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Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:13 pm
by 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

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:41 pm
by adover
Get the E-mu Emulator X

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:48 pm
by vertx
Philharmonik does pretty well, pricey though.

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

Seen it on the Bonobo masterclass vid.

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:02 pm
by bigfootspartan
vertx wrote: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.

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:04 pm
by 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.

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:43 pm
by tylerblue
I've seen a lot of people rinsing the string sounds in ESX 24, to be honest

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:58 pm
by decklyn
cheese machine :P

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:11 pm
by 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.

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:15 pm
by barbearik
NEXUS 2

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

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:29 pm
by thor_beatz
Project SAM. Best out there. Hefty price tho.

For on the cheap: garritan.

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:02 pm
by lightshapers

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:05 pm
by Wrigzilla
Sample Classical CDs.

Re: Orchestral Strings

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:11 pm
by hakka
Sakura