Logan String Melody II vs. SonicProjects Stringer

YouTube Published on May 21, 2012 by virtualoberheim

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/

SonicProjects Stringer string machine VSTi compared to a Logan String Melody II and playing some of the other included presets.

SonicProjects Stringer is a VSTi plugin for windows that provides top quality samplesets of the following 3 string machines:

- Logan String Melody II
- ARP Omni 2
- Welson Symphony

Learn more about these machines here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/realdevices.html

Outside of Italy the Logan String Melody II was distributed by Hohner under the name Hohner String Melody II.

Stringer features two chosen presets of each of those machines which were sampled key by key using high end equipment including apogee convertors to achieve the best quality possible.

Learn more about the chosen presets here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/description1.html

For a true 1:1 performance the samples use loop lenghts of up to 6 seconds which are exactly matched to the natural beating loops of the original keys which makes the samples sound nearly identical even holding the keys for a long time where other solutions often fail.

The featured Logan presets:
00:12 O
01:51 ORGAN

The featured Stringer presets:
00:16 04 Logan Strings
01:59 05 Logan Organ
03:18 03 Shine On Split
04:24 30 Power Combi II
06:03 14 Solina Strings
06:21 01 Solina Soft Combi
06:31 11 Jarre Chords
06:48 10 Eternal Chords
07:17 18 Many Too Strings
08:34 16 Moongirl Sustained

Featured songs:
01:51 Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
03:18 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
04:24 Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
06:03 Barclay James Harvest - The Sun Will Never Shine
07:17 Genesis - Many Too Many
08:34 Barclay James Harvest - Moongirl

Note that the original songs mostly use different sounds and instruments (e.g. the Mellotron for Watcher and The Sun, Polymoog for Many Too Many), but they are fun to play with these presets too.

How to use Stringer live:

Apart from using a windows laptop you also might check these two hardware player alternatives:

SM Pro Audio V-Machine

Stringer is included in the VM Bundle which contains optimized versions of OP-X and Stringer for the V-Machine featuring the exact same sounds as demoed in this video:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/

Learn more about the V-Machine here:
http://www.smproaudio.com/index.php/en/products/v-machines

With the V-Machine plus the VM Bundle you can have the Logan, the Omni and the Welson plus OB-X in a tiny lightweight video cassette size box for only €298 (€199 for the V-Machine and €99 for the VM Bundle).

Muse Research Receptor:

Stringer is pre-installed (unlicensed, demo mode) in every featured Receptor. If you own Stringer you can crossgrade to the Receptor version for free here:
http://www.plugorama.com/product.php?id=556

Learn more about Receptor here:
http://www.museresearch.com/

Note that there are also a few other string machine emulating plugins containing "Stringer" in their names:

- Falkelab Stringer
- Numerikart Stringy Stringazoide Stringer
- Easytoolz easy-mr.stringer

Logan String Melody II VSTi
ARP Omni 2 VSTi
ARP Solina VSTi"