When approaching the master solo strings, our initial thoughts were to begin with the solo violin, as out of the four main bowed string instruments, it is by far the most prominently used soloist instrument. With further consideration, we decided it might be perfect to focus and actually begin with a meticulously sampled solo Viola. There are already many sampled violins, and we have contributed some ourselves, so lets open with the viola!
Considering adding a violin solo to your score? The violin has a beautiful sound - no doubt about it - but consider giving an extra special colour to your music by adding a viola solo; a warmer/lusher and deeper sound, which listeners will be less accustomed to, and pleasantly surprised by.
The instrument is carefully sampled, with multiple legato modes at different dynamic layers, cross-fadeable with MIDI CC1 (mod wheel)
Full list of articulations:
Polyphonic no vibrato
Polyphonic vibrato
Legato no vibrato
Legato vibrato
Portamento vibrato
Portamento no vibrato
Trills (semitone, tone, minor 3, major 3)
Harmonics
Marcato
Tremolo (fast unmeasured)
Major Chords
Minor Chords
Staccato
Pizzicato
https://soundcloud.com/auddict-77772158 ... -lamentoso