PM sent thank you

I find the original Miroslav, especially the ones inside ST3, excellent. The solo Cello is one of my favorites and can hold its own even in the context of Hollywood Orchestra. I think the original is from 1994, so this is sort of remarkable.
 
 

I am bumfuzzled big time!! Are you guys running 32 bit MP in Sonar Platinum on Windows 10? I can get MP to run as standalone but it crashes and burns everytime I try to use it in SPLAT with 10!!! Both 32 and 64 bit versions just choke!
If so, how did you get it to work?
Boy, I sure hope MP2 has been sorted out because I do like MP and would use it a lot more if I could get it to work as a plugin. I bought Sampletank 3 just for the MP features and it works great but I like the gui and the menus better in the original MP.

I tried importing my MP in to Sampletank 3 but, like you said, some features are lost so I just use the MP Sampletank3 sounds. I bought the upgrade pre-buy of MP2 and am anxiously awaiting that release. I use Garritan quite a bit but it, also, uses controllers rather than velocity on some articulations. I also have the old Peter Sziedlaczek Orchestra and Choir librarys that run in Kontakt. One of these days I'll get around to upping to EW, Kirk Hunter, etc. For now, what I have fills the bill. LOL!

I picked it up fro $94 with credits and Jam Points.

Waiting till Dec 17th doesn't sound too terrible.....

Hi all,
 
I'm surprised that I cannot find any info about presets in PM2.  That is, there should be a lot of different types of setups of the instruments for "full" orchestras with popular variations as well as smaller groups such as string quartets in their typical configurations.  I don't want to spend a lot of time having to place each instrument, set its volume level, etc. every time I instantiate PM2.  I anticipate a host of popular configurations to modify. 
 
Furthermore: Given that many users would combine output from PM2 with other sounds for pop, there really should be a large number of these.  For example, a typical orchestra but with a small hole in the stereo field slightly to one side or the other of center; orchestra compressed to the left or to the right, ....  I typically like very wide violins or cellos for pop mixes, completely balanced left to right, not to one side.  It would be nice to have presets that have orchestra percussion set up like typical drum kits for pop in order to simply substitute "kit pieces."
 
Does there exist such a list of presets like this, with descriptive names or other accompanying info to give potential customers some idea of how little or much work is involved in setting up various orchestras and string quartets?
 
Thanks for your attention,
Dave Clark

Hi bapu,
 
Thanks --- hope so!
 
Another question occurred to me as I was reading the online marketing stuff, possibly also for Peter: Are the keyswitch keys re-assignable?  I don't have C0 or D0 on my main keyboard, for example.  The pics typically show C0 through G0. 
 
Regards,
Dave Clark
 
PS: I asked this particular question also on the IK Multimedia forums, but it appears that questions have gone unanswered for several days there --- and time is running out.

pentimentosound
Thanks, Glyn. I hadn't thought of using two keyboards at once,

Thank Jordan Rudess, I saw him using a mini keyboard for kewswitching in a Omnisphere demo video.

bapu
Dave,
 
Doesn't your keyboard have an octave shifter? I have an M-Audio Axiom 61 that allows that. It may not always solve the problem it in many instances it could help.

Hi bapu,
 
Thanks for the suggesting the idea.  My keyboard is really old, a Korg N264.  I'm pretty sure I can shift all the keys, but I don't believe that there is any sort of on-board "keyswitch" octave shifter, but I'll look at the manual to double-check.  I could possibly add in MIDI plugin that would transpose the unused lower keys downward a bit, or even write such a plugin if nothing exists.  I wouldn't be surprised if one of those fancy arpeggiators like Kirnu Cream could do it.
 
It would have been more straightforward if IK Multimedia had considered this and allowed for it.  IMO this is one of those things that we pay programmers to consider when writing software --- part of making it usable.
 
Thanks again and Regards,
Dave Clark