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BTW, PLAY versions seem to be somewhat unstable as of yet, so maybe wait a while?  |
What is "PLAY"? Is this a software player designed by EW?
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Until now, the problem with EW products was the lack of legato and portamento. This appears to have been corrected, but again, not sure how it actually sounds in PLAY. |
No legato? Is't that the first or second fundamental technique for most instruments? That seems like an odd omission.
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for example, for TOP jazz stuff you could go for SONIVOX, but it does cost above $2000. It does seem to be the only library able to do amazing jazz stuff, production wise.
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For jazz samples, they only need to be good enough to approximate the arrangements for me. They just have to be good enough to keep me from loosing my marbles when listening to them repeatedly. I can get a standard horn section around here easy enough (I'm in Philadelphia), pulling some strings I can even get free session work from good players.
Strings, on the other hand, are tough. Hiring a quartet of students from Curtis for one movement (depending on length of course) will blow half of my budget immediately. I'll check out the ones you mentioned and compare them to the VSL solo strings.
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Generally working depends on your DAW as well. If you get something with 8 or 16 GB then you won't have to bounce (yet and until the new products come to earth), so you should be fine. A good soundcard and good monitors to really listen to your well spent $4000 would also be recomendable.
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By 8 or 16 GB are you referring to RAM? Currently I am using a dual 2.5 G5
with 4GB of RAM. DAW is Cubase. Most of my previous projects have dealt with tracking and mixing, and I've gotten into the 150 track range before having to do some serious cleanup. For monitors, I've had a pair of Mackie HR624's for about 7 years. I personally think they are excellent for the money (the quality is much better than their consoles, which I do not recommend).
Thanks for your help so far!