Muse Strings is a free, world-class collection of solo and ensemble strings, featuring both a rich symphonic section and an intimate string quartet. Performed by top-tier session players and recorded with stunning clarity, each instrument is tailored for expressive, seamless playback in MuseScore Studio.
Muse Strings is a free, world-class collection of solo and ensemble strings, featuring both a rich symphonic section and an intimate string quartet. Performed by top-tier session players and recorded with stunning clarity, each instrument is tailored for expressive, seamless playback in MuseScore Studio.
Muse Strings is a free, world-class collection of solo and ensemble strings, featuring both a rich symphonic section and an intimate string quartet. Performed by top-tier session players and recorded with stunning clarity, each instrument is tailored for expressive, seamless playback in MuseScore Studio.
What’s New?
0.4.25
- Glissando and Portamento improvements for Classic Phrasing
- Fixes to Violas and Contrabasses portamento
Description
We set out to record both sectional and solo strings, performing an in-depth palette of articulations with a modern yet expressive playing style and recorded with great studio gear. After almost a year of painstaking sessions, recordings, editing and programming Muse Strings is ready to take your compositions to new levels of realism. The collection is designed with a consistent set of articulations across all sections and instruments. Expressive sustains, true legato, portamento and fast run samples bring your melodic lines to new heights. Trills have been recorded up to a perfect 5th, which can add a wonderful colour to your score. There’s an array of short notes, with speed controlled staccatos and staccatissimos, pizzicatos (including snap/Bartok pizz) and col legno to add energy and motion into your composition. Marcatos, accents, senza vibrato sustains, as well as sustains played “sul tasto” and “sul ponticello” round out this impressive collection. From energetic action sequences to romantic scenes, Muse Strings brings emotion and realism to your score.
Muse Sounds require no set up or effort to work with - simply write your music and push play.
Best of all, Muse Strings is completely FREE for you to use in your compositions.
Made with ❤️ by Muse.
Ensemble Violins 1, Violins 2, Violas, Cellos and Basses
Surprisingly great legatos. Paired with the string EQ and Lush High End setting on the Mastering plugin, you can get some really gorgeous string playback for free. I actually stopped using my more expensive libraries for string legato in favour of this!
The pizz, trem, and staccato patches are less impressive, but still helpful for mockups. Those legatos though are usable for realistic work.
0.4.25
pizzicato sucks everything else is good
0.4.25
0.4.25
I noticed that the cello notes sometimes don’t give playback for classic phrasing. Also, why hasn’t anyone added a solo contrabass yet?
Generally good. However, when we switch to PP mode, there is some audible noise. Also, Glisando is terrible. Don't even try it. If these two issues were fixed, there would be no problem.
0.4.25
This audio by the Muse Group is reaaaally good especially for free. And i dont wanna complain but if its not too much work u could do some fixes on the solo isntruments where most times if i dont put stacatto or smth on it its just really slurry, unclear and slidey..
if thatll be fixed then this audio is going the be top tier. 4,25/5
0.4.25
The ensemble section sounds are absolutely gorgeous, especially the cellos.
The solo instruments have a weird portamento/gliss sound between notes, and are terrible at playing faster or more detached notes. This seriously needs fixing it sounds super weird.
Why is there no solo bass sound?
0.4.25
Good job! What a wonderful Strings!
0.4.25
An improvement from other sounds, but pretty unbalanced, not great articulations, and really needs solo bass sound.
