With hundreds of products crowding the marketplace, choosing an orchestral library can be a daunting experience. Sound On Sound's Buyer’s Guide aims to help you find a way through the maze.
Sample Logic Symphonic AI
Sample Logic have teamed up with Red Room Audio to deliver a highly animated orchestral instrument.
We’ve reviewed a number of Sample Logic’s sample‑based virtual instruments over recent years. Many of these titles Motion Keys, Cinematic Guitars Motion, Bohemian and Morphestra 2, for example are built around a powerful Kontakt‑based front end. As well as allowing the user to blend four sounds, the engine includes step‑based sound animation of notes and effects, a whole array of sound‑shaping options and a comprehensive suite of effects.
In the main, these products are aimed primarily at the media composer market and all of the above titles provide what might best be described as ‘hybrid’ sounds, combining conventional, synthetic and processed core sounds with plenty of potential for scoring applications. However, the subject of this review is somewhat different. While Symphonic AI (which stands for Animated Intelligence) featu