Moody Blues, T.S.O.P, Dvorak, Beethoven, Copeland, cinematic, Mellotron or Motown, can save you a lot of time and money. Good news and bad news: You can go from free to thousands and thousands of dollars. How will the strings be used in your compositions (featured, solo, background, ambience, etc.)? What type of music will you be composing? What type of string/orchestral section are you after (citing a song or piece would be helpful)?ĭo you have Kontakt? UVI Workstation? SampleTank? Engine? Etc. Simple patches, articulated samples, phrases, or loops? As someone who ended up being an orchestral junky (oh, woe is me): Really too general a question!