Friktion vs. Real Strings - Can you fake strings? In depth review.

Well this shoot-out / comparison video turned out to be WAY longer than I thought it would be. But hey, it was fun to make and I wanted to share my findings! Can you fake strings? Apparently you can...? Ever since I heard about Reason's Friktion I wanted to get it, but with the steeper price tag, it took me quite a while to save up and get it. Now that I have, I'm very happy to say that it has met my expectations. However, I wanted to do a truly honest comparison between Friktion, a physical modelling synthesizer and a sampled library of solo strings-- in this case Amber, by Orchestral Tools (a library which I love). How would the two compare to each other? Is it possible to fake strings? How does one go about comparing 'fake' (modelled) strings to 'real' (sampled) strings? What's the fair way to go about it? What on earth IS physical modelling synthesis?! How did sampling become a thing? The rabbit trail kept going deeper. Timestamps: 00:00-00:23 - Introduction 00:24-02:21 - A little background information 02:22-03:55 - Analog Synthesizers Explained 03:56-05:25 - Sampling Explained 05:26-07:02 - Physical Modelling Synthesis Explained 07:03-09:45 - Laying down the rules to compare 09:46-11:41 - Side by side comparison 11:42-24:20 - Individual Instruments Comparison 24:21-28:42 - The Verdict Sidenote: In the video earlier on I mention that I wanted to compare the "doubling" effect of Friktion to one Spitfire's string libraries... then I forgot that I wanted to do that and because of the length of the video I decided not to add it in at the end-- the comparison was already in depth and I didn't want to make it even longer. That being said, I have since tried this out. The "doubling" effect of Friktion does not par up to a real string library. Though you can get it to sound decent, there's something about a big group of live string players that I think would require an entire other plugin to emulate. 🔊 Spotify: http://bit.ly/dekoningtanspotify 🍎 Apple: http://bit.ly/dekoningtanapple 🎵 Amazon: http://bit.ly/Amazondekoningtan 🛍 Our Store: https://ko-fi.com/dekoningtan/shop 👕Our Merch: https://dekoningtan.creator-spring.com/ 🔥 Our TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@dekoningtan 📸 Instagram: http://bit.ly/dekoningtaninstagram 🐦 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dekoningtan 🔔 Click To Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribedekoningtan 🆓 Free song from me: http://bit.ly/FREEsongdekoningtan #reasonstudios #friktion #amber #orchestraltools #shootout #producer #comparison #review #synthesizer #physical #modelling #algorithm #synth #samples #samplelibrary #music #musicproduction #musicproducers #daw #reasondaw #digitalaudioworkstation #avemaria #fake #strings #analoguesynth #musica #vs #orchestra #violin #cello #viola #doublebass #contest #contentcreator #reason #stringquartet