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Then be advised that many of the aforementioned Strings solutions are geared towards CLASSICAL music emulation and are very likely going to be quite labor intensive when trying to insert into Pop songs.

I'm sorry - I've been unclear here.

I've bought Session Strings, which is a "pop" section (four violins, three violas, two celli and two double basses). It's the smaller, more gritty sound that I'd been looking for.

But... I was wondering if there was a library that had a solo violin sound that's particular good as a stand alone instrument. There are a lot of libraries that have a solo violin, but they aren't necessarily good all by themselves, outside the context of a section. In particular, I'm thinking more in terms of slow, melodic lines instead of fancy passagework.

I've played with the solo violins in GPO, and with a bit of MIDI editing I've managed to get some good sounds out of it. But "the grass is always green on the other side", and I wondered if there are any other affordable options.

I've also got the Miroslav Philharmonik library, and I think I've underestimated what that solo violin is capable of. I've heard some excellent demos that use it, and I think working with that would be time well spent.

I've also played with the demo version of the Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 2, which includes a "solo division" version of the violin - basically the same samples as in the Kirk Hunter Solo Strings 2 library. The solo violin is very good (as are the sectional strings), but sounds a bit more like it's intended to be part of a section, instead of as stand-alone instrument.

So I was wondering if people had opinions (good or bad) about the usability of the violins in any of these libraries as solo instruments.