The Virtuoso Series Strings by Kirk Hunter is a major String Orchestra
release, featuring a variety of string sections recorded in several rooms
in Los Angeles. The players are first-call musicians whose passion and
sensitivity are fully revealed in these recordings. The main feature of
this library is the variety of articulations used to create natural, fluid
performances on your sampler. From up and down strokes, to hard attacks,
and marcatos you'll have plenty of options to simulate the natural
randomness of real string bowing. There are also brilliant section slides,
velocity mapped so that the players sound as though they're bending up to
a note while digging into a particularly passionate melody. This is a
wonderfully effective feature.

You'll get airy tremolos, half and whole step trills, to add some
impressionistic color to your compositions. Another feature is a true
Sordini (muted) violin section, great for mysterious and austere passages.

There is a great variety of section sizes available on the Virtuoso Series
Strings, from 24 players, all the way down to two. These are presented a
variety of ways on the sampler CD-ROMs to give you even more color
options. For instance, by combining the 2 player programs with 24 player
programs, you bring a little intimacy into an otherwise broad and massive
sound.

The variety of sizes also lends itself to recreating several musical
styles, from huge symphonic filmscores, to quaint chamber music. With the
solo strings, you can even conjure up a terrific string quartet.

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