Or maybe it's better with an alphabetical list? Here's the list originally based on one of the polls we have.
Please suggest missing libraries (including section size info!).
STRING SECTION SIZES
A
8dio Adagietto
(11-8-6-4, no violin 2)
8dio Adagio
11/*/7/6/4 [2 mic positions] 90.2GB, divisi: 6-3-2-2
8dio Agitato
(11/*/7/6/* [2 mic positions] 32.7GB, divisi 3-3-3-?)
8dio Anthology
11/*/7/6/4 [2 mic positions] 109GB
8dio Cage Strings
8dio Century Strings
6-4-6-4-4 (normale) and
6/4/5/4/3 (con sordino).
8Dio Majestica/8W
(20-20-30-30)
Aria Sounds London Symphonic Strings
Audio Ollie Nashville Scoring Strings
8-6-5-4
Auddict: The United Strings of Europe (20 players)
Audio Imperia Areia (16/*/10/6/4)
Audio Imperia Jaeger/Essential Modern Orchestra
(16-10-6-4)
Audiobro LA Scoring Strings (LASS, 62 players)
16/*/12/10/8 [1 mic position] 16.4GB (+ First Chairs)
Audiobro Legato Sordino Strings
C
Chris Hein String Ensemble
Cinematic Strings 2, 40 players:
12/8/7/7/6 [3 mic positions] 21.1GB
Cinematic Studio Strings (CSS, 35 [+4] players)
10/7/7/6/5 [3 mic positions], 34.5GB (+ solo strings as an option)
Cinematique Instruments Ensemblia
Cinestrings Core, 57 players
16/12/10/10/7 [4 mic positions, 85 gb] 50GB
Cinesamples CineStrings Pro
E
East West Hollywood Strings, 57 players:
16/14/10/10/7 [7 mic positions] 312.0GB
They added a 18 violin section to Hollywood Strings to the OPUS update (2021).
East West QL Symphonic Orchestra
18/4-11-10-10/3-9: several different sized section patches:18 Violins, 11 Violins and 4 Violins/10 Celli and 3 Celli
East West Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra: High Strings (8 violins and 6 violas) and Low Strings (6 Celli and 4 Basses).
It also has a small, 3-instrument, Viola da Gamba ensemble, and an equally small, 3-instrument, Hardanger Fiddle ensemble.
F
Frozen Plain Arctic Strings
G
Garritan Instant Orchestra
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5
(12-10-10-8-7)
Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 Ensembles
(9-3-9-3)
H
Heavyocity Novo
I
IK Multimedia: Miroslav Philharmonik (1/2)
Impact Soundworks Furia Staccato Strings
Impact Soundworks Rhapsody Orchestral Colours
Impact Soundworks' Tokyo Scoring Strings
(8/6/4/4/3)
ISW Furia Staccato Strings - 22 players
K
Kirk Hunter Chamber Strings 3 (
4-4-4-4-4, can choose from 2-4 for each section)
Kirk Hunter Diamond Symphony Orchestra Chamber Section
(4-4-3-2)
Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 2
(16-12-12-6, half division
8-6-6-3, Quarter Division
4-4-3-2)
Kirk Hunter Concert Strings 3
(16-16-16-16-16, can choose from 4-16 for each section)
Kirk Hunter Diamond Symphony Orchestra
(18-18-10-9-6)
Kirk Hunter Diamond Symphony Orchestra Studio Section
(9-9-6-5-3)
Kirk Hunter Pop Rock Strings
Kirk Hunter Spotlight Strings
L
Light and Sound Chamber Strings (LSCS, 18 players)
(6,5,3,3,1)
M
Miroslav Philharmonik 1
(23-4-10-9)
Miroslav Philharmonik 2
(14/4-8-5-4)
Miroslav String Ensembles 2.0
Musical Sampling Adventure Strings
Musical Sampling Soaring Strings
(10/*/6/5/4)
Musical Sampling Trailer Strings
18 VI, 16 VA, 14 VC, 12 B (60 players (Vln1+2 recorded as one section; no legatos)
N
NI Symphonic String Ensemble, 60 players
(16/14/12/10/8, divisi 8-6-6-4-4 [3 mic positions], 34.2GB.
Native Instruments Action Strings: 36 Players in High (
22-8-6 no Basses) and 24 Players in Low (
10-8-6 no Violins)
Native Instruments Emotive Strings
NI Session Strings
4-3-2-2 times 4 (as they have sections 1,2,3 and 4 each with these settings)
Novo Intimate Textures
O
Orchestral Tools Berlin Strings (BS, 28 players)
8/6/5/5/4, 129.0GB (5 extra players with optional First Chairs)
Orchestral Tools Berlin Orchestra Inspire
8-6-5-5-4 (+ optional First Chairs)
Orchestral Tools Metropolis Ark:
-Metropolis Ark 1
14-10-8-10
-Metropolis Ark 2
24-10-16-12
-Metropolis Ark 3
21-14-10-9
-Metropolis Ark 4
3-*-3-2-1
- Metropolis Ark 5: Strings -
12/*/8/6/4. Strings Large -
20/*/10/12/12 (+2 bass clarinets, 1 contrabassoon)
Orchestral Tools Time Macro (50): 10 / 10 / 8 / 8 + 8 / 6 (10 vln + 10 vln, 8 vla + 8 vlc, 8 vlc + 8 cb)
Orchestral Tools Time Micro (10): 3 vln, 3 vlc, string quartet (2 vln, 1 vla, 1 vlc)
Orchestral Tools Orchestral String Runs
Orchestral Tools Peteris Vasks Strings
6-5-4-4-3 (+ first chairs)
Orchestral Tools Symphonic Sphere
16-10-8-6
Orchestral Tools Symphonic Strings 18-16-14-12-8
Output Analog strings 18-16-14-12-8
P
Performance Samples Fluid Shorts (29*): 8 / (8) / 6 / 4 / 3
Performance Samples Fluid Shorts II (31*): 8 / (8) / 6 / 5 / 4
*Assumes you use the transposing trick on VLN 1 to create VLN 2.
