I needed the track to move forward and develop. I decided to add some floating ambient string sounds. To create a really full sound I decided to use the Cubase Arpache SX arpeggiator MIDI plug-in to automatically create string arpeggios. I experimented with different virtual synthesiser sounds and arpeggio patterns until I found what I wanted.
I found I could play a sequence of chords and broken chords on the keyboard and get a very full sound texture which I was very pleased with.
The following two sound files give examples of two string sections I created using Cubase's Arpache MIDI insert plug-in:
