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  • reverb settings for blending VI SE with other orchestral libs....

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    Any1 can share some tips to blend for example VI SE with EW Gold ????

    how to set reverb for VSL VI to blend it good???
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    [ATTENTION: BAD JOKE AHEAD! SKIP THIS MESSAGE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SERIOUS INFORMATION!]

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    @info_18481 said:

    Any1 can share some tips to blend for example VI SE with EW Gold ????

    how to set reverb for VSL VI to blend it good???

    This is an easy one: The perfect blend would look like this:

    [... sorry, I couldn't resist 😄 ...]

    /Dietz

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
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    Are you telling us that it is infact a head-scratcher to blend two orchestra libraries? Or are you just asking before you buy VSL or EW? In any case, people do it all the time. I don't have tips. All I know is that it takes a littl bit of time to learn...

      [joke]

    ..it takes time... to learn how to use DIETZ' OFFICIAL LIBRARY BLENDING TOOL!!!!! :D :D :D :D

    [/joke] 
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    of course no, I just look for a perfect setting.... maybe someone know the best one.
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    Come on now, there's no such thing as a perfect setting. Learn to use what you have and if you need something better, do some research and do some trial and error. That's all anyone can tell you. 
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    will do :)

    thanks
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    Dietz, I always try to employ any techniques you suggest for a proper quality sound. However in this case nothing I do seems to work. I'm not sure, but it may be that I don't own a single EW orchestral sample. I will keep experimenting but don't have much confidence I can get the above blend. Wait a minute! I have that blend exactly right now! Great Tip!
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    info, it's an honest question. But you'll soon find that orchestral libraries play well together. Once you get quality core sounds like VSL, you can sneak a lot under the radar from other libraries. As a rule, the music that is moving or repetitive goes to VSL, and the sustains and one-shot sounds may be less conspicuously given to other libraries. The two initial factors with reverb are: 1. How and where was the sample recorded? and 2. How long is the amp release tail of the ADSR? For example, when I add to VSL some SAM Brass and I use the "far" samples, I pull back on the long hall because the sounds were recorded several feet away. I add some small hall to round SAM out. VSL gets both halls, as their samples are recorded in extremely clean, dry environments. From there, I bus equal amounts of both libraries to more processing to homogenize the final effect.
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    Good points, PLOWMAN.... BTW, I wrote you via your site, and here as PM, and never heard back....communication breakdown? ;) TH
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    (Sorry for the OT, but I have to clear this up.) Oy. I chose that as a screen name a couple of years ago. I've now come to find that there is a composer in this field with that last name. My apologies to him and to you, Tom. Now I see your letter from August. I never click on my inbox. I should change my handle.
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    There are a few free IR reverb programmes out there:

    http://www.knufinke.de/sir/index.html

    http://revolverb.hostrocket.com/

    and if you load the following free IRs you can get pretty good results:
    http://www.voxengo.com/impulses/
    (IM Reverbs Pack 2 - Grossermusikvereinssaal in Vienna)
    http://noisevault.com/nv/index.php?o...lectcat&cat=17
    (1200 Seater Concert Hall - Concertgebouw Brugge)

    And of course you will be able to load these into the new free Vienna Ensemble when it's released

    Best of all the price is good[;)]

    Hope this helps,

    Justin