Ambient + Dry Recording

Duality Strings Essentials

Overview
Audio
Articulations

Promo

€ 149

List

€ 199

Promo

€ 149

List € 199

Two Ensembles, Infinite Flow

Duality Strings Essentials brings you the best of both worlds: the lush, cinematic sound of Hollywood-proven strings and the intimate, immediate tone of smaller ensembles, all in one powerful and accessible package. Featuring our acclaimed new Flow View, playing has never been more intuitive and enjoyable. This streamlined edition of our acclaimed Synchron Duality Strings provides a perfect balance of a versatile and expressive string sound, offering a carefully curated set of articulations for effortless playability – all at an irresistible price.

Introductory Offer through December 2, 2024!

Overview

Two string ensembles, one cohesive performance
New Flow View for instant playing fun with minimal effort
Flow handles articulations and musical expression in real-time
Blend large and small sections with a single controller
Use the ensembles together or separately
52 Players in Stage A + 27 players in Stage B = 79 players in total
Upgrade path to Synchron Duality Strings (regular)

Introduction

Walkthrough

Let It Flow
The Flow View offers an intuitive interface that places all essential controls right at your fingertips, keeping you in the creative flow. Automated articulation switching based on playing speed and velocity, along with easy sound customization, lets you focus entirely on your music. Adjust the balance between the large ensemble in Stage A and the smaller section in Stage B, fine-tune reverb, Humanization, timbre, note transitions, and note attack – all within Flow View. Use the provided Precision View presets to access the full range of Synchron Player features in cases where detailed tweaking is required.
The Duality Principle

The Flow View offers an intuitive interface that places all essential controls right at your fingertips, keeping you in the creative flow. Automated articulation switching based on playing speed and velocity, along with easy sound customization, lets you focus entirely on your music. Adjust the balance between the large ensemble in Stage A and the smaller section in Stage B, fine-tune reverb, Humanization, timbre, note transitions, and note attack – all within Flow View. Use the provided Precision View presets to access the full range of Synchron Player features in cases where detailed tweaking is required.

Duality Strings Essentials

5 Tracks

Prelude to Autumn's Embrace

Guy Bacos

Awakening

Levente Kovacs

Simple Symphony - Frolicsome Finale

Benjamin Britten

Five Greek Dances - Epirotikos

Nikos Skalkottas

Primordial Dualities

Vincent Tohier

Section Sizes

Stage A

Stage B

Total

14 First violins

8 First violins

12 Second violins

6 Second violins

10 Violas

5 Violas

10 Violoncellos

5 Violoncellos

6 Basses

3 Basses

Articulations
Short notes:
- Staccato bold and agile
Long notes:
- Sustained with normal, soft, fast, and sforzato attack, normal and soft release
Performance legato:
- Legato
- Portamento
- Both with normal, soft, fast, and sforzato attack, normal and soft release
Tremolo:
- Tremolo sustained
- Tremolo legato
- Both with normal, fast, and sforzato attack
Pizzicato
- Pizzicato bold and agile
- Snap or Bartók pizzicato

Short notes:

Staccato bold and agile

Long notes:

Sustained with normal, soft, fast, and sforzato attack, normal and soft release

Performance legato:

Legato
Portamento
Both with normal, soft, fast, and sforzato attack, normal and soft release

Tremolo:

Tremolo sustained
Tremolo legato
Both with normal, fast, and sforzato attack

Pizzicato

Pizzicato bold and agile
Snap or Bartók pizzicato

Data Size

Sample Amount:

59,238

Download / Installed File Size:

13 GB

System Requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 11 Big Sur (latest update), Intel Core i5
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
16 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: 13 GB (download size = installed size due to lossless data compression)