bioLogic has released a free set of violin samples.
He writes:
Recorded with a Rode NT3 small diaphragm condenser about 6″ from the strings, fed to a Really Nice Preamp and into my M-Audio 2496.
Violin Ricochet features
- 16 Samples, 6.3MB extracted.
- 32bit, 44.1KHz.
- 4 Strings: G, D, A, E stretched to fit.
- 5 Alternate Strikes: for round robin playability.
- 1 Velocity Layer: ricochet style (bow held several inches high, and dropped).
The sampleset includes HALion 3, sfz and wav and is free of charge.