Hi folks.  I hope everyone is doing well!  I am trying to write a string line, currently with Celli and Violas with Synchron Strings Pro.  It is basically an arpeggiated pattern, with legato>agile (although regular legato works just as well), but playing each note of the arpeggio twice.  I am definitely imagining that it would be the bowing that makes the distinction of the two same notes in the pattern. 

For instance the arpeggio is playing a C minor triad, up and down, as G-G-C-C-Eb-Eb-C-C, and I want it to have that 1/8 note drive of a bowing pattern going Up-Down-Up-Down-Up-Down-Up-Down.  The Celli actually sound pretty good doing this, but the violas have a really strong 1/4 note feel instead, like they don't react the same to the repeated note, so it almost just sounds like half the notes in a 1/4 note pattern.

I have tried layering with staccato or spiccato, very lightly, but by the time I can hear it, it's already too much.

Any suggestions?  I guess this really comes down to re-bowing, and my way of doing that, is basically just to leave the sustain pedal down, but maybe there is a better way? Or just a different technique that could help me achieve this?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Originally Posted by: The Minstrel

Just throwing this out, but perhaps a measured tremolo patch could be of use? Let it play for 1/8 and leave an 1/8-note gap between each distinct note, as to let the release samples take care of the repetition of each note.

Man, that's a pretty creative idea.  I'll give it a shot, thank you.