Welcome to the Vienna Symphonic Library's series of Synchron Instruments! As the name says, Big Bang Orchestra furnishes you with a selection of full-orchestra articulations, at the same time allowing you (if you haven't done so already) to explore our powerful Synchron Player software. If you're looking for that extra dramatic effect or want to highlight a passage in your composition, this bonus library could be the solution, or at least point you in the right direction.
Big Bang Orchestra: Capricorn was designed to equip you with a profound rhythmical structure at three speeds which allows you to create numerous variations by combining its main, low, and high sections freely.
BBO Capricorn offers regular Presets as well as ones marked "VelXF", where velocity crossfading provides smoother transitions between samples of different velocities. Apart from that, BBO Capricorn takes a different path than the previous libraries. It provides you with a collection of rhythmical riffs played by main, low, and high sections, and available at tempos of 120, 130, and 140 BPM. (If you want to go easy on your RAM, there are also separate Presets for each tempo.)
The Main Themes present the entire tonal spectrum of the symphony orchestra, while the Low Riffs and High Riffs are played by the lower resp. higher registers of strings, woodwinds, and brass. By using keyswitches you can create combinations of the different sections and also choose to leave out the low and high variants altogether. You can also select whether to play with Cut release, where the loop stops immediately when you release the key, and Note release, which plays a final accented note.- Keyswitches
- Tempo: C1–E1 (white keys only)
- Cut/note release: A0/B0
- Main variant #1–8: D2–A2
- Low variant #1–8: D5–B5, tacet: A#5, B#5
- High variant #1–8: D7–B7, tacet: A#7, B#7
- Range
- Main riff: C3–C5
- Low/high riff: C6–C7
The expansion to BBO Capricorn provides you with three rhythmical riff variations including single hits, and combinations of these variations, each in versions played by strings and tutti, and available at tempos of 120, 130, and 140 BPM.
BBO Capricorn Expansion offers regular Presets as well as ones marked "VelXF", where velocity crossfading provides smoother transitions between samples of different velocities. There are also special time-stretching Presets which automatically adapt the playing speed to the tempo of your host software.
By using keyswitches you can control which riffs and playing variations to use. The balance between two stacked riffs is controlled with Dim.Ctrl/A (CC1/CC3, depending on loaded preset).
You can also select whether to play with Cut release, where the loop stops immediately when you release the key, and Note release, which plays a final accented note.- Keyswitches
- Tempo: C1–E1 (white keys only)
- Cut/note release: A0/B0
- Strings/Tutti: A1/B1
- Riffs: D2-G2
- Stacked riffs balance: Dim.Ctrl/A (CC1/CC3, depending on loaded preset)
- Range
- Riffs: C3–C5
- Single hits: C6–C8
