FAQs

What’s in Pacific?

Originally it was just strings, but I decided to record some accompanying brass, woodwinds, and percussion to fill it out. These will be sold separately: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion. All recorded in the same space with the same setup.

What’s the difference between Pacific and Voyage, then?

They are completely separate full orchestra libraries. Recorded in different halls with different musicians.

Pacific was originally just a classical symphonic strings project (16-12-10-8) which I wanted to do in one cohesive group of sessions. It uses fundamental techniques like rep sampling for shorts and so forth, but doesn’t get into really experimental articulations, nor less common arts (arguably) like sul pont trem or col legno. There was some focus on legatos as well. The Pacific strings were recorded with a lot of dynamics, like I have been doing on Voyage. In post-production I decided I would also add some brass, woodwinds, and percussion. These are most of the way through recording. These were done in addition to the strings, rather than starting from the beginning and wanting to go out and do a comprehensive full orchestra library. So Pacific is symphonic strings, a2 brass sections, woodwinds, and a fairly diverse but rather limited variety of percussion. The strings are rather homogenous sounding, and don’t have a lot of detail to them. I would say that this hall is bigger than the Voyage room, and it has very high ceilings. I love this space.

Voyage on the other hand was me deciding from the get-go that I wanted to do a full orchestra all in one room, and so there’s more focus on the different sections. This room is less ambient, and is the same room that Oceania I/II, Vista, and others were recorded in. The strings are far smaller in size. There are, again, quite a few dynamics on the strings in this library, although I am still doing recordings for it. This project is always evolving and I have re-recorded stuff and will be doing more sessions before it’s complete. This project is far more experimental and rough around the edges (particularly on some patches). Pacific is more “curated” and planned, in comparison. Voyage is more of a stream-of-conscious project….. record…edit.. record again.. etc etc.. Different alternate versions of patches. It’s a smorgasboard, and demonstrates some new, experimental sampling techniques I’ve been playing with. Some of the techniques have worked out pretty well, while others I’m still navigating. More info on Voyage later this year (there are some early demos online at the Voyage webpage – https://performancesamples.com/voyage/).

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All details and/or pricing subject to change, at any time, for any reason, in Performance Samples LLC’s sole discretion, in each instance. Qualification for loyalty pricing subject to verification by Performance Samples LLC, in each instance.

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LOYALTY

PACIFIC will be released in five modules: ensemble strings, solo strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. For each product, there will be an intro price period and, similar to some past releases, a loyalty intro price during (but not beyond) this intro period.

The first release will be Pacific – Ensemble Strings, with the rest of the sections following.

You only have to own one of the listed products to qualify for the loyalty intro pricing. NFRs aren’t applicable for the loyalty intro pricing.

Pacific – Ensemble Strings: in order to qualify for the loyalty intro price for this product, you will need to own at least one of the following: 1. Vista, 2. Con Moto – Cellos, 3. Con Moto – Violins A, 4. Con Moto – Violins B, 5. Con Moto – Violas, or 6. Con Moto – Basses.

Pacific – Solo Strings: in order to qualify for the loyalty intro price for this product, you will need to own at least one of the following: 1. another section of Pacific*, 2. Solos of the Sea – Violin A, 3. Solos of the Sea – Violin B, 4. Vista, 5. Con Moto – Cellos, 6. Con Moto – Violins A, 7. Con Moto – Violins B, 8. Con Moto – Violas, or 9. Con Moto – Basses. Customers who purchased (meaning free NFRs don’t apply) Pacific Ensemble Strings during the Pacific Ensemble Strings intro period (it doesn’t matter whether purchased Pacific Ens. Strings at its loyalty intro price of $249 or just normal intro price of $399 – both are applicable) will be able to pick up Pacific Solo Strings for free when it’s released. You will be able to use the particular coupon code you were sent when you purchased Pacific Ensemble Strings (check your email records) during the checkout of Pacific Solo Strings. Make sure to confirm that the coupon code is engaged before you finalize the process. The FAQ’s page mentions some intricacies of common questions about the checkout process (including things like paying with Paypal and how it will send you back to FastSpring to finalize the order).

Pacific – Brass: in order to qualify for the loyalty intro price for this product, you will need to own at least one of the following: 1. another section of Pacific, 2. Caspian, 3. Angry Brass Pro – Soloists, 4. Angry Brass Pro – Ensembles, 5. Oceania I/II, or Vista (original)

Pacific – Woodwinds: in order to qualify for the loyalty intro price for this product, you will need to own at least one of the following: 1. another section of Pacific, 2. Angry Woodwinds Pro, 3. Oceania I/II, or 4. Vista (original)

Pacific – Percussion: in order to qualify for the loyalty intro price for this product, you will need to own at least one of the following: 1. another section of Pacific, 2. Perfperc – Volume I, 3. Perfperc – Volume II, 4. Perfperc – Volume III, 5. Oceania I/II, or 6. Vista (original)

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All details and/or pricing subject to change, at any time, for any reason, in Performance Samples LLC’s sole discretion, in each instance. Qualification for loyalty pricing subject to verification by Performance Samples LLC, in each instance.

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