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The Solo Strings II library is designed for ultimate musical expression, playability and flexibility. Since there are so many possible articulations and customizable features, you can go as "wide" or as "narrow" as you want. And with the all new "DivisiLive®" feature, (not available for Solo Strings II) chords are divided among the players automatically when you actually play a chord. Quite honestly, Solo Strings II contains so many under-the-hood features that the variety you can get is endless.

Solo Strings II is a suite of five solo string sections - 1st and 2nd violin, 1st and 2nd viola, 1st and 2nd cello, bass, and 1st and 2nd soloists combined. Each section was recorded 44.1K, 24 bit in a very dry setting. The dry room was chosen so that this library would sound great with the vast array of great reverbs available today. Additionally, this was necessary for it to blend with other popular string libraries.

However, some instruments use Instrument Body Modeling. (Look for the word "body" in the instrument's name.) This means that the sound of the actual instrument's body was captured and saved as an impulse response, and then installed into the instrument via Kontakt's convolution. The result gives the instrument a more "human" and realistic sound especially between note transitions.

Other than the basic sound concept, Solo Strings II has very little to do with the older Solo Strings library which is currently available by itself or with Ruby and Diamond. 99% of the samples are completely new. And those that are not, have been altered to fit the acoustic concept of Solo Strings II. Therefore, if you are already a Solo Strings owner, you needn't worry about a redundant purchase when considering adding Solo Strings II to your collection.

Going Wide
If you are the type who likes to have hundreds of tracks in your arrangements, then Solo Strings II is perfect for you. Since all sections and articulations are able to be loaded separately, you can have complete random access of anything. For example, you could have solo violin spiccato on one track, and then a solo cello trill on another. The combinations are almost limitless.

Going Narrow
Ok, it's great to be able to have SO MANY different combinations in one's arsenal. But being able to access almost anything in a SINGLE INSTRUMENT PATCH is something quite new. One of the benefits of having everything in one instrument is that integrated features for the instrument apply themselves globally to everything contained within. Therefore, you don't have to make changes to a bunch of different instruments. For example, you can instantly change the attack (or any other offered feature) of all violin sections with one move.

Under the Hood
Without going into detail here, Solo Strings II contains so many features that you should be able to create any type of feel or playing style you want. And since there are so many different valid ways that people like to create, we made sure to address most of these playing/arranging styles. We don't force you to do things our way. We want you to be able to do things your way.