Christian Eisenberger, Anett Homoki, Rubén Dubrovski, