BBO Tana, Ursa, Vega, Wallia, Xenia

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.

BBO Tana, Ursa, Vega, Wallia, and Xenia each represent one of the orchestra's string sections. The layout of articulations is designed to resemble that of other BBO Libraries with similar content (most notably, Lyra and Musca), so that you can switch between the articulations of different Libraries without having to adapt any keyswitches.

• BBO Tana: 1st violins, 14 players

• BBO Ursa: 2nd violins, 10 players

• BBO Vega: violas, 8 players

• BBO Wallia: violoncellos, 8 players

• BBO Xenia: double basses, 6 players

• Articulation Keyswitches:

  • Tana, Ursa, Vega, Wallia: C1–F#1
  • Xenia: C6–F#6

• Type Keyswitches:

  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: starting at C2
  • Wallia, Xenia: starting at C6

Bold, agile, and fortissimo.

• Range:
  • Tana: G3–G7
  • Ursa: G3–E7
  • Vega: C3–F6
  • Wallia: C2-A5
  • Xenia: B0-D4
• Type keyswitches:
  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2–D2
  • Wallia, Xenia: C6–D6

Long notes with light and strong vibrato, and espressivo. Light vibrato and espressivo feature regular and soft release variants.

• Range:
  • Tana, Ursa: G3–E7
  • Vega: C3–F6
  • Wallia: C2-A5
  • Xenia: B0-D4
• Type keyswitches:
  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
  • Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
• Normal/soft release: F7/G7

The XF vibrato option combines the light and strong vibrato articulations, so that you can control the vibrato amount using Dim.Ctrl/A (MIDI CC1, modwheel).

Legato with light and strong vibrato, and marcato.

• Range:
  • Tana, Ursa: G3–D7
  • Vega: C3–E6
  • Wallia: C2-A5
  • Xenia: B0-C4
• Type keyswitches:
  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
  • Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
• Normal/soft release: F7/G7

The XF vibrato option combines the light and strong vibrato articulations, so that you can control the vibrato amount using Dim.Ctrl/A (MIDI CC1, modwheel).

Sforzato, swells short and long, and soft swells with regular and soft release.

• Range:
  • Tana, Ursa: G3–E7
  • Vega: C3–F6
  • Wallia: C2-A5
  • Xenia: B0-D4
• Type keyswitches:
  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
  • Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
• Normal/soft release: F7/G7

Tremolo regular and with marcato attack, half and whole tone trills.

• Range:
  • Tana: G3–G7
  • Ursa: G3–D7
  • Vega: C3–E6
  • Wallia: C2-A5
  • Xenia: B0-D4
  • The upper range of trills is a half/whole tone lower.
• Type keyswitches:
  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
  • Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6

Staccato repetitions at 120/130/140/160 BPM, with the choice of ringing or cut release.
These Patches are already prepared for use with the Synchron Player's time-stretching feature, allowing you to adapt your repetitions automatically to the tempo of your project with only two mouse clicks. The measured tremolos were originally recorded with 130 BPM. Accordingly, time stretching works best when using this Patch.

• Range:
  • Tana: G3–E7
  • Ursa: G3–D7
  • Vega: C3-E6
  • Wallia: C2-A5
  • Xenia: B0-D4
• Tempo keyswitches:
  • Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
  • Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
• Ringing/cut release: F7/G7

Pizzicato, with no further options.

• Range:
  • Tana: G3–G7
  • Ursa: G3–D7
  • Vega: C3–E6
  • Wallia: C2–A5
  • Xenia: B0–D4

Articulations	Synchron Strings Pro	Vel. Layers	BBO: Strings Pack
Short notes	Spiccato	2	Short Bold
	Spiccato agile	2	Short Agile
	Short staccato	5
	Staccato	5
	Staccato agile	6
	Short staccato fortissimo/harsh	1	Short Fortissimo
	Staccato fortissimo/harsh	1
	Détaché	3
Legatos	Legato Cantabile/molto vibrato	2	Legato Strong Vibrato
	Legato senza vibrato	2
	Legato regular (normal/soft/marcato attack, normal/soft release)	2	Legato Light Vibrato (normal/soft release) / Marcato
	Legato agile (normal/soft/marcato attack, normal/soft release)	2
	Legato espressivo (normal/soft release)	2
	Legato very soft (flautando/pianissimo, normal and soft release)	3
	Portamento (normal/soft/marcato attack, normal/soft release)	2
Long notes	Cantabile strong vib./molto vib	2	Long Notes / Strong Vibrato
	soft attack (no vib.)	2
	regular vibrato (normal/soft attack, normal/soft release)	2	Long Notes / Light Vibrato
	espressivo (normal/soft release)	2	Long Notes / Espressivo
	very soft (flautando/pianissimo, normal and soft release)	3
	flautando	2
Dynamics	long sfz	2	Sforzato
	long soft swell (normal/soft release)	2	Soft swell
	short crescendos	1	Swell short
	long crescendos	1	Swell long
	short diminuendos	1
	long diminuendos	1
Ponticello	Ponticello – short, bold/agile	2
	Ponticello – long	2
	Ponticello – tremolo	2
	Ponticello – legato	2
Harmonics	Harmonics – sustained	1
	Harmonics – tremolo	1
Tremolos	Tremolos (normal/marcato attack)	4	Tremolos (normal/marcato attack)
	Measured tremolo 120 bpm	2	120 bpm
	Measured tremolo 130 bpm	2	130 bpm
	Measured tremolo 140 bpm	2	140 bpm
	Measured tremolo 160 bpm	2	150 bpm
Trills	Half tone trills	4	Half tone trills
	Whole tone trills	4	Whole tone trills
Pizzicato	Pizzicato	5	Pizzicato
		1
Col legno	Col legno	2