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Hollywood Strings - A First Consideration

HS’s studio sound provides composers another choice as to which string ensemble recorded in which space do we want for the piece we’re working on.

L.A. Scoring Strings - Part 1: The NEW Workhorse String Library

L.A. Scoring Strings is one of the most anticipated sample libraries in the past few years. See why Peter Alexander thinks it’s the new workhorse string library.

L.A. Scoring Strings Release Date and Opening Price Announced

July 4, 2009, Los Angeles. On the American 4th of July, composer/developer Andrew Keresztes (ka-res-teez) announced officially the release of his 34GB-sized L.A. Scoring Strings with starting demos and a time-dated tiered, introductory price schedule. According to the official web site, www.audiobro.com, orders placed before July 20th, are priced at $999US. Orders placed [...]

String Arranging Part 3 - Getting Started

In Part 3 Ric Flauding discusses ensemble size, recording studio selection and deadlines.

String Essentials 2

Now that NAMM 2008 is over, we’re going to consider a really beautiful string library that’s been seriously overlooked since it’s initial release by Best Service in Germany, distributed by EastWest: String Essentials 2 by Peter Siedlaczek.

Peter’s work extends back to the Roland sampler days when he created a number of programs, often not bearing [...]