Berlin Soloists Reviews
I personally got this for the bass oboe, but I do use everything in the pack. I do love the European scrapes for the reeds (I believe it is a German Scrape/Cut specifically). However, regardless of the dynamic levels and/or articulations, the very first note directly after a rest is always "blasting". There are specific patterns I tend to do with oboes for an ethereal or calm piece or section to give off a "floating" feel or enforce a specific passage without doing too much, I'll replicate the part with oboe with eighth notes and rests. With the way the sounds start directly after a rest, the oboe would over-enforce or be too heavy on those sections. The bassoon is also too loud and easily overpowers everything.
I bought this just for the bass oboe, and the dynamics for it are ALL OVER THE PLACE. For example, I set it to piano, and it will swap between mezzo forte or piano on whatever note it feels like. Please fix this.
Das Produkt scheint nicht auf wie beschrieben (Berlin Soloists) sondern nur als Orchestral Tools Die Lautstärke von Fagott (Basson) ist im Vergleich zu anderen Instrumenten vie zu laut. Ich habe das schon vor Monaten reported, geschehen tut nichts. Die Triller stimmen bei allen Instrumenten nicht. Sie sind zu tief, bzw. nur Halbton wo Ganzton gehört. Insgesamt ist damit das Produkt (Berlin Soliists ) unbrauchbar. Wenn schon Geld verlangt wird, dann sollte es funktionieren und zumindest repariert werden.
I always wondered why the musesounds didn't have bass oboe and that's the main reason on why I got this. Overall, good quality for the sounds and instruments, but sometimes sound is a little too loud.
Very good sound quality, but there is no balance in dynamics between the instruments. The bassoon overpowers everything, even when set to ppp dynamics. English horn and flutes, in general, have very low volume. Very poor dynamic range. If you want greater dynamic accuracy, I recommend sticking with Muse Woodwinds instead.
I love this library but some instruments have some issues, the most annoying for me is that the first note is always played forte, the second note is played fine and the third, 4th etc too, except when you change the articulation, or a rest, for example, then it's like it resets.; so I have to put always lower dynamics to that first note because is loud as hell. The bassoon doesn't have this problem but I feel they need more ''punch'', more low frequencies maybe? not sure but I feel it needs something. However great library.
I love it, simply I love it! It has so good dynamics, good articulations, etc. My only problema with this is that in flute fast passages sometimes it sounds an octave above, I hope that the could solve this in a future.
This is a great collection of instruments. They will bring your compostions to life. Berlin has done it again.
I love this library, the sounds are of a nice quality for the price and it's really good to have instruments like a Bass Oboe (which isn't present in the free Muse Sounds) included here. With a little bit of tweaking they can work hand in hand with both the free Muse Sounds and Berlin Woodwinds which gives you the chance to combine multiple colors in the same work (and even do pretty decent unison passages!) My only problem is the volume/dynamic balance is really different for every instrument, but I'm sure that'll be fixed eventually. I totally recommend this library!
Overall a very high quality pack that plays extremely expressively and sounds very realistic. My only gripe is that the bassoon is deafening; it sounds like I am inside the bassoon and it completely towers over any other instrument in the mix. One bassoon at mf is enough to out-play an entire orchestra, so if you could lower the volume or change the mic position that'd be great. Otherwise I'm very happy with it