Why do you sound like Elon Musk? Jokes apart, nice video. And btw, awesome playing, out of this world stuff, honestly.

Very pronounced. Beautiful. What strings library are you using. Also, are you using midi format?. Thx

"It's not perfect" plays Vivaldi level composition

Please score films. I miss this kind of work in the movie industry. James Horner, John Williams... So rare these days.

Just before you mentioned the price, I was reading another internet site while listening. Then I heard something that sounded like ‘29 dollars’. I thought maybe he said something like ‘229 dollars’ and rewound the video a bit. Unbelievable! For that price this great library is a gift and other ‘librarians’ would sell this for the price I thought I heard. I'm still not sure if it was the best cello library and I'll have to play it myself to decide. But it's certainly one of the best libraries, and when you factor in the price, this one certainly gets the highest rating. All articulations, without exception, sound very good and very usable. The celli (probably also the violins) sustains and legatos are probably more in the direction of dramatic and somewhat slow than virtuoso fast, which is how I prefer them, and you played them the way I wanted to hear them. Thanks for the entertaining and informative video. PS: I had to laugh at the celli staccatos (and I'm still smiling) because the mic was probably resonating with your very enthusiastic playing and you probably couldn't hear it with the headphones.

Hope this is viewed as constructive criticism but you should have used the close mic and the room mic. The close mic is important with that library imo. Anyway, thanks for the video. edited: At least you did it at the end of the video.

Great video, and thanks for showing the score!

If possible, could you release the score?

Nice one , they both sound great. Personally, I've never come across a sample library as easy to play as ARO, almost no need for switching articulations anymore amazing! it also reminds me of the John Barry string sound so rich .

Cool piece, can you include BBCSO as well?

As always css is far superior in every aspect 😉

Good composition, good libraries, only that cheap string-machine-sound of that new Spitfire-1000€-library... ouch. Got it, but went back to SSS and CSS.

Beautiful composition and tutorial on arranging! Thank you!

Beautiful writing. I definitely prefer CS. Smoother and more focused sound.

Such an amazing piece Tom! Congratulations! Would love to hear extended version in the future.

what a helpful video. as amazing as the work that they have put into the performance legato of these. it almost sounds forced to me and unnatural. the portamento is just a wee bit digital and not enough human-like for me. great piece by the way, shades of the hebrides overture in there

The sound is so midi and far away from a real orchestra

tu parles trop !!!

Cool, I like when orchestra music takes off and goes megalomaniacal, perfect climax, bold.

Hi and thanks for the demonstration. Here is my hopefully positive opinion about your Peace. For me as an independent Listener the Climax of the Song is way too dramatic….the Horns are way! to loud. It seems that the dynamics are wrong that way. I mean….unless your piece is written for a Movie called….“The End of the World“ ….where you survive alone in a little Boat in the last Scene. Thank you

I dont really like the library, too expensive for what it really delivers, you seriously just pay for the Company and that its recorded in Abbey Road. All this "OMG ITS ABBEY ROAD" is dumb as hell, since you will not hear the difference to f.e. Berlin Symphonic Strings with a Cinematic Rooms tail in the mix. You can let any library sound like its in abbey road if you know what youre doing, its a matter of skill. Most people dont have the ear to learn this skill because it requires imense focus to hear the smallest details in sound. For me, symphonic strings is a better library over all, legatos are better and the room is also amazing!

Hi Tom, I just listened to your Sibelius version and found the link here. I really like the big sweeping type melodic phrases. They sound great 🙂

This sounds really great and has that big screen sound, and that romantic sweeping sound in the music. Thank you for sharing this 🙂

The sound of the room / mix is amazing, I've never heard anything better. But the legatos / long sustains just don't sound realistic to me, it seems so sterile and clean, but not very lively.

Every CSS video I watch talks about this delay, sure the sound is great, but in practice it seems very user unfriendly to me.

Very noisy

The warmth, expression and vibrato of this library is second to none and perfect for slow passages. Of course, it is also good for quick parts of a musical theme... in my opinion, this library is unbeatable. Perfect. 😊

Much money for Synthy sound😢

I started writing strings with this plugin. But when i find BBCSO i love the tone and mic set-up in it. I didn't like the muted sound because there was significant loss of high frequencies in CSS. I still like CSS for the legato mode but if i have to choose one, probably i will choose BBS becouse of the tone.

