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I know I'm oh so special coming here to ask about strings sample libraries, but I want to throw my situation into the ring: Despite being a college student with times when I'm financially stable enough to buy new libraries being few and far between, I've amassed a decent-sounding virtual...

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Hey everyone! Mike from Emergence Audio here, and I'm super excited to share something special with this amazing community. We're gearing up to release the final chapter of our Evolving Strings series in 2024, and I thought this would be the perfect place to give you all a first look! What's...

Everything currently on sale is listed here: https://www.vsl.co.at/News/2023-11_Black_Friday_Deals Just to name a few: Vienna Ensemble Pro 7, Synchron Concert D and Fazioli, Elite Strings, World Winds, SYized Special Editions, and many more!

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Audio Modeling Announces SWAM String Sections, the First Physically Modeled Orchestral Sections Instrument! Westlake Village, CA - October 18, 2023 - Leading distributor of virtual instruments and audio processing software ILIO and audio plug-in developer Audio Modeling are thrilled to...

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I'm new to writing for strings, but quite experienced as a producer/composer. Looking to improve in this niche style. The purpose of the track is a background music for a combat sequence, chase scene, etc. in a video game. You can find the song on youtube here:

I just wanted to share my recent mockup of Metamorphosen using Dorico and NotePerformer. Metamorphosen is my favorite piece, so I tried to make it sound good. Here's a video of the score, but the audio is a bit delayed because I added it in later:

Hi, Im looking for suggestions for smaller sections libraries that have a more vintage sounding tonality, (like the examples below) looking to use them in a songwriting context, much like these tracks. I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you could give me, as there is so many...

For their first library outing as a publisher , Pulse Audio brings it in spades with Liikkuva , a nordic strings library that brings you that incredible “Scandi” / Nordic cinema sound .  A combination of high strings and lower strings that provide a constant sense of movement with a variety...

Hi everybody This should be a fun challenge! I can’t wait to see your ideas - and I wonder who will win the Synchron Duality Strings Full Library! Demo licenses available on the product page. Enjoy, Paul

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A future new update for BBC Pro or a new product? An image of what may possibly come.

In my quest to get better at composition and orchestration, I find myself continuously getting overly concerned with using the entire orchestral line up when I compose, switching between different orchestral textures, amping up everything to epic proportions with brass, doubling lines with...

Hello to all ! Looking for a new place where to share my music compositions meant for virtual instruments : It features several short pieces building on each with unusual melodic themes and experimental chord progressions and use of unsteady tempo. Piano, classical guitar, harp, children...

We are proud to announce the update of The Music Room. It now features a new user interface with an elegant design and ten more presets, totaling 30 presets encompassing Piano, Strings, and Synth. Visit https://fall-samples.com/ You can buy via Gumroad: https://fallsamples.gumroad.com/l/tltfwq...

Apart from my passion for composing music, I'm also a sample pack producer. Over the years, I've had the pleasure of creating hundreds of sample packs for composers and producers through my own soundware company, Equinox Sounds. I'm excited to share with you my latest creation: the Full MIDI...

We're really excited to finally announce the release of Intimate Legato: Violin! Featuring a beautifully captured, natural-sounding legato performed by virtuoso violinist, Peter Liang. Intro Price - £55 Regular Price £69. Existing Intimate Legato - Cello users will get an exclusive code via...

Short little piece featuring Dolce, and other libraries! Thanks for listening. :) Cheers, Chris

Hello, I was wondering what libraries you all can recommend for those short string staccatos/spiccatos that we often have in epic trailer music. I have the CSS library but am not really able to get that desired sound out of those.

I already have VSL Synchron Strings Pro, but I'd like to add divisi to it. It seems that SStPro have great devisi options, and its dry sound could let me blend it with Synchron Strings Pro fairly easily. Do you guys think it'd be a better choice than SCS? Would SCS be hard to blend with The...

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The legendary VI Harps are now available as a SYNCHRON-ized library. This library includes two harps, with different articulations and pre-recorded performances, now available for the Synchron Player. Available here for € 95 (reg: € 145): https://www.vsl.co.at/Synchron_Series/SYzd_Harps You...

