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Most of them were close mic'ed and not in a proper environment for an orchestra. No matter how much reverb you put on those recordings, they never sound good.

The sounds are inspiring to play because they sound so good. He most recently conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a series of concerts where he performed music from classic films about Los Angeles.

It's difficult to describe my enthusiasm about Gold in one sentence. The FX patches, the qlegato and inclusion of all the platinum articulations has made this the number one library for me. Don't know what else to say; I'm your biggest fan.

Just keep doing what you are doing. As a composer working in the computer games industry, Im often working to tight deadlines and turnaround times. It sounds first class, right out of the box, and I find I dont need to do any panning or EQing - trying to make instruments sit in the mix.

The emotional quality of the samples make my compositions sing and really show how much sweat and love were put into the creation of the library. As choir director, I need an orchestral sample set that exudes realism and impact, since our broadcasts cover the globe by radio and internet I'm pleased to report that Pro XP fits the bill quite exquisitely! While it's not exactly miraculous these days to have access to good orchestral samples, it seems nothing short of miraculous to me to have this level of quality and realism available at my fingertips.

There is simply no other library - at any price - that compares with the overall sound, usability and capability of EWQLSO. And of course the "Pro" expansions take the product so far into the next realm that the competition might as well pack up and go home!

Across the board Pro XP's samples have a fatness to them that other libraries don't quite capture. Ultimately, the level of warmth and detail in the recordings, multiple mic perspectives, flexible ensemble sizes, and wide range of articulations make Pro XP an obvious choice for anyone whose goal is to produce ultra-realistic MIDI mockups.

A big, bountiful, powerful, expressive, sonically superior collection of top-quality orchestral sounds, recorded in a first-class concert hall, played, recorded and programmed by expert practitioners, waiting to burst into life in your compositions. The production room and recording gave it a great finished sound out of the box. The GM instrument group is sensibly organised according to the GM program number convention. Given the potential users that East West are targeting with Colossus, this GM sound set is a very neat idea.

The only minor inconvenience is that there is no simple way to load the instruments within Kompakt based upon standard program-change numbers — this process has to be done manually. This said, in testing with some commercial MIDI files using these sounds, the results were impressive and well worth the effort.

All the necessary instrument types are represented within the Orchestral group. The 'Brass Section' instrument has velocity layering that produces a warm, soft sound at low velocities and then launches into very effective, bright, fanfare territory at high velocities — although it has to be said that there is not much between the two. Similar velocity layers are present in the three string ensemble instruments. Of the solo strings, the cello, viola and violin all sound convincing and feature velocity layering that changes the character of the sound.

These would all suit slow or medium tempo phrases quite well and, when sustained, a nice vibrato is gradually introduced quite strong on the cello. However, the attack of each instrument is probably not suitable for faster passages, even after adjusting the Volume Envelope settings in Kompakt. The 'Tremelo Strings' instrument [sic] is capable of being suitably spooky, although it is pretty intense.

The only real oddity was the 'Pizzicato Strings' sound — while the strings themselves sound fine, the samples include a large dollop of hall ambience which is almost an echo.

This patch would have perhaps been more versatile if presented a little drier. The solo English horn with a slight vibrato that appears on sustained notes , trombone, trumpet, tuba and French horn all capture the mellow tones required at lower velocities, while springing more fully to life at higher velocities.

However, as with the strings, an extra velocity layer between the two might have made the instruments a little easier to play. In the wind instruments, the solo flute has just the right amount of breathiness and I also liked the oboe and clarinet instruments.

The Orchestral group also contains a powerful 'Orchestral Hit' patch and an excellent concert harp — this latter instrument has a beautiful, very soothing quality to it. Other instruments include a timpani patch which usefully provides two keys for each pitch to make playing rolls somewhat easier and a nice tubular bells instrument. Somewhat surprisingly, the Orchestral group does not include a general orchestral percussion instrument for cymbals, snares, timps and gongs. A total of 11 instruments appear in the Choir group — five male and six female.

In the main, these are sustained vowel sounds based on 'ah', 'mm' 'oh' and 'ee' sounds. Usefully, most of the patches feature mod-wheel crossfading between a non-vibrato and a vibrato version. With a little reverb added, these are all very effective for choral pads. While the overall size of the Colossus library is huge and the quality of many of the Orchestral and Choir Instruments is very good, there are probably not enough basic articulations of the various instruments for anyone attempting to construct a full orchestral arrangement.

