Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Harp Full Library is a virtual instrument with a library that accurately captures the sound of a Lyon & Healy Style 30 Concert Grand harp. The instrument was masterfully played in Synchron Stage A, Vienna by renowned harpist Tina ?erdin. Engineers employed seven separate phase-coherent microphone configurations, recorded simultaneously with every nuanced detail to provide a broad range of room-sound options.
With the included Synchron Harp Player, all mic configurations can be mixed using preconfigured mixer presets that provide a wide variety of tonal characteristics, from close to ambient, lush to mysterious, and natural to heavily processed. You can mix the harp in stereo, 5.1 surround, or even Dolby Atmos and 9.1 Auro 3D. This 92.2GB Full Library comprises more than 63,184 samples.
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Software requires a ViennaKey USB protection device or other USB eLicenser (available separately), if one is not already on the system.
Synchron Harp Full Library
- Lyon & Healy Style 30 Concert Grand harp
- 92.2GB library with more than 63,184 samples
- Included Synchron Harp Player recreates the pedaling mechanism
- Chromatic and Pedal modes
- Play glissandos simply by gliding over the white keys
- Regular, Harmonics, and Bisbigliando articulations
- Recorded using twelve microphones—select from seven different microphone setups including Decca tree
- Use the masterfully crafted mixer mic presets as a starting point for your own sonic creations
- Immersive 3D sound—multi library offers samples ready for 5.1 surround and compatible with Auro-3D technologies (available separately)
- Outstanding acoustics—recorded at Stage A, Synchron Stage Vienna
- Runs in standalone mode with Synchron Harp Player
- Operates within VST, AU, and AAX formats
Pedal Mode
- To control the seven harp pedals in Pedal Mode, there are seven function keys (key switches), with key velocity determining the top, middle, and bottom position of each pedal.
- You can use separate key switches to access preconfigured tonalities (C, C#, D, etc.), specify the scale family (major/minor, 7th chord, whole tone, pentatonic), and the scale variant (major, melodic minor, harmonic major, harmonic minor).
- A Pedal Matrix that holds 144 preconfigured scales and their pedalizations can also be accessed using key switches.
- You can also create your own pedalizations and use a stepper when playing live, similar to the stepper of an organ for switching through registrations, one after the other.
- The user interface of the Synchron Harp Player even depicts harp pedal diagrams that are used to notate proper pedalization in a score.
Chromatic Mode
- In Chromatic Mode, only the general key switches change articulations (regular, harmonics, bisbigliando), the release of a note (ringing or damped), and the switch to Pedal Mode are available.
- So when you play the harp like a piano, you may quickly want to switch to Pedal Mode for playing glissandos on the white keys, and back again to Chromatic Mode.
Ringing and Damped Articulations
- For all articulations you can choose between ringing and damped, the latter referring to the harpist stopping the string vibration with the flat hand (étouffer).
- The ringing decay upon releasing a key can be shortened or lengthened using release control.
- Dynamic range control reduces or expands the dynamic reaction of the harp to key velocity.
- The Glissando Smoother is activated automatically whenever the software recognizes a glissando, i.e., the quick succession of adjacent notes. Here you can adjust the attack of the notes to create smoother glissandos, mimicking a harpist gently stroking the strings instead of plucking them.
- The velocity controller lets you assign key velocity to a CC controller, e.g., the ModWheel, which allows you to create even velocities for all the notes when you’re playing glissandos on a keyboard.
Microphone Setups
Stereo Mixing
- Close Mic—mono
- Mid Layer Mic—stereo (L/R)
- Main/Room Mic—Decca tree stereo (L/R)
- Main/Room Mic—Decca tree mono (Center)
Stereo, 5.1 Surround, and Auro-3D 9.1 Mixing
- Main Surround—stereo (L/R), may also be used instead of the main stereo room mics to achieve a wider and more ambient mix
- High Stereo (3D)—stereo (L/R)
- High Surround (3D)—stereo (L/R)
- Note: The Main Surround microphone settings may also be used instead of the Main Stereo room mics to achieve a wider and more ambient mix
Preconfigured Mixer Presets
- Preconfigured mixer presets provide a wide variety of tonal characteristics, from close to ambient, from lush to mysterious, from natural to heavily processed with Signature Presets such as Intimate, Solitary, Muffled, Sharp, and many others.
- As with all Synchron Libraries, you can mix the harp in stereo, 5.1 surround, or even Dolby Atmos and 9.1 Auro 3D, or any other immersive audio format.