@tom@aerovons.com said:
There's no real secret to it.
I've been doing live string sessions since the early 80s and the formula is very simple:
1 Have enough players (i.e., don't expect "JFK" with 14 violins! [;)])
2 Don't put the mics to close
After that, it's all in the players themselves.
Looking closer...
Remember also that in actually playing a soaring, beautiful line, the violins are not in any steady state...they are constantly changing between more and less vibrato depending on the phrase, whether the phrase pauses briefly, etc. Being able to bring in the vibrato via MODW, or, possibly using the new VSL's detection engine, when a phrase pauses briefly(or not so briefly) automatically would help immensely.
Nothing is static with live players, so far, that's the biggest difference between sampled and real. Varying dynamics, and vibrato, entering and leaving at natural moments.
TH
Good points Tom - especially #2 (I still think Epic Horns micing was 'far' away - relatively speaking.)
BUT, you record a section in the studio and you have ONE LARGE SAMPLE [:)] - in other words you don't have to worry about piecemealing it together so it sounds 'human' - naturally performed with all the swells and deeper, shallower vibratos, etc.
Could most of the problem just simply be from recording to programming (at VSL or any other developer)?
Rob