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blanchardja
blanchardja|44

what is most popular for strings, and why?

nutritiouspig
nutritiouspig|785
In reply to blanchardja:

If we're talking hardware, I'm a fan of the Roland RS-09 for dedicated string duty. Unlike a lot of vintage analog gear, the prices are still pretty reasonable for these (you can find one around $250 if you hunt). There's two versions, but the sound on both is the same.

Why do I like it? Take a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUCEMRUk0S0

spacem8
spacem8|1065
In reply to blanchardja:

Your question is a little vague. 😕 Are you looking for a plugin? A hardware synth? Do you want synthetic sounding strings, or realistic strings?

If you're looking for a VST plugin for string sounds (the type used for ambient/trance/edm/not so much realistic), You can't do much better than Nexus. It's a Rompler, so it has some very good sounding string samples in its library. Omnisphere is pretty awesome at that too.

If you want more realistic sounding strings, then I might suggest a sampler like NI Kontakt.

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