Orchestral module?

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So I'm looking for oopinions on an orchestral sounds only module. The one I've heard that I like on records is the Roland M0c-1, which is old and hard to find on ebay, even. Any other suggestions? I don't have mega bucks to spend...
 
Try the Proteus MPS Orchestral

Try the Proteus MPS Orchestral. You might like that. I haven't heard the Roland module, so I'm not sure whehter this will meet your expectations.
 
Keyboard had a buyer's guide on this in Dec 2000, including add-on cards, expansion boards, CD-Roms and modules. It may be dated, I don't know. Anyway, they seemed most enthusiastic about the Emu Virtuoso 2000 (which also had it's own review), but they didn't really nominate a winner.

I know it isn't what you asked for, but you mentioned that money is an issue, so I'll mention it in case you hadn't thought about it: I've seen a few articles recommending going with good soundfont collections and an audigy or software soundfont player, maybe that's worth checking out?

My personal belief is that some kind of sampler (including soundfonts) is a better path to happiness in this field. I mainly use Emu's CD "Orchestral instruments" myself (it's kind of the proteus 2 on CD), but I'm in no way serious about my orchestral music. Just something I like to mess with once in a while...
 
Think about something in the Roland line with an Orchestral expansion board.... one for the XV models. There were three for the JV series Orch1, Orch2 and a Vocal board.... all three are contained on the big Orch board.... also there is an expansion board devoted to strings and string articulations.

There is also an Orchestral DXi by Edirol...... they do have a pain in the butt "inset CD now" when you boot the soft synth.... but I've heard good things about the sound.

There are lots of sound fonts available for free.... the Sinfonia sound font is devoted to orchestral samples and a search will turn up lots more... including, as stated above some fairly cheap EMU orchestral samples that were considered pretty darn good about 10 years ago.

Finally, there are a number of software (and hardware if you have the money) samplers out there. By buying one of them, you can either 1) add specific samples as you need them, or 2) buy the most expensive samples you can afford now and upgrade later. Samples can go for $99 for a disk full to thousands of dollars. This does presume you have a computer... if not, try the Roland.

Take Care
 
Since we also seem to be talking soft synths, Computer Music's latest issue raves about Steinberg's Halion Strings module. $399 US list, I think. Very realistic, especially the 24-bit samples. You don't have to buy Halion to use it, but you have to have a VSTi (or DXi?) compatible sequencer.

Daf
 
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