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Project SAM?

Posted by David W. Hamilton on February 28, 2011 at 12:51am in Music Technology

Hello!

I'm looking around at Brass libraries, and I've seen several reviews that place the Project SAM Orchestral Brass Classic as being the best around.  I've taken a look at some of the demos and been impressed, but I'm curious to know if anybody around here has used this library.  If so, what's your opinion?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

David W. Hamilton

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  • James Semple February 28, 2011 at 7:27am

    Hi David,

     

    I wouldn't necessarily say that Project SAM Orchestral Brass Classic is the best around but it is an excellent library and widely used.

     

    Pros: Excellent sound and a decent number of articulations.

     

    Cons: No legato samples or really modern programming features.

     

    At the moment there really isn't any truly amazing brass library available on a level with LA Scoring Strings or Hollywood Strings (unless you can stretch to Spitfire Brass with Maurice Murphy on trumpet!)

  • David W. Hamilton February 28, 2011 at 3:07pm
    I usually compose in the more 'classical' tone; it sounds like SAM (like more other libraries) ends up depending on exactly what you're wanting to use it for?
  • James Semple February 28, 2011 at 3:59pm

    In that case I'd say that Chris is right with Vienna. SAM aims at a cinematic sound.

     

    In my sci-fi horror cue on my page here, there are some trumpets (around 0:28) which are a mix of Vienna and Project SAM.

  • David W. Hamilton March 1, 2011 at 2:03am

    So... Vienna's better for the more Classical tone... I compose both some free-lance Symphonic projects (one of them is on my page) and for Film.  I'm looking at the different libraries out there because I'm scoring a Feature-length Thriller this summer... there'd be plenty of dark brass, I think.  So I'm trying to find something I can use both on that project, on another Feature that's just, well, on the 'prettier' side, and the free-lance stuff.  Sounds like Vienna would work better, though.  And they're samples are very impressive.

  • David W. Hamilton March 1, 2011 at 5:00pm
    We're budgeting $1.5K for the Thriller (Othersight), and $2K for the other Feature (Indescribable).  I am planning on getting the Complete Composer's Collection from EastWest, so that'll take care of pretty much everything for about $1K, which would leave $2.5K for other libraries.  I did a cover of a video game track, and got back some critique--the major weakness cited was the Brass instruments.  That's why I'm hunting down some Brass libraries.
  • David W. Hamilton June 5, 2011 at 2:22am
    Hmm... I never got notifications about these replies!  :-P  I'll have to check out the Cinesamples...
  • David W. Hamilton June 5, 2011 at 1:42pm
    I got that one!
  • Sam Sketty June 5, 2011 at 2:45pm

    Hi Everyone,

     

    First post ;-)

     

    The cinesamples Brass is very impressive, more so then the VSL dimension Brass i think. Am not convinced by the Project SAM Orchestral Brass..........sound a bit thin and also the articulations seem limited?

     

    Sam

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