Hans Zimmer Strings First Look - FULL Live Stream

[@richardwilliamsmusic]

Your honesty is highly appreciated

[@nekto_17]

4:38:00

[@chrismeyersproductions]

Amen!

[@Ace-dw6mm]

This is fucking gold

[@PB72UK]

I dont think he wants that...

[@rickmcguire1761]

Pirates of the Caribbean 6: The Orchard of Czechoslovakia

[@Erdnase23]

It’s rare to hear someone tell the truth like this. Really appreciated.

[@MichaelLauerDr]

Rewatching this a year after… still impressed by your performance. Thanks a lot, Daniel!

[@brucekai7462]

That has to be one of the best rants I've heard hahaha.... the fact that he was honest and brutal about this library is so needed. Hats off Daniel. You said what everyone was thinking. It's like me selling you a "Slash from Guns and Roses" guitar library that turns out to be all acoustic.... You'd be like.. WTF?

[@aaronbarber6238]

Man, I needed to hear the rant, “into the mists of a czechoslovakian field” is exactly the vibes I got from so many of the Spitfire collections. I damn near dropped the money on the Hans pack thinking it’d be different. Thank you.

[@handznet]

Wtf 😄 What is so speceial abut our field mists? We are not in Transylvania. And yeah. I really dont like most of Spitfire stuff since they started. They being super overrated by fanboys on forums everywhere. They are releasing tons of half baked libs for full blown libs. I wish they rather came with fewer polished products

[@producewithjt]

The sound is fabulous! Clearly, the UI focused on simplicity instead of usability which is a drag. I also find the sound to be actually very close to Zimmer's latest iconic scores such as the Dark Knight stuff or Interstellar. Great video Daniel!

[@dannydimercurio577]

Spitfire: They can make great sounding samples, but can't script a decent legato system to save their lives. These strings honestly react like a Korg M1 synth from the 90's. There is no engine that drives transitions between note to note, just snapshots of beautifully captured samples with really expensive mics. That's great and all, but only if you expect to write lethargic, paddy stuff. Still haven't seen a library as versatile as Cinematic Studio Strings or Berlin Strings to this day. They are the only ones I can think of that have nailed the whole legato thing, and sound great out of the box. I love HZ and was looking forward to this library, but I can't get over the awkwardness of the note transitions. I appreciate you recording videos like this Daniel. You're a great guy and exactly what this community needs in today's day and age.

[@DD-sw1dd]

Danny DiMercurio Have you tried the NI Symphonic Series? Honest question

[@dannydimercurio577]

I can't say that I have, but I have heard it and seen a few demos and I think it is definitely a capable library! I like that they offer Divisi like LASS (another library I've yet to try) and I think that is a fantastic idea that I wish more libraries adopted. Basically, the main thing that separates a decent library from a great one in my opinion is the legato engine. I can't help but ask myself, "Could I at least play something at a moderate tempo, like the theme from E.T?" If so, it passes. Out of the libraries I have, I know that this can be done with Berlin and CSS. I know it's a rather silly test to see if one line can be played on a string library, but I notice a trend with sample developers, where they release a video demoing their own product but they beat around the bush. In other words, they know quite well what isn't strong about their product, so most of the time they won't even show you those things. What they will show you are slow Sul Tastos and harmonics, arcs, even shorts like spiccato or staccatissimo; but even if they show you Legato patches, they're quarter notes at 80 bpm. Never moderate or faster speeds. If you are in the market for a sample library and you want to do more than make some slowly evolving chords, then you have to try and not get sucked in by the beautiful sound of the samples themselves, but how they transition from note to note, and how natural do those transitions sound. There are libraries out there I wish I didn't buy. They sound fantastic, but they're so slow, the transitions between notes are awkward, and to me make them unusable. I made many mistakes purchasing libraries for the wrong reasons, and if I can help someone in their researching process and save money, I'm a happy camper. Musicians get screwed enough as it is.

[@DD-sw1dd]

True. I'm not nearly at the level that would require high $$$ top end orchestral libraries. Realistically I won't spring for the individual $500 NI Symphony Series Ensembles or the $1000 bundle. I've been looking at the $400 NI Symphony Essentials bundle, Spitfire Albion ONE, and the Symphobia Orchestral Essentials. You just never hear much about the NI Symphony Series since, I'd assume, NI is kinda glossed over in the orchestral domain when looked at next to dedicated orchestral companies like ProjectSAM, Spitfire, etc.

