Selecting any one of the sustain articulations and opening the Advanced tab reveals the Morph Controls matrix. There is lots of control for the staccato and staccatissimo articulations as well, to be found in the Advanced tab, and I like that the Attack Tightness is MIDI CC assignable. For now, I have opted to have the Legato type controlled by MIDI CC 30, the speed by MIDI CC 15,and the Staccato Overlay Note-Start Amount by MID CC 70, while fixing the During Legato Amount at a small amount. (I will be creating Articulations IDs in Logic Pro X though.) The Legato and Polyphonic Legato work well with a sustain pedal and I love the control the Advanced tab gives you. With multi-articulation instruments, you can keyswitch between them with the default keyswitches, or re-assign to notes you prefer. There is of course a built-in reverb, but if you have read any of my reviews, you know that I always prefer to use my own on a send. My initial impression is that I am falling in love with the Spot mic mixed with a bit of the Far mic, but it is early days yet and no doubt I will be experimenting with lots of different mic position combinations. There are four stereo mic positions, defaulting to a mix of the Close and Far mics. The only missing ingredient for me is con sordino, although the flautando sounds pretty close to me when I want that kind of muted sound. If you want to add some aleatoric and modern type sounds, you will surely want to check out the Scratch and Air articulations, particularly with the Morph option (more on that later.) There is no Bartok pizzicato, but that is a more aggressive sound than I would use this library for anyway, probably. As is consistent with their philosophy, you will not find every single articulation you will ever encounter in an avant garde score, but all the basic ones are there, plus a couple of surprises. And I am already finding that it blends well with other strings libraries I have when I need a bigger sound. Fluffy Audio just always seems to capture a gorgeous tone with all its libraries and this one is no exception. But even without reverb, the sound is lovely and evocative. So it isn’t a huge section, and all by itself it probably would not be your choice for massive trailer style strings. Venice Modern Strings has 8 first violins, 6 second violins, 5 violas, 5 cellos and 3 double basses. Instructions for installation are included in your confirmation email.
The best way to download it is with the free Pulse software. Venice Modern Strings is a 55 GB 24 bit/48 kHz Kontakt library, and a full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher is required. And boy, am I glad that I did! What Is It? But when one of my favorite developers, Fluffy Audio, announced their new strings library and I heard some demos I simply had to go in to the water for a dip. I know, I know I swore I would never review another strings library, and honestly, I meant it.