Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We open talking about shoes and finish comparing 15 (yes, FIFTEEN) different sample sets of pizzicato strings. We evaluate various libraries from Cinesamples, Logic, Spitfire, Embertone, East West, and 8dio.

Clips we used for evaluation are available for download here: https://danger.academy/composerish/pizz/

"Cartoon Ricochet 2 Sound" was recorded by Grant Evans and distributed via Soundbible.com under CC Sampling Plus 1.0

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"Fog Horn Sound" was recorded by Mike Koenig and distributed via Soundibible.com under CC Attribution 3.0 Unported. The sample was unedited.

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Contact info:
composerish@gmail.com
sleepfacingwest.com
incompetech.com
twitter: @sleepfacingwest
twitter: @kmacleod
patreon.com/kmacleod