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Project Sam Symphobia

Could Symphobia be the ultimate tool for scoring film, games and TV music? Keith Gemmell conducts his own investigation.

Price: £899.00
Manufacturer: Project Sam
Website: http://www.symphobia.com



Anyone who has used an orchestral library knows how time-consuming it can be working with individual instrument samples. Constructing ensembles, one instrument at a time, isn’t really conducive to creativity, especially as far as cinematic effects are concerned. Just think how nice it would be, then, to simply play the various ensemble elements within a score as you compose. Well, the notion isn’t so fanciful any more because Project Sam’s new orchestral instrument, Symphobia – comprising ensemble recordings and cinematic effects for scoring film, television and games music – provides the means to do just that.

Score: 9

This review first appeared in Music Tech Magazine issue 68
Filed under Reviews, Sampling Instruments, Software, Software Effects

 

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