Berlin Percussion Reviews
Berlin is my new favorite percussion section. Many of the instruments have multiple sizes and playing techniques (through sound flags) - there are four different sizes of bass drums, and more cymbals, and even more snares! My favorite sound is the bowed cymbal - none of the other libraries have that. Out of the paid libraries, Berlin has the most instruments and just as good quality sound, if not better - Vienna has no customizability, and a very small selection compared to Berlin. My only wish for this is that there will be drum sets or mixed percussion options, but the free muse sounds have those, so all is well. Thanks to all who made this amazing sound library!
Perfect ! There is a lot of different sounds on each instruments thanks to the soundflags. The quality is exceptionnal. Some exemples of what's inside : - several snare drums - different sizes Cymbals, Bass Drums, Tam-Tam - different mallets, techniques on a lot of instruments - less common instruments such as Wind Machine, Anvils - samples like Fog Horn - Celesta is also inside, which is super useful ! - The balance is really nice, not much to adjust. The Library is really good. Thank you so much for this hard work! I'm not percussionist but I'm 100% sure that it's the best !! And thanks to the Orchestra Tools Team who read and correct the problems !
This was one of the first Musesounds I bought; I haven't looked back since. Well played, Berlin, well played. Full instrument List (I can guarantee I missed almost all the soundflags in this list; I just wrote down the few that I've used 😀): - Anvil - Bass Drum (4 different rim sizes available) - Bell Tree - Bird Call - Body Percussion - Bongos - Car Horns - Castanets - Celesta - Claves - Congas - Cow Bells - Crotales - Cuckoo Whistle - Cymbal (suspended, 4 different playing styles & 8 different sticks/brushes) - Drum Sticks - Duck Call - Finger Cymbals - Fog Horn - Glockenspiel (choice of normal, soft, or hard mallets, and choice between normal and vibrato playing techniques) - Guiro - Pop Tambourine - Marimba (choice of normal, soft, or hard mallets) - Mark Tree - Piatti (hand cymbals, playing style options are ordinary/default, damp on release, let ring, secco, and slice) - Railroad Bell - Rototoms - Shaker - Ship Bell - Sleigh Bells - Snare Drum (8 different settings/types) - Tam Tam - Tambourine - Temple Blocks - Thundersheets - Timbales - Toms - Triangles - Tubular Bells (choice of hard or soft mallets) - Vibraphone (choice of normal mallets, soft mallets , and slow or fast rotator) - Vibraslap - Windmaker - Woodblocks - Xylophone - Timpani (choice of normal, hard, soft, or baroque mallets) For best results, I recommend also downloading the free Muse Percussion Musesound in case you want an alternative for the various sounds listed here. Great job, Berlin, I can guarantee I'll be buying more of your Musesounds in the future.
I love combining this with the normal MusePerc as it adds a huge range. A good example is the Tam-tam sound. It is different than the MuseSound tam-tam and so it works perfectly for when I call for a high tam and a low tam as they are pitched differently. Great all around!
Those are great!