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  • Baroque/Film style strings?

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    Is the VSL suited to be bent towards more exotic sounds like gut or soundtrack type strings, or is it for Romantic/modern classical only? Generally these sounds tend to be colorful and bright and warm. They shouldn't sound too edgy or stringent, but kind of enchanting and quaint. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V6POR2/ref=dm_dp_trk12?ie=UTF8&qid=1309141742&sr=8-3 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040I497I/ref=dm_dp_trk2?ie=UTF8&qid=1309141762&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S43BB8/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk2 Here are some examples of what I'm talking about. I read on this forum that the Chamber Strings from VSL can sound a bit too bold and blunt for this kind of stuff. What about the solo or orchestral collections? Thanks.
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    Don't really like answering it seems. Asking people to gamble on something at this price is not very decent. Very disappointing.
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    Unfortunately your questions don't really make sense, which is probably why you haven't got many answers. I can tell you this; the vast majority of string players don't play with gut strings, unless they are using period instruments and playing in a baroque style, and VSL doesn't provide these sounds.

    I would suggest that you listen to the demos, of which there are a gazillion, and see if you like any of the sounds. Most have a detailed description of what Collections they used.

    DG
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    You should listen to Beat Kaufmann's productions of Baroque music - excellently done and many sounding "historical performance"-like. There are many of those on this site as well as on his:

    http://www.beat-kaufmann.com/demos/index.php

    I myself once did an excerpt from Bach's A major Piano Concerto (first in the audio chart) using VSL chamber strings, although not with the specific aim to achieve "historical performance" sound:

    http://www.digital-orchestra-production.com/en/demos/index.html