Musio Introduces New Banjo and Orchestral Sketch Libraries (not a deal)

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Studio Banjo $29
https://portal.musio.com/marketplace/collection/studio-banjo

Sketchpad Monocrhrome $29
https://portal.musio.com/marketplace/collection/sketchpad-monochrome

NOTE: With this low pricing, it’s clear that Musio is aiming right at their competitor, SoundPaint (8Dio), which I think is a smart strategy. They can’t price near the far more sophisticated KONTAKT libraries. The downside is that Musio player is far inferior to SoundPaint’s sampler; it’s not even close. That’s one of their greatest challenges at this point: to improve the Musio player and make it even have the basic functions users of Kontakt, SoundPaint, and other samplers / sample players have come to expect.  The Musio player really should have more effects and capabilities. The fact that it doesn’t have presets — and a lot of them wouldn’t make sense without built-in effects — is a major shortcoming of their platform that may be a deal breaker not that Musio 1 perpetual license is no longer available (or so we are told by Cinesamples’ CEO; I’m not certain I believe it when he never had the plugin removed from retail partners). When they’re selling Musio 1 perpetual license for $149 or $179 on sale, the shortcomings of the player was far less important. But now that Musio is selling their libraries on a piecemeal basis for significantly greater cost and going head to head with with SoundPaint and UVI, it is a significant factor. I think Cinesammples / Musio makes beautiful sample libraries. They have long been one of the best sample developers in the business, IMO. But having a player so far behind the competition with very significant shortcomings like the inability to have presets — or even when they offer that, it won’t have many effects, so it won’t be very useful — is now a significant factor for any well-informed music producer / musician considering this purchase.

[I am a Musio / Cinesamples customer and am an 8Dio / SoundPaint customer and have done paid consulting to 8Dio / SoundPaint more than a year ago and am friends with the CEO. That doesn’t preclude me from commentary on these developers or the industry. My perspective is that the market does best when competition is flourishing and there’s certainly room for both of these companies, which I find both make beautiful sample libraries.]

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