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Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
In his fourth collaboration with Spitfire Audio, the legendary trailblazer Hans Zimmer presents the ultimate piano library. Recorded in the Hall at Air Studios over many weeks, with Hans' crack team of engineers, and the award-winning Spitfire crew. This library embodies what Hans described as a “once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to create a top-of-its-class writing tool for discerning composers the world over. AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE PROMO PRICE OF £229 ( $349, €319 approx) RRP £299 OFFER MUST END MIDNIGHT GMT 26th DECEMBER 2015 MORE INFORMATION, DEMOS, VIDEOS & WALKTHROUGHS
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 10:32:44
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☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/12 10:59:59
It's over 400 gigabytes. Still sounds like a piano.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 10:52:52
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carl
.... a top-of-its-class writing tool for discerning composers the world over...
I'm not sure describing it as a "writing tool" (even it if is "top of its class") is a sound marketing ploy. Suggests that the better-sounding, appropriate-for-final-production model is coming -- at 3 times the price.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 10:57:09
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yorolpal
It's over 400 gigabytes. Still sounds like a piano.
Isn't that something like perfect resolution for an ITB piano, with 127 velocities per note and all that? Largest I have now is the ProducerVoices Grand Gold, not the full library mind you, which adds up to 435 gig.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 10:57:46
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Remember this is Spitfire, they're the U.K. version of Slate.
Fantastic libraries though.
For me the Garritan would be a better overall choice.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 11:24:21
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I am looking to pick it up. Sounds beautiful but I need to sell off one of my Novations before I can do it.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 11:47:45
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carl
Remember this is Spitfire, they're the U.K. version of Slate.
Fantastic libraries though.
For me the Garritan would be a better overall choice.
And the Hammersmith from SonicCouture.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 12:00:25
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Yep, that's my go-to now & in all my templates.
Some don't care for it though. Pianos are personal, difficult to please everyone. Each has a certain criteria on how they want it to perform or sound. Rock, classical, upright..
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/12 12:04:46
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Overkill in price and drive space. Put a name on the product to justify the price. It's like the EVH MXR Phazer or the Dunlop Hendricks Wah.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/13 11:43:50
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☄ Helpfulby backwoods 2015/12/13 11:58:58
But it had to be developed & recorded over how many months? Not exactly a cost free proposition.
Funny how people **** about how large it is. If it was small they'd **** too.
Whiners gonna whine.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/13 11:54:46
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But it had to be developed & recorded over how many months? Not exactly a cost free proposition.
Funny how people **** about how large it is. If it was small they'd **** too.
Whiners gonna whine.
Actually some have suggested a lite version. This product is not marketed for a hobbyist. I could see someone who forked out the money like a hobbyist and make the same comment - whiners gonna whine. Somehow they need to justify their purchase by attacking others.
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Re: Hans Zimmer Piano | Spitfire Audio
2015/12/13 21:34:46
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This like many other products wasn't made to be marketed to hobbyists. This whole entitled hobbyist "everything should be made available to us as well" attitude in music production really gets under my skin sometimes. The professional market should have things that are exclusive. If people feel it's worth the money, they will pay for it. If not, the price will come down to something more affordable or the developer will eat the cost and take a loss.
Yes, it's a large library. It takes up a lot of space. The amount of detail I'm seeing in this product surpasses pretty much everything else on the market so yes, it's going to be larger in size. There are a ton of mics because the library is designed and meant to be as versatile as possible. Making a "lite" version defeats the whole purpose IMO. Plus, this is not going to change. These plugins are going to get larger and larger over time. It's the nature of the beast. As they come up with ways to make sampling deeper and more realistic, it's no surprise it will come with larger sizes. Look at libraries from 10 years ago and notice the difference in size and quality.
Here's the good news: storage these days is dirt cheap for high performance drives and SSD is coming down significantly in price as well. You may need a bigger drive. Yes, it will cost money for another one. These are expenses you get with any business on tools that are made for a professional market.
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