Session Strings Pro are great for light and bright chamber strings, with a lot of articulations.

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Since a lot of people here use Kontakt - but also use libraries by Spitfire, Sonuscore and other brands, as dedicated sample libraries for instruments - do you find yourself ever using the stock factory library that comes with Kontakt (about 23.9GB) Also, with strings from sptifire, sonokinetic etc - would you say that libraries that come with Komplete Ultimate, such as Session Strings Pro - are redundant Getting rid of these two will make room for almost 50GB.

But despite that - do you use these libraries at all Are they meant just for starters, to give the average user with low budget something to work with Or do you find real use and value for it.

I used the trumpet and trombone on an outro for my band that I wanted to sound a bit like Beirut.

I also have Cinebrass, but that sounded too symphonic and epic for this piece.

But its great to start because you dont have the extra cost.

I use them all the time.theyre not a replacement for libraries focussed on the specific areas of speciality but they are more than a good starting point.

If I need something specific but dont have a specialized library for that, I first check with the factory library if anything is there.

For example Harpsichord, Melodeon, Tuned Gongs, Steel Drums, Upright Bass, Bagpipes and the Ragtime Piano are stuff I used in the last months.

For each of these, there is stuff out there that does it way better - but I dont need it very often, and I dont know in advance what I will need for a job.

So by the time I know that Ill need a harpsichord, I already made the Kontakt-Factory instrument work in the mix.

With Komplete it is similar, there is not one library I have not used at least once in the last two years, and there are some I use very frequently.

I wouldnt have thought that Id ever need Discovery Cuba - but earlier this year, I had to write some latin music, and I was glad it was there.

I dont need Sessions Strings until someone asks me to make a cheesy disco soundalike.

I have Soundirons Omega which includes the Elysium Harp, and.

Session Horns is excellent for pop and jazz, and the flugelhorn is great (shame for being forced to control dynamics with CC11).

All the pianos are excellent, from Alicias Keys for pop to The Grandeur for a modern Steinway or The Maverick for a more 19th Century sound.

I use the Symphony Essentials for epic brass or fantasy woodwinds, where they excel.

Cinematic libraries, whether string phrases, explosive percussions or effects, are more than usable.

There is a lot, there, that is not in other third-party libraries, or is not worse.

Paolo.

The upright bass isnt the worst either And sometimes, especially for retro RPG games, I use the Orchestral Samples from K-Factory lib because in a few cases, Ive actually found that modern libraries are a little too realistic (which isnt bad) for a retro JRP game OST- in the context of achieving a FFXII type aesthetic that is;p So keep it, cause you never know when you might be called upon to be the next Hitoshi Sakimoto;p.

While Im not using the Kontakt Factory Library much (after having made good use of it for years), I heavily rely on the Komplete Ultimate Library.

Kontakt 6 Factory Library