Hi everyone, I've made a video demonstrating all the instruments and all the articulations of Strings of Winter by Sonuscore that currently is 50% OFF. The video is quite long, but there are timestamps to help you navigate between the instruments. I hope this is helpful Have a marvelous day...

Check out our latest pack in action! Thanks Alex Pfeffer for this awesome walkthrough of Signature Strings. Created by our team of award-winning sound designers, with credits such as Disney+, Men, Finch, Diablo 3, Soul, Starcraft 2, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, Assassin's Creed Valhalla...

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How do you orchestrate an arpeggio with sustained notes so that the cut sound is not heard, what common notes to leave between the sections, I have heard a technique called duck tail so that the sound is heard linked? I want the arpeggio to start from the bottom and go up to achieve a pyramid...

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Sadly I completely missed Solo Violin B last year during PS's winter sale, lasting until late February or March (don't remember). Does anyone know if such a sale will happen this year? Is there any sales "schedule" with PS or is it completely random? Btw, for some reason I can't subscribe to...

Hi, I'm working on a Nordic / Slavic hybrid folk album and I'm looking for a good textured "frozen" strings library, preferably with legatos. I need dark ambient / drone sounds as well as some good solo instruments for faster and slower solos. These are the libraries that I know about: Originals...

A brand new video from The Sampleist. Marcus Manderson takes us through the stunning news sounds of Pacific Strings by Performance Samples. Performance Samples was kind enough to provide us a copy of the library for review. 

Legato is used a lot for lyrical emotional passages. In these moments you need a good end of phrase (abphrasieren) . This means a change of attack and change of timbre in the last note, principally when it comes to apoggiaturas or "female" cadences. Why many libraries just leave you alone...

I find that a lot of the string libraries are too far into the cinematic/orchestral side of things, but i'm looking for something that's a little more humble. I don't want that big epic concert violin sound, i'm looking for something that's more dry, imperfect, characteristic, non-generic...

Anybody know any Kontakt libraries or any VSTs in general which offer experimental orchestral articulations? Looking for something like Sandstorm by Hans Zimmer, from the DUNE OST.

HI! I feel that this feature is just not present enough. Any idea of which of the main libraries gives you the option to control vibrato by fader on sus/leg patches , making a good impressive vibrato? Hyperion strings has this, but for exmaple, it it is not intensive enough for my ears. CSS...

I accidentally made almost the same melody twice, so I decided it was on purpose and that the tracks are related. Anyway, what do you think of the music?

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Listening for the micro details here. I see a lot of string legato shootouts or shorts with more aggression. Which does the best detailed, feathery, realistic sound for the lower dynamics? This started as a personal experiment and my favorite is a combination of three which is demonstrated in...

We're really excited to announce the release of Intimate Legato: Cello, featuring a beautifully captured, natural sounding legato performed by virtuoso cellist, Nicholas Trygstad. Intro Price - £48 Regular Price £69. Offer ends 23rd November at 11:59 GMT Find out more here - www.sonixinema.com

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Hi All. The sale season is approaching, and I need some dry strings (or at least more dry than what I have). I’m talking about close-mics without room tone. I’ve been using a bunch of Spitfire string libraries (Chamber, Symphonic, BH, LCO, a bunch of Albions, Solo Strings, Alt Solo Strings...

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Sale season is quickly approaching and I'm wondering how these 2 libraries compare. I'm guessing the discounted price would be 299 for css and 125 for appassionata. What does SFAS lack that CSS has? Thanks!

Just wanted to know if something like this exists. Quick work, quick good sounding results.. with as much flexibillty as possible. In the past I always reached out for Ben Osterhouse String Flow or Joshua Bell Violin+ Blakus Cello. String Flow however is a bit limited after a while...

I'm looking for some string sounds that have a cinematic and dark quality to it. It shouldn't sound like "clean" classic music but more like something with a character. And I don't want Ensemble Libraries. It should be split into different sections. And I would love to have different kinds of...

