Yes I actually have tried that. I've tried just about everything possible. If I start reducing the attack time, the transitions seem to have a wah wah effect, which makes it even more separated sounding. Changing the release doesn't change the attack sound either, however it may somewhat mask the sound but it's still there....at least to my ear. I think maybe the issue is the fact that all of the strings at once are transitioning together almost perfectly, where as in a real live situation, during a passage, the transitions are slightly scattered among the strings creating an almost seamless transition. Maybe the answer is to layer appassionata with chamber or solo strings.....slightly off setting one of them. Here is a link to a piece that I wrote. Listen in particularly to "Reverie of Hope" when the strings come in at 00:31. Please excuse the mp3 sound quality. Anyways that is the best I've been able to get them to sound. But I spent so many hours on just the strings working with the modulations to get them to sound that way.
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