Synchron FX Strings

Synchron FX Strings is a fantastic tool for creating entirely new sonic worlds that are sure to keep inspiring you. This collection is as effects-laden as it is creatively effective and takes you to the outer rims of what strings can achieve. From spheric pads to rhythmic patterns, these soundscapes let you be the commander of your very own space symphony. A sound designer’s dream, this 50 piece orchestra with a host of FX presets lets you craft melodic and atonal patterns and ethereal, spheric sounds as infinite as your imagination and ready to be used in any contemporary genre and style, such as Ambient, Alternative, EDM, World and many others.

• Unique sounds and playing techniques that have never been sampled before

• Ready-to-use musical elements, from breathy, spherical pads to pulsating or aggressive patterns and rhythms

• Large 50-piece string ensemble, divided in 6 sections:
  14 first violins, 10 second violins, 6 first violas, 6 second violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses

• Total flexibility for infinite creative possibilities

• Large selection of experimental presets in ten categories (from spherical textures to harmonic FX)

• Mixer Presets

• Multiple microphone arrays for a wide variety of sonic possibilities

The spherical chord textures are based on the “Alpha chord” that is composed of two symmetric layered diminished seventh chords, with a whole tone gap in between. In Synchron FX Strings this chord is featured in its basic form (on center key “C”) and in two inversions. 

The notes of the alpha chord are derived from an alternating octatonic (eight-note) whole step-half step scale:

The whole step-half step (or “diminished”) scale was first found in 20th century music, particularly in the music of Béla Bartók, Alexander Skrjabin and Olivier Messiaen, e.g., in his magnum opus, the “Turangalîla” symphony. Messiaen described this scale as the second mode of his seven “modes with limited transpositions”, as it can only be transposed three times (the fourth transposition would already be a repetition). Apart from the above-mentioned composers, the scale is frequently used in Jazz music.

Minimum:

• Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2

• macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i5

• SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)

• 16 GB RAM

• iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)

• Free storage space for the Standard Library: 42 GB

• Free storage space for the Full Library: 67 GB

Recommended:

• Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon

• macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2

• 32 GB RAM

• AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host

• 88 key master keyboard