable. But it still takes way too much memory, loads very, very slowly, unloads even slower. Yes that seems crazy but if you try to exit Cakewalk or close a project with a full set of BBCSO instruments full loaded it may take 5+ minutes to close. The sound isn't/never has been the problem, it sounds great and has very good articulations. The player however is at best two versions (at least 24 months of serious dev work, which it's not clear they are doing) behind being a $1k piece of software. The UI was designed more for style than function and really just doesn't get the job done either. The engine and it's features (or lack of them) is very weak. Unlike when it first shipped you can actually load a full template (if you have a lot of RAM and a large/fast SSD and are willing to wait a long time) and play it inside Cakewalk (or any DAW) without too many problems. I get the impression on Mac it's better, though it's not clear how much. At the end of the day a good full orchestra will cost, but this one at full price is double what it should be. The Spitfire reality distortion field is very strong though. Most people who spend $700-$999 (intro price to full) will avoid saying "Hey, this kind of sucks". But it does. You can use it and perhaps get good stuff out of it, but it's not very good in terms of price/value/quality. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Guess I’m happy to be on a Mac. For once 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Thanks Matthew - very useful 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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