I am currently typing Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight", and in between, I suddenly thought I would try string quartets. Well, "string quartets"...I have never really enjoyed listening to them. However, it is fortunate that I have been playing Beethoven's piano sonatas for a long time, and even as an amateur, I have come to be able to look into the deep world played only by the sound of the piano. I happened to have an opportunity to listen to Beethoven's string quartets, and I began to feel the same kind of fascination for chamber music created by only four string instruments.
However, solo strings in DTM are quite difficult, and I have had a lot of trouble with them in the past. And when it comes to a quartet, I think it would be quite difficult to bring out its unique charm. So I decided to try to play the 5th movement of No. 13, Cavtina, which I thought was the most impressive. This piece is not only beautiful but also amazing. Especially, how to express "beklemmt" (suffocating, heavy), which is indicated from the 40th bar, is the key.
The next step is to select a sound source. In the case of a string quartet, it is necessary to further balance each solo sound source, which may be a difficult task. This time, we decided to use "Solo & Ensemble Strings" by Sample Modering, which is a physical sound source that makes good use of sampled sound sources. Compared to Audio Modering's "SWMA Strings", which is a well-known physical sound source, it sounds somewhat more natural. Also, by selecting different "Body Impulse Response" (controlled by CC), it seems that the character of the first and second violins can be slightly changed, which is helpful. (SWAM also has a few different instruments to choose from) Well, it's going to take a while to get it done...