Thank you ! This vidéo is very helpful ! 🦥

Beautiful orchestration! It sounds great. Is this all done within Sibelius or have you done any massaging of dynamics and articulations in Logic?

Very nice demo Tom! I was actually comparing these strings with Cinematic Studio Strings yesterday, and while those do have a very realistic default sweet spot, you basically have to take what they give you, because you don’t have nearly as much control as with the Abbey Road instruments which allow far more creative decision making. If I have to trade a little tonal realism in one area for deeper control and an easy workflow everywhere else, I‘ll take that deal every time. I agree with you that the ARO lyrical legato is more fun to play, but when you need bow changes or accented starts, it’ll be great to have access to the performance legatos. I actually think the ARO basses are one of the highlights, with their richness and super clean intonation. btw…I put the Core version on my laptop and was really happy to have access to that less resource hungry version on the go. I also appreciated the fully scalable UI which I could fit to my 14 inch screen really easily or blow up on my desktop monitor. These are subtle workflow conveniences I’m happy to pay for. I think we‘re all at the beginning of finding out what the library is capable of. Cheers!

Hello Tom... I still prefer the expressiveness of the vibrato and the timbral sweetness of the Cinematic Studio Strings... I'm not convinced by the Abbey Road Strings. Excellent composition. Congratulations, Tom. Greetings from Spain. 😉

Beautiful piece ! Thanks for sharing.

Buy the way, sometimes I do something similar but with other libraries, this is a good way to get natural sound for your string section. As for me, if I’ll get the BBS symphonic orchestra I not sure that I’ll mix them, you can achieve so quality sounds using only this tool…but from the other hand, CSS give me feel more studio sound, BBS - one of the best music hall and my favourite orchestra…I guess it’s a real reason to blend them and it’s sounds really good 👍

They both sound good, to me though CSS sounds a little more processed and maybe “plastic” whereas BBC sounds more raw and “real”. Depending on the application both are useful though.

Can you use the joystick for XY automation ?

Hi Tom. Found your channel just a couple hours ago, and have already watched a few of your videos, especially the ones with the sketch to mock-up orchestration on Logic. Subscribed as well. Very helpful and interesting to see another composer/orchestrator creating their sketches. If you don't mind answering, may I ask how do your work-hours look like when you're working on a sketch? Do you finish all your work in one sitting (if it's not too big), or do you take breaks and finish it over several hours/days? Also, how do you manage to not get distracted? May I also suggest/request making a video about time management and being effective while working? Sincere thanks to you. :)

Cool, thanks a lot!

Finally bought ccs thanks to your inspo. After downloadingloading it on the free kontakt 7 player,, I can only play 1 string at a time. It won't let me play 2 or more at once. Is that normal?

Thanks for that demonstration Tom. One tooltip and one question: You mention legatos not re-engaging and thus work with seperate tracks for that sustain option. You working with the 1.7 version? I first thought there was a bug but in communication with customer service it turned out I should have read the manual. Might be that in your case too you arre hitting some keyswitch velocity threshhold or other midi cc automation switching off your legato. People keep pointing out how beautyfully simple CSS and CSSS UIs are. However, I believe that is more a fault than an advantage because basic principles of these VSTs' functionality are hidden, can create programming mistakes, even mask some great features (like alternative bow change legato). A few more buttons and tool tips in the UI would have helped the product, which is great already, but has even more potential than is obvious at first site. Now to my question: You appear to have arpeggios on the solos in the second half, I wonder what it would sound like if they were more prominent on some tutti section(s)?

That music is beautiful!

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Hello, which virtual instrument do you think has the best solo violin sound? Thank you.

Beautiful and sensible! That's for the composition. About the library I have the feeling that the samples overall sound like they would play in reverse

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Done!!!!

There's a way like this! It's a good experiment!

Sooooo annoying that Kontakt Player isn't supported ....so although the libraries are wonderful, and a GREAT intro price, add $249 (full price) for Kontakt 7. Nope.