Reply To: EastWest Grammy Sale – Up to 80% Off!

[fretman]

So (and I’ve mentioned this before), I have an issue with EastWest. I love their pricing and variety of ensembles, but each time I’ve used them I hear background noise. Granted, so far I’ve only attempted to use solo instruments in sparse arrangements and the noise is quite noticeable. I couldn’t use any of their instruments (except their Gypsy castanets, which are great). I hesitate to invest anymore into EastWest, even though I always seem to be attracted to them. I’m thinking their use case is for solo instruments to be part of the full orchestra thing going on which would bury the background noise.

On the other hand, I’m getting the gist that professional composers don’t use EastWest but more expensive packages from the likes of Cinesamples, Spitfire, or Orchestral Tools (I’m a big fan of Marc Jovani’s tips). So maybe I should cut my losses and re-approach all this? Do those other products have noticeable background noise, too?

On the 3rd hand, I’m currently just a casual orchestral user. I’m a wanna be orchestral composer but, so far, haven’t put in the effort to learn to do that well. It’s a dream of mine. But having a bad experience with Eastwest so far, I hesitate to pursue that dream with them.

Does anyone have any thoughts or insights on this?

(Peter, feel free to move this to another topic/thread if it makes more sense over there).

 

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