Exactly. Personally, OACE is the most flexible because the variation in wave lengths is very nice. To expand on my idea a bit further, imagine pulling up a patch for Violins 1 and having 2 sets of keyswitches. 1 set changes the length ranging from 1-8 beats (tempo locked) and the second changed between articulations. In the gui, you get control over the tempo sync options (Sync to host or manual) plus 3 divisions Quarter, Dotted Quarter, and Half which, to me, are the most used tempo marking divisions. This would make it possible to cover 6/8, 4/4, and 3/2 time signatures without having to program around that. This is a feature most libraries lack when dealing with tempo sync'd samples.
To cut down on size, I don't need 4+ mic positions. Give me a solid conductor position stereo mix plus a good surround mix. In all of the jobs I've done, that's all I have to send the engineer to mix with the live sessions. They prefer dryer sound to a mix similar to Cinematic Studio Strings is perfect in my opinion.
The basic articulation breakdown would cover Swells, Crescendos, and Decrescendo at all sync'd lengths listed above. Now, apply your favorite articulations to those and there you go. Measured Trems would be awesome as I've not found a very dynamically diverse Meas Trem patch out there. This concept applied to Brass instruments is by far the best way to approach sampled brass phrases since there really isn't a brass library that can do convincing CC programmed swells from true piano to true fortissimo. The variation in timbre is so different that the crossfade is just not convincing, likewise, most developers work around that such as Berlin Brass. There is no way their sustained samples go past mf, they barely register as forte in my opinion. The reason for that is what I've mentioned above. The problems with sampled brass stem from the fact that those instruments don't produce a homogeneous sound in all dynamics, unlike strings which do that not only across dynamics but across the range for the most part. The only brass library that I think covers a near perfect programmable crossfade from piano to fortissimo is Chris Hein's Orch Brass. However, I am not a fan of the sound that library produces. It's dry, sterile, and just lacks that scoring sound I want. It's a personal taste at that point but his libraries are by far the best if you want smooth dynamic crossfading in all dynamic ranges of an instrument.
::sigh:: If only.
Cheers,
Chris