- #IK MULTIMEDIA MIROSLAV PHILHARMONIK 2 CE REVIEW MOD#
- #IK MULTIMEDIA MIROSLAV PHILHARMONIK 2 CE REVIEW FULL#
An excellent update.IK Multimedia have announced the release of Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE ‘Classik Edition’ for Mac/PC, a lower priced, fully featured edition of the recently released Miroslav Philharmonik 2. Despite its extensive sonic coverage, though, this is certainly no 'budget' product, delivering the goods on every level with its superb samples and the slick, reliable SampleTank 3 engine.
#IK MULTIMEDIA MIROSLAV PHILHARMONIK 2 CE REVIEW FULL#
Given that most orchestral packages are sold as individual sections, the all-in-one nature of Miroslav Philharmonik 2 will be a godsend to those on a budget, as will the inclusion of the v1 library, which provides a full further layer of helpful alternatives. We also like the Classical Harpsichord and Concert Marimba, the last offering soft and hard mallet options, and both also available in 'eco' variants. Other things to mention are the 9-foot Philharmonik Grand piano, which not only sounds great, but includes 'eco' versions that greatly reduce its 1.5GB RAM footprint. What's more, if you switch to the Stretch sampling engine, any articulation can be retimed to match the track tempo.Ĭrucially, across pretty much all instruments, the articulations are more sonically consistent than those of Philharmonik 1, again making the process of orchestra emulation considerably simpler. Further goodies include played legatos, glissandi, intervals and scales, all of which can be invaluable for emulating real strings. The Ensemble Violins, for example, include 11 articulation sub- folders, offering individual bowing directions, and looped and non-looped patches. Looking beyond the multiple articulation instruments (which are perfectly good for the major playing techniques) and heading to the various sub- folders, you'll find instrument presets for most of those individual articulations. The most obvious improvement to Philharmonik 2 over v1 is its better, more abundant selection of articulations. What you won't find are any new percussion, choirs, guitars or organs, although the old ones are still in the v1 library. The first three are self explanatory, while Chromatic includes harpsichord, marimba, glockenspiel, chimes and vibraphone, and Piano is a concert grand. The new library is divided into five categories: Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Chromatic and Piano. You'll also find ten orchestral multis (Full Orchestra, String Ensemble and so on), layering various instruments on one MIDI channel. The panel just above the keyboard toggles between showing the parameters of the currently selected insert effect and eight Macro controls, which put salient parameters for the current instrument at your fingertips.
#IK MULTIMEDIA MIROSLAV PHILHARMONIK 2 CE REVIEW MOD#
For multi- articulation instruments, articulations are switched via velocity (VS), key (KS) or mod wheel (MW) - this is indicated in the preset naming, so you always know what you're loading. The new library includes solo and ensemble instruments and lots of articulations. Like SampleTank 3, it has integrated access to IK's Custom Shop, although any add- on sounds have to be used in SampleTank 3 (which comes with any Custom Shop purchase), as Philharmonik 2 can only load its own library.
Altogether, it weighs in at 56GB on disk (6GB of which is the Philharmonik 1 library) and comprises over 2700 instrument presets. Philharmonik 2 retains all of v1's sample content and adds a whole new orchestral sample set.
Well orchestratedīy default, Philharmonik 2 installs its sound library into the SampleTank 3 folder, so if you also have SampleTank 3 installed, the Philharmonik 2 library automatically becomes available there, too, loading in ST3's standard interface. What you don't get, as expected, is any access to the underlying samples themselves.įurther SampleTank 3 features include Live Sets, for quickly selecting and loading sounds in a live performance setting, and 98 MIDI Pattern Presets, which can be triggered from single keys or dragged into the host DAW for playback and editing. Importantly, there's also a dropdown Element/Articulation selector, which comes in handy when you're editing a preset containing multiple articulations.
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