Artist Series - Taylor Davis is a solo violin library and a part of Cinesamples' Artist Series, and the developer's positioning is specific: a versatile solo violin library that captures Taylor's stunning sound and unique style. Seamless legato recordings and extended articulation sets allow for agile melodic passages in any genre. The instrument itself is the differentiator and is documented: American violinist Taylor Davis shines through this Cinesamples library, as does the warm tone of her Italian-made antique violin — handmade in the 1700s, the aged wood gives Taylor's instrument a warm tone with unique character — and the library captures the unique tone of Taylor's violin, handmade in 1700s Italy. A specific instrument with a specific player's expression is the premise of the Artist Series, which is why the catalogue should present it as a signature library rather than a generic solo violin.

Its technical lineage is documented and is the reason it plays the way it does: her Violin Legato library incorporates the same unique seamless legato recording and programming techniques as the Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato, Tina Guo vol 2, and CineStrings SOLO libraries, with the legato engine responding intuitively to different note shaping and play styles and the Legato articulation featuring Cinesamples' Seamless Legato performance found in all our solo string instruments, where want upward portamento? Play a transition with a velocity over 110! Its articulations are documented across two sources and should be carried fully, since they determine what the library can play: Legato, Sustains, Spiccato, Marcato (an elongated espressivo-style short), Pizz, Tenuto, and Open Strings (sustains on the 4 open strings of the violin), with eleven articulations including Infinite Bow variants of Legato, Sustain, and Open Strings documented by a distributor. The Open Strings articulation is a distinctive inclusion: sustains on the four open strings are the resonance that underlies everything a violin plays, and the Infinite Bow variants address the practical limitation that a sampled note stops when the recording ends. Its interface features are documented: the Mod Wheel controls general dynamics, more articulations are available via keyswitches from C1 to F or from the dropdown menu, and there is an Articulation Lock feature next to the articulation pull-down menu; when locked, keyswitches are removed and all other articulations are purged from RAM — the RAM purging being a real benefit in a large template. Reverb options are documented as a variety of reverbs from which to choose including Taylor's custom reverb heard on all her YouTube videos. It is delivered as a Kontakt Player instrument, recorded in the same studio as the Cinesamples Tina Guo libraries, and requires the FREE or FULL version of Kontakt 5.6.8+, with a download size of 8.02 GB and native 64-bit support for stand-alone and plug-in versions on both Mac and PC, supporting stand-alone, VST, Audio Units, RTAS (Pro Tools 8 and higher), DXi, ASIO, Core Audio, DirectSound, and WASAPI. It is listed at $249, frequently discounted to $161.85, and is also available through Musio, where Musio+ Complete offers it with thousands more instruments at $199 billed annually. It suits film, television, and game scoring, pop and electronic strings, folk, and contemporary classical, and the seamless legato is the feature that makes agile melodic writing possible — which is the specific reason a solo violin library is judged on its legato rather than on its sample count.

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