The violin is without a doubt one of the most expressive among classical orchestra instruments, especially when it takes center stage as a soloist. The delicate interplay between bow, fingers and instrument opens up a vast panoply of sound and performance possibilities. Mastering an instrument at this level represents the pinnacle of musical achievement for any musician. It's also a significant challenge for sampling artistry – creating a virtual instrument that strikes the perfect balance between capturing the full expressive complexity of the instrument and ensuring it’s easy to use, while sounding authentic right from the get-go. Whether you want to convey deep emotions with a silky, lyrical violin melody or blaze through fleet-fingered caprices like the Devil’s Violinist, Synchron Solo Violin is your partner in all your solitary explorations.
Emotional depth & technical precision
Natural flow of captivating performances
Vast arsenal of expressive articulation, authentic from the get-go
Captured on Stage A of Synchron Stage Vienna
11 Microphone positions
Several positions on stage (center, solo, 1st chair)
Perfectly mixed with production-ready presets
The crucial factor that fundamentally determines the quality of a library is, above all, the musicians themselves. Sampling sessions are inherently demanding, requiring endurance and intense concentration. Over the years, we have refined our recording process to create the ideal conditions for our musicians. Striking the right balance between providing guidance and allowing musicians to find their own flow has been key. It is to our significant advantage that the musicians have become highly specialized session players for scoring recordings, while also bringing extensive experience in sampling to the studio.
The Synchron Solo Violin was performed by the concertmaster of the Vienna Synchron Orchestra, Marina Dimitrova. Hailing from Bulgaria, she studied in Sofia, London and Vienna and was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna. She regularly performs with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and played at festivals such as Salzburg and Wien Modern as a soloist and chamber musician. She also contributed to the score of "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One". Her virtuosic performance added a special intensity and dynamic to the music of the spy thriller and highlighted her outstanding scoring skills.
Spiccato, bold and agile
Performance spiccato, normal and fast
Staccato, bold and agile
Détaché short, normal, soft, and without vibrato; bold and agile
Détaché slides, up and down
Ricochet, a1–a4
Saltando
Saltando glissando, up and down
Standard
€ 220
€ 165
Full
€ 310
€ 230
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 for the Standard Library: 17 GB
Free storage space for the Full Library: 26 GB
Download size = installed size due to lossless data compression
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