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Berlin Strings
Berlin Strings
Orchestral Tools

Combining five meticulously captured string sections with a wide array of articulations and exceptional dynamic range, Berlin Strings has earned its reputation as the definitive orchestral strings collection. Now available as a Muse Sounds Edition, made for MuseScore, Berlin Strings is the gold standard for detailed and true-to-life string composition.

Works With
MuseScore Studio
Rating
56%
Version
1.0.9
Released
2024

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Description

Berlin Strings is a beautiful and uncompromising strings sample library, recorded in pristine and meticulous detail at Teldex Studios, Berlin. A phenomenal collection of string samples, with a consistent selection of articulations, wonderfully smooth legato and portamento interval samples , a plethora of repetition samples for short notes and an uncompromising attention to detail. This is surely the jewel in the crown of the collection, for those that demand and expect the best. The Berlin Series is Orchestral Tools’ flagship orchestral collection, produced over the course of 8 years by a first-call team of musicians and engineers, and designed to provide the ultimate foundation for any composer’s playback needs. All instruments and sections were recorded “in-situ” - within their traditional seating arrangement of a symphony orchestra - and with the recorded natural dynamics remain untouched throughout the editing process to preserve the natural orchestral balance achieved when performing in a beautiful acoustic space. This provides perfect and seamless blending of all libraries within the Berlin Collection, such as Berlin Brass and Berlin Woodwinds. This Muse Sounds Edition is designed to work exclusively with the Muse Sounds engine, found only inside MuseScore Studio and StaffPad.

Fluid true legato sampling, with repeated note legato, fast and slow transitions
Sustains with multiple dynamic layers and vibrato types
Multiple dynamic layers for every articulation
Trills (half step and whole step)
Extensive articulations
Romantic sound

What’s New?

1.0.9

- Release on Muse Hub

ayuda mucho a tener una mejor percepción del resultado

LaViolista

A good main driver, with supplemental muse or other strings.

irresponsible-goldfinch379

I have some sounds that sound weird : cello and contrabass in staccato (F, G, A1, Bb1), they squeak. The expression in volume is too much strong between mp and mf and f. The sound itself of chords is good.

AbPaul

The sound is very good and clear. I think it's the best strings equipment. The dynamics are also very detailed like staccatos and trills. For example, a symphony with Berlin Strings sounds amazing

Dim

It has a fantastic tone quality - very realistic and expressive - I really like the sound of the violins playing high melodies but also great as a complete section.

pleasant-tarsier907

I'm writing here since I can't write for the entire series but this has been very disappointing the follow up on fixing the bugs related to these libraries. Obviously the current prices aren't very good indicator of the quality of the product so the price cutdown was very suspect, the previous price was too much 99€ for each of berlin series and the quality and missing articulations EVEN from the main line-up not including the additional libraries. There are tons of bugs regarding the vibrato. 2016 Orchestral Tools release of Berlin Strings have 3 vibrato options: Molto vib, regular vib (romantic) and no vibrato and including all 3 legato options. Clearly this was not included because the strings by default play Molto vib and not having the chance of playing the 2nd option, romantic vib. Also some very poorly made decisions to make soft sustains only trigger on ppp or pp, most of the time (80-90%) it is not noticeable in the MuseScore versions since there are no ways to control the dynamics. Another failure was the short spiccato option on the Violins I by default which is very strange... because it has a different tone from the regular spiccato of the remaining instruments. The balance is so off and most of these were reported 3 months ago or when it was release for MuseScore in July, the poor response to fixing these issues was a very bad marketing and decision making from the Muse Sounds developers because currently I have unfinished products that only sound 1/3 of the original library (VST). This doesn't only include strings but the whole series like I said previously. Berlin Percussion have a lot of misses in terms of balancing the sound. The mallets doesn't sound good as it is and celesta even after 3 months I reported a bug on celesta pedal, it is still not out (Very disappointing). TL;DR If you buy this series, just don't. I wouldn't advise buying any paid products right now. It is clearly insulting to the client who bought these products, I was lucky to buy them with sales but this is plain joke right now. These libraries really need some looking into and developers are prioritizing new releases instead of fixing "This". DO NOT BUY THIS!

TobyTwo32

Playing techniques don't show as in the video. Also poor dynamics.

jealous-koala232

Not really better and much less complete than the free Muse Strings.

hospitable-herring359

Just burned $30 on this, basic legato strings don’t work at all and are poorly balanced. The dynamics do weird swells and drops seemingly at random so it’s pretty impossible to use. The free Musesounds strings are 1000 times better.

assured-dunlin75

My projects sound amazing with Berlin Strings, I love the audio and think that the samples are great. Brilliant tone and articulation. However, the Bugs are there and do limit the capabilities of what I feel Berlin strings is capable of. Its not there yet, but it will be soon and I look forward to that day!

Catsickle

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