Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose.

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2013/04/27 16:30:51 (permalink)

Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose.

Hello Gents, 

The expiry date to claim my free AAS sound pack is in a few days, [Apr. 30], and for the life of me I just can't decide. 

Their demos are not much good - too short, and not enough variety.

I've listened to them again & again and I guess I'm just asking for some opinions on these.

Geez.. and as if going through this wasn't hard enough with the Alchemy packs just last month. 

Oh what a dilemma & such troubles in an otherwise perfect world, huh?  


I can narrow it down to these 6:

Primaries
BLKRTZ
Cinematique
Angelis
Analog Essentials


Secondaries 
Starlight
30.8676

Any good, bad or other experiences, surprises or disasters?


[I don't do any movie tracks, dubstep, techno, rap, or trance.] 


Thanks Buds, 

James


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    lawajava
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    Re:Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose. 2013/04/27 19:00:17 (permalink)
    James - I went for Plastic Pop which I feel very satisfied with.

    The surprise for me is that AAS includes with each of the choices a preview set from each of the packs overall. It's called Swatches. There are some great sounds in the Swatches samples - so you'll get that in addition to whichever set you choose.

    I'm very glad Cakewalk arranged this for the Content Club. Great preview to another excellent provider of sounds. 

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    Re:Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose. 2013/04/27 19:09:43 (permalink)
    Yes, I have Swatches, and was previewing all the sounds in it with the included player.

    I was initially going for the Plastic Pop, but then realized that I have enough synths with the older retro sounds in them already, hence adding to my dilemma. 



     
     
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    Re:Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose. 2013/04/28 11:37:41 (permalink)
    It was NOT an easy choice... and the AAS master plan probably worked, as I expect I'll be returning to purchase at least one more of their libraries!

    But to answer the question, I narrowed it down to Journeys (VS-1) and Cinémathèque (VA-1) - based solely on the sounds. I just really liked the sounds in both these libraries, and could see myself using them in upcoming projects.

    I ended up using the coupon to get Journeys because I can probably create many of the sounds in Cinémathèque myself, or at least I'll get close. Programming VS-1 remains a mystery to me, and I hope to learn some of the tricks by examining the patches.

    I don't think one can make a bad choice though - it seems to me that AAS is very selective in the add-on libraries that they include on their site. It took me probably a dozen passes of listening to the demos to narrow the field to two, and then it was more-or-less a practical matter that made the choice for me<G>!

    Now I just have to scrounge up $40 to pick up Cinémathèque - because in spite of my bravado above, I'm quite certain I'd learn a lot from studying those patches too!


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    Re:Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose. 2013/04/28 12:52:22 (permalink)
    I've just gone for KitNetix

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    Re:Having Trouble Nailing Down A Decision About Which AAS Free Pack To Choose. 2013/04/29 00:04:06 (permalink)
    Hmm... definitely some interesting picks there.

    I'm am leaning towards Cinemathique.





     
     
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