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which is the best expander or software for real strings?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:17 pm    Post subject: which is the best expander or software for real strings? Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hi all!!
in these days i'm making a track in which i want to use some very good strings sounds.. i mean realistic and not too 80's style..
can u suggest me a good expander (hardware) or the best software to get that??

thank u very much Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I might have misunderstood this, but why do you want to run by default this through an expander? Why not simply make a decent recording first with no clipping and then try different compression/expansion settings?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

he's looking for some sound library. I would go for some software sampler (hardware samplers are dead) with some decent library.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

mmmm.. yes sorry for my bad english.. i meant i need to add strings to the track but i don't have strings (so i do not need to record strings as in a studio)..
i need some machine or whatever software to make some very good strings sound..
a friend of mine told me about some samples dvd's by Eastwest called vienna synphonic orchestra or something like this..
what would u use to get realistic strings sound?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Shinobi wrote:
what would u use to get realistic strings sound?


It all depends. If a truly realistic sound is needed then a skilled player and a real instrument is what you need.

The Vienna samples series is pretty good but it might be overkill. I reckon you should try first putting down the basic track using some synth strings and then analyse the result. It is not unlikely that a basic software sampler app comes with some failry decent string samples. Try Kontakt, Gigastudio or Halion. Motu has a great product too.
Layering the samples with synth strings and also something like A.S.S String Studio might work well too.
Playing synthetic strings by simply holding down chords doesn´t usually give useful results. You should try to listen to string quartets and also have a look at the notation.
If you need something like 10 violins and 4 cellos, then recording these one by one as single voices could be a solution. However, YMMV. You might as well get away with a Proteus module. You are the one who ultimately decides what sounds good and you should probably try the simple solutions first. Very Happy

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