Hi mobileavatar
There are always people who complain about technical possibilities of libraries that are not available or not are possible. This includes the topic Divisi. Sure, in a real orchestra, a register splits when two voices are to be played. But that does not have to be mandatory if you play the same section with samples. Solution: Play both parts twice with the same violins and that's it. As soon as the mix has more instruments, you hardly hear that anymore. BUT...
... Much more important is to do everything with the samples, so that music comes out and not a technical processing of notes. These "mistakes" are often much bigger than the technical limitations of samples. In other words, the divisi possibility of a library does not guarantee "musical music". Anyone who wants to make music with libraries must be willing to compromise on a lot. Samples in themselves are what they are: dead and totally limited. So with those few options you have to get along and make the best out of it.
Musicians can often live with it hard. Technicians always only see the limits.
Both extremes should keep their hands off samples.
Who accepts these "limitations" receives a whole symphony orchestra, which plays around the clock, almost everything, what one wants. And that's still super-fascinating, especially for an old man like me who could only dream of such things for years.
Suggestion: Go to my website and listen carefully to all the pieces on the right. Ask yourself if "Divisi" would have been necessary in one of the pieces. Believe me, there were often places played twice with the same instruments. I never cared for such things as "Divisi". I just always tried to make music.
All the best
Beat
- Tips & Tricks while using Samples of VSL.. see at: https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/ - Tutorial "Mixing an Orchestra": https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/mixing-an-orchestra/