I'd like to share the way I set up Afflatus Strings in my template and welcome comments or suggestions... especially since the upcoming updates could change my method of working with this library. I basically set up a Vienna Ensemble Pro project for each instrument: vlns 1, vlns 2, vlas, vc, basses. Each project contains 1 Kontakt instance. Each Kontakt instance contains all the patches I want to use for each instrument.: Lush Vlns 1, Spicc, Pizz, Chamber, Scene d' Amour, etc. and each had a consecutive midi channel. I then assigned controller #s to each of the controls that allowed it... close, deca, hall, legato, overlap, etc, etc. Now the fun begins: I created a Logic Pro X track for each instrument and created an Afflatus articulation set with keyswitches to match the instruments I set up in Kontakt. That's pretty much it, except for my Lemur template that has all of the keyswitches and CCs together. Basically, each patch acts as it's own keyswitched instrument and since the library hasn't really gotten into this feature, we need to do it ourselves in some way. Lush strings have only sustain and tremolo. What I've done is simply added to this as I've described. Only big downside so far is that with all these patches loaded, the ram gets used up pretty quickly on the slave machine I have this library on. All of this said, it makes the library usable for me and the sound of the instruments and touch is beautiful. One think they did that seems obvious, yet most other libs don't do... the samples are recorded without the crazy big room sound. The reverb lets you add to taste, or use 3rd party efx, but some other libs are so swimmy, they can get uncontrollable. Very anxious to see what comes next in the updates of this very beautiful sounding string section!