Creating Realistic String Runs using LA Scoring Strings

Today I share my method for creating string runs that sound as close to the real thing as possible. If anyone has any other tricks to add to the list, please let me know!

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• tutorial
• DAW
• Sibelius
• strings
• runs
• music
• composition
• composer
• LASS
• LA Scoring Strings
• Virtual instruments
• VST

[jayandrew88]

Excellent video! Can you do a video on setting modulation and volumes to create realistic dynamics? Also, do you know of any books one could read when starting out writing for string quartets? Thanks a lot!

[Strepitoso]

@jayandrew88 Thanks! I think the best books on writing for string quartet would be the great string quartets of the past themselves. Study some Beethoven and Mozart Quartets to begin with and then move onto the later masters. Brahms, Debussy... eventually Ligeti can teach you a lot simply by analysis. Other than that, make friends with a local string quartet, even if it is an amateur one - performers can offer interesting insight!

[Schraes]

very informative; thanx!

[Strepitoso]

@Schraes My pleasure Schraes!

[TheSpearsProductions]

The final product sounds stunning. I've never heard a program work and sound so well..

[Strepitoso]

@TheSpearsProductions Thanks Spears! Really appreciate the comment and I'm glad you enjoyed

[abletonstudy]

@nickhmusica Was wondering what tweaks you are referring to and if that is something you have to do manually or if it is a downloadable update. Do you have a link to the post you refer to? I am asking about the fast strings patch

[Strepitoso]

@andreagiuseppe Awesome, thanks for the info! That'll save me some time trying to get the mix even. Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[andreagiuseppe]

Hey awesome vid. I know why the 2nd violins sound so quiet. i had the same problem. The Lass Sections were recorded in position so when the violins are set to center, they will sound as if they are coming from the left. Sibelius pans violins I to the left and violins II to the right so since violins were already recorded to the left panning them to the right will make them sound quite. try setting all of the strings to the center and you will get a more even sound. Hope that helps :)

[nickhmusica]

@gabrieloliveiramusic - I think Andrew Keresztes has suggested some tweaks to the legato section within the patches - on the audiobro forum :)