What really sets the SONiVOX Orchestral Companion Strings apart from other seemingly similar products is this: Up and down bow bowing, sustain, staccato, and spiccato notes, plus instrument pizzicato and tremolo articulations provide the depth of content needed for convincing ensemble string parts and tracks. All sections are fully represented, including 1st violins, 2nd violins, violas, cellos and contra basses. The key is flexibility-you can compose and create on as detailed a level as you'd like. But we also offer you also a full array of individual string sections so you can really customize and polish your final creation by building things up section by section. There is a comprehensive collection of full orchestral string ensembles, which are fantastic for background string parts or quickly sketching out an orchestral score. The SONiVOX design team has produced over 90 outstanding string programs, each one meticulously crafted to deliver as accurate and convincing an experience as possible. That was our mindset when we created Orchestral Companion Strings. The key, of course, is 'well-done,' and you're sunk before you start if your strings sound like screechy steel cables instead of a rich, silky, expressive string ensemble. Nothing sets the mood like well-done ensemble strings in the hands of a skilled composer/arranger/producer.