Want to hear from KH Concert Strings users

I don't have KH strings but I have KH Diamond Orchestra. 60 gigs worth of download. Took me a week to download all. Only at my free time, not 24 hours a day. 
 
Don't know if this is relevant to you. They always have samples with and without reverb. During composition I use to wet version and during mix down I use the dry version.
 
This is the result.
https://www.youtube.com/w...Lr5jMKP7D9ky8ehrHF2BGA

I don't have concert strings but I suspect it follows the same Kirk Hunter structure as Concert Brass and the TVAC4 updates for Rock and Pop. Hopefully someone else will pipe up with more precise info, but this seems to be born out by the manual
 
You should look for the NKIs in a folder that will be called something like TVAC4 Instruments. You will probably find a NKI for Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses and a combined string section. The pattern maker is on a seperate tab of the NKI interface.
 
For most purposes these TVAC4 instruments will be all you need. Keyswitches control the articulations and the solo, quater half and full division settings.
 
The Manual looks a bit daunting but I find the TVAC4 interface to be quite intuitive unless you want to really did deep.
 
I suspect the other NKIs will be individual articulations and will be in other folders. Each of the 5 sections has 12 articulations and 5 division settings and 6 accent styles = 1800 posible combinations. Plus there are other option controls as well.
 
 

mike_mccue
Bapu told me to use Ernie Ball super slinkys.

The only ones my delicate piano-player fingers can handle! Impossible to keep in tune, but you can bend them clear around the neck if hou want to. It's "Slinkies" if you're trying to order them online, though.

Glyn Barnes
For most purposes these TVAC4 instruments will be all you need. Keyswitches control the articulations and the solo, quater half and full division settings.

That was my best guess based on a reading of the manual, so thanks for confirming that, GB.
 
So what's with all the redundant libraries, e.g. TVEC2, TVEC3, TVEC4? They all seem to have the same .nki names. I know they're different samples and obviously different scripting, but are they really that different?
 

bitflipper

mike_mccue
Bapu told me to use Ernie Ball super slinkys.

The only ones my delicate piano-player fingers can handle! Impossible to keep in tune, but you can bend them clear around the neck if hou want to. It's "Slinkies" if you're trying to order them online, though.

Good to know. I'll get a few sets and keep them and around and should I ever get you to come for a visit we can put them on something.
 
Do you like Pink or Yellow?

670 is on pianoteq. I was using the piano preset with minor tweaking. The choir is kontakt. Thanks for listening.

mike_mccue
Bapu told me to use Ernie Ball super slinkys.

Bu the trick is to use DGDF#Ab tuning. That's the chit I tells ya.

you see to be on your way - sorry I did not spot this sooner!
 
I use KH Diamond, CS2, CB2, and Spotlight strings, and have for several years now.
 
Some thoughts to get you up to speed quickly...
 
1) use the combination patches, e.g. all articulations, all sections, and purge them completely before you start. Then add only the articulations and/or sections you need. Big time saver, and sometimes sanity saver (that lovely noise - I've heard it!)
2) don't wrestle with the included impulses. There are a couple that are quite good, but mostly they aren't - not sure if that is the impulses themselves, or the Kontakt engine, but you'll work faster if you use the reverbs that you know and love.
 
3) workflow - there are probably a dozen ways to use CS2... I create two MIDI tracks, one for the five parts (Vln1, Vln2, Vla, Vc, and Bass), and one for key-switches. Used to use 10 tracks, and there are some advantages, but lately I'm using MIDI channels to separate things, and it is working out quite nicely.
 
4) The strings are recorded very intimately. Which is cool, you can create a wide array of sounds, but be very aware of timing, as it will change as you apply effects, or rather it will seem to change. It doesn't really.
 
5) The Adagio patch is really good for roughing things in, then go back and play with the other articulations.
 
6) If you don't need the legato leave it off for this project. Many of the other patches do a really convincing job of legato, and getting the Smart Legato to behave was on of my bigger frustrations. UGH!
 
FWIW I picked up 8Dio Agitato and Adagietto this year, and I find I am using KH CS2 less, but it is still in the template, and it still gets used. Several of the CS2 articulations layer beautifully with the 8Dio strings.
 
Of all the cool tricks that 8Dio use, by far and away the coolest (to my ears) is their dynamic bowing patches. Imagine if you will capturing the actual speed and direction changes in the recorded samples. I know, we are all quite used to using CC1, CC11, and others to simulate these things, but I have to say, I used the dynamic bowing patches for the first time this morning, and I'm blown away at the results. If I were in a hurry I could skip over the polishing phase entirely, I won't, but  could, it sounds that good right out of the box.
 
I got a LOT of mileage out of Kirk's libraries, and expect that I will get a lot more, I will probably upgrade to CS3 when funds allow. The current libs require a little more work than some newer offerings, but that's to be expected as developers extend the whole concept of sampled instruments. But I still like the KH libraries, they will serve you well.
 
In the meantime, if you run into challenges, and the schedule doesn't provide the luxury of digging around pm me or post and I'll be glad to answer what I can. I'm guessing I've hit many of the challenges already<G>!

Glad it's working for you no wand you have a few days to scramble to put your piece(s) together.

In the future, if you do move to Kontakt 5 or better, Spotlight Strings from KH are really nice.

Bit, if you haven't already, put the old Miroslav in your ST3. It works fine.

Better open a case with Support, they respond very promptly.
For me, importing Miroslav and SonikSynth went smoothly, except for one file in SonikSynth I had to remove first.