For users of both Synchron Strings I and Synchron Strings Pro we’re providing an “Optimized Content” of Synchron Strings I where redundant articulations have been removed to simplify presets and to save 50% storage space.

Free update! Our beautiful Cantabile Articulations for violins, violas and cellos are now available for download, free of charge and exclusively for registered users of Synchron Strings I. Create beautiful melodies with these all-new sustain and legato articulations and blend from light to strong vibrato. What’s more, we’ve updated and improved all variants of previously existing legatos such as soft, fast, slurred to achieve the same playability as the Cantabile patches.

Please note that this new update is only available for the Vienna Synchron Player. The new articulations can’t be loaded into the Vienna Instruments and Vienna Instruments Pro players.

Recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna

Synchron Strings I is our first String Library that was recorded with the signature ambience of one of the best-sounding scoring stages on the planet – Synchron Stage Vienna. This represents a significant step for us, marrying hall-ambience recordings with the leading-edge sampling technology Vienna Symphonic Library is known for.

The Beauty of Simplicity

Play short notes, long notes with various attacks, legatos, scalable vibrato intensities and note repetitions with a minimal need to switch articulations, and by moving just one or two preconfigured controllers.

Synchron Strings I works with our all-new Vienna Synchron Player, a dedicated sample player with a brand new engine built from the ground up. Its innovative new algorithms make it even more effortless to render strings with astounding realism.

Combining a number of microphone positions with a wealth of available velocity layers and note variations for each articulation requires a powerful sample engine. Our Vienna Synchron Player delivers unprecedented streaming performance, able to trigger more than 300 voices per instrument simultaneously! The new engine also includes an internal mixer with 5-band EQ, delay for runtime compensation, algorithmic reverb, phase switching and panorama controls.

8 Velocity Layers, 80 Variations per Key

One major reason for the heightened realism of Synchron Strings I is the unprecedented number of velocity layers and note variations. Most notes are available with 8 dynamic levels and up to 10 variations, from pianissimo to fortissimo and everything in between, that blend smoothly as you crossfade through the layers. All the samples are delivered automatically as you play, and in most cases you don’t even need to think about manual key switching.

We’ve developed a new sampling process wherein all performances are recorded and edited at “fixed gain”. The result is that all pitches, dynamic layers, articulations and instruments match 100% perfectly with each other. For example, a pianissimo articulation of an ensemble sounds exactly as it was played at Synchron Stage and painstakingly matches the pianissimo performances of all the other instruments.

Played by Musicians from the Synchron Stage Orchestra

The players make the difference! Selected from Vienna’s world famous community of master musicians, our Synchron Stage Orchestra members performed these samples with passion and perseverance on their own very fine instruments. Having played on countless film and TV scores, in addition to honing their skills as sampling musicians, the quality of their playing will inspire your best work as you use Synchron Strings I.

Microphone Setup

The Standard Library and Full Library of Synchron Strings I both include the same articulations. The difference lies in the number of provided microphone positions:

The main surround microphone settings may also be used instead of the main stereo room mics in order to achieve a wider and more ambient mix. Blending surround signals with the other microphone signals creates a denser, more lush overall sound, even in stereo applications.

The Standard Library and the upgrade to the Full Library (sometimes referred to as the Extended Library) are separate downloads.

Bring all Vienna Strings together at Synchron Stage

While Synchron Strings I are recorded “in situ” with the natural ambience of the main hall of our scoring stage, you can place all of our other string libraries (from Solo Strings to Chamber, Orchestral, Appassionata and Dimension Strings) in the virtual version of this very hall by using Vienna MIR Pro with RoomPack 6 Synchron Stage Vienna. Create one unified sound easily by placing your existing instruments alongside the musicians who were recorded at Synchron Stage!

Synchron Strings I – Articulations