[@Fyrlink]

But on the contrary the grid in the Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions library by Spitfire is incredible (and inspiring with so many different choices in the grid). The legato on their products however is pretty lackluster though I will say.

[@toddfrombethesda6963]

@@DD-sw1dd absolutely would not recommend NI symphonic series.

[@invscores5971]

The only way to fix this issue is having a library called Hans Zimmer Strings Professional

[@momentsofescape]

4:38:27 "When I bought this for the "Hans Zimmer" sound, I wanted the "Hans Zimmer" sound! I wanted to push a key and fucking Jack Sparrow to SSSSSmack me (does something like the "dick smacking" hand gesture) in the face with his dick! I didn't wanna push it and then be taken into the mist of an orchard in the middle of Czechoslovakia! - DJ 2018 This is the funniest thing I've seen/heard related to anything regarding music production ever! The best part - it's true haha. Bravo Mr James, bravo!!! *Standing ovations with the fist pump (you know what fist pump I'm talking haha)* Seriously, huge respect for having the balls and integrity to do an honest review and call things out considering you are in the industry and possible career/relationship costs you will suffer in some form or another because of telling the truth. Chris from Spitfire already indirectly called you a troll at VI forum. Money comes and goes - this little piece of art stays forever! Now if I could only get that picture out of my mind haha…

[@leonwillett4645]

it's like releasing an acoustic guitar library called "Metallica Guitars"

[@TheNightquaker]

180+ gigs, no round-robin legato. *inhales* BOI.

[@ImWagon]

4:38:32 Someone isolate that...

[@BackSlashJvb125]

i love that part

[@MitchellBroom]

Well I know what I'm doing for the next 5 hours 😂

[@ZeBlaZeD]

Thank you for your brutal honesty it is extremely refreshing to hear it from someone like yourself. Please don't get depressed you are a fantastic composer, Never forget that. You know what you want and need. This library does not deliver. It is just using Hans Zimmers name as a crutch for sales. There are so much better libraries out there.

[@pso2adidas]

I almost bought it myself surprisingly; glad to see Daniel James writes dead honest reviews, i'm sure it is still a great library, but he is right, when you market a sound or person, you expect that legacy or tradition to carry on in the product. Nonetheless keep doing what you do Daniel, you have my respect Cheers!

[@darkcisum3384]

Fancy seeing a familiar name on a "random" video. :)

[@ZeBlaZeD]

DarkCisum :)

[@wolfie8748]

I am new to this can you suggest me any ?

[@seppukusushi2848]

LOL..."Composer."

[@Imagineyourmusiccom]

very courageous to give such a honest review, my respect Daniel and thanks A LOT for all your reviews

[@HowarthMusic]

I think the Waves One Knob Louder is a great plugin to use on your output channel of the Hans Zimmer Strings so you can actually hear the articulations that are so quiet!

[@beyondthesounds5448]

The bottle set up is ridiculously unnecessary. That review of an unfinished product is the most honest one I've seen so far

[@mjc01]

14:29 In Sonar you can type part of the name of a plugin in the search box in the browser. Saves a lot of time if you have loads of plugins.

[@thecaffineman]

you can do that in Cubase too, but he didn't know what the program was called.

[@Mendelian]

I forgot Daniel James his name and searched for Hans Zimmer G'day and it brought me here.

[@Al-Ghaeb]

I appreciate long videos, always worth it more than finishing an audio book 🎉

[@Hash-vo1hi]

2:52:23 What Piano is that?

[@lab-by-the-sea]

Thanks Daniel, i am really impressed by your energy! All the best!

[@yusrikarim5511]

I played this video the entire timewhile painting my room and setting it up, it has just saved me from spending.

[@fromthecastle4486]

Hans Zimmer : Spitfire Chamber Strings 2

[@Renaxelo]

same quality ?

[@MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello]

First and foremost, the reason as to why I love you, Daniel, is because you are totally honest. Also, for all the people that are hating you after this, I am going to love you even more. Myself, I do love Spitfire stuff, I have got quite a few of their products, however, I am not a fan in that I do not rush to buy every new product they release, if there is something I do not like, I simply do not buy it. Me also being honest, I had my doubts about this HZ Strings library, and I decided that I would not get it. Turns out I made the right decision. Also, I do not think your career is compromised, who truly knows you knows who you are and why you are like that and they are sticking with you. I also am, and I am nobody, of course, but I am really happy I got to find you. Cheers, mate, keep the great stuff coming out!