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Hi everyone! As promised in another thread, here is my guide on how I create presets (for example the Signature Presets in many Synchron Libraries). Requirements: DAW, MIDI input device, any multi-mic Synchron/BBO library (SYNCHRON-ized libraries as well as the Prime Edition will work as well...

What are your thoughts on Sonivox Symphonic Strings? Do you think it beats other string libraries like Synchron, Spitfire Symphonic, Cinematic Studio Strings, or CineStrings?

Why is interlocking used on the strings when you do divisi ? A question I got asked from someone I admire, not so long ago .More of a task then a question . Any thoughts ?

Please remember to like on YT if you liked. if you dislike, post the link of your music on the comments, for I can learn how to do it.

Hi there! I want to share with yo my review of Nørdic Cello by Have Audio on Virtual Orchestration.IT. This library, part of the Nørdic series, features a solo cello recorded at Have Studios in Madrid using peculiar playing techniques that remind of desolated, icy and nordic landscapes. The Ice...

Hey everyone, In my quest for niche 40s/50s/60s super-romantic strings, I've been looking for a really particular sound / playing style that pretty much doesn't exist in any library. It's basically super expressive playing, rich, fingered, almost chaotic legato transitions, and passionate...

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Hi, These are some Waltzes I recorded recently, Full set on piano: A few with orchestra: The piano vst is "Noire". The strings are Cinematic Studio Strings and Joshua Bell. I'm very fond of composing for Orchestra instruments, though I'm not of course satisfied with my recordings. Thank...

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It's been a while since the last time I accessed pianobook, but yeah :) it's still great and full of beautiful [hidden] gems. This piece for piano and strings was not designed for the two VIs finally used, but damn, it's closer to what I had in mind at the beginning than the original output...

Had a ton of fun with this one - orchestrating 1 idea 3 different ways! I hope this is helpful, and shares some of my personal arranging insights along the way. Enjoy!

Check out my review of Deep Quintet Strings by 8Dio on Virtual Orchestration.IT This library features 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos, and it’s focused especially on long articulations. Thanks to the 9 Round Robin legato you get a different sample on each legato transition and the sound of the...

Hi , As the question asks. The demos for these strings sound really good, really authentic, but it is hard to get a feel for how much time and effort went in to playing and programming a demo without a video walkthrough. I realise there is bits and pieces about 2.0 , and even a walkthrough...

Hi there! I want to share with you my review of Poiesis Cello by Sonora Cinematic at Virtual Orchestration.IT. Poiesis Cello stands between the acoustic world and the ambience textural world. It’s not just a mere acoustic instrument but it’s not either a completely sound design focused library...

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This is my playing with Angular Strings with random presets. It can give you a general idea of the library out of the box. I hope this is helpful.

Hi every one Is sample modeling the best discount rate? I'm more interested in strings than anything else.

I have been listening to some soundtracks and trying to hear the seating arrangement. In some tracks I hear that the seating arrangement sometimes has violins next to the celli on the right side of the conductor. Is this something that is common practice? Or are my ears deceiving me? Because I...

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A deep exploration of intimate and detailed extended cello textures and techniques for Kontakt Player, Poiesis Cello delivers 47 articulations ranging from normale gritty col legno and airy flautando to moving sul pont waves. Create instant beautiful, organic soundscapes and textures for a...

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Hi friends! It's been almost a year since I last released any original music, but I'm so excited to share this newest piece with you, Love's Rapture. Inspired by classic Disney and pop ballads, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together. Thanks in advance! :)

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I am recording some string quartet/string duo stuff and the players don't seem to have a preference so I'm trying to weigh up which will be better overall. The parts are fairly simple and well within the ability of the musicians, I think they are used to playing together as well. Keen to hear...

I'm curious which flautando articulations folks like the best. I understand the Spitfire Chamber Strings flautando is the "gold standard" for some. But I'm not interested in the full library, and $700 is a lot to pay for access to one articulation. Any other favorites?

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Hey friends! I'm so happy to share this Disney medley with you, containing many of my favourites. Please enjoy, and thanks in advance for watching! :)

Greetings people, In an attempt to balance my strings and try different layerings, mic positionings, and dynamic techniques, I ended up remaking part of this beautiful theme composed by Michael Giacchino for the new Batman movie. Originally, this theme called: "All's Well That Ends Farewell "...

