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I've always been a fan of orchestration in music and scoring, and have thus far mainly used Reason for it. I have various samples, and even some old soundfonts that I have combined to get the closest-to-'real' sound I can. Since recording the actual string instruments isn't really an option for me, I've just been using midi controllers and keyboards to do the best I can.

Does anyone have any software suggestions or tips on how to make strings/orchestra sound more 'real'?

thanks!

-Tuomas Easton

http://www.tuomaseaston.com/

Recording each 'instrument' separately seems to help if you are playing them on a MIDI keyboard or on a keyboard with built-in sound - rather than playing full chords. This way each one's timing is a little different - don't quantize, obviously.
Then on each separate MIDI track you can adjust EQ and panning individually.