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Special Offer on all Synchron Solo Strings
To celebrate the arrival of the sordino collections, the original Synchron Solo Strings are now available at specially reduced prices – the perfect moment to complete your string quartet or add individual voices to your palette.
Even better: Synchron Solo Violin 1 and Synchron Solo Cello receive free updates with new articulations: sul tasto and sul ponticello add even more tonal color and nuance to these collections. Existing users get the new articulations automatically, free of charge.
Muted Magic
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Solo violin played with a mute
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Natural flow of captivating performances
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Vast arsenal of expressive articulations
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Captured on Stage A of Vienna Synchron Stage
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11 Microphone positions
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Several positions on stage (center, solo, 1st chair)
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Perfectly mixed with production-ready presets
Playing the violin with the mute is a style of its own – not just a filter on the sound, but a different way of approaching the instrument altogether. The brilliance softens, the overtones tame, and what remains is something quieter, more intimate, almost confessional. Musicians interact with the changed sound and adapt their phrasing, dynamics, and expressive language accordingly. Synchron Solo Violin 1 (sordino) captures this distinct playing style in extraordinary detail, performed by Marina Dimitrova, concertmaster of the Vienna Synchron Orchestra, in the large hall of Vienna Synchron Stage.
A Familiar Virtuoso, a New Voice
Synchron Solo Violin 1 (sordino) features the same exceptional artist behind the “senza sordino” collection: Marina Dimitrova, concertmaster of the Vienna Synchron Orchestra. Hailing from Bulgaria, she studied in Sofia, London and Vienna and has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, as well as at festivals such as Salzburg and Wien Modern. With the mute in place, her playing takes on a different quality altogether – more restrained, more inward, yet no less expressive. Every shading of the bow becomes audible, every breath of phrasing essential.
A Complete Muted Palette
The sampling sessions covered essentially the same comprehensive set of articulations as the original Synchron Solo Violin 1, but every note was recorded with the mute in place. Short notes include various spiccatos, staccatos, détachés, ricochet, and saltando. Long notes come with different attacks, releases, and slides. Legato variants include normal, agile, slurred, portamento, and zigane. Sforzatos, tremolos, trills, harmonics, and pizzicatos round out the palette. The Crossfade Editor in the Synchron Player allows for seamless blending between articulations, letting composers shape transitions with the same precision and musicality the original collection is known for – only this time, in a softer, more intimate light.
Microphone Setup - Standard & Full Library
The Standard Library and Full Library of Synchron Solo Violin 1 (sordino) both include the same articulations. The difference lies in the number of provided microphone positions:
- Room Mic (Mix) - Standard Library & Full Library
- Tube - Close 1 - Standard Library & Full Library
- Ribbon - Close 2 - Full Library
- Condenser - Close 3 - Full Library
- Mid 1 (L/R) - Standard Library & Full Library
- Mid 2 (L/R) - Full Library
- Ribbon (L/R) - Full Library
- Main/Room Mic - Decca Tree Stereo (L/R) - Standard Library & Full Library
- Main/Room Mic - Decca Tree Mono (Center) - Standard Library & Full Library
- Main Surround - Stereo (L/R) - Full Library
- High Stereo (3D) - Stereo (L/R) - Full Library
- High Surround (3D) - Stereo (L/R) - Full Library
*Upgrades and User Discounts: You already own VSL Products?
After the login you can check in the shopping cart if you are entitled for a VSL User-Discount and apply it. This works for Upgrades, Crossgrades, EDU products and also when you complete Bundles. Simply add the desired products to your shopping cart and then check for the VSL User-Discount.
Please note that all discounted user-specific orders must be processed manually by our sales team and therefore may take up to one business day to be completed.
Mac:
- macOS 11 or higher
- 64 bit
- Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
- RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended) - Big Bang Orchestra, SYNCHRON-ized, Smart Series
- RAM: 16GB (32GB recommended) - Synchron Libraries, SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Strings & Brass
- SSD hard drive recommended
Windows:
- Windows 10 or higher
- 64 bit
- Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
- RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended) - Big Bang Orchestra, SYNCHRON-ized, Smart Series
- RAM: 16GB (32GB recommended) - Synchron Libraries, SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Strings & Brass
- SSD hard drive recommended
Free hard drive space according to the library size.
Enregistrement Requis:
Vienna Symphonic Library products require you to register with the manufacturer at www.vsl.co.at and with www.ilok.com to activate your license.
This product requires an activation!
You can either "soft" activate the software on your computer without addditional hardware or transfer the license to an iLok USB dongle which has to be purchased separately. The iLok dongle can be used to run the protected software on different computers. Your licenses can be easily manged using the iLok Licence Manager. To protect your investment against theft or loss we recommend the iLok Zero Downtime protection with TLC.
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Please check with the software manufacturer which iLok version is required at least if you want to use a hardware iLok!
