Library Spotlight - Solo

[@OliKember]

This library is such a gem. But in this video, you're the star. Every single one of your short instrument demos is inherently musical and your piece at the end shows such a mastery of the form. You're easily my favourite place to come to discover new libraries, because I also always leave with a great piece of music. Cheers!

[@cesmcmyth]

Half a year thinking it was a vocal phrasing collection. The face on the cover, and the slogan "Lyrical and expresing". A call for the Marketing guys at Audio Imperia. For sure

[@VirtualDarKness]

It's viral marketing so that he could come up with this video. All went according to plan 😉😂

[@aleksamrkela831]

Glad to see everything turned out all right! And what a phenomenal library here.

[@Jorf88]

Your final composition with the instruments from this library is the most enticing thing that I've heard out of it. They really do blend together well into a very cohesive ensemble. I think I'm still going to hold off. After acquiring the Aaron Venture infinite brass and winds, I am hard pressed to reach for anything else for solo instruments. The limitless playability of the infinite series leaves me with a big smile every time.

[@scb1620]

Great value for money - this one is definitely going on my wish list. Thanks.

[@BluemountScore]

Same

[@muziksculp2r]

Hi Cory, Great Review, and a wonderful track at the end using it. Thanks again, Muziksculp

[@johnhill762]

Excellent musical demo. So movie ready

[@JohnMassari]

Sweet composition at the close.

[@Nicdehouwer]

it's on sale through native instruments right now folks

[@Nicdehouwer]

goddamn I just bought this for 125 Euros. (VAT free, sure, but still) what a deal.

[@danielpurcell7203]

Thanks a lot Cory 😠 I was happily on the fence about this one, but no. Now I have to buy it. Why do I keep coming back to this channel? You’re an enabler - that’s what you are. Glad to hear you manage to salvage some of your hard drive. Have you thought of setting up a Patreon or go fund me? You might not want the charity but I’d donate if it meant increasing the output of great work - then it’s a win win

[@CoryPelizzari]

I actually do have a Patreon but I always forget to put the link in the description lol - www.patreon.com/corypelizzari

[@KevinKuschel]

Solo is awesome!

[@poulwinther]

Cory, whatever you may think, you're a spectacular musician/composer!

[@johnhill762]

What does he think? That song at the end is absolutely exquisite. Very emotional.

[@cachelesssociety5187]

Amazing examples Cory. I just got this for $134 and I played around with programming some agile viola runs and it's impressive for that - with a lot of useful features to control and make possible that agility. I can't say it's infinitely capable but I was able to get realistic lines with 150 bpm 16th notes and still hear the crisp but pleasing bow changes - and still the notes don't really seem too sampley, or seem to transition too suddenly. And mics can be set so as to accept external reverb very well although the internal reverb and mic options provide a good soundstage I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5 for these 2 features in comparison to my other libraries.

[@BluemountScore]

Hey Cory I hope you got your harddrive fixed some way after the crash

[@5emiliobocanegra644]

This library is amazing!, another superb review Cory, question, have you heard of a new upcoming string library called Tokyo Scoring Strings and if you have, will you review it when it comes out?

[@CoryPelizzari]

I will be getting Tokyo Scoring Strings but not when it comes out, as I have to get a new PC before that. I'm expecting to pick up Tokyo Scoring Strings around February so if you can hold off until then... I know it can be hard.

[@5emiliobocanegra644]

@@CoryPelizzari ahh dont worry, for me time flies away with all these school projects so, it wont be a problem, but im glad that you will be reviewing it, oh and another question, the HDD problem got solved right??

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@5emiliobocanegra644 Yeah I took the essentials of the faulty hard drive and shoved them on to my old 2TB so I'm working with a limited setup at the moment.

[@arthurlee91]

I forgot how amazing this library sounds. I'd say the only bummer is that it was all recorded with one dynamic layer.

[@MaxiGoethling]

That's always the trade-off with realism.

[@Nicdehouwer]

it does mean that it won't do every piece equally great, but it also means less ugly phasing stuff

[@TrashPandaMusicYT]

The legato patches only have 1 dynamic layer. The other articulations have 3 dynamic layers.

[@aleksamrkela831]

Even so, it doesn't sound unrealistic. So, it's not like they were cutting corners!

[@consonaadversapars]

@@MaxiGoethling Embertone have phase-aligned dynamic morphing in their solo strings stuff.