[@sensium9757]

Musical Wizardry - Marco Iannello exactly!

[@jorgmadeheim3832]

Has Spitfire commented on this video?

[@nickepic1863]

Yes they responded on the forum VI control. Even Hans Zimmer responded. They didn't say anything special just that he obviously hate them personally or something like that. Because he send them emails before ranting when spitfire decided to ditch kontakt and launch in house player/interface.

[@xenprovence6126]

Daniel, wonder if you agree...a suggestion to Spitfire, or maybe just begging all string library makers... A string library of just shorts. Spiccattos to Marcatos with in-depth sampling on a one mod wheel setting. Chamber to large sections. Zimmer phrasing to Baroque phasing. (Gladiator to the Four Seasons) Different types of attitudes of short note string playing, maybe have five classic composer types (ie.Bumblebee from Jablosnky) and an example phrase played live, then the short note kit to replicate the classic example phrase. Up Down samples, ability to repeat ONE pitch in 16ths with some humanity…using all the attack. Just shift it up in time. Close miked stereo sampling with tree and hall.

[@jbbarne]

Metropolis Ark is much more HZ sounding than this

[@tranhoanghai3694]

man if HZ gave his 344 strings player to OT for the metropolis ark series they'd have fffffff the shit out of that. Then i can feel Jack Sparrow smacking me in the face with his dick

[@PeterSchmidt]

Tran Hoang Hai bahahahahaha dying.

[@ITSOVER9000notes]

LMFAO

[@juanlulourido548]

Well, the strings of metropolis are awuful, specially only having 8va

[@vaiman7777]

@@juanlulourido548 Metropolis sound good though. They sound like HZ. These sound like an elf stroking a violin with a feather on the moon. Meh

[@Sorc47]

I really want the "bottle mic" to become a meme.

[@finnheintzmann6125]

You should watch the Junkie XL Q&A at Namm 2019. Its at the Orchestral Tools YT channel. You'll see your wish came true :D

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqqzonuMptWcpLs

[@_tolly]

holy moly 5 and a half hours of streaming. Yaaaasss!!!!

[@JuanLopez-tu9xf]

Much respect for Daniel James. Thanks for your honesty and your full review.

[@sensium9757]

It was a great funny chat on twitch, thx Daniel

[@bearbitemusic8495]

"... and Spitfire decided to make Albion 5 again". This sums everything up in half a sentence.

[@septemberwalk]

i mean one of the things about buying something with any composers name on it is that you have to assume that they have to play and approve the library before it goes out. And that they are offering feedback on what could make it better. Since we respect Hans and think he has great taste this is like an extra quality check. But who knows how involved he really was

[@raywood5313]

Well done for your honesty Daniel, a comprehensive walk through bro!

[@JohnSk82]

4:40:12 but they're playing Pi Pi Pi Pi PIIIIIII HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH Legend

[@Carsons12]

Very informative & in-depth review! Glad that I was able to see its weaknesses, since its not a cheap product.

[@chaoztheorymedia]

what piano lib is he using at 1:36:40

[@robertbearden720]

Drop everything!!! Daniel is getting ready to drop knowledge bombs!!!

[@GprokYB]

Thanks for being honest!! we need this!!!!!!

[@95TurboSol]

So basically they botched the Legatos, staccatos and UI but the effects, basses and various side articulations they did good. I'm not paying 600 for side effects though, if it was on sale for like 300 maybe.

[@sfcomposer]

If I'm spending the same amount of money as my mortgage, I better be getting the Hans iconic epic sound.

[@sfcomposer]

It's a beautiful library but I agree it isn't the iconic sound we associate with Hans

[@daver7289]

Bags of honesty....and i'm sure that it has been appreciated by all those who could have potentially spent a lot of money... and been disappointed. Reviews are that, a personal opinion, but you have supported it with over 5 hours of video.

[@halion9]

EWQL Symphonic Gold is still pretty good after all these years.

[@SynthMagic]

I think the missing ingredient if you want to sound like Hans Zimmer is Hans Zimmer, himself. No, but seriously I think it sounds really impressive, especially with the chords he is playing. The price is quite hefty, but imagine how much this cost to make and I guess it is aimed at the pro music/film score studios who can easily throw £500+ at this.

[@AntonioKowatsch]

I used to be a great Spitfire fan but this is hands down the first Spitfire library that disappointed me. It's superfluous in the most literal sense. I'm glad I watched this video. I almost bought the library but seeing how I already own Albion One there is really no need for that.

