drumnbass.be forum » Production » Software » Plugins » Best free vst(i) for strings? Best free vst(i) for strings? Author Post Friscko Aron Tinnitus Registration Date: 12-03-2005 Posts: 4,467 Helpfulness rating:  I'm in need of a (free) vst which can produce strings with a not too synthesiserlike sound (unless it's one producing those oldskool ravy strings).. Anyone knows some good ones? __ www.myspace.com/arontinnitus www.myspace.com/djfriscko 20-12-2005 13:16 Darkside Old-School Rolla Registration Date: 02-01-2005 Posts: 620 Helpfulness rating:  you mean orchestral strings? synthesizers cant really produce those without sounding synthesized. the best you can get for free is an orchestra soundfont that flows nicely. there are a few orchestra "synths" out there that run on samples, where you can adjust the timbre, attack, decay, whatever, and itll load up a diff. sample. but of course those cost some damn money. some string synths that cost money but are ok are the AAS String Studio (really like it), and the Synapse Plucked String. but these are more like giving you the sound when a single string from an instrument is plucked, not the grandiose combination you're probably looking for. reaktor's steampipe preset ensemble can create some convincing strings, but i think it would murder ur cpu. hope any of this helps. 21-12-2005 02:32 cynik Cp6uja Registration Date: 15-03-2005 Posts: 5,646 Helpfulness rating:  have you tried Absynth 2 (or 3) ? __ https://soundcloud.com/tsai-vidro-voves 21-12-2005 08:05 Muad'Dib Andrejnalin Registration Date: 02-12-2003 Posts: 4,197 Helpfulness rating:  Sytrus has some awesome patches (orchestral and pads HQ!), if you're on FL... __ Thinking about becoming an Image-Line/FL Studio customer? Want a 10% reduction in price? Use this affiliate link: http://affiliate.image-line.com/BADEBDG473 There is no such thing without its opposite -Bene Gesserit 21-12-2005 09:26 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Software » Plugins » Best free vst(i) for strings?