Chamber music is always a profoundly intimate experience, for musicians and audiences alike. The delicate performances carry a unique sense of closeness, where notes flow so clearly that every slight movement of the hands and every vibration of the strings can be heard as much as they’re felt – and mutes add to this subtle intensity. This expertly sampled collection captures all of this with exquisite precision. While the sordinos mute the sound, the intimacy is ramped up. Studio Chamber Strings (sordino) furthermore provides you with utmost flexibility due to the possibility of utilizing the included ensembles dry, enriched with the MIR-derived convolution reverb or placed in any other acoustic environment of your choice.
A new world of muted sounds with surprising dimensions
Small muted strings ensembles
6 First violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 basses
Perfect chamber music sound
Optimized for ease of use with the Vienna Synchron Player
The sequel to Studio Chamber Strings expands on the already wide ranging chamber sounds with a special tonal palette that opens up new sonic worlds with the use of mutes. The ensembles of six first violins, six second violins, four violas, three cellos and two double basses exhibit a gentle, nuanced and beautifully refined sound, masterfully performed with all the subtleties that are essential to create lively and organic string performances. They were recorded in the tight, controlled ambience of our purpose-built Silent Stage and placed on the large Stage A of Synchron Stage Vienna using the Synchron Player’s integrated convolution reverb technology.
Spiccato
Staccato
Détaché
short, medium, long
Sustained
with and without vibrato
marcato
Legato
normal with and without vibrato, marcato
fast
slurred (except basses)
Portamento
with and without vibrato
Sforzato
Fortepiano
Sforzatissimo
Crescendo and diminuendo – 1/2/3/4 sec.
Crescendo-diminuendo – 2/3/4/6/8 sec.
Tremolo
normal and marcato
Fast repetitions 150 to 190 bpm, ringing and cut release
Pizzicato
This Library supports Native Instruments’ NKS format and is compatible with Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine. Use the Light Guide to quickly identify key switches and play ranges of your instruments, browse and preview sounds, and quickly adapt them using pre-configured control knobs.
Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i3
7200 rpm hard drive (HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
8 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: 10.1 GB
Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
16 GB RAM
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
88 key master keyboard