|
Pretty amazing sounding kit in this one. It's very smooth and high end sounding. Really great huge roomy sound. On it's own it's a very specific sound so I wouldn't make it my only sample set, but combined with the original Superior samples it offers a good variety. I personally really love the interface as well. The original 1.0 interface was pretty frustrating, but this one is nice and intuitive.
One thing I DON'T like about it which will (apperently) eventually be "fixed" is...
They advertise that it comes with all these great Sonalksis effects (comp, EQ, gate, transient) but the engine won't include the effects in the bounce. Since the greatest part of the DFHS experience is the fact that you can bounce down the kit and get audio tracks of not just each mic, but the bleed from each mic, this is a HUGE disappointment. It's as though they are advertising the full product, but when you buy and install the product you get the demo version with this debilitating omission.
In it's current version you get to choose: 1. Use as a real time sampler that consumes vast amounts of RAM and CPU and use the included effects, constantly juggling the freeze button and all the headaches that come with that. OR 2. Bounce the tracks to beautiful clean audio which can be freely edited and mixed and forgo the included effects.
The moderators at their forum have this weird attitude like... "why would you actually want to USE the effects?" In my opinion it's a bit dishonest of them to advertise functionality that doesn't actually work. But that seems to be the norm in software these days.
So the verdict: Awesome sounding samples, excellent interface... don't buy it for the included effects. Hopefully one day they'll actually work.
|