I've been working on arranging my piece Tales of Nocturne for a string quartet. I must say that it was harder than I thought it would be. Normally I'll keep throwing on more instruments for help give an overall sound, But I wanted to make it work with just 4 instruments, so that it is possible to play live. 
Anyway the link is down there. Please let me know your views/opinions and general feeling on it.
Thanks for listening.
 
https://soundcloud.com/ru...f-nocturne-string-quar
 
updated https://soundcloud.com/russ-white/tales-of-nocturne-string-quartet 

That sounds really excellent! If that is soft synths you know how to work them to get them sounding real. Enjoyed it ALOT!

Not easy to do... This is pretty good. That solo violin is so expressive... It felt as if the cellos were a tad out of time in places.

The lower repeated melody notes during the first half sound a little off pitch to me for some reason, or perhaps it's the built-in "bend" that they have.  When the melody jumps up higher during the second half it "feels" better to me. 
 
But other than I think this turned out pretty well!
 

I agree with teego on the sound of the violins. Pretty convincing on the lead there. I like the composition. In my opinion the lead violin would sound better if if the midrange were more subtle. Good work though.

I'll go along with the other posts, just wonder why the lead sounds in the left channel more with the echo in the right.
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Perhaps because of the other part, but then I would have had that part in both channels, and the lead in the center, maybe.
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Hi Gus , very nice composition and sounds. Panning seems a bit strange, maybe ?
 
Rik

Hey guys, thanks for giving this one a go.
Yes, I have struggled on this one. This is the best that I've got it so far.

Normally when a string quartet plays live they are positioned from left to right as following; 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola and cello. Now I didn't want the 1st violin to be far left because of the strange panning, so I swapped the 1st and 2nd, then pulled it in to the center a little more, I think its panned about 30 or 40 to the right. I was unsure about panning it central, cuz I was trying to keep the piece balanced, only using 4 instruments means that on the right is the viola and cello, on the left is the 2nd and 1st violin.
Perhaps I should listen to a few recordings of quartets to hear how is should be balanced.

did you played this yourself. I like this cold track man. fit good on a movie

Thanks for checking it out. No I didn't play any instruments. It's all written within sonar using the piano roll. :)