These short demos demonstrate some of specific things you can do with the new string patches in GPO5. 

GPO 5 String Instrument Demos

This selection shows one of the small ensembles presets made from solo violins and violas playing fast staccato passages. This is another example of an ensemble preset built from individual stringed instruments.

Violin And Violas Small Ensembles Staccato

This demo shows the two solo basses preset playing pizzicato.

Two Solo Basses Pizzicato

This file demonstrates one of the small ensembles presets made from 3 solo violins playing fast spiccato passages. This is just one example; you can choose presets of between one to six players to create ensembles.

Three Violins Fast Spiccato

This piece shows some of the new strings playing sustains. It highlights the silky string sounds that can be achieved with the sordino mute feature. Sonic Morphing is also featured.

Sweet Sustain Section Strings

Here one of the Solo Violin instruments demonstrates legato and playing fast passages with spiccato. Notice how agile and varied you can perform with the solo stringed instruments.

Solo Violin Legato Spiccato

This example highlights one of the new solo violins playing a variety of techniques including double stops, short attacks, and staccatos.

Solo Violin Gypsy With Various GPO5 Instruments

This selection shows the solo stringed instruments combined with small ensembles presets playing short bows.

Solo And Section Strings Short Bows

This segment demonstrates the small sections playing fast, nimble passages. In addition there are numerous presets of small sections to build your own string ensembles. You can quickly load presets of one to six players and also play divisi parts.

Small String Ensembles Tchaikovsky 6th

Small sections preset playing the same legato and fast spiccato passages as in the "Solo Violin legato spiccato" example. This is an example of an ensemble preset made from individual stringed instruments.

Small String Ensemble Legato Spiccato

Hear a variety of solo and section strings playing in a Romantic period style.

Romantic Strings

New Full Strings

This demo illustrates a mix of new string sections and various solo strings playing moving legato lines. Sonic Morphing brings out the dynamic range in the crescendos.

Legato Solo And Section Strings

These two short pieces highlight the new full string sounds playing short bow articulations.

Full Strings Short Bows

This demo shows the new solo basses playing staccato in the low register.

Dark Basses Spiccato

Hear the new cello sounds combined with strings and harp.

Cellos And Orchestra

This short snippet demonstrates the deep brooding sounds of the stringed basses playing arco. Notice the timbre changes with Sonic Morphing as well as the note range.

Brooding Basses

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