I've redone the Miroslav solo violin demo. I've added a couple more articulations, made the violin track monophonic, and added a bit of reverb: Miroslav Philharmonilk Solo Violin Test. I'm still up in the air about the instrument... There are some nice sounds, but it seems to take a lot of work, and it still sounds patchwork in places.

Feel free to voice any criticisms! One thing's for sure - if I'd known I'd end up spending this many hours on the demo, I'd have picked a better bit of music.

I had a look at LA Scoring Strings First Chair ($300, Kontakt Player). I'd heard some great things about LASS, and this library offers the first chair instruments of the violin, viola, cello and bass.

However, they're not "solo" instruments, but "first chair", so they're intended to blend in with the section. So they're a little bit more laid back, and not quite as expressive as a solo instrument.

So while they're nice, I'm not sure I can justify spending that much... It's too bad the Garritan Stradivari Solo Violin is no longer available.

No matter how which library you use, trying to get the right articulations is going to take a lot of time playing with MIDI data in a DAW...


-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?