Synchron Duality Strings

Sometimes you need the full force of a large ensemble, sometimes you need the direct intimacy only a small ensemble can offer. And sometimes you want to add the transparent tonality and immediacy of the closer-mic’d group to the lushness of the large group, at varying levels. This unique collection makes all this and more possible, offering the best of both worlds – a large ambient string ensemble and a dry chamber-sized ensemble with 100% matching performances. Whether you use them together or separately, Synchron Duality Strings delivers a magnificent sound with unprecedented flexibility and countless expressive possibilities, from intimate intensity to passionate power, and everything in between.

• Two acoustically isolated string ensembles performing simultaneously at Synchron Stage Vienna

• Large ensemble recorded on the iconic Stage A

• Smaller ensemble recorded in the smaller, drier Stage B

• Use them in combination or separately

• Available with combined mic options and mixer presets

• Dark and bright Stage B mic setups

• Seamlessly blend the ensembles

• Unprecedented flexibility

• Special Presets with new Flow View for instant playing fun with minimal effort

Short notes

• Spiccato normal and tight

• Staccato normal and hard

• Détaché normal, marcato, soft

• All with bold and agile attack variants

Long notes

• Sustains with soft and strong vibrato, normal/soft/fast/sfz attack

• Espressivo

• Swell

• All except no vibrato with normal, soft, and very soft release

• Sustains without vibrato, normal and fast attack

Performance legato

• Legato normal and agile, soft/strong vibrato and espressivo (normal only), normal/fast/sfz attack

• Slurred legato, soft/strong vibrato and espressivo, normal/fast/sfz attack

• Portamento, soft/strong vibrato and espressivo, normal/fast/sfz attack

• All with normal, soft, and very soft release

Tremolo

• Tremolo fast and slow, normal/legato/slurred transitions, with normal, fast, and sfz attack

• Crossfading combinations slow X fast, sus X fast

• Measured tremolo, 120/130/140/160/180 BPM, normal/legato/slurred/cut transitions

Trills

• Trills, minor 2nd to major 3rd, normal/legato/slurred transitions

Pizzicato

• Pizzicato, bold and agile

• Snap pizzicato

• Col legno, bold and agile

Harmonics

• Sustained, normal and fast attack

• Tremolo, normal and fast attack

• Staccato, bold and agile

• Crossfading combinations harmonics sus X trem, long sus X harmonics sus, trem X harmonics trem

Glissandos

• Glissandos normal and tremolo, fast and slow

• Octave, fifth, and major 2nd

• Up and down

Runs

• Legato and détaché runs

• Octave, fifth, third (key and modal)

• Up and down

*Not available with the Double Basses: 3rd trills, tremolo at 180 BPM.

Minimum:

• Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2

• macOS 10.14 Mojave (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 for the Standard Library: 122 GB

• Free storage space for the Full Library: 243 GB

Recommended:

• Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon

• macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2

• 32 GB RAM

• AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host

• 88 key master keyboard