Pacific Ensemble Strings Demo

Here is a quick demo showcasing mostly the legatos from Performance Samples fantastic new string library 'Pacific Ensemble Strings'
Other libraries used include 8Dio Majestica, Century Brass and Cinesamples Orchestral Chords.

[@alessandrodacconti7026]

Beautiful composition and truly masterfully crafted production! Congratulations and sincere admiration

[@DavidTregoning]

Thank you very much for the kind words.

[@reziahamed6654]

Dear David... Couldn't leave without commenting how magnificient of a creation this is... REAL Hollywood level & supermassive... Whats the other supportive libraries used in this composition.... Eg..Brass / WW / PERC / Harp etc..... 🙏🙏👍👊👊

[@DavidTregoning]

Thanks Rezi! The brass is mostly 8Dio Century Ensemble Brass with some CineBrass Pro. Woodwinds are Hollywoodwinds and Berlin Woods, Percussion is a mixture of stuff inc. 8Dio Majestica, ProjectSam and Abbey Road One. Harp is Performance Samples Pacific Harp.

[@reziahamed6654]

@@DavidTregoning Wooooow... Top notch stuff indeed mate 👍👍👍 Wish you the BEST with all your music endeavours... You really are so blessed 👍👍👊🎆🙏

[@ridgero]

What a wonderful demo, hope JB adds this to the website

[@nicoclous5762]

Man this is spectacular

[@Hamza_Aydin]

Beautiful! Awesome composition, man!

[@dandenning6499]

Yeah David!! This is fantastic! Beautifully crafted and very emotive. I know how much work goes in to these things so great work!

[@ObsessiveCostumingDude]

Beautiful piece and excellent demo, thank you for sharing! :)

[@handznet]

Beautiful! Pacific sounds great here

[@TheSoundChronicles]

Outstanding sound. Great library. Great value.

[@5ammy13]

Love how natural the string sustain sounds which is why Pacific has become my main strings library. It sounds like a real string section.. And the liveliness in its sustains are incredible. Yes, it may not be able to do everything, but what it does will cover most of the basic needs and it does it like no other competition in the market. The sustains sound so beautiful and alive and when compared to the likes of other libraries like the Abbey Road Orchestra V1 you can clearly see how dead the strings of th ARO sound... The legatos are amazing in ARO but after that, the sustains sound so dead..

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

fax!

[@frankwilliam3777]

sounds lovely!

[@Bitimi]

I don’t need another string library… I don’t need another string library… I don’t need another…. Maybe I do..? 😂

[@DavidTregoning]

I was exactly the same! 🤣

[@Martinoides]

😂😂😂

[@Pablofrommerkwood]

Composition definitely helps the library, this is insane!

[@blackchisel97]

Fantastic demo.

[@erikhall9776]

Jaw dropping... no words.

[@ArdaRen]

Wow that’s absolutely haunting

[@mithramusic5909]

This is stunning. The music itself is great but getting the programming to sound convincing surely took work.

[@sathyngouane359]

Awesome !

[@upsidedown8512]

Fantastic

[@M4T]

What a demo ! I want those strings !!!

[@KimSunHo1997]

Amazing

[@pinocarella_00]

fantastic

[@nd_501st2]

Fabulous as always! How do you think Pacific Ensemble Strings compares to other similar libraries?

[@thisislance]

Lovely composition! Great use of Pacific and I *think* (being familiar with it) I can hear where the Cinesamples stuff was used. The 8Dio bits kinda stick out, but I think that's more of a "them" thing than a "you" thing.

[@DavidTregoning]

Thanks! Yes, I’m looking forward to the release of Pacific Brass.

[@AlonsoJoaquinComposer]

Soon my friend! sick composition btw@@DavidTregoning

[@kurttomlinsoncompositions1067]

the composition is so lovely. it has a very adventurous feel. I was wondering how you achieve the scrolling piano roll with transparent background?

[@jeffhijlkema]

@background; Record DAW screenflow and change its opacity when layering in your video editor. Make sure your DAW background is set to black on all elements, except midi events.

[@tonikit3613]

Megah!

[@rossquaresmini5834]

Assolutamente oki bravissimo love (;=))

[@jeffhijlkema]

Beautiful rich and taking composition David, so colourful and filmic! Curious about the legato options in this string library, does it have slurred also, could use some on the 1:08 descending line?

[@DavidTregoning]

Thanks Jeff. No slurred legatos per se with this library but plenty of variation with the attacks/portamentos. Spitfire Appassionata has some nice slurred legatos though. Not sure how well those libraries will mix. Another experiment for another day.

[@jeffhijlkema]

@@DavidTregoning Ha great, and still a bit strange one can not change ads(r) details within the spitfire bbcso gui. Challenge to mix those string libraries and create your own vibe, tweaking with mic balances. I'm working on a string mockup using Appassionata for warmth/thickness, and BBCSO Pro strings for detail. All the best and musical for this year! Jf 👊

[@bambino_music_]

The default and only legato transition is slurred legato. It's rather over the top, nearly achieving a portamento type of effect. :)

[@-Meric-]

@@DavidTregoning This library only has slurred legato

[@Martinoides]

😍😍😍

[@trevormadsen]

I checked the demo page of the library in Pacific website, but this track was not on the list.

[@ronald220964]

I have it wonderfull library beautiful strings.

[@5ammy13]

Hey David, how did you get Century Brass to sound so regal? Did you use the default mic mixes or crafted one yourself? Any tips you can share?

[@tosvus]

I am so damn torn about whether I should get this. As a hobbyist I own an insane amount of string libraries, but this sounds great...

[@DavidTregoning]

If you’re gonna get it, I’d get it now, the loyalty offer ends tomorrow (March 30). I still use CSS quite a lot, I’m slowly figuring out how to blend them together better.

[@tosvus]

@@DavidTregoning Thanks, I'm weak so it will probably happen lol

[@skippyfast5115]

Unbelievable good i could say they play it live instead of a Kontakt libary composition hope it does not kill's the occupation of Orchestra players in the future ,,,:(

[@andrewfeazelle]

Does it have key switches, like VSL, or do you have to use different tracks for different articulations?

[@DavidTregoning]

Mostly different tracks for different articulations. I generally prefer to work that way and my template is built that way. I use key switching for some libraries, particularly Hollywood Winds and with a few 8dio libraries.

[@andrewfeazelle]

@@DavidTregoning okay cool, thanks!

[@raffaelem2005]

this is unreal.

[@conni-bun]

🎉

[@elliotpolanco159]

Supremely realistic

[@isakwendesten4695]

How did you make this video with the midi notes and automation info? 🥹🥹

[@DavidTregoning]

I screen record the piano roll from my DAW, then bring it into After Effects, apply some curves and change the blending mode. You can also do this in other video/motion graphics software. (Final Cut, Premiere, Resolve etc)