Hey Mario,

This sounds great. Yes, the strings sound pretty realistic, but since you asked I will give my thoughts. (I would like to know what you already did though to make them more realistic.)

One, I think by default when most people hear strings coming in they assume they are synth strings because most of us don't have a chamber orchestra living in our house. smile Ditto for any violins. They will assume it is midi. (I don't think this happens as much with a BIAB fiddle because those real track violins sound more "raw".)

Just assuming they are samples will color people's judgment no matter how good they are so I have read some discussion out there on what you can do to "fool" people into thinking--oh no, these must be real.

Some of the suggestions include making them sound less perfect, by using the pitch bend wheel to make very minute, infinitesimal changes to certain notes so they are not in complete perfect pitch. (If you play violin you will notice it is awfully hard to always hit the exact right place with your finger on that fretless board, and imperfections are normal.)

Second, the volume level of a real violin is much less consistent than on a midi sample, no matter the articulation, so many suggest spending as much time working the fader in tiny increments to raise and lower the volume of parts, including those "infinitesimally mangled" by pitch bend.

Of course the list goes on and on.

So, yes, they sound really lifelike, but I know a lot of folks into midi are constantly using tricks to see if they can make even the finest libraries sound even more lifelike.

What are some of your tricks???

smile

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