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New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by Yonatan


https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/chambre/

Any experts on string-libraries? 

I have heard a lot about Miroslav. 

What are your thoughts about this one?

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by craven
haha, that wordplay is worth it alone :-)

A Reason for Strings
 

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by eusti
In some of the demo there seems a ton of reverb... Makes me a bit suspicious...
Everything sounds better with reverb! ;)

D.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by iramrezso
I'm interested in whether it is better than Euphronic Strings. I'm planning to buy that sometime, but "Chambre" is cheaper than that :)

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by Yonatan
Agree, me too do not like reverby demos. Will have to investigate my sound gallery to see if I need more strings.
A few things in this item seems interesting. Too bad one cannot "try" refills beforehand. For €30 it might be worth it.  

http://rexsamples.com/store/product/cha ... or-strings

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by eusti
Yonatan wrote:Agree, me too do not like reverby demos. Will have to investigate my sound gallery to see if I need more strings.
A few things in this item seems interesting. Too bad one cannot "try" refills beforehand. For €30 it might be worth it.  

http://rexsamples.com/store/product/cha ... or-strings  
Yes, that price is definitely better! ;)
Thanks for that!

D.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by iramrezso
Yonatan wrote:Agree, me too do not like reverby demos. Will have to investigate my sound gallery to see if I need more strings.
A few things in this item seems interesting. Too bad one cannot "try" refills beforehand. For €30 it might be worth it.  

http://rexsamples.com/store/product/cha ... or-strings
Euphronic has a demo refill :)

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by Concep
The demo tracks sound pretty good.  I really wish I could try it out before buying.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by Yonatan
Yes, you are right, I actually tried that before buying. It is a nice thing to do.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 16 Apr 2015
by joeyluck
Concep wrote:The demo tracks sound pretty good.  I really wish I could try it out before buying.
Maybe if it were instead an IDT, that would be possible :)

Having it as a RE helps protect against piracy and allows users to try it...

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by Lunesis
eusti wrote:In some of the demo there seems a ton of reverb... Makes me a bit suspicious...
Everything sounds better with reverb! ;)

D.
Well, they are strings.. ;) strings and reverb go together like guitars and distortion.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by Shed69
There's a video on YouTube with Andrew Skelton running through some of the patches. Not the same as trying it out yourself but might give you a better idea than just the demos alone  :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpWIjNX-dIY

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by SoulState
Good find :thumbup:

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by SoulState
Just bought it. Waiting for the download...  

At €29.95 that's a cool price. :t2018:

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by Shed69
Really tempted to get it too after I get off shift later!

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by SoulState
Make sure you buy from his site - not the prop shop. ;)

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by eusti
SoulState wrote:Make sure you buy from his site - not the prop shop. ;)

Please report back how you like it!

As well, I don't think I got what the REX files are doing in there... Maybe I spaced out during the video...

D.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by SoulState
First things first.  My Mac couldn't unzip the downloaded file. So I emailed them.
They replied saying " Macs have a problem unzipping large files ".

So I had to find an alternative Zip utility(from the net); which I wasn't happy about doing - never keen on installing random apps from the net.  Anyway after trying 3 different Zip apps; one managed to unzip the 5gb refill.

Not a great start!  

I think I'll need to go through some of it's Rex files for some quick gratification :crazy:
 I'll test out the individual string sounds, articulations and variations later...

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by eusti
SoulState wrote:First things first.  My Mac couldn't unzip the downloaded file. So I emailed them.
They replied saying " Macs have a problem unzipping large files ".

So I had to find an alternative Zip utility(from the net); which I wasn't happy about doing - never keen on installing random apps from the net.  Anyway after trying 3 different Zip apps; one managed to unzip the 5gb refill.

Not a great start!  

I think I need to go through some of it's Rex files for some quick gratification :crazy:
 I'll test out the individual string sounds, articulations and variations later...
Thanks for the update! A mac user here as well... What app did work?

Looking forward to hear more!

D.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by SoulState
Good ole' WinZip. Think I remember the Props recommending it once.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by eusti
SoulState wrote:Good ole' WinZip. Think I remember the Props recommending it once.
Great! Will keep that in mind in case I go for this one!

D.

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by jallen97
I'm thinking about getting this one, too. I've been wanting to upgrade from the stock strings and this looks like a lot of good stuff for a great price!
Thx for sharing about the zip problem. Hopefully I will remember if I do end up getting it! Also, I hope my slower machine will handle the patches ok...

New String Refill "Chambre" from Softphonics

Posted: 17 Apr 2015
by eusti
Thanks, Andrew, for chiming in!

D.