What string library is he using?

[enoch007]

Hi everybody!! I'm new to the forum & soon to be a VSL customer. I have some qustions before I decide to bute the bullet on a string library. Anybody with a good ear and familiarity with VSL's string libraries have an idea which library Deadmau5 is using to compose this peice on Youtube? VSL pops up on screen around 31:18 & he continues to use his DAW piano roll to compose a string part up until around 38:36. It sounds like a basic sustain patch, but I was hoping somebody here within the commiunity would be able to tell which library the strings are from? Orchestal, Appassionatta, Dimension??? Thanks for the help in advance. Cheers!!

[Beat Kaufmann]

Hi enoch007

and welcome in the family. I don't know what strings the guy is using in his video. But it seems that you are interested in a more larger strings sound. So the Orchestra- or the Appassionata-Library could be the right one. The Chamber Strings do have a more intimate sound and also the Dimension Strings which are ideal for producing a sound between solo and a sort of a chamber size but with more possibilities than the chamber library (divisi, setting instrument groups etc). Nevertheless, the real big and "large-orchestra-string-sound" isn't possible with the Dimension Strings even if the word "dimension" could hint to "large ensemble".

Compare the Solo-, Chamber-, Orchestra-, Appassionata-Libraries. All played with the same effect (convolution effect). No EQ beside a low cut EQ for each instrument.

00:00 Solos ... 02:18 Chamber, 03:02 Orchestra, 03:45 Appassionata

Unfortunately I have no demo within the same piece with the dimension strings. But here is one which shows a comparison between the Chambers and the Dimensions

Have fun and

[Tensivity]

It's impossible to tell with the resolution of that video what patch he's using from VSL.  Could be any of thier many string samples.