Hi David, have you checked out IK’s philharmonik:

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

You can buy it here:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MiroslavPhil

If you watch for it you may get it at a lower price as IK has been having some serious money saving deals.

I used to use the smaller classic edition of the philharmonik but I purchased Kirk Hunters Diamond Orchestra when it went on sale for half price. I’m pretty sure a couple of forum members use IK’s philharmonik so they should be able to tell you more about the sounds than the demos will.

Another more expensive option is to buy the full Kontakt. If comes with some good string sounds along with many other sounds. Plus there are tons of third party sounds for Kontakt. Just a thought.

Good luck and I hoped this helped.

Ps – an after thought. I would not buy a sound set that has vibrato built in. That limits the usefulness IMHO. I always look for sample set with no vibrato, that way I can add it as I need too. Plus I can adjust the vibrato to match the song style.

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