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Originally Posted by Marius
I personally use the Gold ProXP library myself, so I can tell you for sure that it's good, but no, it will NOT run on an Intel Mac unless you also have Kontakt, that is true and an unfortunate side-effect of Native Instruments discontinuing development on their Kompakt Player software.
I'm not sure why you'd be asking me about Gold though if you aren't even sure about running Silver. You can get Silver, in its PLAY edition (so without having to worry about Kontakt) for about half the price of what you linked to (the Gold ProXP bundle) — and let's not forget that you still have to tack on the $300 crossgrade price (Kompakt Player -> Kontakt) to that if you want to use the Kontakt version of Gold ProXP.
I'm also not sure why you're consistently ignoring my suggestion of GPO, which sounds like it's definitely your best bet, but it's your money, not mine. Another thing to keep in mind is what sequencer you're using. If you don't have one, you won't be using any of these sample libraries right off the bat, so that's something to consider too. What do you write your music in? If it's Finale, then as of 2009 you'll be able to use ANY VST sample library plugin (so all of the above) and I know that EWQL will work as early as Finale 2007. If you're using Logic then you're also good to go, since it has full support for VST plugins and runs all of the above like a charm.
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I'm not ignoring GPO, but I've been researching these differently sample libraries for about a year and I just haven't been able to bring myself to buy GPO. I write my music in Sibelius 5, but I also have Logic Express 8. The problem I have with GPO is that even though it is integrated well with Sibelius 5, I want something that sounds good for making orchestral pieces in Logic. It's quite hard to continue writing notation as I have no piano to write anything on and I have to transfer my music directly from head to paper, so if I get a sample library I would buy a MIDI controller too and I could hear my music before it goes on paper.
I also need a sample library because people have asked me to do film scores for movies of theirs that they are entering in competitions and I can't without a good library.
The reason I suggested Gold (Kompakt Version) is because the requirements of the Kompakt Version will definitely run on my system, while the requirements of the PLAY version, I'm not exactly sure.