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Product Review - Siedlaczek Complete Classical Collection II

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‘Complete Classical Collection’ is quite a claim. Can orchestral sampling pioneer Peter Siedlaczek’s latest library make good on it?
John Walden
Peter Siedlaczek is probably best known for his Advanced Orchestra library which, when originally released, represented one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive orchestral sample libraries available. The five CD-ROM sample set was given a glowing review by Paul Farrer in the May 1997 issue of SOS. Sampler technology and orchestral sample libraries have, of course, moved on considerably since then, with products ranging from the excellent Garritan Personal Orchestra (costing about £100$200 and 2GB in size) through to the likes of the Vienna Symphonic Library Cube (at a tad under £3000tad over $5000 and over 500GB) now available. Peter Siedlaczek’s latest offering presents a number of his previous libraries in a single package — the Complete Classical Collection — and, while priced closer to the GPO end of the market, at over 11 gigabytes it certainly packs a decent punch. So is CCC a good starting point for classical composers on a tight budget?
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Essentially, CCC bundles updated versions of Advanced Orchestra, Classical Choir, Orchestral Colours, Smart Violins (itself reviewed in the April 2001 issue of SOS) and Total Piano into one package and throws in a few extras for good measure. Some of these updates have been made to take advantage of the functionality offered by Native Instruments’ Kontakt 2 Player, which forms the front end for CCC.
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