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LindenGarcia18
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I'm using some old AKAI strings samples.
I compared these samples to that of EW and LASS at college, and it was safe to say they we're just as good, even though they're from 1997!
There's just one problem though.
They're JUST samples.
With East West or LA scoring strings, you are purchasing an interface, a plugin, WITH a sample library.
These interfaces allow you to have huge control over the samples in the way they work, and the samples have been manipulated to fit the plugin.
For example.
East West randomly generates upward bow, and downward bow strikes on the instrument, when playing staccato notes.
These old AKAI samples do not. They have no inface to control them to do so, they are just samples. Fantastic samples that rival the best in terms of quality, just not dynamic when you come to staccato notes.
The problem only arises, obviously, when I'm wanting to record a fast staccato section. The samples lack the downward bow motion, so it sounds artificial.
Is there any way I can make this sound more realistic? Obviously I don't have any downward bow samples for the same note, but I was wondering if I could play around with some of the settings in the sampler.
I've thought of automating the EQ, altering pitch, velocity, what could I do?
Thanks
- Linden
I compared these samples to that of EW and LASS at college, and it was safe to say they we're just as good, even though they're from 1997!
There's just one problem though.
They're JUST samples.
With East West or LA scoring strings, you are purchasing an interface, a plugin, WITH a sample library.
These interfaces allow you to have huge control over the samples in the way they work, and the samples have been manipulated to fit the plugin.
For example.
East West randomly generates upward bow, and downward bow strikes on the instrument, when playing staccato notes.
These old AKAI samples do not. They have no inface to control them to do so, they are just samples. Fantastic samples that rival the best in terms of quality, just not dynamic when you come to staccato notes.
The problem only arises, obviously, when I'm wanting to record a fast staccato section. The samples lack the downward bow motion, so it sounds artificial.
Is there any way I can make this sound more realistic? Obviously I don't have any downward bow samples for the same note, but I was wondering if I could play around with some of the settings in the sampler.
I've thought of automating the EQ, altering pitch, velocity, what could I do?
Thanks
- Linden