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
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
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.
The group strings sound nice, you have plenty of playback options as well, from nonvib to sul tasto, ponticello and even col legno. You can add a fair bit of color to your works with this. If I had something to add, it'd be that the glissando is a bit... Well, it doesn't really work, to be honest. I'd love to see that in a future update, string legato is one of my favorites
The sections sound pretty good, exept for some parts on second Violins, and solo Instruments sound not quite as good as the should, but definitely better than the standard ones, fix that and it would be pretty much perfect.
Another cool upgrade this could use is to have proper tremolos on double (and multi-Note) Stops work correctly.
The sound quality, particularly in the piano/piano-forte range sound terrible. A very noticeable "buzz" sound occurs, which a recording quality issue. Not only that, but you can here things such as someone dropping a pin in the recording when at piano or piano-piano. Dynamics are crazy and must be edited in the mixer. The legato isn't very noticeable. The solo strings, however, sound pretty good and the legato is pronounced. A solo contrabass might be a good future update. Though the soloists sound a little strange, I've been able to implement them pretty regularly with detail.
I used to think they sounded awful, like they were doubled, but that bug can be fixed by adding the "mute" performance direction to the score... dunno why. After doing so they sound alright.
The violins, especially the solo ones, sound like trumpets bought on Temu and played by a 2-year-old elephant… What a disappointement: the previous MuseStrings were a lot better. Please improve them.
Doesn’t sound anything like a violin. More like someone playing on a saw
Good ensemble performance, while solo needs some improvement (especially both violin I and II solo which sound really weird). And, yes, a more aggressive play option is welcome.