How to Travel Without Leaving Home - Kontakt Library Review

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Join composer Guy Michelmore on a trip to the far east with Strezhov Sampling's new Jade Ethnic Orchestra library. Guy reviews the Kontakt library and puts it to work scoring a world music cue. Whether you are using Cubase, Logic Pro, Ableton Live or FL Studio, this library can open the door to a distinctive world music music sound, a touch of the exotic when you are writing a song or scoring a film. So if you are interested in how to write music, film scoring, Kontakt libraries and much more - tune in! I'm not paid to review or promote this software. I get a review copy and I only review software I like.
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[@tonyr.4778]

Watching a Brit review a Chinese library made by a Bulgarian during a pandemic. Works for me.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

OK I laughed out loud - thank you :)

[@AnthonyJones-zo7dy]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation ... NOTE to SELF: do not be drinking a hot mug of coffee (or tea) while reading comments or watching Guy... although it did clean out my sinuses and I avoided (barely) messing up my keyboard. Brilliant, fun, entertaining... and of course educational... and now I have clean sinuses and will be smelling coffee the rest of the day... a semi win-win.... All the (continued) VERY BEST!

[@Darqice]

And watched by a Slovenian guy - it's a wonderful age we live in. Pandemic aside. But as the Chinese say: that too shall pass.

[@PhillipParr]

7:33 "I bet when you got up this morning, you didn't think." You are correct.

[@JeremyMonteiroTV]

As a musician of 44 years, both as a jazz musician with some success, and an award winning composer and author in Singapore, it’s so amazing for me to find someone I can learn from and call a Guru. You are amazing. Hope we get to meet.

[@richerlecool]

Guy: Close your eyes and imagine you're by the yang tze Me: closes my eyes Guy: OMG I MESSED UP 👀

[@imflashman5557]

Dude I never post on here but I have been watching your videos faithfully and I just felt the need to say “thank you so much for what you do” I love watching you play even though I don’t understand it all I’ve learned a lot just watching you work

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you for your support! :)

[@AriesT1]

And now I want to go to my local Chinese buffet restaurant because they ALL play this very music in the background. It is not even 11am and I am hungry already. Thank you for your inspiration, Guy. :)

[@scambot_terminator8916]

My god, I can't believe he put a Morin Khur with a Zonghu !!! I mean what was he thinking?? Larry must have been all a quiver! But being Guy he made it work splendidly !!! Thanks for the lesson Guy, your the best !! :goodvibes:

[@StrezovSampling]

Thank you very much Guy for a fantastic and entertaining video! Enjoy the library! :-)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you! A really great original library. Keep them coming!

[@MagnetRP]

18:59 fun moments like this are why I love this channel so much

[@sirmaurice1023]

I forgot you did that animated Iron Man from the early 2000's. I loved that as a kid.

[@PyjamaStudios]

Thank you very much for inviting us to this amazing extraordinary journey!

[@ricardodasilva9184]

I love watching your videos,they are full of inspiration and knowledge,it`s a pleasure to watch you work,thank you.

[@Livingstone1138]

Really loved your work on this, as always. ...Really lovely library as well, I had so much fun with EW Silk and RA so I’m definetely gonna check this one out thanks to your wonderful demonstration

[@KevonCronin]

Guy, you're a ray of light in this world!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Super entertaining video and review as always, Guy! Looking forward to reviewing this library myself.

[@NoiserToo]

Fabulous tutorial Guy and I really love watching your creative process in action - well done 👍🏻😀

[@jeremiaserbe5972]

This intro made my whole week! So optimistic and positive! You are such a great.. Guy! ;-)

[@adamsimmons631]

Extraordinary sounds and commentary on another informative video

[@hugobaillie9508]

I don't even make orchestral music, I just love watching these videos

[@Mark_N]

Great review of the library and, as always, very fun to watch :).

[@Goldfishclown]

Your good spirits are much appreciated in these dire times sir.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Goldfishclown Glad to help!

[@Butlinsgvn6]

love your enthusiasm guy! great video

[@MrDrummer316]

Another great one Guy. As for marbles, you can’t lose what you never had, I’ve been looking for mine for 58 years. M.G

[@davedupras2788]

I discovered your channel a month ago and now i'm hooked. You're a great source of inspiration and motivation. Continue your great work, love it!

[@geoffwilliams6691]

Guy, I am new to your channel, but WOW ! You ARE and Inspiration, I am well Hooked!

[@muga9506]

After postponing this for years, I finally embraced my passion for a long time of composing (I’ve been an amateur composer for 15 years now but only in rock and stuff, and from time to time classical), always wanted to compose semi or full pro, and with everything going now it’s finally the time for me! And your videos have helped me so much, whether it’s your enthousiasm, your very good explanations or I don’t know else. So thank you for that Sir!

