CineStrings PRO: Worth the Wait?

[@clydesight]

Thank you so much for this walkthrough. I got MUSIO 1 which has this in it. Your video cleared up some questions! Thanks!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Glad I could help!

[@llarvi6274]

Thanks for the contribution. I am with the demo version of Musio, evaluating this interface. For me it is very important to take advantage of all the nuances in the string pachs, and I really miss that they do not have a vibrato CC. I consider that Mosio is a very good option for the money you pay, but in PRO areas it is of no use to me. Greetings and congratulations on your work.

[@BambooMusicAcademy]

Hi, it is not possible to modulate the vibrato with CC? In Cine Studio it is possible.

[@justinbeamon6624]

Great walkthrough as always 😊. Pro finally arrived!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks!

[@sudibyoslamet5016]

In kontakt, we can update sample or purge, how about musio? How to do that?

[@jorgeperez5067]

Hola Christofer... Es posible que traduzcas a español tus cursos?

[@ChristopherSiu]

Hi Jorge! At the moment, I don't think it's possible to transcribe my courses into Spanish, but if that feature comes along in Kajabi I will for sure!

[@gurumajuindonesia]

What do you think about Adastra?

[@ChristopherSiu]

Don’t own any 8dio/Soundpaint stuff!

[@kwameryan]

The demos sound interesting for hybrid and experimental genres (especially at that price) but for more traditional usage I wouldn't buy it.

[@dustintheblacklight]

Adastra came from Adagio or Anthology. Great sounding libraries.

[@soundtreks]

Upper register in violins sounds really good. Often things get synthy for many strings up there but this one sounds quite goods. Mid range has a bit too much vibrato for my taste..

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks David!

[@RemmyMusic1]

if you had to pick one string library what would it be?

[@ChristopherSiu]

Gotta stick with my good old CSS!

[@RemmyMusic1]

subscribed ! what about most romantic cello 👨‍🦯@@ChristopherSiu

[@paulthiebaut]

Good sound but I am not convinced by the legatos at all for this one. Legatos have become too important to achieve realism and I believe this library just doesn’t match the last Spitfire libraries or CSS.

[@ChristopherSiu]

CSS is definitely still the king!

[@kwameryan]

Agreed. That may be why they're offering it as a Musio expansion and not as a standalone library. Nothing in the current version of Musio is as sophisticated or performant as the Kontakt counterparts, but the samples are light enough to use quickly on any laptop but detailed enough to be useful on the go or in collaboration. Like the difference between email and postal service, or Netflix vs. Blu-ray.

[@TheAerovons]

I think CSS has WAY too much vibrato.

[@paulthiebaut]

@@TheAerovons you can tweak that with vibrato control :)

[@imbailing]

CSS is $400, how is that even a comparison

[@rbingraham]

Keyswitching? You must have the beta?

[@ChristopherSiu]

I have the beta yes, but haven't looked into the keyswitching yet!

[@rbingraham]

@@ChristopherSiu they just released a video today about it, so seems like it should be out pretty soon. I don't use it a ton, but for certain things it's really helpful. I'm glad they announced it a while back though because I was about to start down a path of making a work around based on using MIDI channel "keyswitching" and Cubase Expression Maps. Glad I didn't waste a ton of time.

[@darrenhirst9900]

Do you ever want to record the Psycho strings and wait till your wife is in the shower to play it? 😂 As usual Christopher great review thanks.

[@dk60ish]

Sorry, but they don't sound that different from what they've already done.

[@ChristopherSiu]

Fair enough!

[@rbingraham]

I don't think that's really the point. The point is to make their library much more accessible both in terms of price and ease of use. If you already have all or most of the Cinesamples line, Musio isn't really that great of an investment. There is some new content and there more coming, but it sure looks like they are moving away from Kontakt. They have had all their Kontakt stuff on deep discount for quite some time now.