Finally! We've been trying to get permission for some high profile cues using Kirk Hunter Studios libraries (I've mentioned before that Kirk Hunter Studios libraries are all over cues for Ugly Betty, Medium and other American TV shows). Kirk just got permission on this one, the theme (the actual theme not someone recreating it) for Captain America: Sentinel Of Liberty Soundtrack by David A. Logan. It uses Diamond strings and brass.

http://www.kirkhunterstud...namericadavidlogan.mp3

Here's info on Kirk Hunter Studios Diamond: Diamond ($549 USD list price; approx. 65+ GB) NOW $137.25 USD At over 65GB, Diamond is a very large full-orchestral package. It combines Ruby with Emerald, so it is like getting 2 complete orchestras in one package. For the price, we're confident that you will not find a better orchestral sample library anywhere. Features TVEC 3. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater. More info: http://kirkhunterstudios.com/products_diamond.html

hey guys, 3 quick questions:

Is keyswitching the only way to change articulations? Can't use patch changes from sonar?

How are the woodwinds?? articulations?

And, is Diamond the ultimate bundle, with everything? (minus rock/pop)

THIS GROUP BUY HAS REACHED ITS HIGHEST DISCOUNT LEVEL -- ALL LIBRARIES ARE 75% OFF THEIR LIST PRICES (see below). SALE PRICES ARE NOW GOOD UNTIL JAN 2, 2012 at 11:59 PM PT.  
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43&sid=70cccfeda0aa80b9b3b5ead611de7048

The BIGGEST Group Buy deal of the year has arrived! Kirk Hunter Studios Countdown to Black Friday Group Buy. 

HOW THE GROUP BUY WORKS 

- Register at kirkhunterstudios.com using the URL below. You'll receive an email with a link to purchase your desired libraries at a discount rate of 75% off list price. 

- Registration for the Group Buy ends Jan 2, 2012 at 11:59PM PT. 

- Downloadable product only.    

- You may purchase multiple libraries (go ahead, buy one or all four). 
Tell others and help the Group Buy get to the lowest price. 

PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE GROUP BUY: 

Pop / Rock Strings including KONTAKT Player  NOW $62.25 USD
($249 USD list price; approx. 8 GB) 
A beautiful collection of 3 string ensembles and solo strings (whole, half, quarter and solo divisions) based on our Concert Strings II library. Pop / Rock strings is perfect for rock/pop/R&B/hip hop and other contemporary genres. Includes KONTAKT Player. Features TVEC 3. 
More info:http://www.kirkhunterstud.../products_pop_str.html 

Concert Strings II  - NOW $199.75 USD
($799 USD list price; approx. 25 GB) 
Four string libraries in one (whole, half, quarter and solo divisions). You can call up anything from a huge “Hollywood film sound” to an intimate string quartet to anything in between. Features TVEC 3 which includes SmartLegato2® as one of its features, allowing you to play chords in legato mode even while changing articulations! Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater. 
More info:http://kirkhunterstudios...products_cs_str_ii.html 

Concert Brass II  - NOW $87.25 USD
($349 USD INTRODUCTORY SALE PRICE, Approx 45 GB) 
A gorgeous collection of concert brass featuring whole divisions (8 F HORNS, 8 TRUMPETS, 8 TROMBONES), half divisions (4 F HORNS, 4 TRUMPETS, 4 TROMBONES), quarter divisions (2 F HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, 2 TROMBONES) and solo divisions (SOLO F HORN, SOLO TRUMPET, SOLO TROMBONE). Features TVEC 3 which includes SmartLegato2®, allowing you to play chords in legato mode even while changing articulations! Concert Brass II lets you can call up anything from a huge "Hollywood" film sound to an intimate brass chorale, solo or anything in between. You'll be able to get big bombastic fanfares, easy to control crescendos or "spooky" and dark backgrounds. The range of programming variety is limitless. All sections were sampled in a space large enough to get the "sweet spot" for brass, yet not so ambient that you're stuck with a mushy sound.  This allows you to choose your own style of ambience without conflicts. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater. 
More info: http://www.kirkhunterstud.../products_cbrs_ii.html 

