The Solo Strings Bundle - Full Bundle from Vienna Symphonic is a sample-based virtual instrument that focuses on the solo violin, viola, cello and double bass stringed instruments.
Solo Strings I covers a vast variety of different articulations in multiple nuances (e.g., spiccato, richochet, col legno, snap pizzicato, tremolo, glissando, trills, and artificial harmonics). Solo Strings II offers most of these articulations, but played con sordino (muted). The extended versions of both add even more articulations for a highly comprehensive set of solo string instruments.
Solo Strings Bundle Full Bundle functions as an Audio Units, AAX Native, RTAS, or VST plug-in for Mac OS X; AAX Native, RTAS, and VST plug-in for Windows 7; or as a standalone virtual instrument.
Vienna Symphonic Library Solo Strings Bundle - Vienna Instruments
The Solo Strings Bundle from Vienna Symphonic Library focuses on the violin, viola, cello and double bass solo instruments. It represents a comprehensive and sophisticated solo string library, including more than 130GB of pristine samples.
Solo Strings I covers a tremendous variety of different articulations in all imaginable nuances (spiccato, richochet, col legno, snap pizzicato, tremolo, glissando, trills, and artificial harmonics). Solo Strings II offers most of these articulations, played con sordino (muted).
Vienna Symphonic Library Solo Strings I Upgrade to Full Library - Vienna Instruments
The Solo Strings I Upgrade to Full Library from Vienna Symphonic Library provides additional articulations and samples to the Solo Strings I virtual instrument (Standard Library required). Featuring the Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass, and performed by 4 soloists with many years of international concert work, the library provides instruments that are sensitive and clear, exact and homogeneous, technically perfect and utterly convincing in their musicality.
Apart from the entire sample library of the Horizon Series' Solo Strings Edition, this instrument contains many additional articulations. "Zigane," the leisurely "smeared" portamentos, are particularly impressive as Interval Performances using the enhanced audio engine's algorithms. Other articulations are the fast Interval Performances using legato, marcato and spiccato techniques.
"Harsh" articulations are played with an especially raw, almost brutal attack and are available as superbly effective Interval and Repetition Performances. Furthermore, there are special Performance Trills, repetitions in spiccato and ricochet articulations, sustains with fading vibrato, ponticello, sul tasto and numerous natural and artificial harmonics.
The Vienna Instruments user interface is clearly arranged and includes pre-configured patches for immediate playability with no learning curve. The interface uses a powerful proprietary streaming audio engine that can load up to 3,456 articulations (patches) on one MIDI channel.
Load times are extremely low and 64 stereo voices per instance can stream from the hard disc. A RAM optimizing utilities clears unused samples out of RAM. Users can easily create their own instruments, using "drag and drop" functionality, and the instrument provides the ability for velocity crossfades and release control to be switched on or off in real time.
Requires Standard Library.
Articulations - Full Library
Performances
- Interval Performances - legato, portamento, zigane (gipsy), détaché, marcato, spiccato
- Fast Interval Performances - legato, marcato, spiccato, harsh
- Performance Trills
- Interval Performance Glissandos - on the same string, fast and medium speed, up and down
- Repetition Performances - legato, bow vibrato, portato (slow, medium, fast), staccato, spiccato, harsh
- Fast Repetitions and Ricochet Repetitions (accelerando, ritardando)
- Runs - legato, spiccato, major, minor, chromatic, whole tone
- Grace Notes - normal, slow, zigane
- Glissandos - medium and fast octave glissandos on the same string
Single Notes
- Short Notes - staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each
- Long Notes - sustains without, with medium, with progressive, with fading vibrato, espressivo, marcato
- Dynamics - various crescendos and diminuendos, with and without vibrato, fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
- Tremolos - sustains, crescendo and diminuendo
- Trills - half tone, whole tone, crescendo and diminuendo, constant speed and accelerando
- Pizzicatos - normal, secco, Bartók pizzicatos
- Col legno
- Sul ponticello - staccato, détaché, sustains, crescendos and diminuendos, sfz, sffz, tremolo, repetitions
- Sul tasto - staccato, détaché, sustains, sforzato, tremolo
- Natural Harmonics - sustains, repetitions, glissandos
- Artificial Harmonics - staccato, sustains, repetitions, glissandos
Vienna Symphonic Library Solo Strings II Upgrade to Full Library - Vienna Instruments
The Solo Strings II Upgrade to Full Library from Vienna Symphonic Library provides additional articulations and samples to the Solo Strings II virtual instrument (Standard Library required). Featuring the Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass, and performed by 4 soloists with many years of international concert work, the library provides instruments that are sensitive and clear, exact and homogeneous, technically perfect and utterly convincing in their musicality.
Apart from the entire sample library of the Horizon Series' Solo Strings Edition, this instrument contains many additional articulations such as muted short and long notes, crescendo and diminuendo variations, as well as Interval Performances like legato, portamento, and trills.
"Harsh" articulations are played with an especially raw, almost brutal attack and are available as superbly effective Interval and Repetition Performances. Furthermore, there are special Performance Trills, repetitions in spiccato and ricochet articulations, sustains with fading vibrato, ponticello, sul tasto and numerous natural and artificial harmonics.
The Vienna Instruments user interface is clearly arranged and includes pre-configured patches for immediate playability with no learning curve. The interface uses a powerful proprietary streaming audio engine that can load up to 3,456 articulations (patches) on one MIDI channel.
Load times are extremely low and 64 stereo voices per instance can stream from the hard disc. A RAM optimizing utilities clears unused samples out of RAM. Users can easily create their own instruments, using "drag and drop" functionality, and the instrument provides the ability for velocity crossfades and release control to be switched on or off in real time.
Requires Standard Library.
Articulations - Full Library
Performances
- Interval Performances - legato with medium, progressive, and without vibrato, portamento, marcato, spiccato
- Fast Interval Performances - legato
- Performance Trills
- Repetition Performances - legato, portato, staccato, spiccato
- Fast Repetitions - 16ths from 150 to 190 BPM
Single Notes
- Short Notes - staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each
- Long Notes - sustains with medium, progressive, with without vibrato
- Dynamics - medium and strong crescendos and diminuendos with vibrato; fp, sfz, sffz, pfp with vibrato
- Tremolo
- Pizzicato
- Artificial Harmonics - staccato, sustains
