Blending Cinematic Studio Strings & Spitfire BBC SO Pro together - is this string orchestra heaven?!

Today, I've written a concise demo in which I blended ‪@cinematicstudioseries2985‬ Cinematic Studio Strings and ‪@spitfireaudiollp‬ BBC SO Pro to form a large string orchestra. I use CSS's close mics and BBC SO Pro's room mics to achieve my sound. I start with just the violins and then show you how I use different microphone positions and other techniques to combine these two string libraries.
I still need to sort out some negative delays, so there are a few lumps at the start of phrases!
Please comment if you have questions about this video or how I use Cinematic Studio Strings and Spitfire BBC SO Pro. I'm always happy to share my insights and answer your queries.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and playback
01:40 Violin I
02:41 Microphone positions
05:35 Violin II
06:42 Viola
07:52 Cellos
08:29 Basses
09:42 Playback of blended demo
11:02 VCAs are Very Capable Allies for mixing
Software Used:
► DAW: Logic Pro X
Virtual Instruments:
► Cinematic Studio Strings
► Cinematic Studio Solo Strings
► Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Pro
Connect with Me:
► Instagram: tom.harrold_music
► Website: tomharrold.com/
► SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/tom-harrold
My Setup:
► Mac Studio M2 Max 64GB
► Audio Interfaces: Presonus 8pre
► Headphones: ‪@shure‬ SRH 1840
► Controller: ‪@GhostNoteAudio‬ Conductor
► Keyboard: ‪@StudiologicMusic‬ SL73
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[@YeahBan]

There's a way like this! It's a good experiment!

[@Emmanueluzozie]

Done!!!!

[@TomHarroldMusic]

Enjoy it!

[@kwameryan]

Sounds awesome! Effective and elegant... That is, as long as your parts aren't moving much or very fast, at which point the variable CSS legato latency becomes an issue. I have and love BBCSO and CSS but with bigger more complex pieces, I would never have time to layer like this. Which is why I invested in VSL"s Duality Strings which does all the layering set up for you out of the box.