[@RockManDelta]

"It happens when you make your makerting manager as CEO". Damn, that go on point.

[@theIllusionistbeats]

does somebody know what is the 'riser' thingy in 1:31 and 2:35? fuuuuk i love it!

[@finnheintzmann6125]

I think its sounds lice some reversed cymbals layerd with a few synth and some scratchy violin sounds. If you find out how they are made pls hit me up :D

[@theIllusionistbeats]

@@finnheintzmann6125 i think its more like scratchy cymbals with suspended cymbal roll. if i do find it ill definitely tell you :D but i think its Daniel's personal sample he designed on his own

[@finnheintzmann6125]

@@theIllusionistbeats yeah I guess so :D

[@finnheintzmann6125]

@@theIllusionistbeats are you doing music yourself?

[@theIllusionistbeats]

@@finnheintzmann6125 yes. mainly scores for picture

[@TommyVarekai]

would love to see a video on the update!

[@encrust1]

A really valuable review. Thank you for your honesty and directness. For every point argued too and fro on this release, there's no doubting that opinion is at least much more spread than for (say) the Albions. It takes much more RAM and fiddling to get results other libraries provide with ease.

[@seanchristophersynthesizer6999]

Looking at yourself in the mirror and being proud of who you are as a person as waaay more important than ANY career. Although, I believe your career will be just fine as long as you keep at it and are just as honest with who you are as a composer. :)

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Love the honesty here. You rarely get a review this honest. If you listen to any of HZs score, his strings can be quite massive and this library was truly a misrepresentation of what we’ve come to expect. Did Spitfire or HZ ever respond to the critique here?

[@kateesellner7167]

Yes, Hans called him a clown who only says things for showmanship, but then apologized a few days later.

[@shikaman]

Thanks a lot Daniel for this long review. Hope you are not getting too much shit for your honesty. Keep up the good work !

[@xenprovence6126]

Just have to add how funny you are, you make me laugh . Bought early Spitfire stuff in 2007, in a way, I can support the journey they are on but I could do with out the Spitfire attitude you have humorously pointed out. In this spirit I bought Century Strings, more regrets than I care to mention on that purchase...

[@ComposerDavidBateman]

Big fan of Spitfire products here, but am very glad I stumbled upon your video Daniel! I agree with you most of the way, and am glad I didn't purchase this (especially after just purchasing Tundra!) I thought this would've been bigger (I think I just quoted a line from Road House)

[@Hessencemusic]

100% agreed with your conclusions!

[@MooseMalarkey]

Amazing review, thank you!

[@lahattec]

Three years later and they STILL haven't listened to Daniel's valid interface complaints.

[@nickepic1863]

They responded him on the forum, they are rejecting his opinion.

[@mymusicbox1322]

Thanks for your honesty man!

[@andyhyner9467]

I agree with your comments. This review is three years old so I don't know if the recent 60Gb update has made the library more "Hans Zimmer" i.e. big and loud. Like you that's what I was expecting. Quiet I have plenty of but I want is epic loud. I hope the direct involvement of creators like Charlie Clouser in the production of samples delivers more what people expect. Maybe Hans Zimmer wasn't sufficiently involved in the performance/recording process of this Strings library. Hopefully the approach to Hammers has addressed these concerns.

[@ElCyberiusOrchestra]

This is Daniel's honest opinion - deal with it! There's a guy for you that doesn't suck up to anyone...thank gods people like that still exist.

[@runehansen2642]

I have had the library for a couple of days, and to me it is a little bit of a dissapointment, it uses a lot of ram if you want to get those big sounds, and some of the the quiet patches are mixed at extreme a low volumes. and the legato is not sounding like legato it sounds like its broken. allso on the violins if you set the release time a little short they allmost go up half a note when you release the key. it has some upsides with some of the stereo field on shorts when you stack violins and violas and they are very well recorded, and has a lot of mic possitions you can play arround with.

[@consonaadversapars]

Greetings from the middle of Czechoslovakia. :D

[@TRISCORE]

Hans gave the blueprint to a palace, Spitfire build a shed

[@TRISCORE]

I must of push a nerve, april fools is 2 days away buddy, calling someone an idiot because they Don't like a music product is real foolish

[@TRISCORE]

ha ha ha oh boy we have a fanboy here, one it seems you lack the understanding of figurative language, as in Hans made the basic blueprint(giving his mic positions and orchestral quirks) of a promising library but spitfire still fail at making. I will agree spitfire strive to make good libraries, that why I used them in my music but my love is not blinded when they mess up.

