I think so that VSL Libraries such as Dimension Strings as new generation of the chamber strings is very nice. but for other stuff...
Does anyone have any opinion on Mural Strings by Spitfire Audio?
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You might get better answers in other forums. Many consider it "poor form" to post about other companies' products in a company forum. I'd suggest heading over to some of the other, more neutral forums that aren't owned by any particular software company and seeing what they're saying.
I did not try these libraries but some others. There is a lot of good strings libraries but I have come to the conclusion that the best one is the one that you know the best. I think the major part of a good mockup is in the midi programming and performance.
Some really nice sounding libraries sometimes lack in the number of articulations. Or sometimes the legato patch are too slow or too fast for some passage. I found that VSL almost always have the good patch for every musical phrase, specially the Dimensions. Adding some Dim Strings to others libraries gives life and realism.
Spitfire in general are really nicelly recorded, but I never used it, exept for the solo strings that I bought (nice but limited). But this is a small library.
I know there's a new one, Berlin strings. Have check the demos, again, good but how is it to work with? If I could have a try on every libraries I could have a real opinion.
In general I think of most other strings libraries as "reasonable samples enhanced by great rooms", while I think of VSL as "great samples played in any room I like" (with MIR). It all depends in my view if you always want your strings to sound the same (I don't), or if you're prepared to buy numerous libaries from numerous companies, each for a unique purpose (I'm not).
Edit: Another thing to consider is quality, It seems that many strings libraries are released as buggy, incomplete products and they use paying customers to beta test them (they spin it as getting customers involved).
@Casiquire said:
You might get better answers in other forums. Many consider it "poor form" to post about other companies' products in a company forum. I'd suggest heading over to some of the other, more neutral forums that aren't owned by any particular software company and seeing what they're saying.
I wouldn't be able to put it better. 😊
VSL adheres to a very liberal policy on these forums. Still I'd say it makes much more sense to ask questions like the ones posed by the original poster on public discussion boards. After all - most people here are _here_ for a good reason. ;-D
Thanks for your understanding, Hesam Seyed Mousavi.
Thanks for your opinion!@FredB said:
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a new one, Berlin strings. Have check the demos, again, good but how is it to work with? If I could have a try on every libraries I could have a real opinion.
Thanks for your opinion!@Arbee said:
In general I think of most other strings libraries as "reasonable samples enhanced by great rooms", while I think of VSL as "great samples played in any room I like" (with MIR). It all depends in my view if you always want your strings to sound the same (I don't), or if you're prepared to buy numerous libaries from numerous companies, each for a unique purpose (I'm not).
Edit: Another thing to consider is quality, It seems that many strings libraries are released as buggy, incomplete products and they use paying customers to beta test them (they spin it as getting customers involved).
I also listened to the Mural demo, and yes, some of the sounds were very nice.
But the biggest turn off for me for Mural, is it uses Kontakt (player), which has a really unpleasant interface,
With VSL, once you get used to using VI Pro inside VE Pro with MIR, nothing else comes close.
It's not just about the sound library, the user interface must not be under estimated, and as a long time Kontakt user, I can fairly state that the Kontakt interface is horrid.