Hi Mazeka,
Although I agree with JWL to a certain extent, I also have my doubts regarding a few points. While I do not mean any disrespect, I feel he's offering you a Steak (of exquisite quality, for sure!) while you are asking for Kebab.
A crude comparison, but you know what I mean.
I feel that if you're looking to recreate the particular sound and feel of these Turkish Strings, then the Vienna Strings might not be the best choice. Don't get me wrong, they are superb, and no other library offers so many different articulations and detail.
But they are mainly for western orchestral music.
Vienna (unfortunately) does not offer ethnic instruments yet, this is also why I see no problem in pointing your direction towards another manufacturer.
The strings that come closest to your examples are the Mideastern Strings from RA. They are incredibly playable and have a fantastic sound.
This particular String section consists out of 4 violins on the left, and 3 cello's on the right, playing one octave down.
Furthermore, the NI Kontactplayer allows for microtuning, and several presets are on-board, such as Arabian in C,F,G, Egyptian in C,D,G and many more, including Western tuning of course. You can also combine them with the Mideastern Fiddle.
If you want to go "Far East" with your strings, this is your tool.
Drawback: RA is a collection of many etnic instruments, so you don't get near as many articulations for your Mideastern Strings than were you to buy Vienna's StringsI, II or Appassionata. To give you an example: the ME-section has only 6 articulations, the ME-Fiddle has 13 expressions, which is not much compared to Vienna.. But they sound absolutely Eastern, while the Vienna Strings simply don't. And with a bit of keyswitching you can get quite far with them already.
So here I agree with JWL: "the same" is probably not possible, but pretty close: yes.
Nevertheless, this advice is only valid if you ONLY want this sound.
For any other more western oriented composition for Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion...:
Go Vienna-[:)]
Good luck!
Alex
Although I agree with JWL to a certain extent, I also have my doubts regarding a few points. While I do not mean any disrespect, I feel he's offering you a Steak (of exquisite quality, for sure!) while you are asking for Kebab.
A crude comparison, but you know what I mean.
I feel that if you're looking to recreate the particular sound and feel of these Turkish Strings, then the Vienna Strings might not be the best choice. Don't get me wrong, they are superb, and no other library offers so many different articulations and detail.
But they are mainly for western orchestral music.
Vienna (unfortunately) does not offer ethnic instruments yet, this is also why I see no problem in pointing your direction towards another manufacturer.
The strings that come closest to your examples are the Mideastern Strings from RA. They are incredibly playable and have a fantastic sound.
This particular String section consists out of 4 violins on the left, and 3 cello's on the right, playing one octave down.
Furthermore, the NI Kontactplayer allows for microtuning, and several presets are on-board, such as Arabian in C,F,G, Egyptian in C,D,G and many more, including Western tuning of course. You can also combine them with the Mideastern Fiddle.
If you want to go "Far East" with your strings, this is your tool.
Drawback: RA is a collection of many etnic instruments, so you don't get near as many articulations for your Mideastern Strings than were you to buy Vienna's StringsI, II or Appassionata. To give you an example: the ME-section has only 6 articulations, the ME-Fiddle has 13 expressions, which is not much compared to Vienna.. But they sound absolutely Eastern, while the Vienna Strings simply don't. And with a bit of keyswitching you can get quite far with them already.
So here I agree with JWL: "the same" is probably not possible, but pretty close: yes.
Nevertheless, this advice is only valid if you ONLY want this sound.
For any other more western oriented composition for Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion...:
Go Vienna-[:)]
Good luck!
Alex