![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, many high-end libraries feature both ensembles and individual instruments, so if you’re looking to start simple and develop your string-orientated skills over time, that’s something to think about. If the answer is anything other than ‘totally comfortable and fully capable’, you should probably choose an ensemble library – and feel no shame in it whatsoever!Īrranging, composing and mixing string sections from the ground up is quite literally an art form in itself, and while there’s no doubt that piecing together an orchestra at the granular level will yield the most convincing simulation if you put the effort in, the beauty of ensemble libraries is that much of that hard work is done for you. For larger-scale orchestral work, on the other hand, think realistically about how comfortable (and, indeed, capable) you’d be layering up separate instruments into groups and, ultimately, a full string section. Obviously, if you’re building a string quartet, say, or just need a solo violin or cello for a particular project, the answer is clear. …But Make Sure It’s Also The Right LibraryĪs the libraries referenced suggest, a key consideration in your buying decision is whether to go for a set of section ensembles or individual instruments. You might be surprised at the sheer variety of sampled strings out there, from the gargantuan likes of Vienna Symphonic Library’s Synchron Strings, Spitfire Audio’s Symphonic Strings and EastWest’s Hollywood Strings, through the streamlined string components of IK Multimedia’s Miroslav Philharmonik 2 and Garritan’s Instant Orchestra, to the clean solo instrumentation of Chris Hein Solo Strings and Embertone Joshua Bell Violin, not to mention all manner of more niche options. So don’t just blindly throw your money at the first expensive string library you come across – listen to demo tracks, and compare the articulations, technologies and sounds of a range of competitors. Needless to say, the quality of the recordings themselves is also crucial, as are the character of the performances and production. One specific feature worth looking out for is ‘true legato’, which enables smooth note-to-note sustain transitions for amazingly realistic sequences in patches that support it. Generally speaking, whether you’re after a solo violin or a full orchestral string section, you want as many velocity layers and round robins as possible, and a sizeable selection of articulations – sustain, pizzicato, sordino, marcato, etc – for maximum flexibility. Does this point to an issue with CPU resources or could this still have directly to do with RAM?ģ - as soon as I put one of the Instrument tracks - w Kontakt/Sacconi - into record, my PT System Usage meter spikes into the red and input monitoring is glitchy.As with any kind of sampled acoustic instrument, the bigger and more inclusive your sampled string library, the more detailed and realistic the results you’ll be able to achieve with it. Still, things will be humming along and suddenly Pro Tools will freeze up. During playback, Activity Monitor shows system usage Pro Tools %CPU ranging between 200 and 375, but down at the bottom (see attached pic) shows 60 to 70% idle. I also wanted to get perspective from those more experienced at working with VI string libraries, Kontakt and such.ġ - from standpoint of optimizing CPU resources, does having 4 separate instances of Sacconi (one instrument each track) tax the system more than having them all inside one instance of Kontakt?Ģ - could my Pro Tools crashes simply be due to running out of ram? Activity Monitor shows about 12 GB of the 16 being used. I've reached out to Spitfire about this and am following up on some recommendations for optimizing Kontakt later today. I'm running a HIGH playback buffer of 2048. I have Purge Unused set on each instance. I have 4 instrument tracks, each with a separate instance of Kontakt, one 'member' of the Quartet per track. Sacconi is a large, fairly demanding library, but even so, with all 4 string tracks going I'm only using 12 of the 16 GB available RAM (per Mac OS Activity Monitor). I'm getting a LOT of crashes now, which up until Sacconi was seldom an issue. I sequenced string quartet arrangement with Hollywood strings, am now replacing those with Sacconi. a problem has come up recently that only happens when running Kontakt w Sacconi strings. That was fixed and PT has been running very stable ever since, even with high track counts and plugins. Late last year I went through process of elimination with plugins, identified a problem plugin. ![]() Streaming samples from Samsung SSD drive via Thunderbolt.Ĭurrent project is a fairly large session, quite a few plugins but I've frozen many tracks streamlined the session as best I can. Running latest versions of Pro Tools native and Kontakt, working with Sacconi strings. I have 2013 Mac Pro, 6 core with 16 Gb ram. ![]()
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