The OP has a very good point. GIG is moribund; there's almost no free content. There was a great orchestral brass section that I used once and can no longer find. Very sad. On 11/1/09, Q <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Julien Claassen wrote: >> Hello Lorenzo! >> For the GigaSampler there were a few Garritan products, I seem to >> remember, >> that they were quite nice. they definitely had some strings,I know one of >> the >> LinuxSampler guys used those strings in a piece. >> Beyond that: I know, that sampletekk has a nice set of orchestral >> brass, >> which suite me fine, even for not so orchestral work. But then I'm >> stomped. >> There should be a second hand market for the old GigaSampler/GigaStudio >> products, which have gone out of sale. >> Besides that I'd say Wine and VSTIs, or perhaps someone has experience >> with >> Kontakt samples, they are en vogue now, I believe. >> Kindest regards >> Julien > > Hi > > If Sampletekk's pianos are anything to go by (I own their Black Grand, > White Grand and White Sister), their other instruments should be stunning. > > There are some orchestral Giga format samples out there under the name > Prosonus. I believe they are quite old. I've read reviews that suggest > they are okay (i.e. by no means great but not atrocious) and that's the > experience I've had with the one subset I got (orchestral percussion and > harp, but I desperately needed a cheap harp, plus celeste, tubular bells > and glockenspiel always come in handy). > > Just doing a quick googling, I turned up a 5-CD orchestral set, but it's > a fairly hefty $295, here's the link: > > http://www.soundsonline.com/Advanced-Orchestra-SET-GIGA-pr-BS-228_V1-5.html > > I've just found that same set on a different site for $198, along with > quite a few other Giga format sets: > > http://www.eastwestsamples.com/ > > ...and you can find all the Giga samples from the dropdown menu. > > I'm sure there'll be other stuff out there. > > Cheers > > Q > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
