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It's a matter of taste. I find most sampled brass and string sounds 
don't sound realistic. They sound like a keyboard player playing a 
brass or string preset. Granted the quality of the sample and the 
quality of the player factor into this. Analog patches give a 
keyboard player more expression. So although analog patches only 
approximate the actual sound they actually sound better.

For a good brass patch take a generic brass patch, set it for legato 
mono, set osc 2 to be a fifth above (set the tuning to 7) set the 
free eg to modulate the fine tuning (just a little bit) and make sure 
you have the mod wheel set for vibrato.

Rainbow Jimmy