I'm wondering if there will be a patch walkthrough video like they have done with Synchron Strings I. I like this idea where you can listen to the patches separately.
@VSL Is there a chance to have one? Would also be nice for the Chamber Strings.
Although I have the original samples and MIR Pro, I can understand that for new users who don't want to deal with reverb and all that stuff, these synchron-ized versions make sense. I think a walkthrough video might help in deciding to buy. Just an idea. 😊
Actually, by the experience with Synchronized Chamber Strings (that I own just because I was owning Synchron and Chamber and they were just 75€, so I buy to check and to try to improve the Synchron strings I weakness points) I realize that:
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE:
- Synchronized libraries may work better than Synchron, because samples are processed BEFORE the ambience, and so the artifacts with release and reverb are almost non existent.
- the set up and the nice tree structue of Synchron player are very good added value.
- Mixing with Synchron strings it's obviously easier, and using almost the very same programming is possible and time saving.
ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE:
- the sound processing to get omogeneous dynamic and new articulations was in my and other people opinion, reducing a bit of the original samples natural feeling. Still instinctively I like the original VI version sound more.
- the single "virtual" MIC available and not matching the SYNCHRON mic set-up is a limitation in the custom patch building and in the overal sound shaping process that is a strong point of Synchron libraries. I hope VSL will improve it with more virtual MICs impulse responses, in case it's possible (in theory it is, because MIR do it...)
- you must store both the samples versions if you plan to use both VI and Synchronized versions, and it's wasting disk space a lot.
Finally I don't think that synchronized version is really requested if you own the original version and MIR Pro Synchron stage venue already, but they are a nice move for VSL to support the Syn String I weakness, and to enable the use of the nice features of patch-tree management of the Synchron player providing consistent positioning and programming for all the SS I, CS I and AS I libraries.