Another orchestral freebie has been launched, this time by Orchestral Tools.
Layers is a library for quickly creating chordal parts using either individual strings, brass or woodwind ensembles, or full orchestra, complete with a selection of mic positions. Due to all this Layers weighs in at a massive 17GB, though it's well worth the download as it sounds magnificent.
I know a lot of people consider stuff like this cheating but I've found myself using Sonuscore's strings/orchestra chords freebies quite a lot (for saving time and adding a richer texture) and can I definitely see myself using this. As soon as I figure out the slightly unorthodox GUI of the SINE player that is
I watched their demo and listened to your example. Both sound good but using this library would put me in key switch hell since I only have a 61 key synth as my MIDI controller which means the lowest key on my keyboard is C2 (C4=middle C) so I'd have to manually enter all the C0 based key switches, but I can see how this library could be useful for certain types of compositions if using a full 88 key MIDI controller.
You don't have to use keyswitches
SINE has a very nice feature that lets you map articulations freely, so if you don't want keyswitches you can use separate midi channels or any CC of your choice.
It just received a nice little update. It's faster, it's lighter, it's more efficient AND... my biggest gripe is now gone. The interface is now resizable!!!
Has anyone else had problems with stuck notes? Happens in both the new version and the old here.
Edit: Scratch that, I installed the new version VST to the wrong folder
Working fine now!
(04-01-2020, 04:29 PM)Mattias Westlund Wrote: [ -> ]Has anyone else had problems with stuck notes? Happens in both the new version and the old here.
Edit: Scratch that, I installed the new version VST to the wrong folder Working fine now!
Sounds very nice, but there's a horrific time lag between when my DAW is supposed to be playing a note and when the note actually starts playing. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Now I increased a config value called "latency buffers" from 1 to 10 and it vastly improved.
(05-17-2020, 09:24 PM)PPH Wrote: [ -> ]Sounds very nice, but there's a horrific time lag between when my DAW is supposed to be playing a note and when the note actually starts playing. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Now I increased a config value called "latency buffers" from 1 to 10 and it vastly improved.
Glad you got it sorted. Can't say I've noticed any lag issues, but it should be noted that the SINE player does have a fixed latency of 256 samples. I don't know what buffer settings you have on your machine, but if they're relatively high, another added 256 samples might make the latency more noticeable.