Welcome to the Vienna Symphonic Library’s series of Synchron Instruments! Epic Orchestra 2.0 gives you an overview of what to expect when you purchase one of our Synchron products. The instruments presented here were either recorded directly at the 540 m2 (5,813 sq.ft.) main hall of our renowned Synchron Stage, or completely remastered and equipped with the hall’s pristine reverb (you’ll recognize the latter by the epithet "Studio" in their name). This document will provide you with the information you need to use the Library with our Vienna Synchron Player.
This section contains samples from various Collections, and features strings, woodwinds, oboe d’amore, cornet, trumpet (6 players) and horn (8 players) ensembles, as well as timpani and percussion.
- Instrument ranges: Violins C4–D7; Violas C3–F4; Cellos C2–F3; Basses B0–F2.
- Articulations: Staccato, sustained normal and with fast attack, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato.
- Play range: B0–F#7 Keyswitches: G7–C8
A woodwind combined ensemble consisting of contrabassoon, bassoon, clarinets, and flutes patches.
- Instrument ranges: Piccolo A6–C8; Flutes (3) F4–C7; Clarinets (3) C3–C5; Bassoons (3) Bb1–F3; Contrabassoon Bb0–F2.
- Articulations: Staccato, sustained.
- Play range: C1–C8 Keyswitches: A0/B0
- Articulations: Staccato, sustained, legato.
- Play range: G3–E6
- Keyswitches: C1–E1 (white keys)
- Articulations: Staccato, sustained, legato, portamento.
- Play range: E3–D6
- Keyswitches: C1–F1 (white keys)
Samples from our Vienna Instruments Collections Fanfare Trumpets and Epic Horns, adapted to be played at the Synchron Stage.
- Play range: trumpets G3–C6, horns B1–E5
- Keyswitches: C1/D1
- Articulations: Single hits, rolls.
- Play range: B1–C4
- Keyswitches: A0/B0
A percussion Preset featuring bass drum, snare drum, piatti, tambourine, triangle, tam-tam, and suspended cymbals.
- Play range: C5–C8
Mapping
- Bass drum
- C5/D5: single hits l/r
- C#5/D#5: single hits secco l/r
- E5: tremolo
- Snare drum
- F5/G5: single hits l/r
- A5: tremolo
- Piatti
- C6/C#6: single hits normal/damped
- D6/D#6: single hits slow, normal/damped
- Tambourine
- F6/G6: single hits middle 1/2
- F#6/G#6: single hits rim 1/2
- A6: tremolo
- Triangle
- C7/D7: single hits 1/2
- C#7/D#7: single hits damped 1/2
- E5: tremolo
- Tam-tam
- F7/G7: single hits l/r
- G#5: tremolo
- Suspended cymbal
- A7/B7: single hits mallet 1/2
- C8: tremolo
A combined ensemble consisting of 14 1st violins, 10 2nd violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, and 6 double basses. This is an excerpt from our Synchron Strings I Collection.
- Instrument ranges:
- 1st Violins C5–G7
- 2nd Violins C4–B5
- Violas C3–B4
- Cellos C2–B3
- Basses B0–B2
- Articulations: Short notes, soft lyrical vibrato, flautando.
- Play range: B0–G7
- Keyswitches: A7–C8 (white keys)
This Preset offers four settings from our Collection Synchron FX Strings I which – true to its name – provides a wealth of orchestral effect sounds.
- Articulations: Vertical tremolo, harmonics cluster, cluster glissando, rise & hit détaché
- Keyswitches: C1–D#1
Mapping
- Vertical tremolo
- low strings A#2–D4,
- high strings D#4–F6
- Harmonics cluster
- low strings G#3–A4
- high strings A#4–C6
- Cluster glissando
- low strings A#–D
- high strings D#–G
- up: A#3–G4
- down: A#4–G5
- cross: A#5–G6
- Rise & hit détaché
- low strings G#3–G4
- high strings G#4–G5
This is an excerpt from Studio Appassionata Strings, here featuring the ensemble of first violins with 20 players.
- Articulations: Legato with strong vibrato, upward whole tone slides up (the note played is the target note).
- Play range: Legato G3–G7, slides A3–G7
- Keyswitches: C1/C#1
An excerpt from Studio Chamber Strings, here featuring the ensemble of first violins with 6 players.
- Articulations: Legato with vibrato, half tone trills.
- Play range: Legato G3–G7, trills G3–F7
- Keyswitches: C1/C#1
Again, an excerpt from a remastered Collection, Studio Dimension Brass. This features the 4 Wagner tubas in combined and solo Presets.
The All Players Preset offers the same arrangement of articulations for various player combinations, as well as individual players.
- Articulations: Staccato, portato, sustained, blared, and marcato.
- Play range: F1–C5
- Keyswitches: Players F5–B5, Articulations C6–E6
The Presets for players 1–4 have the same structure as the All Players Preset, but only have a quarter of its RAM requirements.
- Articulations: Staccato, portato, sustained, blared, and marcato.
- Play range: F1–C5 Keyswitches: C6–E6
These samples from our Synchron Percussion Collection present a Kolberg snare drum played with sticks, a Kolberg 36 bass drum played with a medium hard beater, and a 100cm tam-tam played with a soft beater.
- Play range: C3-A#6
- Play range: A3-A#6
- Play range: A4-A#6
This Tama Star drumkit has been Tama’s flagship line since 2013. For the recordings of the Synchron Power Drums Collection, it was arranged in the middle of two other eminent drumkits, a Tama Superstar and a Sonor Acryl Champion Vintage.
- Play range: A#1–B3
- Drums
- 20''/14'' Kick drum
- 10'' Tom
- 12'' Tom
- 16'' Tom
- 14''/6,5'' Snare
- Cymbals
- 14'' Meinl Byzance Medium HH
- 17'' Meinl MB 20 crash (left)
- 21'' Meinl Byzance Transition Ride
- 18'' Meinl Byzance Dual Crash (right)
Tip
Try out the Synchron Player’s play button in the options bar over the Preset window! It contains MIDI rhythm loops created especially for this Library.
Here’s a few examples from the Vienna Smart Spheres collection, which was created to provide you with a versatile collection of pad and ambience sounds at an affordable price.
Carving into darkness, revolving and floundering through space. A breathing, distorted bass.
- Play range: C2–C4
- Patches: Distorted Bass, Distorted Bass FX Attack
- CC1: Tuning, Return 1 (FX)
- CC3: Send 2 (FX)
A true gate-opener, this sound comes alive with wide intervals and controlled distortion. A heavily distorted, earth-shattering bass.
- Play range: C2–C4
- Patches: Pad Bass Fat, Pad Bass, Tremolo Pad
- CC1: Filter, Send (Reverb, Auto Gain)
A glistening, warm pad with a warm filter control.
- Play range: C4–C7
- Patches: High Anxiety, Tremolo Pad, High Anxiety Mellow
- CC1: Filter
Multi-rhythmic pulsating pad with growl control, good for building up tension.
- Play range: C2–C4
- Patches: Pad Bass, Pad Bass Fat, Distorted Bass
- CC1: Send 2 (FX)
