I also own and use Symphobia and East West Platinum, which I frequently layer all three together and get a great sound from.
So, I just say...buy 'em all.

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Gate 13 wrote: Thanks a lot for this great and informative response....the breath controller is the MIDI solutions one?
Thanks
Wow, that IS good news. Those instruments were great fun to play, but I hope they will fix the breath-control problem. That problem is the portamento. Portamentos were done by overlapping notes. You can't do that on a BC instrument, but apparently at some dynamic levels and velocity levels it will interpret a note change as a portamento anyway. There's no sure-fire way to make it happen when you want it, and no sure-fire way to prevent it from happening when you don't want it. I got pretty good at making portamentos happen on cue, but sometimes they would slip in when I just wanted a legato. Other than that, these instruments are so realistic that it's almost scary.mhschmieder wrote:… I can hardly wait for the revised versions of the Grofriller Cello and Stradivari Violin to be released by Sample Modeling (Mr. Polich now has my originals, as they wouldn't run on my old computer and I figured by the time I had a new computer the Sample Modeling folks would have the new versions ready -- and this was ALMOST the case, but they are indeed exspected to be released this year). I am sure they will be BC/WC-friendly.
You are resurrecting an old thread. I'm afraid Melenko is no longer with us...Rubens wrote:melenko
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"Why don't you try one of the best for me (my wife is also pro-viola/player in a SO), like http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/audiodemos.html
It isn't that expansive, for a lot of real and no hollywood-made sounds. Like mhschmieder I hate that MacDo sound."
I will love to get a comparison between that and VSL strings...
It rocks and rolls. It's simply amazing.Rubens wrote:...VSL still rules?