Hi Pablo

I'm sorry, did I sound crittical of our wonderful samples. On the contrary, it is great to have the use of the best samples in the world. I have had the special edition for just over a year now, and still have much to learn. But I am pretty comfortable with my setup, untill I can afford the special edition plus.

All the best

Glyn

Hi Marlowe

I'm afraid that I can't really suggest any seperate EQ or reverb mods, as I'm on a windows setup. Unfortunately, there's no other advice I can offer, other than spending a little time getting to know each sound set individually. With samples you have to be a little bit of each musician as well as composer. The benifits from any care and hard work, are though, greatly
rewarded.
I do remember one of the tutorial videos on the VSL site for logic. It dealt with the send and returns on the inbuilt reverb.
I use a similar method in cubase with a great little reverb on default setting. The send and returns really allow seperate control over each instrument.

Keep up the good work.

Hi Marlowe.

I gather you are talking about the "Midnight Tea" piece. It does'nt sound like you're doing too much wrong to me.
You also have'nt said what software you're using. The advice about the attack fader is sound. Just remember that you raise the slider to soften the attack. The main things you need to make VSL strings sound convincing, are a good EQ and the best quality reverb you can afford.
The VSL strings can be somewhat bright, so I usually bring the top end down and the bottom end up a little.
I don't Know what reverb you are using but it seems to give a fairly convincing hall sound. You may want to play around with the decay and release settings on that if it has them.

The strings will sound synthetic without a little "doctoring", but for me, that is their strength. You would suffer all sorts of problems and limitations if they wer'nt dry.

All the best

Glyn Rouse