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  • Artifacts in VSL strings ?

    L
    L

    Hello, I'm new to the forum.
    I'm ready to spend money on orchestral libraries and I've narrowed my search to VSL.

    But in VSL solo strings, I found an artifact in nearly all demos I've heard:

    Between 0:00 and 0:10 (VI_grace_fast) and 0:27 (VI_forte_piano_Vibrato), are good examples of this:


    In this demo, do you hear a sort of "looped high pitch noise" behind notes ?

    You have to listen carefully, but it's there !
    I think that all vibratos articulations are concerned too.......
    That's hard to describe, it's a note + bow noise (friction) + unknown noise (kind of higher flutter harmonic behind the sound).

    What a pity, I really like this library !

    Any user could confirm this problem and tell me if all VSL strings libraries are affected please ?
    Is there an update or a workaround to avoid this ?

    Ludovic.
  • L
    L

     Any help please ?
  • A
    A

     The problem with YouTube clips is the huge compression that the files are converted to, the things I have put on YouTube don't sound as good due to the data compression. 

    So you could just be hearing what the YouTube audio compression is doing....
  • D
    D

    Yeah, YouTube always sounds cr*p. Soundcloud isn't much better. I would suggest that you listen to the VSL demos on this site, and make your decision from those. Not YouTube.

    DG
  • W
    W

    There is no such artifact in any of the VSL string libraries.  You can be sure of that.  It is some artifact introduced by the venue you heard them in, or the actual bow noises of real string instruments you are hearing when listening out of a musical context.  I have used all of the VSL strings extensively with the most extreme attention to detail, and nothing of that kind of problem that you mentioned exists at all.  The recordings are all precise and excellent, and any artifacts that were ever discovered were quickly corrected by updates. 

  • L
    L

    Thank you very much !

    I asked this in another forum, and someone told me that it could be a reverb noise, which would be in accordance with what William said;  (more or less)

    It's really hard to make a critical evaluation of a sample library based on pieces/ songs, because everything goes fast, despite the fact I listen carefully with headphones.

    Don't get me wrong, I like the sound of VSL' strings and the concept of ViPro, hence my question and my determination to use them !