Having just finished a large project, using this newest version – which I held off on using until I thought it might be safe – I have been greatly impressed and generally satisfied with its performance under a deadline. Don has done a great job working slowly to improve this software. Damn!
Though there are bugs, some of which did bite me during this last project, I was able to quickly work around them and still achieve the results needed. I was surprised at how well Overture handled the dreaded Kontakt plug-in. I still
pinch myself when I think of how there were no
issues using this.
I am going to do a Jazz vocalist's digital CD now, using primarily Overture to flesh out the original songs and arrangements and will take some of the tracks into the studio to record with. This will enable us to do a decent job with a smaller budget since I won't have to hire certain musicians for the recording sessions. I will say that some of these custom sample libraries I'm using cost as much as hiring a session player for a few hours but this works out over time. I still end up using real musicians on subsequent gigs too, who play the charts used for the recording.