BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover

BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover Reviews

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Write music with the world-famous BBC Symphony Orchestra — now including a concert grand piano. Discover 34 instruments, brought to life inside our free, easy-to-use plugin, compatible with any major music creation software – from Garageband to Pro Tools. A whole orchestra at your fingertips, Discover is designed to make orchestral scoring accessible to music creators of every level – from those just starting out, to professional composers. Update your plugin now to access the Discover version of our new BBC Symphony Orchestra Piano! The BBC Symphony Orchestra series has something for everyone, available in three editions: Discover, Core and Professional. Upgrade to Core or Professional to access further signals, controls and sampling depth to enhance your compositions. Learn more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

That is some treat they giving out for free

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

One of the best VSTs I’ve ever used for trumpet.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing. I can't believe this is free.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very realistic sounding and versatile

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good sound and styles to switch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

i needed some orchestral instruments real quick and this was a lifesaver

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

BBC Discover sounds overly smooth, overly rounded, and heavily drenched in the ambience of the recording space. The constant and excessive room reverb eventually becomes fatiguing and starts to limit creativity, making you less inclined to keep using the library. In my opinion, BBC Discover is only useful in specific and relatively rare situations. Another major limitation is the very small number of articulations provided across all instrument sections. Today, it is possible to find free orchestral libraries online that offer significantly more articulations, and for a relatively modest price there are several orchestral libraries available that provide much greater flexibility and usability. Some individual sounds in BBC Discover are undeniably excellent, and the quality of the original recordings can certainly be heard. However, as a complete package, BBC Discover is far from being a library suitable for serious, everyday orchestral work. That said, I am grateful that Spitfire Audio chose to offer a free glimpse into its professional orchestral range. Unfortunately, the portion included in BBC Discover feels too limited to fully demonstrate the true potential of the larger BBC Symphony Orchestra libraries.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exelent audio quality. I rely like the sound., it can be used in many music styles.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Is so good, but I want improvement in trumpet stuff

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A lot of options and the sound of the instruments is great!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This orchestra pack is unbeatable for a free MIDI controllable library. It is SO capable. Great sounding strings, horns, percussion and a few different techniques for each! The real star of the show, however is the BBC Grand Piano which is just such a lovely patch. I use it FREQUENTLY in productions.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

For being a free library, it’s great; I wish the samples were a little more realistic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very warm and emotional sound!