David Shaw's demo is a mix using the sounds from Axe Machina blended with other libraries.

Axe Machina is a powerful multi-sampled virtual electric guitar library designed for unleashing pure metal destruction. Craig Peters sampled his custom Kiesel Aries multi-scaled 7 string guitar, tuned to A Standard. This instrument features 24 frets, a swamp ash body, birdseye maple neck, Guitarmory Polaris pickups with D'Addario XL 10-64 gauge strings. The swamp ash body has a unique style and flavor, along with a robust natural tone and resonance.

David Shaw - Ghost In The Machine - Soundiron Axe Machina

Craig Peters demo is a track using the sounds from Hyperion Strings Ensemble blended with other libraries.

This classical string scoring solution brings brilliant sound, vast content and adaptive performance control into one powerful package with 1st & 2nd Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and a huge selection of long & short articulations, legato, portamento, dynamic expressions and aleatoric effects in 4 mic positions.

Craig Peters - Unleash The Necromorphs - Hyperion Strings Ensemble

Chris Cutting's demo is a track using the sounds from Hyperion Strings Ensemble blended with other libraries.

This classical string scoring solution brings brilliant sound, vast content and adaptive performance control into one powerful package with 1st & 2nd Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and a huge selection of long & short articulations, legato, portamento, dynamic expressions and aleatoric effects in 4 mic positions.

Chris Cutting - 1 And 2 - Soundiron Hyperion Strings Ensemble

This examples are using only the sounds of Hyperion Strings Ensemble.

This classical string scoring solution brings brilliant sound, vast content and adaptive performance control into one powerful package with 1st & 2nd Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and a huge selection of long & short articulations, legato, portamento, dynamic expressions and aleatoric effects in 4 mic positions.

Close Mics Trem And Shorts (Library Only) - Soundiron Hyperion Strings Ensemble

This example is using only the sounds of Hyperion Strings Ensemble.  

This orchestral string library brings brilliant sound, vast content and adaptive performance control into one powerful package with 1st & 2nd Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and a huge selection of long & short articulations, legato, portamento, dynamic expressions and aleatoric effects in 4 mic positions.

Stage Mic Legato (Library Only) - Soundiron Hyperion Strings Ensemble

This example is using only the sounds of Hyperion Strings Ensemble.

This classical string scoring solution brings brilliant sound, vast content and adaptive performance control into one powerful package with 1st & 2nd Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and a huge selection of long & short articulations, legato, portamento, dynamic expressions and aleatoric effects in 4 mic positions.

Far Mic Swells (Library Only) - Soundiron Hyperion Strings Ensemble

Brandon Kootnekoff's demo uses a combination of sounds from Sick Ultimate blended with other libraries.

Sick Ultimate includes 8 libraries covering a huge range of disturbing SFX, atmospheres, instruments and special effects. It features over 17,000 samples, 20+ GB of sample content and 169 nki presets with advanced GUI features and sound design tools.



Dark Summoning

Thawing into motion, ever rising to the breaking point

Spanner

The ever pressure of time, not running out, just running. Momentum forces expression. Time is all that lets us speak. 

This is a song made with the Korg Module version of Soundiron Voice Of Rapture - The Soprano, using only the chromatic articulations and effects. The drums are from Soundiron's Knockout Drum. The bass line is Fab Filter Twin. No other sounds or instruments used.

Speaks

I'm always looking to shrink the size and weight of my rig. I just love carrying the minimum amount of equipment!  I did this test to see how small I could go with microphone separation without sacrificing quality. All configurations were Clippy EM172 stereo pair to Sony PCM-A10.

My conclusion is that AB40cm rig with simple Rycote lav wind protection gives me a great sound with a very small and light footprint but not great wind protection. The quasi-binaural rig gives perhaps a more accurate stereo field with the advantage of excellent wind protection (it is housed in the equivalent of a blimp with proper windjammer). To get better wind protection for the AB40cm rig would require a massive and heavy (by my standards) blimp.

1. AB20cm - narrow, too narrow...
2. AB30cm - getting wider, pretty nice...
3. AB40cm - wider still but nice balance of width and centre-image?
4. AB60cm - very wide but hole in the middle?
5. Quasi-binaural (20cm spacing with foam cylinder baffles) - improved placement of sounds in the stereo field?

Would be very interested to hear what other folks think. Please comment if you care to.

Omni Spacing Test

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David Shaw - Ghost In The Machine - Soundiron Axe Machina

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