Recommendations for Pads/Orch sound module

[JKP]

Any recommendations for a relaible, easy to use sound module under $1000 that has terrific pads (ambient) and great orchestral sounds. I'm looking at the Proteus 2500 (possibly with the orch expansion card, and people seem to like the Roland 3080?

[acidhead]

i would look for a S/H JD990 for pads , you cant beat it http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif

[bombastique]

don't put too much stock in what other people say - you should check them out for yourself and decide. people talked about roland for strings, so i bought one and ended up not liking it. for strings, you really can't beat a good sampler, as you can always update the library rather than having to buy a new module. i use the EXS24 in logic as well as the NN19 in Reason - since they both load AKAI samples, there's tons of great string libraries out there...