Big Bang Orchestra: Fornax

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: Fornax equips you with hits and rolls performed by pitched percussion with piano reinforcement.

BBO Fornax offers single hits and rolls of pitched percussion. Two of the Presets are also reinforced by three grand pianos to lend even more body to these powerful sounds.

There are special Mixer Presets for each set under the heading "04 Processed" (MIX tab) if you're looking for sound qualities beyond the "classical" field.

Single hits ringing and secco, rolls ringing and secco, rolls crescendo 1/2/4 sec, and clusters.

• Articulation Keyswitches: C1–G1
• Range: A#1–D4

Clusters Mapping

• Included instruments
  • Left 1: Grand Piano 1 (Bösendorfer Imperial)
  • Left 2: Big Taiko (Original 36'')
  • Center 1: Grand Piano 2 (Steinway D-274)
  • Center 2: Timpani (Adams Philharmonic Light)
  • Right 1: Grand Piano 3 (Yamaha CFX)
  • Right 2: Bass drum (Kolberg "Dicke Bertha" 36'')

Played with hard and soft beaters: single hits ringing and secco, rolls ringing and secco, and rolls crescendo 1/2/4 sec.

• Hard/soft beater keyswitches: A0/B0
• Articulation keyswitches: C1–F#1
• Range: A#1–D3

• Included instruments
  • Left: Big Taiko (Original 36'')
  • Center: Timpani (Adams Philharmonic Light)
  • Right: Bass drum (Kolberg "Dicke Bertha" 36'')

Single hits and rolls, ringing and secco.

• Articulation Keyswitches: C1–D#1
• Range: A#1–D4

• Included instruments
  • Left 1: Grand Piano 1 (Bösendorfer Imperial)
  • Left 2: Low Plate Bells (Kolberg, C2–B4)
  • Center 1: Grand Piano 2 (Steinway D-274)
  • Center 2: Tubular Bells (Bergerault C25, F4–F6)
  • Right 1: Grand Piano 3 (Yamaha CFX)
  • Right 2: Burma Gongs

Single hits ringing and secco.

• Articulation Keyswitches: C1/C#1
• Range: High Bells C4–D7, High Gongs C4–D6

• Included instruments
  • High Bells
    • Left: High Plate bells (Kolberg, C4–C7)
    • Center: Tubular bells (Bergerault C25, F4–F6)
    • Right: Vibraphone (Musser M55)
  • High Gongs
    • Left: Medium Suspended Cymbal (Zildjian, 16'')
    • Center: Triangles (Kolberg)
    • Right: Burma Gongs