[@TRISCORE]

oh now i press the trigger button ha ha ha (man i must be talking with a child now ) eh em "The world-class techs at Air Studios know how to place a mic" if you were able to understand word content and figurative language you would know I'm referring to his style, that why I mention quirks too.(why haven't you quoted that buddy?) you're really much of a fanboy, dude i like spitfire but I'm not white-knighting everything that comes from them, who really foolish? -My English may not be the best but I'm sure known way better insults and comebacks than a 3rd-grade level trigger kid -if your a true fan of spitfire plz don't be staring thing you can't finish......(Reply in 3,2,1)

[@TRISCORE]

dgeyer don't feed the troll

[@TRISCORE]

drazapatos it's ok, the likes on my replay tell me otherwise

[@thomasvinelli]

I agree I thought we would get a bombastic Hans Zimmer .I saw a round table with Hans Zimmer and other composers and Hans thought this library is in his words is crazy.I don't know how much Hans had to do with this library except his name ,but it sounds like a typical Spitfire library .And for the price which is way overpriced ,I think with a little work you could get the same effect with other great libraries . I could be wrong.

[@patzumbrunn]

Daniel .....thanx for your truly words.I have so many Libraries from Spitfire.And i love this company and so i do the Libraries..But as you said, i expect an another Librarie, an Epic one , and one , we don't never would expect.... but so many players , and so a quiet sound....I am still downloading.I gonna see it tomorrow.

[@MaximilianEuler]

Watched your stream yesterday and absolutely agree! Please continue to give your honest opinion on these things! The focus on this library seems to be more on marketing and making money then delivering a high quality library full of unique content, staying true to Zimmer's sound and a realistic pricing. This mindset and focus on monetary aspects - which produces "half-cooked" products - unfortunately, is a problem in many fields today.

[@PB72UK]

Im guessing this is a pretty huge library judging by the video length ;)

[@edwardpatrickwhite6679]

Nice, insightful vid Dan.

[@Steger13]

It's 399 euros now is it worth to get?

[@ITSOVER9000notes]

How about Majestica? Despite its flaws I really dig the sound.

[@StillPictureProduction]

Yo DJ, cinematic studio strings or Jeager strings. Staying away from HZ strings. Thanks for your in depth review. Cheers!

[@Raddland]

What library *would* you use for 16ths? I keep buying libraries and I keep getting disappointed that they can't do anything fast. I want to write fast stuff. Ludicrously fast. Lots of orchestral movie scores have stuff as fast as I am talking about, but all the libraries seem to be worried about is slooooooooooooow. Any help?

[@finnheintzmann6125]

I just bought Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark 1 and 2 as my first libraries and i really love the shorts especially in M1. I dont know exactly how good the are in M3 because its their library for short articulations but to start I think M1 is pretty good capable in doing fast progressions.

[@filmmusikk]

Hope they fix the legato. I also noticed this after 5 seconds. Right now, this is an useless library. The entire library feels unfinished . So disappointed!

[@tosvus]

How does it work with that 60GB update they added? It seems to add some shorts etc. Is it easier to use it for more epic sound?

[@FreestyleEntOnline]

lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo daniel lost his shit, the frustration is real

[@jbbarne]

I have been skeptical of this since it was mentioned. Everything you say is what I thought would be a problem. Let's not forget HZ was against samples 10 years ago. But they exploded as did his name. I thought the piano was garbage myself. Although Zebra is impressive.

[@TRISCORE]

Same here

[@montazownianr1]

Drums are ok, but only ok ;) But you know... Zimmer name...$$$

[@TheDangerupahead]

Hopefully the sniff in the sample at 2:39:23 gets patched xD

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

$800 library

[@maximumchargemusic6276]

Love your honesty and SERIOUSLY RIGOROUS testing. Very, Very informative. 3 Hours or not. Also, not to get deep into debates but I have MusicalSampling's Trailer Strings which seem to have a pretty similar "Hans Zimmer" thickness already...just a thought.

[@qwarybatrad9142]

What's the point of this library? You can get this "wide" af sound with simple layering of Ark 1 & Majestica (Far/Tree/Room mics).

[@Filmitvfxstudios]

Dude i'm currently scoring on logic pro x 10.4 and am thinking of getting cubase , is it worth the switch ??? or shall i just stick with logic

[@invscores5971]

Looks like Black Friday weekend price for Hans Zimmer strings is going to be cheaper than the introductory price when it came out....

