Top 10 libraries for Kontakt?

Besides the obvious EWQL, Symphobia, Morphestra
 
Any genre... Which are comparable two these 3 in quality?? (made for Kontakt)
 
I know it's all subjective, but... let's see who agrees on what. :)

I really enjoy ethnic sounds, so I would have to say EW-RA. Though one must admit what I have heard from East West puts them number one in my book.

I guess I should have reworded it.

The best Library makers!! :)

When I said EW was one of the obvious leaders...I meant all of their libraries. I didn't mention the other obvious choice.. NI..because I am talking about Kontakt, so I figured that was a given.

so...any other library "makers"?? Top 5 maybe?

it so depends on what you are after.. :)

i general, i like soniccoutoure alot and also http://www.store.precisionsound.net/  havent gotten any tonehammer libraries, but the demos sound good.
project sam truestrike 2 is another favourite of mine, Tsaiko and Impact Steel are fun, but because of the work I do these days, it is mostly all East Wests Orchestra (the old kontakt lib, not the new Play one).

lavoll


i general, i like soniccoutoure alot and also http://www.store.precisionsound.net/  havent

If anyone decides to purchase libraries from Precisionsound, keep in mind that you can get 10% off all their products by going through the DigiFreq Deals page: http://digifreq.com/?MusicDeals

Scott

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lavoll


i general, i like soniccoutoure alot and also http://www.store.precisionsound.net/  havent

If anyone decides to purchase libraries from Precisionsound, keep in mind that you can get 10% off all their products by going through the DigiFreq Deals page: http://digifreq.com/?MusicDeals

Scott

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I like the prices--very reasonable! And it will load in Kontakt; doesn't need its own engine. One thing I can't find--what kind of copy protection  precisionsound uses. Do you know, Scott?

Phoenix

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lavoll


i general, i like soniccoutoure alot and also http://www.store.precisionsound.net/  havent

If anyone decides to purchase libraries from Precisionsound, keep in mind that you can get 10% off all their products by going through the DigiFreq Deals page: http://digifreq.com/?MusicDeals

Scott

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I like the prices--very reasonable! And it will load in Kontakt; doesn't need its own engine. One thing I can't find--what kind of copy protection  precisionsound uses. Do you know, Scott?

Yeah, they have some nice libraries. I don't know about the copy protection, but as Noiseboy said it would either have to be the same as Kontakt or none at all.

Best,
Scott

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well specific libraries is hard to define, that's a personal choice based on the music you create, however, I've become a big fan of small, specialized libraries, and for that sort of thing I highly recommend browsing the following sites:
ToneHammer
MicroHammer
Soniccouture
Sonokinetic
CineSamples

You'll likely still need a couple of larger libraries for things like strings, brass, etc. I have not settled on any yet, but I've pretty much narrowed the field, for my purposes anyway, to:  
Chris Hein- just amazing brass
Kirk Hunter - some of the coolest strings I've ever heard
Bela D Media - beautiful choirs and some really cool instruments

There are also some uber-large specialized libraries, like LA Scoring Strings, but I think that sort of thing probably needs to wait, at least for me, till I've covered all the other bases - besides which I still have Garritan's original Orchestral String Library for Giga, which is still amazing!

And, don't overlook Native Instrument's own offerings. I only own one so far, their Sax&Brass library, but it is absolutely amazing. You can get a cut down version for the free Kore player (that's what I did) but it will just leave you wanting more!

Have fun!

I don't have 10 but I have 4 that I've found a lot of people don't know about. 
 
If Hip-Hop is your genre, then these will be perfect for you!
 

For what it's worth...East West has not been Kontakt for many years...
they run on their own Play Engine.

8DIO
Auddict
FluffyAudio

There are so many decent it's hard to "narrow them down"
to ten..

Please keep in mind the age of the OP. This thread was brought back to life by msg #17 and I moved it to this area because it is a better place for the thread.

Don't forget Hideaway Studios.

All of them great ;)