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.
pizzicato sucks everything else is good
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.
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
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?
Good job! What a wonderful Strings!
An improvement from other sounds, but pretty unbalanced, not great articulations, and really needs solo bass sound.
It's free what can I say
Molto male veramente, è un glissando continuo. A sto punto mettete qualcosa di meglio nell'area gratis. Ma dai
The dynamics are extremely unbalanced (especially the violas) and the portamento feature all the strings have is gut-wrenchingly horrible. Please fix.
These strings have really good dynamic changes and work great for slow pieces or longer melodies. For fast pieces I learned that the staccato markings on 8th notes or 16th notes add a better support, and make it sound 10x better!!
In slow tempos, the legato playback doesn't work correctly. The transitions between notes sound disconnected or unnatural. Also there are issues with the balance. But the tone is great, so I hope it will be fixed
Again: free sounds, and much more decent ones than in the previous versions of Musescore! However, be aware that these strings will require tweeking in the mixer, and that nothing can be done to have them stop crissing and be expressive instead… That said, as long as it's free… NB: there are no "spiccato" options, as of now
It always says unable to download when trying to download it :(
For a free sound it's pretty good. Wouldn't pay for it.
I can hear some difference whatsoever, but the difference is so minimal that this is definitely not worth 5.5GB on your hard drive. Also add in solo contrabass
The solo instruments don't sound as realistic as I would want them to be and the dynamics of the ensemble are a mess on the lower end (especially for the violas). The cellos are too loud during Piano passages and the violas are too quiet. This would be a problem if I had to pay for it but considering that these are free, all in all, Muse Strings really isn't that bad. But for the love of god, please fix this.
The MuseStrings collection is horrible!! The basic strings are better if you’re looking for non-portamento, audible strings. The portamento on the paid version is truly awful, and even when you put it on classic phrasing, it sounds terrible. MuseHub, please fix this!
The pack overall is very good--but, there are some downsides with it. The intonation on some of the voices are very, very, bad. Adding to this, there is no 'Contrabass Solo' included in this, but there is a solo voice for every other stringed instrument. But if you ignore these factors, the pack is great.
I really love the sound of these strings! They sound really realistic. I’ve been waiting the muse sampler to open these sounds in my Daws too. Thank you guys!
I really like Muse Strings for writing for orchestras and string ensembles. However, I also write a lot for jazz bands and big bands, and I have a few suggestions for improvement. 1. Solo Contrabass Sound: I really miss having a solo contrabass sound with a good pizzicato option. This would greatly enhance my arrangements for jazz settings. 2. Mute Sounds: I noticed that the mute sounds for the strings are not included in the sound flag. I have to manually select them from the text palette, similar to the issue with Muse Brass. It would be more efficient if these sounds were integrated into the sound flags. 3. Playback Issues: Additionally, the strings do not seem to play tenuto when the mute sound is selected. I’ve also found that the Muse Brass sounds play accents in a way that feels unusual. These enhancements would make Muse Strings even more versatile and user-friendly for composers working in jazz and big band settings.