[@JPDC624]

What an inspiration to dig into libraries you’d normally never touch. And THANK YOU for muting the slurp, like at 15:42!

[@GprokYB]

Wow, that ethnic orchestral library is simply awesome....thanks, Guy!!!!

[@exa11762]

What amazes me is Guy Michealmore's musical composition & arrangements.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Avallac Glitch Thanks a lot! :)

[@mandrewhannaford1755]

Just stumbled upon your channel and it has made my quarantine, I love your almost laissez-faire attitude to some of your writing and it is so fun to watch somebody just enjoying music.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thanks!

[@AllanGildea]

It is an honour to announce that in view of your outstanding contribution to...well, life in general - henceforth you are Sir Guy, Knight of The Order of Larry. Always a delight being in your company.

[@csdietsch]

I just wanna say your garden area is awesome! I love the little gate to get to the shed!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thanks! The gate keeps the over enthusiastic dogs at bay!

[@maledrops]

1:00 Imagimanation! I LIKE THIS WORD BECAUSE IT DOESNT EXIST

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I really did say that didn't I? Well - now its a word!

[@braunhausmedia]

Beat me to it. Fits in the idea of traveling to another nation...

[@MamaSymphonia]

What a stunning library!

[@LindaMissad]

Loved the review and the library. I bought the EW Silk library awhile ago, but this is better. No vocals in the EW version. Thanks, Guy.

[@morpheusQ]

Congratulations!! Your videos are really amazing... And the most important... Fun. I have seen lots of composing and producing tutorials, and most of them are basically boring, technically perfect but a touch of fun and jokes make your videos great. Please, keep your sympathy!! Greetings from Barcelona, Spain.

[@branskylar]

4:59 Bilbo Baggins has entered the chat

[@sansocie]

Great demo! Many thanks. Ears ringing since 1982.....keep volume low and use protection. Both ends.

[@Lawlsman]

The library sounds incredible! Thank you for this great video!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you!

[@DemonChild_111]

Man you don’t know how much I needed this energy!,

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Glad to help :)

[@BazzTriton]

Yes, me too

[@mrkrowl]

Wow , such an energetic guy💙💙💙

[@disneyfamily5158]

What's better than a new video from Guy????? Ungotz, that's what!!!

[@nightnoodler812]

Love the overhead, Guy Sky Cam

[@TheNoiseFamily]

Simply Fab x

[@audios22]

Great library Guy. very well sampled. And you're right. Detail is top notch. Only issue for me at this time of no paying jobs, is cost of the library. But I'll keep it on my radar for a price drop in the future. nice track too BTW. Cheers

[@androoow]

everytime i watch a sample review library here... i want it :)

[@mikeedmonston3209]

What a great library. I also use the oriental libraries from Eastwest. Specifically, the Silk library, the RA library and Voices of the Empire, which features an amazing series of Mongolian phrases sung by a wonderful female artist. Check them out if you haven't yet. They are amazing! On that note, I will probably pick up this oriental library which you are demonstrating. Cheers

[@pgburke4158]

Favorite moment\quote: "...but you CAN, in your Musical imagimination!"

[@some_g333]

Your house is amazing!

[@joellongie]

Excellent!

[@andrewholcroft.1945]

It takes head scratch to sought out those stuck notes when they happen. Great entertaining video! I have been in my studio a lot of late. It's great not being distracted by working. But a big shame about the reason.

[@philipford6183]

Thoroughly enjoyable video. This orchestra sounds fantastic - I love to work with a fusion of East-West instruments in my own musical wanderings. Guy, you're hilarious - but somehow even your fluff-ups are teachable moments. I really like this style of passing on musical know-how. I am very tempted to invest in your online lessons, but will the fact I can't read music and I genuinely find it difficult to grapple with all the terminology and such prove an impediment? I like these videos because they are all about the creative stuff - 'the doing of it', rather than the theory.

[@marcuscurtismusic]

Love your videos

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thanks!

[@martag.4594]

Guy, you look a lot healthier now. Keep it up ! :D

[@MarcoMarignoli]

"Better to have a good imagination than a plane ticket" I would so buy that t-shirt

[@reziahamed6654]

Hiii... Guy... do hope you recall that i specifically asked for a review of Strezov sampling libraries ... This is just insane.. Super stuff and pls do a video on thier Balkan Orchestra if possible.. .. Thanks loads for such inspiring contents... Cheers...👍👍👍

[@sethtsui5676]

Thank you so much for doing this review Guy, and brilliant work! We really wanted to make something useful, beautiful, and uplifting come out of China in 2020 - I'm so glad you like the library, it was truly a labor of love for George's team in Bulgaria and mine here in Beijing.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Great work!!! I love this and so many instruments Ive never heard of. What do you play?

