Library Spotlight - Albion Neo

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[@terrybarnes5343]

Should have said , Spitfire Audio usually have 2-3 sales every year, with some pretty good discounts, this is when I buy their libraries

[@ricgus3]

The Strings B side sounds so good!

[@lunao19]

thank you for your time and work here. quality review as always!

[@jonathanparham]

Thanks for your reviews. I always like how you walk through ALL the patches

[@ElRobboz]

Gee Cory, your musical and technical abilities are tremendous! The variety and dynamism of the samples are fabulous and skilful! Keep up the fine work! :o)

[@rolandguilford8301]

Great demo! Extensive but concise. Each of your examples were wonderfully musical in nature which brought out the best in the library. The library sounds great! Thanks.

[@777Witness]

This is AMAZING! Thank you Cory.

[@GwcMuso]

Hey Cory, great video and thanks for the multi patches, much appreciated 👍

[@Larsmannetje66]

Great review. I wasn’t all that enthousiastic about Neo... But now I am! Thanks!

[@cdbaxul4726]

Also thanks for the patches, much appreciated and nicely constructed!

[@dip_jones]

On the fence about this. TBH I loved Loegria strings and wondered whether this was worthwhile. Great review and generous tweaks and multis. Best reviewer on KZbin. Dave

[@cesmcmyth]

This is so useful indeed. Thank you Cory. Way better than the freking showman session of one of the founders or the squeezed take of the other one. (y)

[@guidryjoseph44]

Cory if I could subscribe 100,000 times more to your channel I would. Your reviews are invaluable brother!! Thank you!!

[@moritz3637]

Thanks for your work! Really helpfull

[@ClicStudio]

This library sounds fantastic! I prefer your reviews than the ones they make on their channel, I can feel more passion in yours than theirs, their walktrough always seem rushed

[@kennygold3631]

@Cory Great review! I’ve been considering Neo,I have every other Albion. Your review just sent me past the point of no return. Thanks, Kenny aka kgdrum

[@vargshagrath]

Great work! Thanks

[@ritchxmusic]

Great tip Cory on using the pitch wheel for controlling intensity

[@Zaleskee]

well done Cory!. thank you!.

[@BluemountScore]

Thank you!

[@doublehelix3952]

A little late for your Albion NEO spotlight, but with the current Spitfire edu sale, the first place I looked was your channel "Consistent and solidly built. . . refined and not overly artsy" is a viewpoint I needed to hear

[@paulgclarkmusic]

me too, torn between neo and Tundra

[@doublehelix3952]

@@paulgclarkmusic We have until 16 Oct -- have you decided yet? (I am in the same boat. . .)

[@paulgclarkmusic]

@@doublehelix3952 Lol, I have purchased, Tundra, Spitfire Studio strings, Spitfire Solo Violin and just downloading Fractured strings now. My student status expires next week so i thought I might as well get what i can now at half price :)

[@aviramspies]

I mean.... almost every instrument you played here was awesome

[@VoidloniXaarii]

Thank you very much. I was curious how you feel about this.

[@cdbaxul4726]

Awesome content! Subscribed for the 21:56 LOL

[@SeriousTipStudio]

This is exactly what I was looking for in a review. Getting to hear each sound and seeing if this software would work for me or not. There go 400.00 bucks again to Spitfire lol 😆

[@inspisiavideos8542]

Just amazing! But right now it’s a bit too expensive. Hopefully it will be on sale during the Holidays

[@thisislance]

Uh oh, the long slow detune patch might have sold me.

[@guitngood7944]

Wonderful presentation which lead to a purchase! How would you approach creating a template just for Albion Neo?

[@inspisiavideos8542]

After weeks of having Albion Neo sitting on my external hard drive I finally used it. I was working on other libraries I got! Would you compose something as a sample to use it? It has so many files that it’s a bit hard to choose files to make a combination, because I would want something simple with not too many sounds in one composition.

[@crabtreewoodworks]

I was going to buy symphonic strings next, but this has changed my mind. My only concern is having a lot of the same in Albion 1. I don’t want to pay for Step steam band, Brunel loops ect, already have in Albion 1. Wonder how Spitfire compensates for this?

[@TuzXMr]

They are different loops/synths it’s just the name of that section for the series

[@markkilianschannel]

Gr8 vid mate! I tend to buy Spitfire libraries all exited and sh*t and then I hardly ever seem to use them for the most part. Do you think this affliction will befall me with this library?

[@MamaSymphonia]

"If you've seen the Christmas episode of Mr. Bean" now you're speaking my language Cory.

[@thisislance]

Ooh, 33m16s is cool stuff.

[@lunao19]

Only problem is: I still don't know if I need/want it.. I don't own SCS, but have SStS. Do you think this might be a good inbetween?

[@CoryPelizzari]

I've got both Studio Strings Pro and Chamber Strings and I think Neo is still pretty useful, especially for sketching string parts and getting more moving string parts.

[@ronnyb5890]

did'nt spitfire have a proprietary player?,seems they've returned to kontakt,great that you did a review cory,thought it was only a string library

[@CoryPelizzari]

Nobody likes their garbage player, lol.

[@BluemountScore]

All the other Albions use Kontakt... that's probably why they decided this way

[@chrismassa5891]

@@CoryPelizzari I asked Paul how Spitfire decides which player to use. Paul said they use their player when there are "things" Kontakt can't do. Not quite sure what that means.

