06-22-2016, 04:42 AM
I've been playing around with Notion 5 the last few months and that comes with a standard set of orchestral samples. From what I know they were sampled from the London Symphony Orchestra. You can also buy additional sounds from the Presonus website if you need some section sounds, additional articulations, or uncommon instruments. They sound pretty good in my opinion. They have a lot of articulations and multiple velocity layers. Not much in the way of round-robin samples or true legato but if that's not something you would normally use, then it's not that big of a deal. Only bad thing I have to say about it though is that the sounds can only be used with Notion 5. So you won't be able to load them up in another DAW. The software itself is pretty good. It's pretty easy to understand doesn't take long to learn how to use it... at least that was the case for me. The playback can be a little wonky sometimes. Especially when it comes to crecendos and other volume changes. But that seems to be the case with a lot of notation programs. It has VST support too so you can use other libraries instead of (or along with) the LSO samples.
Notion 5 software - 150 bucks
https://www.presonus.com/products/Notion-5
And here are the expansion sets. You can buy the complete bundle for 300, smaller specific bundles, or individual instruments for 15 bucks each.
https://shop.presonus.com/products/softw...on-bundles
Notion 5 software - 150 bucks
https://www.presonus.com/products/Notion-5
And here are the expansion sets. You can buy the complete bundle for 300, smaller specific bundles, or individual instruments for 15 bucks each.
https://shop.presonus.com/products/softw...on-bundles