[@sethtsui5676]

​@@ThinkSpaceEducation Thank you!! I mainly play Erhu, and you can hear me in the library on the Erhu 1 and Expressive Erhu, but I'm also playing whatever I couldn't find players for, so Jinghu, Banhu, Dan Nhi, Sanxian, Liuqin, and all of the percussion.

[@DCeeMusik]

The final track is awesome, but some untapped Audio bliss at 33:45. Hearing that choir patch is crazy!

[@dafingaz]

Nice!

[@AlexRooneyComposer]

After you mentioned the Iron man thing, I looked through your IMDb. I found out that you scored almost every Marvel show I watched when I was a kid. What are the chances! Well Quite high considering you scored like 20 Marvel shows. I would love to read that you've been hired to score a MCU movie at some point. That would be really cool.

[@francescocorso3133]

Hi Guy, would you please do some kind of spaghetti western tutorial? You rock!!!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Good idea!

[@sebastianmoggia4800]

Always I expend a good time watching your video 😂

[@bassManDavis1953]

Zen or what Guy! Man oh man, wish I could put pieces together like that, what a brill bit of software hey?

[@samuelgl]

Hi Guy! Just to let you know BBCSO Core and Discover is out now! Discover is free for everyone! And core only has 1 mic!

[@scambot_terminator8916]

If I remember correctly, the chinese scale doesn't use the black keys with the white keys. Either all white keys or all black keys if that helps anyone. Now if I can just put that concept to my guitar... Hmmm

[@jockojohn3294]

On rare occasions, I visit the medicine cabinet, I mean the Jack Daniels wood box, and pour a few tickets to travel without leaving home........it works wonders if you don't overdo it......

[@TommenIBaratheon]

I don't know what it is, but when i'm feeling uninspired I pull up Guy on YT then I turn on my Himalayan pink salt lamps in my studio, and sit there and soak up the vibrations, and soon enough, I'm back to composing again. Something about those negative ions and Guy's creative vibrations. As a side note: You should consider getting a few in your home studio, the light would not only be appealing but also healing/inspiring. :) Cheers from Georgia, USA. I look forward to your live broadcasts!

[@AlexRooneyComposer]

There is just something about Guy that makes me wanna write. His energy is infectious.

[@bookstuart]

ah losing your marbles part two! Have you looked, that is listened to the EastWest libraries Ra and Silk? I forget to say you can micro tune to the scale you want within the EW modules

[@lukemarsden5872]

Love your work Guy - is there any chance of sharing this Logic session for education purposes? Just so we can open up the session and really play around with a "track" that is already`for us beginners to understand and play with?

[@jppagetoo]

Nice composition for just doing a demo. I guess that speaks to how good the sounds are. 2500 or so subscibers to go! Do you have anything planned for a channel celebration?

[@muzikmystro]

You’ve a beautiful home, Guy! :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you Helen. I am very lucky and appreciate it now more than ever

[@user-ht9fr6eh9u]

Helen wants to move in

[@juliussharrock8943]

Ideas. Dangerous indeed 💡

[@mrdali67]

What a lovely library .. loved those Mongolian ladies :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

so refreshingly different and so human. Loved it too

[@snarf1504]

Great video! One suggestion: could you put the name of the sample library in the video title? Since JEO just released it's obvious in this case, but something like "How to Travel Without Leaving Home - Jade Ethnic Orchestra Review" would be better for future reference, in my opinion.

[@MaxTooney]

I'm 20 minutes in and you haven't used my favorite Asian cliche (tam hit) yet. Marvelous restraint, Guy! (I like the sound of that library, btw--great demo.)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

just wait....

[@ramkrishnan7247]

Musical imagimination 😂😂 Guy being Guy 😜👌

[@kiramekisparke7944]

You are really incredible! and also btw what specs of your pc are you using? Seems like it renders heavy kontakt library smoothly :D

[@maxtofone]

Thanks Guy for this demonstration of the Jade Orchestra. May I ask if for the ordinary strings you used the Spitfire Chamber strings? They seem to blend nicely with this library. Kind regards, Max T.

[@counterpoint1014]

Hey Guy, I've just become familiar with a brass library called Infinite Brass. Have you reviewed that library? Perhaps you would take a peak at it. It appears to be one of the most playable out there. I'd love to watch your review. Even if you don't review it, I'll still watch your videos:)

[@christophpawlowskimusic213]

Great music!!! Did you use Spitfire Chamber Stings for all the string parts?

[@TimHouriganMusic]

Hey Guy, hope you get a chance to read this as I am looking for some advice. I'll keep it brief. I'm just starting out on learning to be a composer, and I wish to take on some of yor short courses, my only worry is right now i feel I don't have enough gear to get me comfortably started. I have Presonus Studio One 4 professional, a more than capable laptop, a guitar, old keyboard and other odds and ends. But I don't have a midi controller , i just use the mouse to map out my music. I've watched your videos a lot, (and recently subscribed) and i see how your workflow is super efficient. Is it possible to do your courses without it, and also do you have any recommendations on what type of midi controller best suits our needs as a composer. Thanks in advance, and keep up the incredible vids, I am incredibly inspired the more I learn.