Diamond - NOW $137.25 USD
($549 USD list price, Approx 65+ GB) 
At over 65GB, Diamond is a very large full-orchestral package. It combines Ruby with Emerald, so it is like getting 2 complete orchestras in one package. For the price, we’re confident that you will not find a better orchestral sample library anywhere.  Features TVEC 3. 
More info: http://kirkhunterstudios..m/products_diamond.html: 

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ABOUT KIRK HUNTER STUDIOS SAMPLE LIBRARIES: 
Kirk Hunter Studios sample libraries are used by customers such as Kerry Livgren (Kansas), Jeff Bova (Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Kelly Clarkson, David Archileta, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, etc.), Bruce Miller (Josh Stone, Rod Stewart, Gladys Knight, shows such as Frasier, Designing Women, etc.), Jeff Beal (4 time Emmy winner; Medium, Ugly Betty, etc.), Alan Silvestri (The Mummy Returns, Lilo & Stitch, Polar Express, Night at the Museum, etc.). Our libraries are used on numerous popular TV shows, such as American Idol.  See the website for endorsements: 
http://kirkhunterstudios.com/testimonials.html  

somsto75 No need for me to bear with you, it's no trouble at all -- these are easy questions for me to answer (while I'm sitting with my two kids watching a Peanuts Christmas special!). Diamond does give you woodwinds and orchestral percussion, which Concert String II and and Concert Brass II doesn't give you. That said, the strings in Diamond sound different than Concert Strings II, so I think, if you can afford it, it's ideal to have both and use each for the appropriate situation or combine them.  Pros are always combining different libraries. 

I've been working with Kirk to get permission on using some very well known American TV cues that use various Kirk Hunter Strings libraries. But the it's not only a challenge to get permission from the various parties with the rights to the music, it's pretty common that composers use multiple strings, brass and woodwind libraries in their cues. One professional games music composers I know tells me that some of his game music includes up to five different devs orchestral libraries! So, my take is that since Concert Strings I and II sound different, are from different sessions made years apart, it's ideal to have both. 

I've shared it before in the thread, but part of my compensation for planning and help manage this group buy is in the form of libraries, and I chose Concert Strings II, Concert Brass II and Diamond. I mainly care about the strings, so I'm primarily getting Diamond for the strings, but also the woodwinds and percussion. 

- Peter

I'm having a difficult time finding a published list of the articulations included for the woodwinds if somebody could post them, thx
 
EDIT: one more thing, what are the samples specs i.e 44.1 24 bit?

Only four more days until the Group Buy at 75% off is over and all libraries go back up to list price.  Here's an awful, awful (but still amusing) 80s song to reinforce the point that the deal is almost over...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

If anyone is still on the fence this is a great deal. - I recently added Diamond to the Concert Brass I bought earlier. They both sound great ane are one of the reasons my post count is down in the past couple of weeks.

The Kirk Hunter Studios Group Buy ends today, Jan 2, 2012, at 11:59 PT. All sample libraries are now 75% off their list prices (see below). This is your chance to get excellent quality, professional level orchestral sample libraries for a fraction of their regular price. For example, Kirk Hunter Studio's Diamond was used on the recently released Captain America: Sentinal of Liberty Soundtrack by David Logan (http://www.kirkhunterstud...namericadavidlogan.mp3 ). It's also been used on many popular tv shows like Ugly Betty, Medium, etc., movies and in popular songs.  And until midnight PT today, you can pick up this pro library for  $137.25 USD. Tomorrow it goes back to its regular price of $549 USD.  

