How To Make Virtual Instruments Sound More Realistic

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Short answer: Think like an instrumental player. This is just a thought I had as I was tweaking a string part I’d written for a new piece. Sampled, sequenced strings sound fake when they’re 'perfect'. I’ve already written about introducing imperfection to humanise an instrumental part. In order to make an acoustic (or even electro-acoustic) …