Solo or ensemble Articulations?

[jseveriniii]

I've seen the other post that is similar to this, but I want to get a few opinions on how you guys work.

When you are doing full symphonic pieces with SO, do you use the solo articulations for each of the winds? or do you use the ensemble patches? It seems with strings, you can pretty much get away with always using the 18 vlns for example.

So....as an example - if you have a section of 2 flutes.....Do you use 2 solo flute instances? Or the enseble patch.

I tend to think to use the solo articulations as long as the parts are different. If they are playing in unison, I find the Section patches sound more realistic.

Opinions?