Percussion audio libraries

[Dave2002]

I was interested to watch - and listen to - this video from Spitfire about one of their new audio libraries - percussion - https://youtu.be/mxTwCEUKkrg

What was a bit of a surprise is that most of the samples are available taken from three different microphone sets - and they can be mixed together.
Most of the instruments sound very different in the close mic configuration compared with the tree mic or ambient mic.

However, I do wonder whether when it comes to setting up a DAW to play these instruments if in fact the close mic sounds will tend to sound similar to the tree or ambient mics if some reverb or ambience is added in within the DAW - something which many DAWs can do nowadays.

Sadly, much as I liked the sounds, I'm not a pro, not making any money out of this - so I shall revert to other cheaper or free sources - either inbuilt synths or samples in DAWs or perhaps Spitfire's own Lab series, or the BBC Discover series also from Spitfire.

I'm currently setting up software on our newest iMac, so maybe it's now time to download new versions of audio libraries.

[Dave2002]

Marc Sabatella, who is considerably involved with MuseScore, runs a weekly live Youtube session (also available afterwards) which he calls the MuseScore Café. I shall watch this afternoon as the topic is going to be soundfonts.
In particular I'd like to find out if there's a sound for an orchestral gong, tam-tam, as the inbuilt one in useScore is pathetic and sounds nothing like any orchestral gong I've ever heard. I attach part of the flyer email I received.

This week in the MuseScore Café with Marc Sabatella, we check out a variety of soundfonts you can install for more realistic playback, a wider range of available sounds, or other special effects. I'll show you how to find soundfonts, how to download them, how to install them, and how to use them in your own scores. Don't miss this special episode! Also, if you have any favorite soundfonts you'd like me to check out, hit reply and send me a link.
The MuseScore Café is live on Wednesday at 12:30 PM Eastern (17:30 GMT).

I'm sure that firms like Spitfire will have or be able to create sounds for such gong instruments. What is an issue for systems such as Musescore is being able to incorporate just a few virtual instrument samples into the mix. Most sytems seem to use a collection roughly based on General Midi (or variants), which is mostly good enough for an approximate rendition, but not so good for patching in a few specialist/specialised instruments.

There are several tam-tam samples in the Philharmonia sample set - which is free to download and use - but cannot be used to create a sound library. See https://philharmonia.co.uk/resources/sound-samples/

So is it possible to link systems like Sibelius, Dorico, MuseScore just to one instrument - which would presumably also not violate the Philharmonia's terms if only used for a few compositions?