[@malluxmusic]

Did anyone else order a chinese takeaway immediately after watching this, or was it just me? :-)

[@tristanting6323]

Coincidentally, I also ordered a Chinese meal, but I am a Chinese person in China, haha.

[@henrikhansen6617]

What was that video where you showed how not to have midi notes keep playing when cutting midi parts up? It was just a neat little trick in a longer video. Can anyone remember? Thanks.

[@SadhanaKhawas]

Would you please make a video on more Indian and middle eastern ethnic sounds?

[@gkgyver]

I will always associate erhu with this story: I went to a Giacchino film music concert in Lucerne, Switzerland, and they played the finale from the first Star Trek, which starts with Spock's theme on erhu. The conductor started, quiet beginning, the erhu player put the bow on the string... And it sounded so wrong the conductor stopped the piece immediately. Then they restarted, quiet beginning, conductor points to the erhu - same awful sound. He stops the piece AGAIN. Turns out: the erhu player had the score upside down on her note stand and didn't notice. She turned it around and the audience started laughing.

[@jeffmcdermont6226]

Dreams about sailing gently down the Yangtze on a boat captained by a loony composer, while a bunch of mongolian ladies serve me green tea. The tempo suddenly picks up as our boat enters some rapids, shoots over a waterfall and plummets to earth crashing to pieces on the rocks below. Wakes up in a cold sweat.

[@BazzTriton]

Uau! Yes

[@samuelgl]

Going to reach 100K soon! Also, sometimes Chinese music just uses the normal pentatonic scale - C D E G A

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

We are getting VERY excited - any day

[@thisislance]

Do you ever make your Cubase projects available?

[@RichardBoyer]

I have the same problem.....forgetness.... how I have done most of my composition It disappear in a couple of days

[@Darqice]

Oh, you should do the Mongolian anthem. It's a very nice piece as it is, but it would sound wonderful with this library! *hint hint, if it wasn't obvious*

[@stiffiron]

Looks like a lot of fun. But I can't really swing the €349 at the moment. That's like US$17,000, right? 🙂

[@MartinJG100]

Might be interesting to shove some of those samples through an arpeggiator, assuming that isn't considered sacrilegious in some way.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

They're sounds so anything goes

[@lukemcmillan5264]

Loving the dad jokes

[@kcdewinter611]

Great inspiration to watch you work.. Do you load the whole library as separate track instruments before you start composing?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I did this time but you don't have to . In general thats how I organise my big template though

[@kcdewinter611]

What kind of PC power CPU/ Memory do you have to cope with that?

[@kcdewinter611]

Ah - no answer to that question. I appreciate it may seem irrelevant, but not to me. I recently have been introduced to a different way of working via yourself & Labs with Kontakt - which I haven't used before. I have a decent rig - enough for audio, but not for multiple virtuals in Cubase 10.5. I need a rebuild plus some relevant Kontakt purchases - hence the spec question.

[@kcdewinter611]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation I guess one answer is all I get for free...haha

[@matthewharness8446]

Native instruments kontakt does look good.im thinking of starting with kontakt select 12 for 199$

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Go for it!

[@matthewharness8446]

Since im receiving my first laptop I’m getting reason intro and have some refills I want to use for it.and I’m downloading komplete start which looks really good for free

[@epic9863]

can you do a review of Spitfire Audio's BBC Symphony Orchesrta Discover that costs $50.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Yup will do

[@LeeGee]

"cultural appropriation" - whahahah!!! :D Lovely sounding library! Very entertaining video! Thank you!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you!

[@jamesalmeida-cap10nrg]

Guy - not to raise the alarm but I tried to install this sample pack but the installer got flagged as containing a virus. Just so you know, not sure if you run an antivirus on your machine.

[@andrewholcroft.1945]

I've only just got back from outer space!

[@proteus1]

Can I get away with downloading Cubase basic and then add some library’s sound.

[@scambot_terminator8916]

I would reccomend Cubase 10.5 pro for home studio. It has just about everything you need for writing, recording, mixing, and even video. Cubase is running a trial offer during the stay at home thingy, you could look into that and try for free. You definately would need a player like Kontact to get vst instruments. It is worth the upfront cost for full player, but there is a free player that limits your instruments. Otherwise cubase is great for recording live instruments as well like guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums for a home studio. I have been using Cubase for years and once you learn the ropes of it, you'll never look to a different Daw. Good luck

[@ichiohta]

I hope you didn't forget to pick up your passport and bring it back home ;)