Available for download, this full version of the Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Package bundles together Synchron Strings I, Synchron Percussion I, and the Synchron Yamaha CFX grand piano. With all this software, you can program a symphony that sounds authentic.
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.
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Available for download, the Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Yamaha CFX is a virtual instrument that puts a concert grand piano under your fingertips, one that has been meticulously sampled on the Synchron Scoring Stage in Vienna, Austria. The instrument utilizes up to 4200 samples per key, using 10 different microphone combinations to capture the natural ambience of this recording space.
Taking up 115 GB of hard disk space, the Synchron Yamaha CFX provides a natural feel, sympathetic resonances, the ability to half-pedal and re-pedal, and a whole lot more. Six presets are provided for different type of music, but thanks to the intuitive Synchron Pianos Software, you can tailor the piano's responses and timbre to your individual needs. This software is compatible with Mac and Windows, and operates in AU, VST, and AAX formats.
- Up to 4200 samples per key for authenticity and liveliness
- Ambience sampled from Synchron Stage in Vienna
- Realistic playing feel
- Advanced Release Sample Technology
- Multiple microphone positions for a multitude of timbral variations
- Intuitive Synchron Pianos software with high-performance playback engine
- Six Presets: Concert, Intimate, Player, Pop, Ambience, and Mighty
- Supports soft (una corda), sostenuto, and sustain pedals
- Half-pedaling and re-pedaling
- Sympathetic resonance
- Body resonance
Furthermore, all samples were recorded using the instrument’s integrated, computer-controlled performance reproducing system. Its noncontact optical sensors detected every movement of all 88 keys (position, velocity and release velocity), as well as the pedals (including half-pedaling) with precision, reproducing delicate nuances of a human performance. Additional hammer sensor-feedback allowed for accurate reproduction of special playing techniques such as rapid note repetition and softly played notes.
What’s more, over the course of several months, Vienna Symphonic Library team members were trained in preparing and tuning the grand piano accurately by Vienna’s leading piano technicians in order to achieve absolutely consistent tuning and sound characteristics during the entire recording process.
- 1. Room Mic (Mix): Stereo mix of all available room mics
- 2. Close 1 (Schoeps MK 4): ORTF setup
- 3. Close 2 (Royer SF-24): Blumlein setup with two ribbon figure-8 microphones
- 4. MID 1 (Sennheiser MKH 800): ORTF setup for wide, warm sound
- 5. MID 2 (Sennheiser MKH 8040): ORTF setup for centered, focused sound
- 6. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Stereo (L/R): 3 DPA 4006 microphones for accurate stereo placement
- 7. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Mono: Center mic of Decca Tree
- 8. Main Surround – Stereo (L/R)*: Wide A-B setup with two DPA4011 cardioid microphones
- 9. High Stereo (3D) – Stereo (L/R): Stereo A-B setup with AKG C-414 microphones
- 10. High Surround (3D) – Stereo (L/R)*: Featuring 2 AKG C-414 microphones