Vienna Symphonic Library Big Bang Orchestra: Lyra is a virtual instrument with a library consisting of three string ensembles with 14 first violins and 12 second violins playing in unison, and 8 violas playing an octave below at Synchron Stage Vienna. A perfect complement to BBO: Musca Low Strings, this library expands the series with shimmering, lush string sounds designed to create large and beautiful melodies right out of the box, for authentic-sounding film and game scoring, trailer music, and sound design.

All three ensembles were recorded playing together to create a homogenous, well-balanced sound, as the 34 musicians adjust their intonation, tone color, phrasing and vibrato instantly and instinctively, while listening to each other.

Big Bang Orchestra: Lyra offers a large palette of articulations that include variations of short notes, long notes with two vibrato intensities, legatos, espressivo, sfz, sffz, crescendos and diminuendos, tremolos, fast repetitions, half-tone and whole-tone trills, half-tone and whole-tone slides up and down (glissandos), and pizzicatos. The included Synchron Player allows you to easily adjust the tempo of all articulations (repetitions and glissandos) using the integrated time-stretch feature.

The instruments were recorded with an array of microphone setups, which include stereo Decca tree, surround, and high surround outriggers. This gives you more control and more creative options when mixing your string sounds using the Synchron Player's internal mixer.

The software is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST, and AAX formats. Big Bang Orchestra: Lyra integrates perfectly with every module in the BBO series.