Best Solo Strings VST?? Chris Hein Strings (Compact Edition) Review

We review the Chris Hein Solo Strings (Compact Edition) and try to understand whether it's up there with the best of the Solo String options available. We focus in on Sound Quality and also on the Workflow used to make music with the plugin. Use the links below to jump to the section you want to watch: 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - THE REVIEW 01:12 - Chris Hein Strings - SOUND QUALITY 03:34 - Side by Side Comparison: Chris Hein vs Orchestral Tools 04:14 - An introduction to the instruments in Chris Hein Strings 04:45 - DEMOs of each instrument: 05:07 - 1826 Violin 05:33 - Italian Violin 06:10 - French Violin 06:44 - Solo Violin 07:16 - Canadian Viola 07:42 - French Viola 08:05 - Solo Viola 08:35 - British Cello 09:00 - German Cello 09:20 - Modern Cello 09:43 - Romantic Cello 10:03 - German Double Bass 10:21 - Italian Double Bass 10:42 - Solo Double Bass 10:53 - Intro to Ensemble Patches 11:38 - Full Violins 11:53 - Light Violins 12:08 - Full Violas 12:23 - Light Violas 12:40 - Full Celli 12:53 - Light Celli 13:08 - Full Double Basses 13:27 - Light Double Basses 13:49 - Mixed Ensemble (full, mid) 14:00 - Mixed Ensemble (light, high) 14:16 - Chris Hein Strings - WORKFLOW 16:46 - The Note-Head Feature - how it works in the Chris Hein strings 18:57 - What the Note-Head Feature makes possible - some examples 21:03 - Note-Head Bug 1 - Settings Randomly Reset 23:25 - Note-Head Bug 2 - Articulations 24:45 - Note-Head Bug 3 - Pitch Bend Inconsistency 25:32 - Note-Head Bug 4 - Key Switches Work Intermittently 26:17 - Communication 28:19 - A Final Example (Use of Chris Hein 1826 Violin in a song) 29:20 - THE VERDICT 30:07 - Would I Upgrade to Full Version or Switch to Another VST? 31:29 - Next Time (and other VST Reviews) 32:02 - Modulating Key for Intuitive Composers 32:38 - Modulation Example More information about each of the pieces of music used in this video can be found at the links below: String Quartet no.1 - https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/track26 Chamber Octet - https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/track28 Rise Together - https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/track30 Once More - https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/track29 You can hear more of my music on this channel, on Bandcamp - https://guyshahar.bandcamp.com/ and also at https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/music