There are many fantastic MIDI mockups on YouTube that make use of dozens of sample libraries to achieve realistic results. In this exercise, I challenged myself to use as few libraries as possible without sacrificing quality.
Principle libraries:
Woodwinds – Cinematic Studio Woodwinds
Brass – Cinematic Studio Brass
Percussion – BBC Symphony Orchestra
Piano – Cinematic Studio Piano
Strings – Cinematic Studio Strings
Secondary libraries:
Strings – Cinematic Studio Solo Strings, Embertone Joshua Bell Violin, Stradivari Violin, Tina Guo Cello
Mixing/Mastering:
iZotope Ozone 9
FabFilter ProMB
FabFilter ProQ3
FabFilter ProC
FabFilter ProL3
Native Instruments Raum
iZotope Neoverb
Steinberg REVerence
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