Freddy JVery nice piece and well played. Thanks for posting.
stevecNice composition! I only listened to the second version but I think the reverb level is pretty good. As far as adding realism goes, that's usually outside of what you played into SONAR. I'd recommend splitting your strings into separate MIDI tracks and using a combination of Modulation (GPO uses this for volume) and Pitch CCs and possibly the track MIDI Volume as well on the individual parts. That way you can get each part to breathe a little more (as Robbie noted) without having the entire section follow the same pattern.
whackIt doesnt sound like the real deal but at the end of the day it doesnt really matter, the composition sounds great. Dunno what religion you are but you should get the local fiddle crew to flake out a version of it at church :-) Cian
StariseVery nice arrangement. I think the trick in adding realism might be to simply change a few velocities and lessen the degree of vibrato, maybe some very small timing changes ( nudge ever so lightly)...a really fine piece of music though!