Manolo, this sounds very good! I personally think it could use a touch more reverb; The instruments are very very dry, but that's a matter of taste.

The library sounds great. Would be nice to hear more techniques (pizzicato, tremolo, con sordino, etc.). Also, are any parameters addressable, such as vibrato?

It seems fairly pricy, about comparable to Spitfire Sacconi Quartet. A bit different intent.

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much for your nice comment, Michael.

Yes, I understand what you tell about reverb, because I´m always in two minds: little reverb for more "realism" but to dry, or more reverb for more "presence" but more "masked sounds".
i never know what to do
I think you are rigth, it is too dry. I´ll try to add a little more reverb.

I´ve planned to make another strings work with the techniques you´ve named.

The parameters addressable are (for solo or ensemble):
-natural vibrato
-spiccato
-tremolo
-harmonics
-senza vibrato
-pizzicato
-Bartok pizzicato
-col legno
I can use in Notion all of them except Bartok pizz (no sign in Notion for this) and spiccato (but spiccato is not very far from to staccato, no problem with this).

Yes, I think I understand what you´re saying about "fairly pricy" compared with the quality and possibilities of Spitfire Sacconi Quartet (it´s amazing!, but I can not afford it); for my budget 119€ for the Xsample strings is a very good value for the money.

Thank you very much, Michael, I really appreciatte your comments.
Best regards.
Manolo.

Sorry, Michael, I think I don´t understand well the expression "parameters addressable".

The list I told you is about "Playing style/switch" (correspondences with: keyswitch/controller/program change/ midi channel).
I don´t work with a master keyboard and I don´t know if they can be manipulable from it.
I use them like "fixed techniques", I wish I knew how to manipulate them from Notion.

Best regards.

juanmanuelrosaescribano wroteSorry, Michael, I think I don´t understand well the expression "parameters addressable".

The list I told you is about "Playing style/switch" (correspondences with: keyswitch/controller/program change/ midi channel).
I don´t work with a master keyboard and I don´t know if they can be manipulable from it.
I use them like "fixed techniques", I wish I knew how to manipulate them from Notion.

Best regards.

Manolo, what I meant was can you address things like vibrato, dynamics, attack, release, etc...

Hello, Michael.
Like I said, I do not have enough experience with VST, you know, although after reading the manual and various tests, this is what I know so far about your question:

-The ADSR parameters can´t be addressed to Notion, at least to my knowledge. It would great if they could be.
-The vibrato, non vibrato, col legno, etc, are used like techniques in the Notion entry palette, they can´t be manipulated (at least to my knowledge, too).
-The dynamics are used in the Notion usual way (entry palette).


I don´t know if you can make changes to these parameters using a master keyboard.

Thanks to your observation I am seeing how important it would be to be able to modify from Notion the oscillation in the vibrato. Do you know if this is possible with other VST like Kontatk libraries, or only it´s possible with other samples with different vibratos?

Well, excuse my poor English, please.
Best regards.

Sorry, again I need to add some data to my last mail.

The only way I know to "control" vibrato is with round/random/total robin options, selectable in the Xsample Player.

Manolo, of the solo strings libraries I own, Embertone, Kirk Hunter Spotlight Series and Spitfire Sacconi Strings all have adjustable vibrato control, which can be accessed from Notion via a sequencer staff that has recorded CC Control Data.

This is a single I just released using Spitfire Sacconi Strings, the vibrato is very apparent: