Tons of stuff for purchase and many not even worth a free download. Wonder what is your most unwanted Brand/Manufacturer/Release for ProAudio content (Loops/MIDI/Presets/Samples) and why exactly, what bothers you the most? Are single releases affected or the complete line?

attribute ideas:

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- bloated content (artificial methods to pump up content to the max) more detailed below:
-- unnecessary long loops ()
-- unnecessary duplicate content (eg.:adding monolithic sampler files although samples are present and useable)
-- unnecessary high bit-sample-rates without benefit [upscaling scam]
-- unnecessary long samples (silence at end not stripped)
-- unnecessary formats that dont make sense at all ... like rex oneshots
-- unnecessary non audio content (hires pics, exaggerate hires audio demos, super big pdf docs, ...)
- non original content (mostly foreign/common sources, slightly edited)
- technically bad (too loud o. silent samples, poor processing, bad file naming)
- call files with *.aif extension "Apple Loop" by default
- offer seperate formats with non identical content (apple, acid-loops file count o. names differ)

 

developers who unpack samples that they get from another developer

Sounds in HD are known to repackage Goldbaby samples and sell them as their own

 

I`ve never really "got" the reason for WAV and AIFF formats on the same release. Mac`s read WAV, PC`s read AIFF, what`s the point?

I concluded that it must be due to the staunch patriotism felt by the radical PC`ers and Mac`ers, kinda:

"Man, I aint using `their` format, it might infect my beautiful machine."

To me, it does NOTHING but double the size of the bloody download, which makes those contributors who offer separate format download options true HERO`s of the scene!

 

To name one I personally don't like is Garritan. All their "natural" sounds are sounding like plastic. I am not that much using synth-sounds. I am heading for the best and most realistic sounds I can get my hands on.
I am sure Garritan, shipped with Finale and Sibelius, have their customers and it is fair enough when you just need a control when working on scores. But for a good Demo of orchestra-pieces it is, imo, very hmmm... let's say: "poor".

Talking about other libraries I don't like things which are predefined. I have not studied composition to use "Vivace" or "Lumina" with all their stories. But this doesn't mean that their stuff is bad.

I just need good tools to support my creative work. And in my opinion it is a shame when 20 tracks of different composers are using the same presets of synths like Omnisphere or Stylus RMX.

But, again, this is only my personal and, of course, poor opinion.

 

There's strong and weak stuff from most providers, but I have to say I have my favourites, the ones that are most consistently interesting, and that choose to sample material not covered (or not covered well) elsewhere. Among these I'd have to include SonicCouture, SoundIron, Sonokinetic…I guess anything that begins with S.

 

I think it is a bit imprecise to see Zero-G as a one developer since they are in reality more of a publisher. But I agree that the golden era of Zero-G is long gone.

Sample developers I would personally avoid (in terms of their business practice/attitude/ethic) are 8Dio, EastWest, Prime Loops and Vengeance.

 

BOOM librarys can be a biatch cos they are mostly at 192kHz and have HUGE gaps between samples, so you are mostly downloading silence
and they weigh tons. they could have done a lot of housekeeping with those releases