Great news for the holidays and a great praise for the VSL team, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet ...

Do you have a video for the violins in the pipeline? I actually like this "Spitfire" approach where you can see Paul speaking and playing (better than the "old" videos), but the sneak peek has not convinced me (yet). Please correct me, if I am wrong, but at the moment I am comparing the sound to Orchestral/Appassionata Strings and I hoped for a sound that would make me totally flabbergasted. The "old" cellos sound much better to me, especially in combination with FORTI. The short notes are very good on the other hand. I hope Synchron Player will give the ultimate touch to the sound.

And is the information under "sample content" the actual, final articulation list? Do only the first violins and cellos have legato patches? If not, you should mention the correct articulations (in my opinion), even if they are going to be released in early 2018. That's confusing, and, maybe holding back customers.

@Pixelpoet1985 said:

And is the information under "sample content" the actual, final articulation list? Do only the first violins and cellos have legato patches? If not, you should mention the correct articulations (in my opinion), even if they are going to be released in early 2018. That's confusing, and, maybe holding back customers.

They said that legato patches for the other sections would be available in early 2018.

Oh, glory glory glory .... and this is just the first violins ... the sound is superlative, even before tweak-to-taste ...

I got the violins today. The Standard package is hugh! I can only wonder what it will like for those who got the extended material.

I have put together something for you all to listen to. I mixed different string sections for this recording: Synchron Violins I; Chamber Violins; Orchestral Violas, Celli and Bassi.

https://soundcloud.com/user-651790202/ellmenreich-spinning-song-for-strings

I used Finale to make the recording. I hope the expression is decent. I was enjoying the nice high notes...

Hi everybody!

Synchron Cellos Standard are available!! ⭐⭐⭐

And did I mention our fantastic IT Team?  💻🍸🌴

Best, 
Paul

Congratulation! I'm excited!

The VE Pro Presets are really useful but I liked the VI PRO presets for the percussions a lot.

So can we expect some SUR to Stereo VI PRO presets too, or do we have to wait for the synchron player?

Thanks!

Thank you! I just finished work for 2017 an hour ago and shut everything down. Then I saw this. Now I'm downloading and firing up the system again for a few days of fun. Really pleased you got these out now, and very happy to be an Early Bird.

@holywilly said:

The pizzicato patches have relative lower volume than other patches. Does anyone notice that?

Yes, I've noticed that too. But you can change the velocity curve of the patch to make it sound louder.

@Paul said:

Hi doubleattack,

Yes, there are very convenient ROOM-MIXES available, with the MID mic (right in front of the ensemble) and a ROOM-MIX of all available microphones. This way you need only one VI / VI Pro instance....

You can go ahead and load those ROOM-MIX Presets for the 1st violins and the cellos right away!

I'm showing the technical details in the little Setup Video right here.

Best, 
Paul

Thanks for the hint and quick reply! I overlooked it since for the synchron percussion these patches are implemented in the custom data folder and you find it in the lower right corner. 

The new Synchronize Control Map Option in Settings are really a huge time saver!  GREAT!

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. A firm and yet a warm sound, powerful, but can also be very soft. And I played a little bit with the volume of the different microphones and I got the impression, that this is a ideal way of layering, just bringing the microphones in a certain balance. More direct, or just more layed backwards. And this are just the first violins and violoncello's. VSL, more over I'm sure I made the right decision a few years ago to work with your stuff. I put also an oboe in (of course with MIR Synchron Stage) to listen, how it works together with the Synchron Strings, and... it's a beauty, really. And now I have some other work to do, candy box closed 😊... 

@Paul said:

Hi everybody!

Synchron Cellos Standard are available!! ⭐⭐⭐

And did I mention our fantastic IT Team?  💻🍸🌴

Best, 
Paul

Just downloaded both to an older HDD. 🤢   Off to the computer store to buy a new SSD for these big baddies!!!

Nice job finishing up for the holidays, I'm off for the next couple of weeks so I'll have plenty of time for playing with them.  

Already wrote a draft ruleset for Notion, and it's working well, except for those load times...  😉

Something funky going on in the cello's G3 (and therefore F# as these are clearly only sampled per tone) at high velocity on the longs. Sounds like a dogyd or loud re-bow?

In fact generally the cello's in that middle register sounds a bit "noisy" . No sure if it is just the bow sounds or not but it sounds quite excessive.

For all of you who do not have the Synchron Violins 1 until now:

Yes, there are not so much different articulations between short and long sustain and also not with the dims and cresc as far I have seen as well. But there are a lot of new articulations (specially leg) and they also are all coming in "full dynamic range", med dynamic r..."

Now I can understand what it means that we "can use" the current VI-Player. Now I suspect that the NEW PLAYER will solve all our "problems" and questions. Could be that if we press the keys for a longer time it will select automatically sustain or détachée by stopping a note after a shorter time. We probably also will be able easy to blend between all these different dynamic- range-libraries: lot or less dynamic (mild - aggressive?).

So all our hard work until now will be history. I totally believe in VSL that with the new player all will turn into "the paradise on earth" together with the new Libraries.

The only we have to do is still waiting a bit longer on the new Player and of course of Viol2 Viola and Bass...

Thanks VSL for working so hard for us!

Beat

Now I started to be excited how synchron player works and to its effect that changes whole things.

I placed an order Synchron Strings I Full Library with early bird price a month ago,

so I also expect 'High Stereo / Surround'. I'm sure that provides me with the best result and satisfaction.

@Eptesicus said:

Something funky going on in the cello's G3 (and therefore F# as these are clearly only sampled per tone) at high velocity on the longs. Sounds like a dogyd or loud re-bow?

Yeah, I heard that too and my first though was bad loop, but it may as well be noisy re-bow... Doesn't sound fun though. In general those low cellos seem to be noisy

... and it means I bought them. Actually I was unconvinced until Paul cello video. And I'm not going to lie - for now I only like them. Why no love?

CONS: holy f**k, 60 gigs per section!? I expected big library, but this is waaay too big. I think that reasonable thing to do would be per mic download, so that I could download only down-mixed samples for example. Or maybe option 16 vs 24 bit (I assume that it is the latter now).

The second thing - I don't hear that biggnes. I mean, I'm not sure why it is so huge. Yes, I know, lots of layers, mics etc. but still it seems to be a bit too big. What is hidden there? Synchron player is going to show us those treasures? Or it's big, because? Violins short, 9 layers, 49 sampled notes, 10 variations = 4400 samples. VI states 5832. Releases? Ok, I'm done with that hate, time for good 😉

PROS: With SSD and default preload at 1536 RAM is not a problem at all (one mic less than 500megs?). The playability is magic. You can clearly feel those 8 - 9 layers. Fluent change without crossfades - YES!

Lyrical vibrato = ❤️.

Harsh shorts 🌩️ 

Overall sound signature - wet, but clean and detailed, can be lush, can be harsh

And now I'm waiting for the rest of sections and synchron player. Although my SSD is crying, I hear him sobbing...

2nd Violins are here !!! 🍸🎁

Basses are available now.

Thank you for telling!