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Oh man, why did I not think about that yesterday. THAT would have been the best suggestion - relative price range, great samples, and you can pick and choose by articulation what to download, so you can manage space. Sorry @fjz - I should have suggested this yesterday.

If you want to go with the 8Dio, spend the extra $25 and get this: https://8dio.com/products/epic-ensemble-bundle?variant=52185183256942 You get three of their choirs, and some extras.

Another good option (though it is much more than 80 GB) is the EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition (which is the standard orchestra, not the Fantasy Orchestra that Larry mentioned). You can get it direct from EastWest right now for $224 (with the code LaborDay). That is a great deal - a ton of content for not that much.

I'm not really a fan of Majestica. It has its place, but it is loud, bombastic, and generally noisy. 8 Dio is.....well, 8 Dio. And I have a lot of their libraries. Do you have any orchestral libraries at all yet? If not, I would suggest starting with Spitfire's BBCO Discover. Its actually really good, and provides a good start in that ecosystem - its upgradable to Core, then Pro. Oh, and its free.

That's funny. But probably true. I always thought that my mixes sucked because I don't know what I'm doing. Of course, I should probably finish a song first.

I did, but forgetting a .bin and an .exe. file in an installation package is still bush league. There is no way that should happen - that isn't a "bug" - it is just carelessness and not checking.

Wow. That's bush league....

I'll definitely pick something up, and I was looking for newer libraries as well. Though I'm an IT guy by trade, I don't do AI, ChatGPT, Co-Pilot, etc. that much. However, ChatGPT is pretty good at doing deep dive web searches. I asked it for its best guess on a complete list of libraries, and this is what is gave me. EastWest (SoundsOnline) libraries by release date 2003 Quantum Leap Stormdrum (Kompakt) — 2003. Internet Archive 2004 Symphonic Orchestra (EWQLSO: Silver/Gold/Platinum) — 2004 (reviewed June ’04, initial releases spanned 2003–04). Sound On Sound 2005 Symphonic Choirs — Feb 28, 2005. KVR Audio Symphonic Orchestra Pro XP expansions — 2005. KVR AudioSound On Sound 2006 Quantum Leap RA — 2006. Sound On Sound 2007 Quantum Leap Voices of Passion — Jun 18, 2007. KVR Audio Quantum Leap Ministry of Rock (MOR 1) — announced Jan–Mar 2007; 2007 release. sonicstate.comSynthtopia Fab Four — announced Jan 18, 2007; shipping Jun 1, 2007. The Music of John SawoskiKVR Audio 2008 Quantum Leap Stormdrum 2 — shipped Feb 2008. Sound On Sound Quantum Leap Gypsy — Jun 21, 2008. MusicRadar Quantum Leap Goliath — Jun 2008. Post MagazineMusicRadar 2009 Quantum Leap Silk — 2009. Sound On Sound 2010 Hollywood Strings — announced Jan 2010; shipping Feb 15, 2010. dontcrack.comSonic Scoop The Dark Side — 2010. MuseWireSonic Scoop 2011–2013 (Hollywood core orchestra) Hollywood Brass — late 2011 / reviewed 2012. MusicRadar Hollywood Orchestral Woodwinds — 2013. musictech.comSound On Sound Hollywood Orchestral Percussion — 2013 (released alongside Strings/Brass/Woodwinds cycle; widely cited in series coverage). Sound On Sound 2012 Ministry of Rock 2 — 2012. Sounds Online 2013 Quantum Leap Stormdrum 3 — Jul 15, 2013. Rekkerd.org 2014 Ghostwriter (Steven Wilson) — Jan 2014. KVR Audio ProDrummer Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 — 2014. KVR Audio+1 2015–2016 (Hollywood Solo series) Hollywood Solo Harp — Nov 2015 (ComposerCloud first). Sound On Sound Hollywood Solo Cello — Dec 1, 2016. Sound On Sound Hollywood Solo Violin — 2016. KVR Audio 2017 Hollywood Choirs — 2017. Sound On Sound 2018 Voices of the Empire — Apr 19, 2018. KVR Audio Voices of Soul — Oct 24, 2018. KVR Audio 2019 Voices of Opera — Mar 26–27, 2019. KVR AudioMusicPlayers.com Hollywood Pop Brass — Jan 24, 2019 (announced/released). Sounds Online 2020 Hollywood Backup Singers — Jan 14, 2020 (release); reviewed Apr 2020. KVR AudioSound On Sound 2021 Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition — Apr 27, 2021. KVR Audio 2022 Forbidden Planet (hybrid synth VI) — Nov 4, 2022. KVR Audio String Machine — Nov 4, 2022. KVR Audio 2023 (Hollywood Fantasy series) Hollywood Fantasy Brass — Jun 19, 2023. KVR Audio Hollywood Fantasy Winds — Jun 26, 2023. KVR Audio Hollywood Fantasy Percussion — Jul 28, 2023. KVR Audio Hollywood Fantasy Voices — Sep 6, 2023. KVR Audio Hollywood Fantasy Orchestrator — Oct 27, 2023. KVR Audio 2024 Hollywood Strings 2 — Apr 25, 2024. Sound On SoundPraiseTracks Iconic: Classic Synth Collection (Anthony Marinelli) — Oct 15, 2024. KVR Audio

Fixed bug regarding locked BPM behaviour in Standalone Fixed bug related to mp3 support Fixed crash when using Ableton-specific .aif files

Can pick up some great deals that way for $54!

Wait, what?

Good on you. IK gets quite a bit of guff online (here included (and by me), on occasion), but the products themselves are really good IMHO. Good on you for standing up and supporting a dev. (I bought it too. )

I bit. I just had to have that D-50. Love those sounds.

'Spensive....

Nice. RIP Computer Music Magazine....

I agree. Sadly, so many of those magazine are just gone now. I read actual books as well, never Kindle. Now get off my lawn.

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SoundMorphCash99 gets you $99 off any product or bundle. https://soundmorph.com/

Steinberg has there summer instrument sale going on now. Though it doesn't get as much "pub" of Komplete or Total Studio, Absolute really has some gems in there. On sale now for $249. I'm a big fan of Halion. Steinberg releases quite a few instruments and expansions for Halion, but they really don't seem to push them that much. I've always felt they really need to do something like Komplete - combining Halion with all available instrument sets would make a really strong product. https://www.steinberg.net/promotion/instruments/ Also on sale is is there Iconica Series (also really good, but not as popular as the other orchestral sets out there).

Nothing on this latest update though.

An update showed up for XO today. As usual, no release notes from XLN.

I think you should get 93% off if you can correctly pronouce "Ueberschall"

I need one of those.

I don't think anyone has ever found a reason to spend them.