Performance Samples Con Moto
(8 violins A, 8 violins B, 6 violas, 6 cellos, and 6 basses)
Performance Samples/Audio Ollie Nashville Chamber Strings
8 / (8) / 6 / 5 / 4
Performance Samples Vist
a: 5/*/4/3/3 (plus an extra section with 3 'overdub violins')
Performance Samples Pacific Strings
16/*/12/10/8 plus a three note overlay
Peter Siedlaczek String Essentials (Complete Orchestral Collection)
14 Vi, 10 Va, 8 Vc and 6 B
Project SAM Orchestral Essentials
Project SAM Orchestral Essentials 2
Project SAM Symphobia
Project SAM Symphobia 2
Project SAM Symphobia 3: Lumina
Project SAM Symphonic Colors Orchestrator
R
Red Room Audio Palette Symphonic Sketchpad:
-Strings, Full
(12-10-8-6-4)
-Strings, Chamber
(6-5-4-3-2)
S
Sampletank 3 Alleged Strings
Solid State Symphony by Indiginus
Sonic Implants Symphonic Strings
8-6-6-5 or 6-4
Sonivox Orchestral Companion Strings
Sonokinetic Capriccio
Sonokinetic Da Capo
Sonokinetic Espressivo
Sonokinetic Grosso
Sonokinetic Maximo
Sonokinetic Ostinato Strings: 52 players
Sonokinetic Sotto
Sonokinetic Tutti
Sonokinetic Vivace
Sonuscore The Orchestra/The Orchestra Complete
12/10/8/6/5
Soundiron/Native Instruments Chamber Strings
Spitfire Appassionata Strings: 8, 6, 6, 6, 4
Spitfire Abbey Road Orchestra: Violins – 16. Cellos:10
Spitfire BBC Symphonic Orchestra (50): (16/14/12/10/8 + 1/1/1/1/1 leader = 65 with section leaders))
Spitfire Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit (8,6,4,6,4) Studio Orchestra preset
Spitfire Albion 1
(11/9/7/6/4)
-Albion One (18-16-14-12-8)
-Albion 2
(8-6-4-4-3)
-Albion 3
(0,0,0,24,8)
-Albion 4
-Albion 5
(38-0-12-6)
-Albion NEO 23 Strings (Divisi):
Band A - 12
(3, 2, 2, 3, 2)
Band B - 11
(3, 2, 2, 3, 1)
Spitfire Chamber Strings / Sable (SCS, 16 players)
4/3/3/3/3, 287.7GB
Spitfire Evo Grid
Spitfire Hans Zimmer Strings (60,20,60,24) or (20,20,20,24)
Spitfire London Contemporary Strings
6/*/4/3/2 [2 mic positions] 28.1GB
Spitfire Masse
Spitfire Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions
Spitfire Olafur Arnalds Evolutions
Spitfire Studio Strings (SStS)
(8, 6, 6, 6, 4)
Spitfire Symphonic Evolutions
Spitfire Symphonic Strings / Mural (SSS)
16/14/12/10/8, 101.1GB
Strezov Cornucopia String Ensembles
(6-5-4-3-2)
Strezov Afflatus:
- 12-10-8-8-6 library with divisi
- 6-5-4-4 chamber library
- a 6-5-4-4-2 'minimalist' library. These presets sections also have divisi, and those can be used alone as well, meaning that there's also a 3-3-2-2 half section in there.
-Scene d'Amour' presets (5-4-3-3)
-First Chairs (1-1-1-1-1) (More
here)
V
Versilian Studios VSCO 2
(5-4-3-2)
VSL Appassionata Strings
(20/*/14/12/10 [1 mic position] 19.4GB)
VSL Chamber Strings
(6/*/4/3/2 [1 mic position] 40.7GB)
VSL Dimension Strings
(8/*/6/6/4 [1 mic position] 246.8GB)
VSL Orchestral Strings
(14/*/10/8/6 [1 mic posiiton] 42.4GB)
VSL Special Edition (
14 violins, 10 Violas, 8 cellos, 6 basses)
VSL Synchron Strings
(14-10-8-8-6)
VSL Synchron Duality Strings
(14-12-10-10-6)
Z
Zilhouette Strings by Cinematique Instruments
(7-2-7-2)
NB:
If any of you know the section sizes for libraries which don't already have that info, please post them in this thread or in a private message to me - I'll copy them into this post later.
More info about section sizes here:
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/sampled-orchestra-part2