http://www.garritan.com/Strad/AngryStrad.mp3
It's not far away from the future and it really depends on what you expect. You need to know that samples are being used in film and computer games music, with amazing results already! Blended with a few live instruments, they sound perfect!
The idea is one: To enable someone withhout the budget to get the killer sounds. To enable the pianist to have guitar and violin sounds. To enable to guitarist to a last read notes (
no! I'm kidding, Mark
) To enable any composer to have a better pallete. Some libraries ARE able to deliver the final result, others not so much! Depends on what you want and what you're after.