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43&sid=70cccfeda0aa80b9b3b5ead611de7048

 HOW THE GROUP BUY WORKS 

- Register at kirkhunterstudios.com using the URL below. You'll receive an email with a link to purchase your desired libraries at a discount rate of 75% off list price. 
- Registration for the Group Buy ends Jan 2, 2012 at 11:59PM PT. 
- Downloadable product only.    
- You may purchase multiple libraries (go ahead, buy one or all four). 
Tell others and help the Group Buy get to the lowest price. 

PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE GROUP BUY: 

Pop / Rock Strings including KONTAKT Player  NOW $62.25 USD
($249 USD list price; approx. 8 GB) 
A beautiful collection of 3 string ensembles and solo strings (whole, half, quarter and solo divisions) based on our Concert Strings II library. Pop / Rock strings is perfect for rock/pop/R&B/hip hop and other contemporary genres. Includes KONTAKT Player. Features TVEC 3. 
More info:http://www.kirkhunterstud.../products_pop_str.html 

Concert Strings II  - NOW $199.75 USD
($799 USD list price; approx. 25 GB) 
Four string libraries in one (whole, half, quarter and solo divisions). You can call up anything from a huge “Hollywood film sound” to an intimate string quartet to anything in between. Features TVEC 3 which includes SmartLegato2® as one of its features, allowing you to play chords in legato mode even while changing articulations! Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater. 
More info:http://kirkhunterstudios...products_cs_str_ii.html 

Concert Brass II  - NOW $87.25 USD
($349 USD INTRODUCTORY SALE PRICE, Approx 45 GB) 
A gorgeous collection of concert brass featuring whole divisions (8 F HORNS, 8 TRUMPETS, 8 TROMBONES), half divisions (4 F HORNS, 4 TRUMPETS, 4 TROMBONES), quarter divisions (2 F HORNS, 2 TRUMPETS, 2 TROMBONES) and solo divisions (SOLO F HORN, SOLO TRUMPET, SOLO TROMBONE). Features TVEC 3 which includes SmartLegato2®, allowing you to play chords in legato mode even while changing articulations! Concert Brass II lets you can call up anything from a huge "Hollywood" film sound to an intimate brass chorale, solo or anything in between. You'll be able to get big bombastic fanfares, easy to control crescendos or "spooky" and dark backgrounds. The range of programming variety is limitless. All sections were sampled in a space large enough to get the "sweet spot" for brass, yet not so ambient that you're stuck with a mushy sound.  This allows you to choose your own style of ambience without conflicts. Requires full version of KONTAKT 4 or greater. 
More info: http://www.kirkhunterstud.../products_cbrs_ii.html 

Diamond - NOW $137.25 USD
($549 USD list price, Approx 65+ GB) 
At over 65GB, Diamond is a very large full-orchestral package. It combines Ruby with Emerald, so it is like getting 2 complete orchestras in one package. For the price, we’re confident that you will not find a better orchestral sample library anywhere.  Features TVEC 3. 
More info: http://kirkhunterstudios..m/products_diamond.html: 

 ----->>>>> JOIN NOW! <<<<<----- 
http://www.kirkhunterstud...k_friday_group_buy.php 

ABOUT KIRK HUNTER STUDIOS SAMPLE LIBRARIES: 
Kirk Hunter Studios sample libraries are used by customers such as Kerry Livgren (Kansas), Jeff Bova (Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Kelly Clarkson, David Archileta, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, etc.), Bruce Miller (Josh Stone, Rod Stewart, Gladys Knight, shows such as Frasier, Designing Women, etc.), Jeff Beal (4 time Emmy winner; Medium, Ugly Betty, etc.), Alan Silvestri (The Mummy Returns, Lilo & Stitch, Polar Express, Night at the Museum, etc.). Our libraries are used on numerous popular TV shows, such as American Idol.  See the website for endorsements: 
http://kirkhunterstudios.com/testimonials.html 

Demos on KHS website
http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/audiodemos.html

Customer Demo Contest  
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3315 00

Today is the final day for anyone who joined the Group Buy (or uses the above link) to purchase Kirk Hunter Studios libraries at 75% off. The discount expires at 11:59 PM PT today.