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Not sure if anyone here is interested in this or not, but thought I'd post here just in case some Solo String users haven't received the update message:

"Your Spitfire Solo Strings update is now available.

We are proud to announce the inclusion of our brand new, highly intuitive Violin (Virtuoso) Total Performance patch to Spitfire Solo Strings, offering you the most detailed and complete solo performance for the virtuoso violin.

Performed by world-renowned virtuoso concert violinist Jack Liebeck, this performance patch is our most advanced and powerful to date. It contains all the techniques you need to create a realistic solo performance — five different types of true legato: Portamento Legato, Fingered Legato, Bowed Legato, Runs and Arpeggios, it also features: spiccato, staccato, tremolo, molto vibrato, progressive vibrato and non vibrato — all combined together to enable musical phrasing without the need for key-switching, and programmed to react to playing speed and touch."

Wonderful Update from Spitfire, I hope to see them update the solo Viola and Cello as well.

Well that IS very impressive, seems to be in another league from the main release.

Time to put it in the Wish List and wait for Black Friday I guess - hope that will work with the upgrade discount from the original SSS.

Wow! Andy Blaney sure can work magic with samples!

I will not, will not, will NOT listen to Andy Blaney demos.

Lawrence wrote: ↑Oct 12, 2018 1:31 am I will not, will not, will NOT listen to Andy Blaney demos.

I know I know, but did you listen to Paul’s video? It really does seem terribly good - Andy on programming duties here it seems.

I did. It does sound very good. I’m definitely intrigued.

One thing in his video-very little legato playing. The trills were interesting-I’m not sure exactly what he was saying about them but they were very fluid. I’m curious about the general legato connectivity and lag. That’s where I tend not to buy into Spitfire’s stuff 100%, which is probably good ‘cause I’d be broke. On the other hand, every time I play those SCS spiccs, I get a rush. So damn good.

I hope the legatos are awesome and that they redo the other solo strings to match. I’d have no choice but to buy them.

Yes, when you analyse it not a great proportion is legato, but there are some stretches eg 21s, and I think the odd note in his main passage, all of which sound very good to me. And likely some these are triggering some of the different types of legato. Agreed its not forensic, but I'm pretty optimistic - has anyone got their hands on this yet?

I have it, it is very good to my taste, I don´t think is Joshua Bell in terms of responsiveness, but it is indeed good. I am hoping for viola and cello (or just cello in a hurry)

The problem I am having is that the soft attack and slow progressive vibrato (they listened when we asked for a legato version of this), are triggerd by velocities 1-9, and my lousy keyboard cannot handle that kind of resolution. I am pestering spitfire for those ranges to be a little more expanded.

Besides that I like it very much, just from a couple of hours of playing.