# Oriental Strings — user reviews

> 29 indexed App Store user reviews of Oriental Strings by Christian Schoenebeck d/b/a Crudebyte, rated 4.20/5 from 11 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oriental-strings/id945125583/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oriental-strings/id945125583.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1

## Newest reviews (9 of 29)

### 4/5 — Isn’t Tanpura a strung instrument

*2022-11-20*

Please add Tanpura. Make this app even more special just by adding this one instrument.

### 5/5 — Superb for many genres of music

*2017-01-10*

These string sounds have real character and quality. There is a great range of timbres. The subtle Middle-Eastern flavour sits very well in rock music, at times simply as a refreshing non-vanilla tonality to organic-sounding strings. That said, if you want to evoke Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, you can dial it in in moments ;-)

### 5/5 — Love it

*2016-09-23*

This and the other iSymphonic offerings are definite tools that should be in every sound designers tool box. If real natural sounding orchestral strings is your thing, then buy this app.

### 5/5 — Kalitesi bir numara

*2016-02-28, version 1.2.2*

Sesler ve orkestra çok kaliteli. Almanızı tavsiye ederim.

### 5/5 — OUTSTANDING!!!

*2015-06-28*

I Love These String Sounds!!! As With Any CRUDEBYTE Product,Quality Is AWESOME!!
If You Want Eastern String Sounds,Search No
Further!! This App Is Nothing Short of OUTSTANDING !!!  No Regrets!!! Get It Now !!!

### 5/5 — High quality sounds

*2015-03-01*

Crudebyte really turned up the notch last fall when they upgraded iSymphonic and then released this Oriental Strings app.  Then, they made both of the apps universal; that was a wonderful thing for me (large capacity iPhone).  The app string  sounds were improved quite a lot since the initial release and now they are smooth and quite beautiful.

### 4/5 — Audio anger

*2015-02-16, version 1.1.1*

I just bought Oriental Strings. I'm surprised you can't use it in Audiobus. They need to update so it's compatible with Audiobus to record Oriental Strings.

### 4/5 — Très beaux sons mais...

*2015-01-22*

Les sons sont très très fins et le fait de pouvoir jouer avec plusieurs octaves sur le même écran est novateur. Toutefois le gros problème reste l'inter app audio qui ne sert à rien si l'on a pas de clavier midi car nous n'avons aucune touche pour s'enregistrer dans l'app, dommage sinon j'aurais mis 5 étoiles car en plus il n'y a pas d'audiobus......en tout cas il y a de très beaux violons,merci !!!

### 5/5 — Wonderful sounds

*2015-01-19*

The preset sounds are great, rich, leaning towards the "dramatic" side, but a nice selection.  Controls and UI is good.  MIDI CC for program change does sort of work, but is flaky, changing the presets, but not in the correct order, and the large preset name on the screen does not update to the currently selected one, though it does when not controlling through midi.  With a few minor fixes, this app will be A+.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — The strings sounds don’t sound like real instruments. It’s not even close.

*2020-04-22*

I’m sorry guys but these strings don’t sound even close to the real thing. Please try to get some decent sounding string in there. Otherwise this is great. I feel kind of cheated. The garage band strings sound way better than these ones that I just bought.

### 1/5 — Ekelhaft

*2018-02-04*

Wer am PC oder Mac mit virtuellen Instrumenten arbeitet, der lässt die Finger von diesem Datenmüll. Ich habe ja nicht viel erwartet, aber ehrlich gesagt sind das die wahrscheinlich schlechtesten Strings die ich je spielen "durfte" :(. Keine mono/Legato Funktion, keine Release samples, keine Modwheel Funktion kein gar nichts - bloß seelenlose Sustains. Da hilft nichts, außer sich jetzt doch hinsetzen und meine Instrumente vom Rechner in mühevoller Arbeit in BM3 zu Mappen...

Sorry Crudebyte für das „crude review" (no pun intended)

**Developer response:** Es tut uns Leid, dass die Sounds nicht Ihren Geschmack treffen. Die Klänge von Oriental Strings sind ganz speziell auf das orientalische Genre gerichtet, sind also keineswegs für den Einsatz als klassische westliche Orchesterklänge entworfen. Das die Sounds von Oriental Strings daher für den ein oder anderen sehr speziell klingen, ist uns bewusst. Für klassische, westliche Orchester Sounds ist unsere App iSymphonic Orchestra passender.

Und bitte haben Sie Verständnis, dass wir für den Preis von nur 6,99 € nicht alle erdenklichen Spielweisen anbieten können, wie Sie sie von Produkten her kennen die mehrere hundert Euro oder gar mehrere tausend Euro kosten. Die hohe Klangqualität von Oriental Strings und dessen sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis steht aber unserer Meinung nach außer Frage.

### 1/5 — Ach, schade...

*2016-11-02*

Da sind viele Klänge sehr schön: Könnte wirklich Spaß machen, besonders das Mirco-Tuning und der Hall sind gut gelungen. Aber: 
1. Zu viele Klänge sind nicht sauber programmiert (= "Stör-Tasten" , die plötzlich in anderer Oktav-Lage spielen), 
2. keine Möglichkeit, das Anspielen zu verzögern, 
3. keine Einstellungen speicherbar, 
4. Modulationsrad ohne Funktion (z.B. um Vibrato zu erhöhen etc.) 
So kommt keine richtige Freude auf = besser Sampler-Tank light mit Miroslav in-App zulegen.

Nachtrag:
Kritikpunkt 1. entfällt, da ist jetzt nachgebessert worden.
= bleibt also schade, könnte soooo toll sein...

