Larry Shelby Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Sampletank Orchestral Percussion $19.99 (Reg $99.99): https://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/sampletank-orchestral-percussion/ Sampletank Cinematic Percussion $19.99 (Reg $99.99): https://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/sampletank-cinematic-percussion/ Sampletank Beat Machines $19.99 (Reg $49.99): https://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/sampletank-beat-machines/ Plus earn store points credit with each purchase at Black Octopus Sound 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Arwood Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I was looking for some nice timpani for a project I am working on. Anyone have any suggestions? I thought this one sounded better than what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amicus717 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 9 hours ago, Max Arwood said: I was looking for some nice timpani for a project I am working on. Anyone have any suggestions? I thought this one sounded better than what I have. I have both of those percussion libraries. They are ok. The timp patches sound good, but are pretty basic in terms of articulations. There are single hit patches using soft, medium and hard mallets, plus crescendos and rolls in a variety of dynamics. I find the velocity layers change a bit abruptly, especially for the soft mallets patches. So in my view: very basic stuff, but decent enough to use for simple projects. Personally, I don't use these timp patches in my projects at all, since I have much more complete timp libraries available. The loops and percussion combo patches in these libaries are much more useful to me, and I do fire them up occaision. The various metal and drum patches are decent. Overall, I think $19 is a fair price. Frankly, I wouldn't pay more. That's just my experience, as someone who does full orchestral mock-ups. YMMV. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Arwood Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Thanks Rob. Which ones do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 4/24/2024 at 12:07 AM, Max Arwood said: Anyone have any suggestions? Yeah, spend an extra $10 and get all 3 of these plus Miroslav Philharmonik and an insane number of other instruments: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/st4/?pkey=sampletank-4-max-v2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amicus717 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 22 hours ago, Max Arwood said: Thanks Rob. Which ones do you use? I tend to mix it up a lot, but as a general overview I use a combination of: CinePerc from Cinesamples NI Symphony Series Percussion (the only Symphony Series library that delivers the goods, in my view) Spitfire BBCSO Vienna Synchron-ized Special Editions Spitfire AlbionONE (the Easter Island hits, in particular) Orchestral Tools Ark 1 FWIW, if I had to choose just one of the above, I'd actually choose the NI Symphony Series Perc lib. It's a lot better than it's Symphony Series siblings, to my ears, and has fairly comprehensive set of instruments, plus a consistent control mapping across the various patches and articulations that works well for me. And I find it fairly easy to blend with other libraries. The other Symphony Series libraries do not thrill me at all, and I barely use them, but the Perc one gets called up a lot. Hope this info helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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