Orchestral Essentials OE1 v. OE2
Channel: wesboundmusic
Date: 2023-03-27

There's a great sale taking place at NATIVE INSTRUMENTS for Orchestral Essentials 1 and 2 until April 6th 2023 at about 60% of the usual price! And here's the kicker: If you previously used Project SAM's FREE Orchestra 2.0 and had it registered via Native Access, you're entitled to even 50% discount for each package! So you basically get two for the price of one (regular price)!

I got myself Orchestral Essentials 1 after having watched Martin Heidenreich's walkthrough as well as Maarten's of Project SAM, which are in the URLs below, but felt I'd do my own take and introducing you to the NKS support via KOMPLETE KONTROL, which makes it even more accessible and quicker and easier to use! I'm still new and it offers a lot, so bear with some minor mistakes of mine, you'll still get the idea about its enormous capabilities and stellar sound quality as well as beyond basis articulations, all configurable and controllable vial NKS and from a NATIVE INSTRUMENTS MIDI controller like the S-88!

Thanks to Martin Heidenreich for bringing it to your attention via his channel and walkthrough as well as to Project SAM and NATIVE INSTRUMENTS for this great sale's offer!

00:00: Intro & Info on NI/Project Sam discount sale
01:22: Start Product Demo, introducing the GUI and verbiage
01:56: NKS & KOMPLETE KONTROL
02:05: Switch to multiview (NI KOMPLETE KONTROL S-88 & translucent project view)
02:30: NKS introduced/briefly explained
03:00: KONTAKT PLAYER version/system requirement
03:30: Audio previews by way of NKS support
03:40: Previewing OE 1 presets 
04:24: Explaining OEs multi presets 
04:50: Project Sam's Free Orchestra and versatility for sketching & scoring
05:16: Intro and walkthrough of mixer slots and articulations
05:45: Lock icon to unlock access to complete functionality of GUI
06:00: Load instrument sections from Library menu and ...
06:07: Switch between single instruments or sections and multis
06:26: Intro legatos
06:35: Intro Adaptive Sync (tempo synced crescendi, rolls & articulations etc.)
07:00: Mixer Slots
07:30: Demo default string section articulations
08:02: LED indicators above keys for instrument range & key switches
08:20: Outlook setting key switches
08:49: Isolate (complex) string section articulation effects
09:10: complex _prerecorded_ articulations, almost impossible to MIDI–emulate
09:17: Demo brass articulations
09:35: Setting velocity "gates" manually for layering sounds/presets
10:20: Dynamic instrument "timbres" from operating MIDI CC controller
10:50: Demo brass articulation effects
11:30: Intro key switches to NI S–88 MIDI keyboard with visual feedback (LED)
12:00: Demo dynamically stepping through articulations using key switches
13:05: Altering instrument ranges
13:50: Round robin and quick info cards
14:08: Round robin explained (_update_: It's different versions of samples when pressing the same note repeatedly to emulate instruments more authentically)
14:30: Brief intro GUI/plugin settings
15:06: Intro adaptive sync
15:15: Demo legato articulations
16:00: Demo adaptive sync
16:50: Select and play multiple articulations simultaneously
17:45: Demo saving and reopening user (modified) presets
18:30: Demo "Choir" preset
19:30: Outro, recap discount sale (expired as of April 6th, 2023 for now)
19:40: Switch screen back, recap discount requirements, thanks for watching!

Product description Orchestral Essentials 1:
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/nks-partners/projectsam/orchestral-essentials/

Product description Orchestral Essentials 2:
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/pricing/orchestral-essentials-2/

More info on NKS with KOMPLETE:
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/komplete/this-is-nks/

Martin Heidenreich's Walkthrough:
https://youtu.be/DlS65E9EtKo

Project SAM'S Maarten, walkthrough (OE1 & OE2):
https://youtu.be/5PC_yhlY40Y