**Developer response:** Es gab keine Korrekturen an den Sounds. Das Problem das Sie hatten, war kein Problem mit den Sounds; Sie haben Noten auf anderen "Parts" ausgelöst. Oriental Strings bietet 16 so genannte "Parts". Das heisst Sie können bis zu 16 verschiedene Instrumente der App simultan spielen. Das folgende ist vom iSymphonic Handbuch, verhält sich aber identisch mit Oriental Strings: https://doc.crudebyte.com/iSymphonic/Getting_Started/#parts

### 1/5 — Instant regret

*2015-02-15*

Huge bloated file size, terrible sound, nothing to offer in terms of interface, inter-app compatibility, or even unique sounds, etc.  I cannot imagine how angry I would be if I didn't get it on sale.  Deleted day 1.

### 2/5 — Ok standalone, terrible Auv3

*2023-04-16*

This mediocre app is just one of two in the iSymphonic series. They sound exactly the same as the other. I would have to say this one is sort of worth the price [$7] unlike iSymphonic Orchestra, which is an IAP scheme [$10+ dozens if not hundreds of dollars to get the sounds]. At least with this, what you see is what you get. Even then, the AUv3 sometimes has trouble with loading, and during export. I read the same thing about iSymphonic and I will repeat what was told to me: I ditched iSymphonic for a REAL Symphponic/orchestral AUv3 by GSi called Mini Orchestra, and I am thinking of deleting both Crudebyte apps to save space.

### 2/5 — Amazing standalone, terrible Auv3

*2023-02-11, version 2.3.1*

This app is only amazing in standalone. It doesn’t work as an Auv3 with maqam choice, which without it just makes it a mediocre string Auv3, nothing Arabic about it inside a DAW

### 2/5 — Sound probs

*2018-01-22*

Several of the instruments are the exact same sample. Exactly the same. I believe there is a bug switching the sounds in the app perhaps?

**Developer response:** That is definitely not the case. Please read about the so called "multi-part" feature of this app. The following is a link to the iSymphonic manual, but it behaves the same with Oriental Strings: http://doc.crudebyte.com/iSymphonic/Getting_Started/#parts
From your description it sounds like you were triggering notes on another part then the one you were switching sounds on. For more questions please contact us: https://crudebyte.com/contact/

### 2/5 — Wish I hadn't bought this

*2016-04-25*

I'm used to high quality string instruments from embertone on my pc so this was a disappointment.  I played with this for about 15 minutes and then deleted it. Too cheesy for me.

### 3/5 — Not so great!

*2020-11-27*

The Erhu in garageband is free and sounds authentic & beautiful. The one in ‘Oriental Strings’ sounds like its a synth version. It’s not 1980’s home organ bad, just not great. The attack on these sounds lets them down but they are not deep or nuanced altogether. They might do ok underneath the blend of a busy instrumental mix but as solo sounds they are cheap and tacky. Some worse than others. Some not so bad. Then again they are actually cheap and so I guess you get what you pay for. Hence the *** rating. I wished I’d heard a demo before buying.

### 4/5 — Application de qualité,mais

*2023-01-22*

L’application en elle-même est de bonne facture .
Avec un panel de preset assez large ,on peut l’exploiter sans limite.
Mais je rencontre des problèmes lors que j’exporte ,quelques soit le format.
L’application crash ,les violons sonnent 1 fois sur 2.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — I love this

*2025-07-07*

I started out with this App on an iPhone 5 x86 and i still love it on my iPhone 7 pro with iOS 15.8.4… please maintain support as long as you technically can  🤗

### 5/5 — Perfekt 👌🏻

*2024-01-14*

Absolut Super Sound

### 5/5 — Excellent quality

*2020-12-31, version 2.0.8*

Easy to use sounds great

### 5/5 — Harika

*2020-11-07, version 2.0.8*

Çok güzel Harika

### 5/5 — great app

*2020-05-12, version 2.0.6*

its sooooooo great app really , we waiting for new sound packs , 
with classical turkish " kemençe " and arabian " Rababa " , its both a strings , thnx ♥️♥️♥️

### 5/5 — Quality.   Amazing.

*2018-07-16*

This little library is bomb.  It works great on its own.  If you’re using iSymphonic. The attack’s from this library can take the legato patches in iSymphonic and give you a whole new set of patches for iSymphonic.  Think of this as another expansion for iSymphonic and you’ll be glad you did.  And it completes the thing I feel is missing in iSymphonic: edgier attacks for some of the patches.   Found em.  And on its own. This library is KILLER. amazing quality. Accurate as heck to the genre it’s nAiling.

### 5/5 — Fantastic App!

*2017-11-21*

It's not just limited to exotic tonalities. It is also great for solid "English strings" (George Martin, Glyn Johns, Paul Buckmaster, etc...)

Incredibly versatile and worth every penny.
Recommended!

### 5/5 — Realistic Timbre

*2017-07-07*

Very surprising quality of sound.  Probably the best ethnic instrument sounds in an app.  Very impressive.  TG

### 5/5 — Great app - Great support

*2017-05-13*

I bought this app when it first came out, and I've used it on many tunes. The sounds are very rich and exotic, and they add drama and excitement to any production.
Recently, I had occasion to contact them because of an issue in a song I was arranging.
It was nearly 5:00 in the afternoon EST and I thought I'd probably hear from them after the weekend. 15 minutes later I received a reply that led to me solving the problem. The problem that I had created.
I consider that to be exemplary customer service!
An absolutely 5 star company.

### 5/5 — The King of its own niche

*2017-01-12*

Superb quality sounds and a reasonable price combine to make this a great, if not essential addition, to any Sonic Dabbler's collection. It is very much a niche product, doing one thing only but doing it better than any other app I've come across.

Nic

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