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2010/03/17 17:06:21
Phoenix
garrigus


lavoll


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

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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?
2010/03/17 19:03:31
noiseboy
AFAIK, all Kontakt libs use the Service Centre, so no dongle for any of them.

As well as the mighty Symphobia, I'm a huge fan of Orange Tree Samples - their Strawberry Guitar and Cherry Bass are excellent.  Pettinhouse also do fantastic guitars and basses.  Love Cinesamples Hollywoodwinds.  Anything from Tonehammer will be good.

And continue to love EWQL's original Stormdrum, still used almost daily here.
2010/03/17 19:32:36
garrigus
Phoenix


garrigus


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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2010/03/17 21:46:59
Phoenix
challenge/response I can handle. I've had no problems with Service Centre since its very early days. Thanks, guys.

2010/03/20 10:25:44
wst3
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!
2014/07/01 08:08:15
victorm_cm
I Recent purchase DSK HQ Instruments, and I'm very impressed about quality and price!
446 instruments for only $25, most of them with velocity layers (guitars and sax sounds very realistic):

 
. Include all kind of sounds:
  • Bass (acoustic, synth…)
  • Classic Grand Piano
  • Drum Machines
  • Electric Piano
  • GM Drum Kits
  • Guitars (nylon, acoustic & steel)
  • Orchestra (winds, brass, strings…)
  • Organs
  • Pads
  • Saxophones
  • Synth Sounds
  • Synth Sounds – Analog
  • World Instruments (Japan, India…)
2017/10/14 15:26:50
YLM2017
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!
 

2017/10/14 18:48:06
TigerTheFrog
I really like: 
Cinematic Studio Strings
Fluffy Audio - Woodwinds and Dominus Choir
Art Vista's Malmjo GVI Piano
Cinesamples Tina Guo Cello Legato
Realitone's Blue and Ladies
Zero-G's Ethera
Orange Tree Samples Guitars
Impact Soundworks' Orchestral Percussion (I like a lot of stuff by this company)
Heavyocity's Gravity (I have the Vocalise and Scoring Guitars Packs)
Embertone is a generally a great company
 
Also, although this is about Kontakt, I would add that more and more of my favorite stuff can be found in the free UVI player,like for example Virharmonic's Bohemian Violin and AcousticSamples' Sunbird Guitar.
 
And finally, as I think you all know, Tonehammer went out of business in 2011, splitting up into 8Dio (Troels Folmann) and Soundiron (Mike Peaslee).  
2017/10/14 19:08:34
cclarry
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..
2017/10/15 02:25:26
Fleer
Here’s my ten:

Output
Spitfire
Realitone
Bechstein
Soundiron
Embertone
SampleLogic
Wavesfactory
ImpactSoundworks
OrangeTreeSamples
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