East west gold pro XP

dosuna11 · Post by **dosuna11** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:20 pm

Which one of the string sounds in East west gold pro XP realizes that smooth silky string sound?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:45 am

Hmm-- smooth and silky. That could be one of several.

The Butter Legatos are nice as are the Lyr patches, but maybe you mean the Sord string patches (muted strings)?

Does non-vibrato qualify for "smooth"?

dosuna11 · Post by **dosuna11** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:20 am

Frodo wrote:Hmm-- smooth and silky. That could be one of several.

The Butter Legatos are nice as are the Lyr patches, but maybe you mean the Sord string patches (muted strings)?

Does non-vibrato qualify for "smooth"?

Yes non-vibrato does qualify. On the large string sections the I haven't been able to get the vibratos to get that natural chorusing effect of live strings. That's what silky is. In the old days I would add 15% synth strings to mask the loops on long legato phrases. Where is Rimsky Korsakoff when I need him? There is a big curve in just setting up the players to present a palette to work with. Thanks

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:23 pm

I'll have to play around with the samples again. There are some very nice non-vibrato patches in quite a few of the samples.

Yes, any of these libraries can indeed benefit from layering parts from a different pool of samples-- EW mixed with Miroslav or VSL or some other string set. A single developer will often err on the side of safety where phasing might be at risk. The downside can result in a certain stagnant quality even with the best collections.

Sometimes I'll blend layers more or less evenly. At other times, I'll put the cleaner string samples more in front and then tuck "puffier" ones behind them-- depends on the track, I guess.

Oh Rimsky-- where art thou?

dosuna11 · Post by **dosuna11** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:33 pm

I plugged in the butter strings Vio2 8vaVio1 Vio and Cello. There is stiil little vib but it is much better. I am thinking about spending the $ and getting the upgrade to Plat pro XP. Do you like the close mic samples?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:29 pm

I like them a lot, to be honest. There are few differences in the samples between Gold XP and Plat XP-- maybe some patch configs and, of course, the mic positions...

But as far as "that sound" you're looking for goes-- was it that you'd already heard it in EWQLSO or is that you are wondering if "that sound" could be found in EWQLSO?

Experimenting with layering samples might be worth a try if no single patch does it for you.

But I don't think that you're going to find "extra" string sounds, per se, in Plat XP than are already there in Gold XP.

If you haven't seen the version comparison chart, check it out. You'll find only minor differences between Gold XP and Plat XP strings:

http://www.soundsonline.com/static/down ... arison.pdf

I wouldn't discourage you from jumping in on the sale for other reasons, though. It's really the only way to collect VIs.