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Black Friday is coming next month!!! ?

I never said it was a bad thing. In fact, I think using a template with per track player instances is an improvement over cumbersome multi-timbral arrangements. I was just pointing out that this was not a Kontakt instrument, to anyone who had expectations that it might be. Especially in light of the comment about Amadeus Symphony Orchestra, which is.

The full Studio One template for BBCSO Core running in Studio One 5.4 here is using up about 12GB RAM. I only have 16GB, so if you plan to work with a full orchestra template you may want to have 32GB available. But the author of this template also provided a "slim" template, with smaller sections. For those that just want a test ride, there is also BBCSO Discover, which can be had for free. But not in time to make the cutoff on the 50% deal, as there is a 2 week wait for the free license. >>> https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover/ Discover has a much smaller sample footprint, templates for Garageband, Logic, and ProTools, as well as additional contributed templates for Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, Bitwig, Dorico, and FL Studio.

The BBCSO Core templates are here. There are additional templates from contributors for Studio One, Reaper, Bitwig, and Dorico. https://www.spitfireaudiothepage.com/posts/core-templates I just loaded up the one for Studio One successfully, "Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Core Template for Studio One v 4.6 Professional.song". Edit: There appears to be about 100 instrument tracks in here, each with instances of Spitfire Player, and in addition there are quite a few FX and Stem tracks. Impressive, but now I'm thinking about filling my two empty RAM slots with another 16GB. ?

Just be aware that Spitfire has its own BBCSO player and is not Kontakt compatible. I have Amadeus as well, which is a decent orchestral sketching library that does run in Kontakt. But to use BBCSO in a DAW, you will be using a separate instance of the player for each track, as the player is not multi-timbral. But Spitfire has made this easy for a few DAWs, as they have pre-made orchestral templates for this purpose. There are currently supporting templates for Logic Pro X, GarageBand, Ableton Live, Protools, and Cubase. >>> https://www.spitfireaudiothepage.com/templates

After reading the link from @Promidi, I suspect this will optimize the library on a HDD. In fact, mine is installed on an SSD, and I don't even see an "Optimise" option.

The Alan Parson's Imperial Grand was sampled for each key with 8 velocity layers, according to the description. But you make a good point about the difference between sampled and modeled pianos. Many forums have already been filled to the brim with this discussion, and my impression is that real piano players find that the response of a modeled piano is more realistic for playing. Although some will admit that modeled pianos can fall short of the sonic realism of some sampled pianos. Someone already mentioned that this would be a decent freebie if you were light on pianos in your collection. I wouldn't have high expectations for this if you were already into some high end piano libraries or models.

If you have "adult" hands, you will appreciate full size keys, even in a compact form factor. I have large hands and find that "mini" keys are difficult to strike accurately without hitting more than one at a time...

Not bad. Alan was on the team that sampled a Bösendorfer® Model 290 grand piano at Mark Knopfler's British Grove Studios in London. https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/st3alanparsonsgrand/?pkey=st3sounds-alanparsons-grand

Too bad that I already upgraded to BBC Core earlier this year for 40% off...

Version 5.4.1 Release Notes (October 14, 2021): The following issues have been fixed: ● [Apple Silicon Native] Tuner shows incorrect results ● [ATOM SQ] Fixed page numbers for Song, Instrument, and Editor buttons ● [macOS] Touch event is offset in plug-in select menu ● [Note Editor] Tab to next note not working consistently ● 32-bit float recording from Capture shows up as 16-bit in Studio One ● Alt+Drag in arrangement intermittently crashes S1 ● BPM from WAV file not properly applied to audio part ● Can’t drag WAV files to browser to export events with FX ● Cancel mixdown keeps rendered part ● Crash when closing plug-in editor via touch ● Crash with Acustica Audio N4 plug-in ● "Cursor follows edit position” option fails when dragging chords from the chord track to the arrangement ● Dragging notes from note editor to arrangement delivers unexpected results ● Dragging time-stretched audio event with detected chords to instrument track creates event with wrong length ● Dragging Splitter from browser search result shows unwanted behavior ● Higher audio monitoring latency reported in certain cases ● Impact XT inside a multi-instrument creates unwanted noise ● Note On not sent to MIDI outputs when MPE enabled ● Pipeline ‘ping’ doesn’t work when transport is stopped ● Potential crash on system shutdown when Studio One is still open ● Scores from Notion using Jazz font are displayed incorrectly ● Some automation parameters may be linked to the wrong track with bus automation ● SoundCloud browser tab occasionally stays empty ● With Plug-in Nap active, reverb tail is cut from certain AU plug-ins ● With Show Page in Perform View, pressing space bar to play/stop doesn’t work when Setlist is in focus

