I know that Play! libraries have been cracked but all the new releases will use Opus.

I was wondering about the state of EW stuff (and how much it'd call cost out of curiosity) and to my surprise I found out that EW has a subscription service AND that it's on discount for 20$ a month/200$ a year + 2 months free for ALL products including future ones. I hate subscription services with a passion but this is extremely tempting.

Does anyone else do something like this? I checked VSL, Spitfire and 8DIO and none of them have something like this.

I'm trying to get rid of Kontakt as much as I can and the old EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Pro XP is the one thing that's REALLY making it difficult.

 

Last edited: May 13, 2022

The Play release is a great replacement for old Kontakt versions and large catalog is available.

I have the subscription, the cracked release, and own all the non-hollywood libraries. I use the released version with Play on a PC and subscription with Opus on my Mac. While Opus does load large patches faster, both get the same job done.

The released PLay libraries are sufficient and has been used in hit tv shows and films already. If you're not making money from music, get comfortable with the release first and explore that it offers. If/When you are making money from it, get the subscription and the transition will be minimal. The only new sounds for Opus are the hollywood sample updates and Forbidden Planet.

 

I ended up buying a 1y sub (from Best Service since EW's site tries to charge you EU VAT, fuck that lmao) just to get everything and the extra content for HO Opus Edition.
I did try a few Play releases and while it's not as bad as people claimed it was I still prefer Opus as a player, it's a much smoother experience imho (only tried it with Gypsy so far though)

What I'm interested in are other sub services from other library manufacturers (mainly orchestral stuff), I don't think I've seen any others aside from EW and Roland.