For example, there are no staccato performances of the string or brass instruments. In that context, Colossus should not really be seen as a replacement for something like East West's own Symphonic Orchestra Silver Edition or Garritan Personal Orchestra, both of which offer a considerably larger choice of performance styles to the budding orchestral composer on a budget.

In contrast to my comments above about the relatively small number of performance styles included within the Orchestral group, the Pop Brass group has an abundance of these.

For example, the trumpets include falls, staccato, short sustains, vibrato and cup mutes amongst a few others. The same is true of the tenor, alto and baritone saxes — a range of performance options and special effects are provided for each, although my favourite was the 'B Sax PPanther' instrument which was suitably deep and honky.

The Trombone options are also plentiful within this group and include some excellent falls, slides and wah performances, with the latter being great for those Tom and Jerry-style cues.

There is also a very respectable 'Tuba God' instrument whose beefy staccato sounds would also work well for cartoon comedy cues. Another neat inclusion is the Salsa Trumpet, with both long and short fall options for when you need to add a little Latin element to a tune. If required, one or two of the staccato instruments from within the Pop Brass group would work quite happily in an orchestral setting.

Colossus's many Instruments are organised into 19 basic types in Kompakt. These are as shown in the selection menu above. The collection of instruments in the Ethic Pitched group includes all the usual suspects; agogo bells, bagpipes, didjeridoo, duduk, fiddle, koto, pan flute and shakuhachi are all present and correct. Where appropriate, a number of these include a vibrato layer that can be added via the mod wheel.

For a touch of Outback drone, the didjeridoo has plenty of flatulent bottom end and the tone can be changed via the mod wheel to produce a quite convincing movement in sustained notes. The bagpipe sounds like a Scottish set — although, as with all sampled pipes, it does give itself away a little by staying in tune! Other useful inclusions are the low Irish whistle and Uilleann pipes, which do a decent job of adding something of a Celtic vibe.

The five Instruments in the Ethnic Percussion group include useful tablas and taiko drum instruments. The other three Kompakt patches are collections of percussion instruments, with each sound mapped to a different key. The best of this bunch is 'Ethnic Drums 88Key' which does pretty much what it says on the tin.

There is also a 'GM Percussion' patch that contains all the percussion sounds typical of a GM drum collection but minus the standard drum kit sounds such as snare, kick, and hi-hat. Given these three collections of percussion sounds, the omission of an orchestral percussion set mentioned earlier is a little puzzling.

The New Age Ensemble group provides a series of layered sounds, combining one of the ethnic pitched instruments with a string or synth pad sound of some sort. Some of these are more effective than others but the titles for example, 'Chi and Chang', 'Sri Lanka' and 'Weeping Dragon' give an impression of what is on offer.

The Synth Bass and Synth Lead groups contain about 25 instruments between them. However, in the majority of cases, the mod wheel crossfades between two different sounds. There are some nice analogue-style sounds amongst this collection and for most types of synth-based pop or dance styles, there is plenty to get started.

Java script IS enabled. I don't know what the problem is, I've never had this happen before. If it's working your end and no-one else is having a problem it must be something specific to me I guess, but having spent a good few hours looking at this today, I'm wondering if you could just e-mail the updates to me. This is just hurting my head now! If the file sizes are large please sent the PC updates for each module in a separate e-mail or stick them on a CD and put them in the post.

I only have an old fashioned modem connection and I won't be able to download an e-mail with all four attached at once. Thanks for your efforts, Steve. Just to Clarify Just to be totally clear on what I mean Clicking on the link opens the pop up window, but the contents of the pop up window don't load.

I get a totally white blank page. Looking at my internet status, it's like my computer tries to load the page for about 2 seconds, then gives up, no internet traffic. The page remains blank. I can sit here for 15 minutes with the pop up open and it doesn't load, no more internet traffic relating to that page happens.

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Both the sound and the one finger composer, which you can customize and use in your own way. Haven't ever considered Composer Cloud, might now, although it's hard to trust EW to make a user friendly interface. Are some solo instruments missing?