M@ B


thanks for the tip.
is it substantially better than garritan pocket orchestra?

IMO, yes! It smokes the "Pocket" orchestra that comes with Dimension. It is comparable to the significantly better Garritan "Personal" Orchestra. At that price it's a definite no brainer. 

Yeah I really like the sounds.

I got this the other day. I mainly tried out the piano samples and they are really good. To me, they are miles ahead of the Dim Pro pianos and better than Truepianos as far as an authentic sounding grand piano. And that's all I have to compare right now.

Jim

GAS got the better of me so I nabbed it too. I've got orchestral libraries coming out the ying yang now.

hello,
i took the suggestion and bought the 'no brainer.'
just installed it (i think), but sonar is not showing it with the other soft synths.

edit:
i got a bit off track with the process and forgot to download and run the authorization manager. just did that, all went well, still don't see it. will rescan and try again.
this is somewhat confusing...

M@ B


cant find it.

any pointers? please.
thanks,
matt

First thing I would do is... Run it in 'Stand-Alone', check audio settings, then have a play to check the libraries are there. Close it then open Sonar (without loading a project) and rescan.

thanks guys,
i didn't create a short cut for it, so i'm not sure how to run it stand alone.

M@ B


thanks guys,
i didn't create a short cut for it, so i'm not sure how to run it stand alone.

Got a midi keyboard hooked up?, you can use stand-alone to perform live.  Click on the shortcut, open it like another program, check audio settings, load up a part (instruments), dial up a midi chn to match and away you go :)

Late Edit:
Sorry, my eyes are playing tricks on me, I thought you said 'did' create a shortcut.  My wife is calling out for me, gotta go. Hope you get it all sorted out and working in Sonar. All the best!

i found it and scanned. it shows up now, so that's good.
trying to get it to respond to a midi file, not playing back.
the interface will take some getting used to...

thanks for your help it is appreciated.
sometimes new installations go smoothly, sometimes not so smooth.

edit:
i can hear it when i click the gui, and i see it responding to the midi data on part 5, but my violin is on part 1.

edit 2:
got it to play. had to double click the instrument while part 5 was selected.

thanks again for the help.

M@ B

SongCraft

M@ B


thanks guys,
i didn't create a short cut for it, so i'm not sure how to run it stand alone.

Got a midi keyboard hooked up?, you can use stand-alone to perform live.  Click on the shortcut, open it like another program, check audio settings, load up a part (instruments), dial up a midi chn to match and away you go :)

Late Edit:
Sorry, my eyes are playing tricks on me, I thought you said 'did' create a shortcut.  My wife is calling out for me, gotta go. Hope you get it all sorted out and working in Sonar. All the best!

haha thanks song craft, i figured that. i eventually tracked it down and scanned it properly.
now i have to learn how to use it. at first try, it doesn't seem to be just "plug and play." it looks like i might have to, dare i say it... read the instructions. hate when that happens.
thanks again,
matt

If you haven't got the Free SampleTank 2.5, you should get it as it comes with 500MB of sounds and both these products run on the same engine (meaning you can use the sounds on both synths). It's pretty much a plug & play instrument (add the built in Fx and you're good to go). What's nice is with 1 instance of SampleTank, you play 16 instruments all at once!! :)  [link=http://www.ikmultimedia.com/sampletankfree/features/]http://www.ikmultimedia.c..ampletankfree/features/[/link] 

M@ B


hello again,
my apologies, in my endeavors to get this plug in instaled and running properly, i forgot to list the default location of the installation where the vst folder scan should be added in sonar. that would be here:

c:\program files (x86)\vst plugins

seems simple enough, but it had me stumped for about an hour or so. there are a few other locations that could seem just as simple.

thanks for the reminder mesh,
i saw that free sample-tank download,but i didn't want to lose focus on install miroslav ce, so i will go back and download that some time today hopefully. from your description, it sounds like a general midi synth. if so, awesome. they are very useful.

thanks again to all.

For a more realistic performance, I use the Mod Wheel on my controller (especially when playing strings) which gives it a more lively feel.
I've also been trying to keep a handle on all my VST's (since each software installs a folder in C: Program Files). I have all my VST's inside C: Program Files\Cakewalk\Paid VST (and another for Free VST) so that I don't have to add all kinds of locations for the scanner to see it.
There's a Group Buy going on over at Esoundz website for all the IK Multimedia Synths (full version & each for $99) with some bonus sound packs after they reach 100 users.... I got lucky on The Stupid Deal of the Day at Musicians Friend (last week) and got Sonik Synth2 for $49.99!!  

Mesh

M@ B


hello again,
my apologies, in my endeavors to get this plug in instaled and running properly, i forgot to list the default location of the installation where the vst folder scan should be added in sonar. that would be here:

c:\program files (x86)\vst plugins

seems simple enough, but it had me stumped for about an hour or so. there are a few other locations that could seem just as simple.

thanks for the reminder mesh,
i saw that free sample-tank download,but i didn't want to lose focus on install miroslav ce, so i will go back and download that some time today hopefully. from your description, it sounds like a general midi synth. if so, awesome. they are very useful.

thanks again to all.

For a more realistic performance, I use the Mod Wheel on my controller (especially when playing strings) which gives it a more lively feel.
I've also been trying to keep a handle on all my VST's (since each software installs a folder in C: Program Files). I have all my VST's inside C: Program Files\Cakewalk\Paid VST (and another for Free VST) so that I don't have to add all kinds of locations for the scanner to see it.
There's a Group Buy going on over at Esoundz website for all the IK Multimedia Synths (full version & each for $99) with some bonus sound packs after they reach 100 users.... I got lucky on The Stupid Deal of the Day at Musicians Friend (last week) and got Sonik Synth2 for $49.99!!  

Don't forget for each one sold $5 goes to the Japanese Red Cross too! All 5 IK Virtual Instruments for under $100?! Awww yeah! :D