Buyer's Basic Guide to Orchestral Sample Libraries

Which strings library is close to this sound?
It seems the sound is like close mic or dry sound?soft and fat?
I'm new to strings so that I have only strings in K14U.
Its grateful if you can pick up a number of libaries. Thx in advance.

blackcapricorn said:

Which strings library is close to this sound?
It seems the sound is like close mic or dry sound?soft and fat?
I'm new to strings so that I have only strings in K14U.
Its grateful if you can pick up a number of libaries. Thx in advance.

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Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions?

ridgero said:

Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions?

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I agree with that.

I also think about Time Micro. And some presets of Lores which is not a string library but have some strings in it.
Beautiful piece of music !

@Zhao Shen Do you still accept library contributions to your guide? If so, I can contribute a few missing ones – CinePerc, Voxos 2, LASS & MSS.

EDIT: Whilst I’m asking, do you accept additions for instrument-specific libraries, like Spitfire Harp and NI’s The Grandeur piano? I’m not sure what category in your guide those would fit in.

To be honest, the guide is still a good starting point, but overall pretty outdated at this point. I don't really want to update it with small edits because I don't want to imply that the information is up-to-date. I hosted it on GitHub to make contributions from other users possible, but that didn't help a ton since 1) not many contribute and 2) it's hard to keep the guide's opinions consistent with multiple authors.

So the tl;dr is that sadly I don't expect the guide to be updated for some time, as I don't have the time these days.

Hello everyone. I compose music in the style of Folk - country music - modern country music. I'm looking for libraries of strings for my songs. (I bought Solo The fiddle from indiginus). I own Cubase 13 Pro and Kontakt 7 full version. I record most of the instruments with real instruments but I miss the strings for the background of the songs.
I've been looking at Aeria Lite , Anthology Strings (they have good prices now ), More expensive: Spitfire Chamber Strings Essentials. I am a beginner in this field. I play guitars, banjo, bass, harmonica, but I'm not a pianist. I'm still planning to buy some suitable midi keys around 500 Euros to control the instruments. (but that will already belong to another topic). Thank you very much for any tips.