Hi,

I recently learned about the XSample Ensemble library, quite old, but the demos are really awesome! They provide a nice realism without getting into the grandess of Hollywood sound.

Does anybody have experience with it? The web is "empty" when it comes to finding sources...

Thanks for your responses!
Robert

 

@ Rowild,

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Thanks, I of course know these sites. But what I cannot find out is whether it is being continued, the last update seems to be from early 2010. The current version is developed on Kontakt 2, and even though it will work with Kontakt 5, there are many new feature available, which could be used. Also, Finale and Sibelius have experienced updates.

So I wonder: is anybody using that library? With any notation program or DAW?