One of the most time-consuming tasks in string programming is rhythm. The fact that you can play that on one MIDI channel means ideas can be played directly and that really increases both workflow and creativity. If the second violins play a three-part chord while the firsts all play a melodic line, the chord will have a different sound as you have less players on each note. This is called divisi and is a major part of why string orchestras sound the way they do. Then if you play a single note line you get everyone playing together, but as soon as you play harmony it splits the sample sets up according to the defined rules and you get something that sounds incredibly close to the real thing. By using the auto arrange script (switchable on each individual instrument patch) you can then put all the instruments in a section onto the same MIDI channel and give it some rules, such as in three-note harmony the highest note is played by first chair and section A, second note B and lowest C. You get first chair (a solo instrument) and then sub sections called A, B and C. What Audiobro has done is split every section into four. As you increase harmonic density so the size of your orchestra increases at the same speed that reality decreases. Suddenly you have doubled the number of players.
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