Stein Strings
Strings with a soul and a second voice. Layer A is a lush ensemble string machine; layer B brings 124 FM sounds to put under it. Together they sound like nothing else in your plugin folder.
See it
Hear it
Straight out of Stein Strings, no external effects.
What it does
Ensemble strings
Register (8′, 4′ and both), bow, glass, tone, ensemble and motion: the thick, moving string sound that filled a thousand records.
FM layer B
124 FM sounds — pads, choirs, organs, bells, brass and more — under the strings, with its own pitch, envelope and mix.
Mutate on five axes
Bright or dark, short or long, moving or static, soft or aggressive, dirty or clean: push layer B in the direction you want, then undo or reset.
Four starting points
Strings, Pad, Glass and Cello: one click to a playable sound, then shape it by ear.
Room
A space that sits the strings in the mix, from close to wide and deep.
Mono, Uni, Poly
Full chords, a single line or a stacked unison lead.
Specifications
| Formats | VST3 and Audio Unit (macOS), VST3 (Windows) |
|---|---|
| Systems | macOS 11 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel (universal) · Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit |
| Demo | Free 14-day trial of the full instrument (macOS: VST3 and AU, Windows: VST3), then silent until you get the full version |
| Layer A | Ensemble string machine: register, bow, glass, tone, ensemble, motion, ADSR |
| Layer B | 124 FM sounds with pitch (−24 to +12), envelope and mix |
| Mutate | Five directions, amount, undo and reset |
| Control | 4 starting points, your own presets, MIDI learn, PANIC |
Download
The demo is the full instrument for 14 days, then it goes silent. VST3 and Audio Unit for macOS, VST3 for Windows; the README in the zip says where the files go. Not signed yet: on macOS, if your host does not see it, the README has the one Terminal line that fixes it.