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Second Thought
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Strings + pianos.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 9:08 AM
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Those of you who follow my Twitter will be aware I've been working on some piano/string arrangements. An album I should be releasing this year draws on a lot of neoclassical and avant-garde influences, but these tracks use Edirol Orchestral which is nice but still sounds a bit like... well, an orchestra synth - which works ok with the other synths, but the tracks I'm writing at the moment are just going to be piano/strings, so I'd like to step up the quality. But don't have access to a studio, can't play piano very well and don't have a string quartet handy.
So, what can people recommend for good, realistic string and piano sounds? Synths? Sound fonts? Samples?
I know I'm probably asking for the moon on a stick here, but it's the one forum I'm on where I felt someone might have a decent response. 
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Sonic Wallpaper
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RE: Strings + pianos.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 9:21 AM
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I'll check my sample collection for some that I know are not from a commercial CD of samples. I used to own a quadrasynth many years ago, and I believe I sampled some strings and piano notes. Otherwise, you may want to check ebay for used sample CDs and get a proper set of piano samples. That way you'll get short and long notes, as well as different dynamics. For strings - I bet a good VSTi would do the trick - just add some chorus and reverb to smooth it out.
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Second Thought
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RE: Strings + pianos.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:24 AM
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Mmmm, I was really hoping it wouldn't come to samples - it's quicker to load a synth and they're more versatile, obviously. But I've yet to come across a decent piano synth. They must be out there somewhere though, surely? I shall look for samples.
Yes, strings I imagined would be easier. Anyone any recommendations for the best 'uns out there?
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Sonic Wallpaper
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RE: Strings + pianos.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:31 PM
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maybe you'll find something in this thread on free VSTis: http://forums.artistserver.com/messages.cfm?threadid=FC4EC1E2-1143-DBB3-C6685F2DF0AB09CA
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Second Thought
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RE: Strings + pianos.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 5:02 PM
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Ah yes, I was looking there earlier. Going to download some of them and see what's good. I was thinking of searching for some free VSTs so that thread came to my rescue!
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Subtronik
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RE: Strings + pianos.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 8:01 PM
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Audjoo Helix
This was the free version right before they realized how much people liked it and started charging $149.00. I made sure to keep a personal copy available.
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