Looking for great string sounds mainly, plus WAV playback

[Roo]

Hey, apologies if this has been asked a thousand times, I had a little search through but struggling to find a solution!

I've written some music which I now need to play live, including a lot of delay and reverb soaked strings in Logic. I'm not keen to have a laptop on stage, and I want everything to sound very organic and textural. Ideally looking for the following -

- big bassy cello / string sounds
- mellotron style violins
- warm brass sounds
- playback of pre-recorded samples would be a bonus

I'd be running the output through an echoplex and a reverb pedal so I don't necessarily need those effects built in..

I was looking at the Juno DI but I get the feeling it may sound a bit rubbish?

Budget is open-ended, I'd rather not spend money for no reason, but I want to make sure it sounds great live..

thanks!

 

[delaware dave]

The Kurzweil PC3's strings are considered world class. Check out their orchestral sounds here:

http://kurzweil.com/product/pc3/audio/

 

[Roo]

they sound amazing, thanks! now to decide how much to overspend even though the LE versions would probably suffice..