The Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Strings I Full Library is a virtual instrument with a library that accurately captures the sound and expressiveness of multiple string sections expertly performed by the members of the Synchron Stage Orchestra and recorded with the signature ambience of the Synchron Stage Vienna scoring stage.
Synchron Strings I Full Library offers sections of 1st violins (14), 2nd violins (10), violas (8), cellos (8), and double basses (6) recorded separately at their designated positions on stage. Engineers employed eight separate phase-coherent microphone configurations, recorded simultaneously to provide a broad range of room sound options. All mic configurations can be mixed to create stereo, 5.1 surround, or 9.1 Auro 3D mixes, each with different levels of ambience and stereo panorama, from close and focused, to broad and epic.
The library comprises a wide variety of timbres and articulations including realistic legato performance, sforzando, pizzicato, vibrato, and more. The notes are sampled with up to eight velocity layers and ten variations, from pianissimo to fortissimo and everything in between. Performances are recorded and edited at "fixed gain", ensuring that all pitches, dynamic layers, articulations, and instruments precisely match with each other.
The Synchron Strings I Full Library is powered by the included Vienna Instruments player and Vienna Ensemble mixing host.
Key Features
- String Library recorded with the signature ambience of the Synchron Stage Vienna scoring stage
- Played by members of the Synchron Stage Orchestra
- Employs eight phase-coherent microphone configurations, recorded simultaneously to provide a broad range of room sound options
- Mic setups can be mixed to dial in the sound you're looking for, from close and focused to broad and ambient
- Sections of 1st violins (14), 2nd violins (10), violas (8), cellos (8), and double basses (6) were recorded separately at their designated positions on stage
- Up to 8 velocity layers and 80 variations per note
- Realistic legato performances
- Includes short notes, long notes with various attacks, legatos, scalable vibrato intensities, and note repetitions
- Optimized algorithms require a minimum of manual articulation switching
- Mix your string sound in stereo, 5.1 surround, or 9.1 Auro 3D (or any other immersive audio format, such as Dolby Atmos)
- Runs in standalone mode, or operates within VST, AU, RTAS, AAX formats
- Includes Vienna Ensemble mixing host and Vienna Instruments player—fully compatible with Vienna Ensemble Pro and Vienna Instruments Pro (available separately)
Microphone Configurations
- Close mic—mono
- Front mic—front of ensemble (L/R)
- Rear mic—back of ensemble (L/R)
- Main/room mic—Decca Tree stereo (L/R)
- Main/room mic—Decca Tree mono (center)
- Main surround—stereo (L/R)
- High stereo (3D)—stereo (L/R)
- High surround (3D)—stereo (L/R)
- Main surround microphone settings may be used instead of main stereo room mics to achieve a wider and more ambient mix
- Blending surround signals with the other microphone signals creates a denser and lusher overall sound, even in stereo applications
Articulations
- Short notes: 8 velocity layers, 10 variations
- Long notes—with vibrato: 8 velocity layers, 10 variations
- Long notes—no vibrato: 8 velocity layers, 10 variations
- Long notes—portato: 6 velocity layers, 10 variations
- Long notes—lyrical: 4 velocity layers, 10 variations
- Sforzando: 4 velocity layers, 4 variations
- Sforzando—crescendo: 4 velocity layers, 4 variations
- Legato—regular: 8 velocity layers
- Legato—slurred: 8 velocity layers
- Legato—fast: 8 velocity layers, 6 variations
- Tremolos: 5 velocity layers
- Trills—half-tone: 5 velocity layers
- Trills—whole-tone: 5 velocity layers
- Pizzicato: 5 velocity layers, 8 variations
- Snap pizzicato: 1 velocity layer, 8 variations
- Releases damped
- Releases ringing
Synchron Stage Vienna
- 5813 ft² (540 m²) hall optimized for film music recordings and sampling sessions
- Lush and warm sound with precise localization of all sound sources, both in depth and in the stereo or surround environment
- Average reverb time of 1.8 seconds
