Howdy.
I have a triton classic with studio essentials, akai dps16, roland spd 20; basically a very modest home studio setup.
I do soundtracks for my choir in varied styles. I also do soundtracks for singers. I've also done some scoring for some video (documentary/presentation/lecture kind of stuff). all in all I do a lot of different styles.
I am looking to augment the sound pallete (spelling?). right now I am interested in
acoustic sounds since 1) my arranging leans heavily towards "augmented" 18 piece jazz ensemble (+ strings and other orch instruments); I also do a lot of pure orchestral and 2) I haven't found myself lacking in electronic sounds with the triton.
Options I've considered are:
orchestral expansion for the triton
SCSI card for the triton and then get sample libraries
sound modules: xv 5050, emu, Kurz 2600, etc.
Any of you cats got a word on this? My reluctance about the orch. expansion is that it is majorly inconvenient to have to constantly change out boards on the triton classic and the orch. will use up the two available slots and the studio essentials is real, well, essential for a lot of what I do. The SCSI thing involves a certain amount of expense as well(SCSI card not that expensive, but the libraries certainly are) and then the sounds have to be loaded each time and if not stored, loaded again. Not impossible to deal with, but since I'm often working on more than one thing at a time...
Also I don't know that the orchestral card also includes "jazz" brass, ww, or articulations.
The Kurz looks real good (especially with optional I/O to take advantage of the effects area) but it's pricey...
Enough of what I think I know, what opinions have y'all got.
If you know of a previous thread that speaks to this, I'd appreciate the "point".
The usual (and perrenial) "best mix of price versus performance" considerations apply
Thanks in advance
D out ITNOJ
I have a triton classic with studio essentials, akai dps16, roland spd 20; basically a very modest home studio setup.
I do soundtracks for my choir in varied styles. I also do soundtracks for singers. I've also done some scoring for some video (documentary/presentation/lecture kind of stuff). all in all I do a lot of different styles.
I am looking to augment the sound pallete (spelling?). right now I am interested in
acoustic sounds since 1) my arranging leans heavily towards "augmented" 18 piece jazz ensemble (+ strings and other orch instruments); I also do a lot of pure orchestral and 2) I haven't found myself lacking in electronic sounds with the triton.
Options I've considered are:
orchestral expansion for the triton
SCSI card for the triton and then get sample libraries
sound modules: xv 5050, emu, Kurz 2600, etc.
Any of you cats got a word on this? My reluctance about the orch. expansion is that it is majorly inconvenient to have to constantly change out boards on the triton classic and the orch. will use up the two available slots and the studio essentials is real, well, essential for a lot of what I do. The SCSI thing involves a certain amount of expense as well(SCSI card not that expensive, but the libraries certainly are) and then the sounds have to be loaded each time and if not stored, loaded again. Not impossible to deal with, but since I'm often working on more than one thing at a time...
Also I don't know that the orchestral card also includes "jazz" brass, ww, or articulations.
The Kurz looks real good (especially with optional I/O to take advantage of the effects area) but it's pricey...
Enough of what I think I know, what opinions have y'all got.
If you know of a previous thread that speaks to this, I'd appreciate the "point".
The usual (and perrenial) "best mix of price versus performance" considerations apply
Thanks in advance
D out ITNOJ