In this Soundiron Session Craig Peters walks us through his demo "Stay Dead" which was heavily inspired by Capcom's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Craig takes you step-by-step behind crafting the track, creating tension by detuning solo strings, layering textures, quick tips on reversing samples in...

Hey friends! Sonokinetic was so kind to offer a free copy of their Orchestral Strings and Sordino Strings to my subscribers! In today's video, we'll check out the libraries, go through a short demo, and do a giveaway at the end. Enjoy! :)

EQUIPMENT FL Studio Metropolis Ark One Jaeger Nucleus Hello all, Ok, so I am new to all things DAW, reading music and orchestra - six months in on all, and I have already learned a lot. One of the things I thought would help me learn arrangement was to actually do a complete cover of...

So last summer when I was new to string libraries I made the mistake to listen to reviews rather than my ears. Instead of updating to K13 CE, I saved the 100 euroes and upted for the ultimate edition. The thing is, I LOVE THE SOUND OF SS String Ensemble. Well as the do it yourself kind of guy I...

Hi folks, I was wondering if anybody has had success at achieving convincing long slow descending string glissandos with Spitfire string libraries, similar to what the strings are doing in the track "The Factory" from 06:02 - 06:19 in HZ's "No Time to Die" soundtrack? A client has requested...

Checking out Aviram Dayan Arabic Strings! Getting that authentic sound and articulation is hard to find is your 'usual' strings libraries. This library comes with 18 articulations and mod wheel variations. You need the full Kontakt for this. There are a lot of examples and demos in the website...

Hey friends! In today's video, we'll take a look at Spitfire's newest string library, Appassionata Strings, along with a short demo. Enjoy!

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The flautandos of BBCSO are about 8 dB softer than the legatos and almost inaudible. Is it possible to use them without mixing shenanigans, such as limiters or high gain increase? Can you post examples of pieces with flautandos where you did not change the track gain?

Hey everyone! How are you guys doing today? In the video, you'll hear me sing on one of my tracks played with the library, you'll see me use the library in context with other instruments and on its own. ➡️ Buy Oscillation Strings by Ben Osterhouse (65% Off at VST Buzz for a Limited Time) -...

Hey friends! In today's livestream, we'll cover a simple way think about orchestration, and 3 practical tips we can use to arrange music with confidence. Please enjoy! :)

Hey fellow VI'ers, Happy New Year!! :shocked: So, I don't often post here, but as I came across this little gem - quick tips guide today, I thought that this was worth a mention. Anne-Kathrin Dern, an upcoming composer, with some great projects under her belt, has a stream of really useful and...

Pro: Small Easy to use No need to keep tweaking mic positions They can do fast They can do slow The Shorts are tight Contra: Maybe there are String Libraries that sound "better" or have a "better" tone. What are your thoughts ?

Not long ago, I purchased tokyo scoring strings for the current results. The results are very satisfactory and will likely be useful in the future.

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Anyone have these? I couldn’t find much searching. http://www.numericalsound.com/universal_sordino.html $90, from 2014. I don’t have mutes for my main string libraries - OT BS and BSS, or VSL SSP and SES. I don’t foresee us ever getting the mute sim in the Sine player… I do think we’ll see...

Happy Christmas Eve to you guys! I wish you all to have a great day & evening! In this video, you'll see me go through the dry sounds of the library, with an external reverb, and in the context of an acoustic song. I hope you'll enjoy it! What's not to like about free string textures right? :)...

Hey, So as Cinematic Composer we are mixing a lot of different sound sources together. Bass Synths, Brass, Strings, Choir and Sound Design. When I'm trying to mix my sounds together, they always sound like they are fighting with each other. The mix doesn't sound as wide as other mixes. It...

Hi, I made a midi mockup of part of the song Music of the Night (composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber) instrumental for sustained ensemble strings. I referred to the below video (from 2:40 to 3:25). The midi attached includes only CC1 automation controlling dynamic crossfades which I think is...