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Embertone's Friedlander Violin is my personal favorite, and an excellent value at $125. It has solo and ensemble options(and you can adjust the size of the ensemble) along with all the articulations you'll need. Here's one of their demo songs: A real violin will still beat a library any day, and if you have that option it's certainly better. Still, this one strikes a nice balance between quality and cost.

Compo: MnP (Meat 'n Potatoes) Round 53: Dark Souls - Gwyn Midi: http://compo.thasauce.net/files/materials/MnP53_Dark-Souls-1-The-Lord-of-Cinder-Anonymous-20151121183357-nonstop2k.com.mid Youtube: Deadline: May 5th Thurs 1PM Vote Ends: May 8th Sun 11 PM Submit your remix Here when completed. **If you have technical difficulty with account activation at ThaSauce, please contact me via PM and I will submit your track and will also tally your vote** MISSION STATEMENT The goal of Compo:MnP is to promote that "meat and potatoes" conservative approach to remixing: this includes the mood and composition of source tunes. It is up to the remixer to create their own personalization, or to simply give it a sound upgrade. Moreover, the compo is a great opportunity to hone your remixing skills and give video game music the respect that is due. SOME reinterpretation is recommended, but not required. MnP Instructions/Guidelines 1. Covers and Sound Upgrades are permitted. 2. Most or all of the source notes must be present (but not necessarily in the exact same order), secondly the mood (energy, pacing, feelings being conveyed etc) should also be retained. For example, a source tune that is fast-paced and energetic that's remixed into a mellow/chill-out theme would be a hard sell. 3. If you decide to do a genre swap (i.e. symphonic to techno), make sure that the conditions of #2 are met. 4. Submissions must be at a maximum of 20mb (keeping in step with ThaSauce's file size max). 5. Only 1 entry per participant. Previous winner cannot participate but can submit a BONUS entry. 6. All competitors and voters must adhere to the rules stated within: Competition Code and Conduct MISC/TIPS - When picking a source tune, make sure it has a MIDI to make ppl's lives easier. - In-game sound FX are permitted, so long as they don't comprise the whole track (i.e. replacing entire MIDI tracks with just sfx)

Chilling on the computer, messaging the Mrs. while she's BSing at her job, and suddenly she tells me, "Prince died". DAFUQ!? A number of articles detail what's known so far: USA Today Bustle Heavy Mirror UK A picture:

Lol, this reminds me of something. http://compo.thasauce.net/rounds/view/PRC293 That was a good round.

Very nice pick. I think I'll try to give this a shot as working with piano-only source opens the door for a lot of possibilities. EDIT: Ugh, not enough time, have some deadlines I need to meet for some other projects and they're coming up quick. Looking forward to hearing what everyone comes up with.

Dayum Brandon, you're a fircken' sadist! Still, this could be interesting with a bucket load of pads added in...

This will be a very hard compo and I'm actually glad I can't contribute

I bought your last book, haven't quite read it yet, did a little bit but not far. You're asking me to buy this just based on..... what, our "friendship"? The fact that we're both on OCR? The fact that I don't take no shit? Telling me on facebook, "Go buy it you horsecock"? Did you really think any of that stuff is a legitimate reason for me to buy your book? ....'cause maybe it is. But you had BETTER pay it forward.

Huge loss; just a singular, once-in-a-lifetime type of talent & musical mind.