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Robomusic · Post by **Robomusic** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:09 am

Any suggestios?

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:22 am

Ah, let's see...

Garritan's Personal Orchestra, EastWest Symphonic Orchestra, Miroslav Philharmonik, MOTU Symphonic Instrument.

If you want a free solution, head over to www.sf2midi.com and pick up some Roland soundfonts. They sound pretty good. Then pick up SFZ if you don't already have a soundfont player.

Waywyn · Post by **Waywyn** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:28 am

best realistic strings out there, with legato and portamento effects are definitely VSL (Opus Bundle).
sound is a matter of taste but in terms of legato playing etc, they are unbeatable!

Lunatique · Post by **Lunatique** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:09 pm

Don't forget the amazing new kids on the block, Emerald and Saffire by Kirk Hunter.

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:48 pm

Lunatique wrote:Don't forget the amazing new kids on the block, Emerald and Saffire by Kirk Hunter.

phasing included for free.

Lunatique · Post by **Lunatique** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:57 pm

Herman Witkam wrote:
phasing included for free.

Yeah, but it at least doesn't sound synthy like GPO.

(Actually, GPO's not bad--just many of the user demos are horrible. )

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:16 pm

Herman Witkam wrote:
Lunatique wrote:Don't forget the amazing new kids on the block, Emerald and Saffire by Kirk Hunter.
phasing included for free.

Oh - is there bad phasing on these libraries?

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:18 pm

I've always found the ones that come with Sampletank to be very good, and the Symphony Strings from ESoundz is very good too.

Herman Witkam · Post by **Herman Witkam** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:04 pm

bduffy wrote:
Herman Witkam wrote:
Lunatique wrote:Don't forget the amazing new kids on the block, Emerald and Saffire by Kirk Hunter.
phasing included for free.
Oh - is there bad phasing on these libraries?

One of the mp3 demos had some clearly audible phasing.

Sidhu · Post by **Sidhu** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:14 am

I have been recently loking for good solo violin. But all i find are full orchestral libraries.. maybe not looking at the right place ?

Sidhu

ozinexile · Post by **ozinexile** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:45 am

Sidhu

For solo violin, check this out:

Garritan Stradivari Solo Violin at www.garritan.com

Sidhu · Post by **Sidhu** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:51 pm

thanks ozine. i heard about this, but thought it was part of the Garritan lib..

Sidhu · Post by **Sidhu** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:02 pm

Ouch! thats expensive! And beautifull! Listeing to the demos right now. Afraid it's gonna be too much of an overkill for me. What i was needing actually was a good sounding violin, the can add expressiveness in the form of short portamentos and vibratos. I would also prefer something thats available in Halion or SF format.. Thanks a ton!

Sidhu

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:08 pm

Sidhu, you should check out 'Synful Orchestra' unless you want a violin sound for live playing. Its extraordinary quality appears when it plays pre-recorded midi notes.

uselessmind · Post by **uselessmind** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:22 pm

Kirk Hunter has some solo Strings as well.
No brand new stuff, but only 99$.

Realistic strings