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Musio vs other orchestral sample libraries
I don’t expect to start writing any film scores, but I do love the sound of orchestral instruments and appreciate a few of the higher quality sounds I’ve heard. Having said that, I don’t own any such libraries, other than the freebies from Spitfire audio and the libraries I’ve heard on the DAWs I’ve bought over the years.
YouTuber Vulture Culture is helping to promote Musio which is selling a $10 monthly subscription or lifetime license for $399. Have you folks tried it? Any thoughts on how it compares with other sample libraries?
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I think @klownshed can probably share his experience of musio with you.
I purchased the Staffpad versions of Voxos and Cinerperc both from cinesamples and I can confirm that they both sound very good.
You can hear Voxos in action in this piece I made last Halloween:
And I used Cinerperc intensively in this piece
Listen to In Frantic Waves (McD & JanKun collaboration) by JanKun on #SoundCloud
I didn't purchase any other cinesamples libraries as I am already covered with libraries from Orchestral tools and Spitfire inside staffpad but I heard cinesamples strings, brass and woodwinds in action and they do sound great. From what I saw on musio website, each library comes with extensive selection of articulations at different velocities. Enough to keep you busy for years on your orchestral journey.
I have no idea how functional the musio software is per se, but 399$ for a lifetime licence sounds like a bloody good offer given the samples quality.
Hey these are really great, @JanKun!
Musio is fantastic. One of Its main strengths lies in its small footprint compared to other libraries. Just one of my Spitfire string libraries takes up tens of gigs.
Being able to download just what you need when you need it makes it fantastic for laptop use.
There should be an upgrade coming that adds multiple mics but again you only need to download the bits you actually want.
Value wise it’s off the charts. Just cinestrings core for kontakt costs more than Musio1.
Sound wise you can definitely improve on many of the collections. But with Musio yku get access to everything. Need an Oboe? Sorted. Want a Zither? No probs. And they’re all good quality if not the ultimate.
Compare the prices to Orchetsral tools and spitfire and you’d need to spend many thousands to get close to the full range of Musio.
One other bonus is if you open a project that uses instruments you haven’t downloaded yet, Musio automatically downloads them for you. It’s perfect for using on a laptop.
If you have a big desktop system with many TB of SSDs and a bag full of cash you can definitely get better libraries. But the Musio ones are still very good. Many are a little old now so aren’t as massively sampled as say the latest OT library.
Try the free trial 30 days and you don’t need to give them a credit card.
Musio1 gets you everything already released and announced at Musio.com. From then on you won’t get access to newer collections until Musio2 is released which will include all the newer stuff. Upgrade prices are unknown.
Updates to collections you have if you buy Musio1 (for example if and when they add additional articulations to CineHarp you’ll get them free) and you get things like multi-mics free too.
I like Musio. I prefer Spirfire for strings — I just prefer the sound of spitfire — but I like having things like a massive woodwind, brass and percussion libraries when I need them without buying more expensive libraries.
If you just need a traditional orchestra it’s worth looking at spitfire BBCSO as well.
Awesome! Thanks folks. And I do appreciate the clarification that there will likely be a Musio2 for which M1 would need an upgrade if that’s desired.
I have the 30 day trial and honestly 10 bucks a month ain’t bad at all if I want to check it out further.
I own all the Cinesamples libraries for StaffPad. Tina Guo cello, Taylor Davis violin, VOXOS Choir, Strings, solo Strings, brass, percussion. I prefer them over the other vendors and the free libraries in Staffpad.
What I’d need to jump into desktop would be a reasonably priced engraving style app that automatically grabs the right articulations without forcing the use of mod or CC automations.
I suspect the price leader might be Dorico that has Note Performer integrated. Ideally I could transfer scores in MusicXML to a desktop app and play with the libraries to see if these version blow Staffpad away… so far, on IOS nothing comes close.
I’m expecting more libraries for StaffPad if the open req for a sound library expert has been filled. There have been rumors of new libraries for a couple years based on a video of the app by its founder who was probably QA’ing some new ones.
I already invoked the test drive for Dorico Mac to see how their free libraries compared to Staffpad… their free libraries are free for a reason… they sound dated and just barely passable for real musicians, IMHO.
Using a pencil for note entry and the added touches is the way to go, in my opinion. If I really tried musing a mouse with a clever set of menus maybe I’d get the desktop option but my hands are close to being ruined by computer addictions and heavy handed piano banging.
Still, $10/month and Logic Pro might work to add extra soloist and drums to Staffpad by importing audio stems. But a reasonably priced engraver with VST support would be worth evaluating. Does Dorico do a monthly option? Notion?
Thx. Hadn't heard of Dorico.