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> "My Kawai stage piano has about forty different instrumental sounds, all produced from samples of real instruments. Apart from the string sounds: I believe it
by azalemeth 2y ago
> "My Kawai stage piano has about forty different instrumental sounds, all produced from samples of real instruments. Apart from the string sounds: I believe it creates those by tormenting cats on Xanax."
I don't quite know why but the author is really correct on synth strings. I've got a few friends who are fantastic semi pro strings players and the expressionism of their instruments are phenomenal -- I've sung with them a lot and played orchestrally as well. Synth strings inevitably sound like synth strings. I'm sure there's a realistic sampler somewhere on the planet but I've never come remotely close to discovering one that is any good ...
- grp 2y agoRegarding synth strings, maybe Roland Integra-7 (and stuff like that) can do the trick.
- tgv 2y agoSynth strings sound like the original "string synthesizers" like the Solina String Ensemble (famously present in Jarre's Oxygene, albeit played on somewhat different instrument, and through a phaser). They tend to be scratchy, nasally, thin, etc. Sampled strings cen be really convincing. Listen e.g. to https://vi-control.net/community/threads/phaeton-symphony-by-saint-saens-spitfire-symphonic-orchestra.106905/ https://vi-control.net/community/threads/phaeton-symphony-by...