The Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Bösendorfer 280VC Full Library is a virtual instrument that puts the clear and colorful sound of a modern Bösendorfer 280VC Vienna Concert at your fingertips. The 280VC merges the company's venerated and traditional approach to piano manufacturing with the most recent, sophisticated engineering, resulting in an instrument that's reimagined from scratch, while remaining true to Bösendorfer's legendary foundations.
Compared to the Bösendorfer Imperial with its additional bass strings, wider soundboard, and more orchestral sonic character, the sound of the 280VC is very present with clear differentiation between the bass, tenor, and treble sections. Its huge dynamic range provides the necessary sensitivity for supportive accompaniment of singers and solo instrumentalists in chamber music settings, as well as the power needed to hold its own against a large orchestra in a full-size concert hall. The 280VC is a true all-rounder that boasts the qualities of all Bösendorfer concert grands including its diversity of sonic colors and that certain warmth inherent to fine Viennese instruments.
The Synchron Bösendorfer 280VC Full Library was meticulously sampled on Stage B of Synchron Stage Vienna, a live room offering a beautifully controlled acoustic environment with less ambience than the large main hall. The instrument utilizes 142,632 samples recorded with seven different microphone combinations (including surround), affording an abundance of options for creating your individual sound.
The included Vienna Synchron Pianos software offers multiple options for shaping your sound and your playing experience. Six preconfigured character presets are provided for different types of music ranging from concert to pop. The 21 specially designed FX presets offer an easy way to achieve more drastic changes to the sound of your Bösendorfer 280VC and transform it for pop and electronica applications.
The software is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST, and AAX formats.
- To capture the Bösendorfer 280VC with all its subtleties, engineers further refined the company's precise motion-control system based on a solenoid that controls a noise-free robot finger. The micro-controller moves the finger with super-human precision, providing flexible curvatures for down-strokes and release movements, the latter corresponding with the preceding note length and various release speeds.
- The classic sound of a Decca tree stereo recording features a slender sound without much diffusion.
- These presets include all available room microphones with various runtime delays, creating more diversity in the perception of room depth.
- Designed to send the microphone signals to your available surround channels.
- 01 Evolution: A spacious sound with a synced delay.
- 02 Diamonds in the Night: Fragile chorus piano with a magical aftermath.
- 03 Reality Check: Discreet '80s piano, great for accompaniment.
- 04 Stadium: Bigger than life, with a slapback echo.
- 05 Time Warp: Dreamy keys with intense use of delays.
- 06 Wormhole: Reverse FX in combination with delays create a Bluthner from another galaxy.
- 07 Magic Doors:Distant e-piano with a singing tone.
- 08 Blunt but Friendly: A harmless but useful flat piano sound.
- 09 Fuzzmaster: Slightly distorted stage piano.
- 10 Harpsichord: A classic harpsichord sound.
- 11 Candy Cotton: A muffled piano, for reflective moments.
- 12 Donnie: Dark piano in a large hall.
- 13 Glittering Clouds: Modified attacks with delays in a shiny room.
- 14 High and Mighty: Singing, hovering piano sound with a very light sonic appearance.
- 15 Morphology: Shimmering FX on a shiny piano sound.
- 16 From a Distance: A warm piano sound from far away.
- 17 Megatrump: Thinned-out pop piano with a great level of built-in distortion.
- 18 Pierce: Shivering piano in a beautiful hall.
- 19 Intimate Timbre: Alternative version to the classic Intimate preset, with added timbre shift.
- 20 Pop Timbre: Alternative version to the classic Pop preset, with added timbre shift.
- 21 Vintage Timbre: Alternative version to the classic Vintage preset, with added timbre shift.