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stephenpaulharper · Post by **stephenpaulharper** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:25 am

Years ago, I had an sf2 called Stradivari. Allegedly it was made from the Garritan violin. In any case, it was pretty much marcato with just a touch of vibrato. Does anyone remember this? It was the most realistic violin I've come across. The computer it was on suffered water damage when my water heater exploded. If not, can someone recommend a good solo violin? I've got the Friedlander violin for Kontakt, and the violin from EW's Gypsy. I'm not really satisfied with either. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:59 am

i thought about building a music studio in the water heater closet once..... cant help with the sf2, good luck finding it.

Obsolete236871 · Post by **Obsolete236871** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:26 pm

Check the "Lewis E Pyle Violin" in sfz format by David Hilowitz / Decent Samples. He also has a small library of violin harmonics.

There are also solo violins in Virtual Playing Orchestra and (I believe) in VSCO community edition (might be identical, since VPO sources their instruments from various orchestral sampling projects).

Not solo, but very good sounding: SCC Expressive Strings (I'm giving away too many secrets of the trade here).

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:36 pm

Same always lacking criteria : Which maximal budget ?

stephenpaulharper · Post by **stephenpaulharper** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:27 pm

.Thanks for the replies. I'd spend $250 to $300 for a really good sounding violin. It doesn't have to be an sf2, that's just the format of the one I liked so much. I have Kontakt, ARIA, Play, Engine, SampleTank 4 amongst others. It's a shame the Garritan is no longer available. I had a friend that had it, and it was superb.

Cinebient · Post by **Cinebient** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:34 pm

Emotional Violin from Harmonic Subtones/Best Service
Joshua Bell Violin from Embertone
Bohemian Violin from Virharmonic
Then there is Chris Hein and a few more but i like the 3 above the most.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 5:01 pm

I always like the Florestan Soundfonts. The String Quartet .sf2 file contains a Solo Violin. Free so worth checking out....

https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts ... ags=violin

stephenpaulharper · Post by **stephenpaulharper** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 6:15 pm

Thanks so much. I won't have time to check out the soundfonts 'til tonight, but all of the demos sound really good. I really appreciate you taking the time to make suggestions.

Stephen

Manzo88 · Post by **Manzo88** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:18 pm

- Bohemian Violin
- Sample Modeling Violin
The Chris Hein one is not bad either.

Violin soundfont?