[@MaxiGoethling]

Is it just me or is the position of the recording/stereo mix really weird? The Viola and Cello feels correctly placed, the others not so much. Edit: I think it's the early reflection that make it a bit weird. The room is not ideal 🤔

[@CoryPelizzari]

They're all recorded in centre, like all of Audio Imperia's libraries. Depending on the mic you'll get a wider or narrower image, so if you want them placed in their traditional seating you'll have to use a decent pannner (I recommend PanPot from Goodhertz) and an appropriate reverb, or use Virtual Soundstage 2 (it's free but with preset saving disabled) for placement and a reverb for a nice tail. I'll be doing a video on Virtual Soundstage soon.

[@MaxiGoethling]

@@CoryPelizzari I thought that it's recorded centerd, but it just doesn't sound like it in many examples. The Violin is further right than the Cello in your example, but similar to the Viola. Or maybe my ears are just tired 🥲

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@MaxiGoethling I used a close and a wide mic for most of the examples. Either way recording in stereo and in centre will always result in some kind of movement. The best mic setups for a narrow stereo field are XY and Blumlein, but not every dev will know that or want to take advantage of it. Sad really, because blumlein is so under-utilised, yet I think it's the best for orchestral recordings. There's always "decca this", "decca that" and other fruity tutti setups but blumlein almost always gets left out even though it's better than half the setups they use (sigh).

[@JonasSalvador]

Nucleus is actually in situ!

[@ricgus3]

Hoping it goes back for introprice! Owning AReia and Nucleus this will blend really well i recon! Great Showing Cory!

[@yuggothproductions]

Man why don’t I have this library yet!? Great demo!

[@joseantonioproenca]

Thanks for this review. Quite impressive! What I think would be a veeeery useful exercise is to play those phrases of yours with Native Instruments counterparts! Namely Cremona Quartet and Symphony Series.

[@JohnMassari]

Thank you.

[@batelgroun]

Did you were able to recover from the "YOU DIE" SDD?! Or did you record this before that?

[@CoryPelizzari]

I got the files from the dead 4TB drive, deleted nearly everything off my original 2TB drive and squeezed all the essentials onto it. Needless to say, I won't be buying any libraries until I get a new computer, which will take me a few months. It's going to be painful, like, The Bed of Chaos boss from Dark Souls painful.

[@SpiralFlip]

@@CoryPelizzari So no Tokyo Scorring strings review?

[@Nicdehouwer]

@@SpiralFlip is there excitement about that one? I kind of shrugged when I saw it, even though I happily own a lot of Impact's stuff

[@SpiralFlip]

@@Nicdehouwer Alot of the people really excited for it are mainly composers who are really inspired by the sound of the japanese games and anime. Myself included :)

[@Nicdehouwer]

@@SpiralFlip right :) I can get that.

[@edgaralfredocabreraceli4432]

in last song some instruments are out of scale tune... is it intentional?

[@dimensionstomorrow]

Looks great! Just wondering if it’s versatile enough to do jazzier stuff, rather than orchestral.

[@olpschoirs]

Hi Cory, can i ask how did you tame the crescendo in each patch? There tend to be a huge swell for every sustain/ legato sample. I found it very hard to control it. Only with extreme cc settings

[@CoryPelizzari]

I didn't notice any swells, apart from some sustains having a softer attack on certain instruments. The samples have all their pre-transients (they're not cut into for quick response) but you can turn the "sample start" knob up to get a more immediate attack and turn the "legato smooth" knob up as well to quicken the legato samples. At higher settings you can get the instrument to respond immediately but at the cost of realism, so you could play them at high settings then set them back for rendering.

[@olpschoirs]

@@CoryPelizzari thanks for your reply Cory

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@olpschoirs Oh I also forgot to add if you hold the pedal down and repeat the same key you'll get an instant bow, like a re-bow.

[@olpschoirs]

@@CoryPelizzari thank you so much

[@OliKember]

@@CoryPelizzari The re-bow is such a welcome feature for solo passages. Something lots of developers sadly skip. They went above and beyond!

[@raztube90]

I would just save the money and hire a trump player or singer for my film.

[@CoryPelizzari]

That's not the point of this video or instrument libraries in general...

[@raztube90]

@@CoryPelizzari true I am not against sample libraries. I would go for cheaper options for solo instruments since they can be easy replaced with a real player.

[@Nicdehouwer]

@@raztube90 not with a good one then. Players, studio time, etc costs insane amounts of money. If you can get a trumpet player and a singer in a studio to perform for you for under 300€, you must be hiring homeless people

[@raztube90]

@@Nicdehouwer that is not true you can easily find good players online $150/hour.

[@Nicdehouwer]

@@raztube90 well yes. Even if they play the part perfectly within 5 minutes, they will still charge you for the hour. So 150 for trumpet, 150 for vocals, for one single project, if they only take one hour in your studio. 300$. That's the price of this library. And no mention of studio hourly rates, a sound guy, good mics, etc. It's in no way a 'cheaper option', that's all I'm saying.