You don't need to own any particular "underlying" product to select a crossgrade. ANY IK product that you own with a MSRP of $99 or higher makes you eligible for ANY IK crossgrade deal.

You get 24 more each time you buy in, at the level you buy into.

Lurssen is not part of T-RackS, but a separate mastering tool. So I do not see it in Custom Shop.

Yep, that's why I think I will stick to the Korg Collection 3 for my digital synth emulation collection. It is very, very nice! I had a Korg X-2 workstation back in the 90's, so their ROMplers are a bit familiar. And I always wanted a Wavestation, but could never afford one! I guess if I want some retro Roland ROMpler sounds, I will have to drag my gear out of the closet. But I have been moving away from hardware for the last 10 years. Virtual instruments are so much easier to work with. Look Ma, no SysEx!

Larry in da house! Welcome back, man!

I don't think it's Omnisphere 3.

Yep, I looked into Roland Cloud, but passed on that. Have similar feelings about that RC like I do with Waves WUP, LOL! I would have liked the JV-1080 emulation, as I have the real hardware rack version of that one, as well as the earlier JV880, and the later XP-30 61-key synth, fully expanded. But even with an outright purchase, you still have to be connected to the net to remain "activated". SMH... ?

Sample library. You can sample ROMpler and associated waveforms, but that will not be an emulation.

You can only use Gear Credits in Custom Shop. So use the 150 GC to purchase Amplitube. Then pick the 4 Elektromagnetic instruments as separate freebies from among the 24 freebies that you will qualify for.

I think the problem with D-50 emulation is with distributing the samples that made up part of the instrument's sound. Only Roland has those samples. From the Roland Cloud description: I recall that this was also an issue with emulating a Yamaha SY77/SY99 synth that mixed sampling with FM, so that unauthorized emulations were limited to a stripped down FM only version. https://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/sy77.php

I'm no longer using 32-bit, but retro digital is cool. ? Not sure if you were actually referring to the JX-8P as "digital", as it was a fully analog synth which was designed to compete with the new digital synths in the mid-80's, such as the Yamaha DX-7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_JX-8P For retro digital, I have 2 versions of virtual emulations of Casio CZ (my first synth in the mid-80's), the UVI Digital Synsations (a sample library based on Roland, Korg, Ensonic, and Ysmaha digital synths)), and the Korg Collection 3 which has virtual emulations of the digital M1, Wavestation, and both the Triton and Triton Extreme. The Korg collection is my most recent acquisition and there is lot to explore in there. Still digging in, LOL! In addition to digital, it also has 5 very cool analog models. ?

I made a layer in Cakewalk with the PG-8X and Syntronik DCO-X. They sound great together! Especially with a little reverb tossed into the mix.

I get the impression that Waves has a business model built around catering to audio professionals who make a living in the business. And they have never bothered to alter it for the home studio musicians and hobbyists, who may have different priorities around support, upgrades, etc. Although that is clearly who their recent marketing efforts are going after, what with all of the $29 sales, and the buy x, get x deals.

So no Resonator for Fleer, or new MIDI keyboard for Ed. ?