SampleScience has introduced French Violin, a free violin VST/AU for Mac & Windows.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“French Violin is a beautiful multi-sampled violin with a lot of character and charm. Played to sound authentic, French Violin has a very warm and natural sound. It’s the perfect violin plugin to add a touch of strings to your music production without using GB of hard drive space.

French Violin comes with 6 articulations: arco vibrato, arco non-vibrato, pizzicato vibrato, pizzicato non-vibrato, spiccato, and tremolo.”

Features:

• 6 articulations
• One sample per note
• Multi-LFO
• Room reverb
• Low CPU usage
• Highpass/Lowpass filter
• Amplitude range controls
• 3 voice modes: polyphonic, monophonic, and legato

It’s available now as a free download (email address required).