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@chrismassa5891 It means that there are certain things that are easier to script in a custom engine, but that in itself never means the engine is better or more suitable. Spitfire's engine isn't anything special and it's optimised for Macs so it's just not a good platform overall. OT's SINE Player is infinitely better.

[@umatgeratonleik2584]

I just bought this, and now I'm rewatching videos on it to calm down my wallet :D

[@asdfjklol]

Do one for solstice please!

[@inspisiavideos8542]

Hi! I need to make a last time purchase but I can only afford one during Cyber Monday? I own Albion 1 to 5 and which library would give me more variety? Albion Neo or Solstice?

[@CoryPelizzari]

I haven't used Solstice but Neo is definitely useful.

[@stradfenrir]

quickly! (/^-^)/ introduce Sound with a quiet and calm, there are many weak sound of Attack? It seems that there are many patches, but isn't it suitable for intense music?

[@CoryPelizzari]

It's more for pensive and slow cinematic music. For intense stuff you want Albion One and Iceni.

[@stradfenrir]

Thanks for your advice (^_-)*

[@Aedhon]

Hi, intense review! I am a bit torn between this and Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions as a next purchase, have you tried that and what do you think? Given they seem to have a similar atmosphere, I get the feeling Chamber Evo might be more of a one trick pony (long sustained notes with a variety of frills on top), but it does sound great. What's your view?

[@CoryPelizzari]

I always go for sampled instruments rather than phrases and beds, but that's just me.

[@Aedhon]

@@CoryPelizzari thanks for your reply. yes I fear that would be a bit limiting, plus I see that in your custom patches and in segla textures you do get some nice "evolutions" anyway. So I'm inclined to think that I would get some more "personal" results by mixing up my own patches, or just adding layers.

[@Aedhon]

@@CoryPelizzari Hi again, I found out your other excellent videos about Spitfire Studio Strings. Now I wonder, if price wasn't really the issue, would you go for Neo or the Studio Orchestra? I wonder if with Studio Orchestra you could get similar "nordic" atmospheres, by using the extensive articulations they provide and orchestrating the instruments individually, or if you think that Neo still stands as a valid alternative. There's also Spitfire Chamber Strings of course..so the other question is, dry sound or wet sound?

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@Aedhon I think Albion is better as an overall songwriting tool. Studio Orchestra requires a lot more knowledge and tweaking to get the best out of it (same with Chamber Strings). So I'd start with something like Neo or Albion One and then go for the bigger libraries later for adding details or making more complex songs from sketches you've made with the all-in-one library first.

[@Aedhon]

@@CoryPelizzari thanks, you're probably right. I have Albion One, it's good but the strings sound too big so i can't really fit them in in what I do. That's why I'm scouting around!

[@TiagoNugentComposer]

that was fast

[@lahattec]

I have a feeling this is repackaged Albion II. Thoughts?

[@CoryPelizzari]

More like repackaged Tundra. But it's better than Tundra so I'm fine with that. Loegria has a much darker and delicate sound whereas Neo can be used in more general compositions.

[@pommedapi3847]

@@CoryPelizzari that was exactly my question, more interesting than Tundra great! thanks for this review

[@samuelgl]

For a first library, what should I get, Albion One or Neo? THanks!

[@CoryPelizzari]

For a first library you might get more use out of Albion One because it has more general use for the brass and woodwinds as well as having percussion.

[@samuelgl]

@@CoryPelizzari Ok thanks

[@shotsi673]

@@CoryPelizzari Albion ONE or Symphobia 1. I just got Symphobia 2 and am loving it. Would it be good to keep the Symphobia's together or look for something slightly different like Albion ONE of BBC Core?

[@CoryPelizzari]

@@shotsi673 If you're looking for more emotive sounds then Albion One will be a good pick. If you just want more longs, shorts and effects then Symphobia 1 will flesh out the one you have now. S1 doesn't have any legato instruments though.

[@shotsi673]

@@CoryPelizzari Thanks a lot. It's cheaper too.

[@TomMAF4]

Nice one. Actually sounds pretty awesome. Does someone like the FFXIII soundtrack, or is that just me?

[@CoryPelizzari]

FFXII.

[@TomMAF4]

Cory Pelizzari ooh close. : P

[@michawojtasmusic]

No glissando?!?

[@CoryPelizzari]

Nope.

[@toddfrombethesda6963]

honestly i don't think its fair to compare this to Tundra, while i will agree the loops in Neo a far superior, Tundra aesthetic really is different, face value may suggest that they are similar, but Tundra is in reality a massive sound played extremely softly, while Neo is just a chamber orchestra with an Icelandic touch. Tundra is Skyrim while Neo feels more like the witcher. (When comparing the soft compositions of each game). the spotty sampling is honestly aesthetically consistent with was Tundra is, i mean if this same spotty sampling appeared in a standard library (Cough, Cough, BBCSO).... then yeah i would be upset.

[@terrybarnes5343]

Thanks for. a really good review, and spending so much time going through a lot fo the sounds, really appreciate it. This seems like a great library. Some of your comments are regarding some of the other Albion libraries are interesting, we need to recognise though, each Albion is for a different purpose, that's why there's 5 of them, so yes they all have different things to offer. Christian Henson's video about each of them explains this pretty well , you can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGGzlYCnj9SFhck Thanks again for taking the time to make such an interesting video. Take care, stay safe best wishes Terry

[@citizenworld8094]

"Par for course" means essential to some of us. Please don't think we all know what the par for course is, and think of the beginners. Thank you.

[@idontgivea1769]

Sounds alot like Tundra, but not as good as Tundra