What I generally find is that many of the non-VSL string libraries that are recorded in large rooms, using tree mics, surround mics and such, have an incredibly high noise floor. (Spitfire comes to mind to some extent.) Naturally, that noise (e.g. rumble) builds up when you have multiple notes sounding at once - to the point where you have to counteract it with EQ. But, for instance in the case of celli, you cannot clean that up without hitting the main frequency range of the samples. This can become a real problem, even it doesn't seem to be talked about much. With the samples of VSL you do not have that problem.

I'd be really interested in knowing to what extent other users think of the room noise issue as a problem. (And I hope a discussion like this is in line with VSL's forum policy - after all it is one of the points VSL excels in.)

Thank you very much for your comments, everybody. I will get Dimension Strings, as I am confident that it is a good investment, especially when focusing on (learning) string writing. I'm glad VSL took it upon themselves to create a library with such attention to detail.
Stephane, I can honestly say that an online orchestration class - when offered by a legit company - is a great thing for those who haven't had the opportunity to get training in the traditional sense. I don't think I could do the same kind of learning using just books.

All the best,
Jens
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Hi Stephane,

thank you very much for your reply! This is really helpful. The main reason why I am specifically interested in Dimension Strings in the first place is that I am currently doing an online orchestration class that deals with string writing at a fairly high level of detail. So far, using my relatively dated (and non-VSL) string libraries, I haven't been able to achieve the effects that one would hope to get when paying special attention to details such as articulations and fingerings.
Therefore I am really leaning towards purchasing Dimension Strings and am currently trying to find out which of my needs it can fill.
Again, thank you very much for your help!

Jens
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I apologize if this has already been discussed, but so far I couldn't find it, so here goes:
I am very interested in Dimension Strings. Would it be possible (and practical) to create larger
sections (e.g. 2x8 violins), for example by using the transposition trick? Has this been tried?
I wouldn't directly think of it as an attempt to replace something like Appassionata or LASS,
but having BOTH, all the flexibility of DS AND some more violins would certainly be appealing.

Also, do DS users generally use it for both, 1st and 2nd violins or just an 8-violin ensemble?

Again, please pardon my ignorance. - I'm quite new to all this.

Thanks,
Jens
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