Orchestral Strings

[cained & able]

Hey guys,

Anyone recommend / have any good orchestral pads, specifically strings? So difficult to find good pads these days...

OR alternatively know where i can find some good samples for this? I'm thinking Orbital, Wide Angle esq...

Thanks,

C&A

[adover]

Get the E-mu Emulator X

[vertx]

Philharmonik does pretty well, pricey though.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/philharmonik/features/

Seen it on the Bonobo masterclass vid.

[bigfootspartan]

Philharmonik does pretty well, pricey though.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/philharmonik/features/

Seen it on the Bonobo masterclass vid.

I totally agree. Sometimes you can find it for super cheap on eBay, i got mine for $120. It's really nice since it's dry and there's some interesting combis. It has essentially all the strings you'd ever need.

Also if you have Kontakt there's some sweet strings inn there too, although they have some decent reverb and stuff on them.

[alphacat]

If you're VSTi-capable, this right here ain't bad for free:

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2059.html

With a little subtle eq'ing and coloration you can get some nice sounds from it.

[tylerblue]

I've seen a lot of people rinsing the string sounds in ESX 24, to be honest

[decklyn]

cheese machine

[Pedro Sánchez]

Alot of the soft sampler library's are capable but it's the expression you need to master to get them to sound 'played' and realistic.

[barbearik]

NEXUS 2

My sig track uses nexus for everything but the bass and percussion

[thor_beatz]

Project SAM. Best out there. Hefty price tho.

For on the cheap: garritan.

[lightshapers]

alllllllllllll about - http://www.native-instruments.com/en/pr ... n-strings/

&

http://cinesamples.com/products/cineorch/

[Wrigzilla]

Sample Classical CDs.

[hakka]

Sakura