[@thomasbutton2716]

Hate me for my opinion, but the best realistic sounding libraries, not only for strings, you can find, are from VSL. Imho.

[@TheQuantixXx]

hey may i ask you, or anyone in the comments for that matter: what string library would you recommend for that typical HZ sound?

[@finnheintzmann6125]

For the big epic sound (Pirates of The Caribbean, etc.) I would say Metropolis Ark 1 is pretty great. For a more quiet sound (Interstellar, etc.) I would go for Spitfire Albion V or Metropolis Ark 2.

[@vaiman7777]

Metropolis 1 & 3. Or Jaegar

[@christianfortner]

What’s the song at the beginning called??

[@williedangerr7934]

Thanks mate! This gave me good laughs during these jolly Corona times. And I guess I'm not buying this.

[@Andrew_Reno]

Haters gonna hate but i think this package is nice for those epic string parts that will work hand in hand with hollywood strings, ostinato strings, and emotive strings

[@TheQuantixXx]

it seems like what is there sounds great... but alot is missing

[@sleeplessgiant7407]

The bottle mic alone is worth the price of admission

[@ericlovescuddlytoys315]

Can I ask some advice please? Kontakts volume seems quiet. All other plugins are fine but even with the plugins volume turned up it is comparatively quiet.

[@audios22]

@Daniel Did you store the HZ string library on an SSD drive or a spin up drive? Works best (no clicks or pops, on an SSD drive.

[@DJLA]

SSD

[@audios22]

You're right. Toward the end of your vid, I also combined Albion 1 as you did and on the long notes I also heard my CPU choking with 2-3 mic positions open to simulate Albion 1's Octave bass/celli patch. I think Spitfire has a bit more wok to do on this library and may have been a little premature in it's release. Beta? not quite. But close. Thanks for your dive into this. I also watched Christen's dive into the short notes here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4qcqaysZZp3qas

[@ronsarja7682]

New Hans Zimmer update 1.0.4 Change list Parameter values in the DAW now more closely reflect the values in the UI (for example as percentages, dB, panning position, rather than 0-1) Fix glitches in legato intervals caused by non-gain envelopes recycling voices Fix level mismatch in 60 Violins Legato Minor 2nd intervals caused by an error in the Dynamics control modulation Further improvements to the legato performance are expected in a future update Improvements to the performance on Windows 10 are expected in a future update

[@Table-Top]

Daniel - thanks for overview. Do you reckon you could do like a 5 min _summary_ video instead of a 5hr one? I'd rather sometimes just have your conclusion rather than having to wade through. *EDIT: OK, I forwarded the video to 4 hrs 38m 00, and now know your conclusion !!!*

[@AftertouchAudio]

Skip to 4h and 38min

[@M0ttes3n]

What piano are you using during the demonstration?

[@RubenKP]

Sick bro, great review!

[@YasuoMidOnly]

I constantly have clicks and pops and my cpu just cant handle it :( Should I upgrade my processor or increase ram to give my pc more time to handle it? Please help! Thanks

[@adamminder8122]

YasuoMidOnly could be a few things. Running samples from an SSD helped me a lot. Having my operating system/daw/kontakt/samples on separate drives helps. Having more ram helps you load More but not necessarily faster. Cpu with more cores, like the new 8700k will help as well.

[@FraserMyersMusic]

Massive respect for the honest opinion!

[@timbalandhits8]

is a great buy when you already got the other ones in my opinion because is great an emotional and also as a layer it gives a great true pro sound I agree they needed better intense sounds

[@SharpWalkers]

From what I've seen here, I've actually come to the conclusion its a great sounding library with great stuff in it, that's probably a bit overpriced. Because fucking yes I would use that bottle mic. I _love_ the sound of those soft articulations played by so many players, it's gorgeous -- maybe it's the music I like listening to and making suiting it more, who knows. And I don't even disagree with many his points made during the stream. I very much agree with the UI being bad and inconvenient, and the inconsistent articulations being... strange, and annoying. I don't agree that if you have Albion V Tundra, you don't need these soft articulations. The sound of 60 cellos playing softly is nothing like any of the articulations of the low string in Tundra, which has a lot more performance in it -- creaks and squeeks and other eccentricities to it. It's what makes that library unique. Not the same at all. So while I don't know what is supposed to specifically make this library 'Hans Zimmer Strings' other than marketing, rather than 'Super Many Strings Library,' I love what I've heard and saying its what no one wants is silly.