any good free orchestra or strings VSTs?

[tgfoo]

Really? Is that the regular price now? I remember it being on sale months ago for that price, but I thought that was a group buy or something.

If that's the reg price now, that's, like, a really awesome deal.

They lowered the price on all of the EWQLSO line (Silver, Gold, and Platinum) by 50% (Despite what they claim, it's basically to get people using their products so they're updgrade to the XP veresion eventually). And I'm with Zircon. Leave Edirol alone, go GPO or Silver. I still prefer GPO's sound to Silver though.

[zircon]

Something that's a bit ironic; there are a fair amount of soundfonts out there actually based on the same samples that Edirol HQ Orchestral is. For example, the "Florestan martellato" soundfont.

[superdan54]

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but can anyone provide links to where EWQLSO Silver is being sold for $100-$125? I Froogled it and the cheapest I found was Musician's Friend, who have it for $149.99.

[zircon]

www.scitscat.com

[SnappleMan]

I gotta throw in my support for EWQLSO Silver. At $100 it's a GREAT value. Everything is pre-panned and processed for you so that getting a good sound out of the library is not impossible.

I really like the strings from that library, also. Very usable in many different genres of music, and they sound great played through a keyboard with the pre-programmed articulations and all that jazz.

I think that's a major factor you should consider when looking for a string library. That is, if you're reserving it for purely orchestral work or if you're planning to branch out with it.

For a song that's mainly techno or rock with some strings in there, any samples would work, really. Realism isn't very important when it comes to a non-orchestral piece, just whatever sounds good in the song.

But yeah, EWQLSO Silver is a great library that's definetly worth $125-150. And the piano and organ that it come with are great too!

[superdan54]

Am I looking in the wrong place? Scitscat.com has EWQLSO for $199, and the XP Upgrade for $195. Was it on sale at one point?

[Synth]

I don't have EWQLSO but from what people say, its the best for your buck. If your a reason user, I would stay away from the Strings refill that propellar heads sells, waste of $90.

[zircon]

Am I looking in the wrong place? Scitscat.com has EWQLSO for $199, and the XP Upgrade for $195. Was it on sale at one point?

Strange. No, it wasn't on sale.. I guess East/West forced them to raise the price. Brilliant marketing

[Cerrax]

Am I looking in the wrong place? Scitscat.com has EWQLSO for $199, and the XP Upgrade for $195. Was it on sale at one point?

Strange. No, it wasn't on sale.. I guess East/West forced them to raise the price. Brilliant marketing

I got it from Scitscat off of eBay for $140 and free shipping. That was two months ago. I don't think they changed the price that fast.

[Synth]

$150 here http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Recording/Computer/Software?sku=955872

[LongeBane]

It says edirol is still $329 on that skitskat site. Thats...really expensive.

[ubernym]

So why do the GPO section strings sound so crappy? The "lush w/mutes" sound like synths to me...am I doing something wrong here?

[zircon]

They're recorded dry. With the proper reverb, use of the expression controller (modwheel/cc1), and perhaps a little EQ, you can get some good results.

[ubernym]

They're recorded dry. With the proper reverb, use of the expression controller (modwheel/cc1), and perhaps a little EQ, you can get some good results.

Well, I'll have to tinker around with that. Thanks for the advice.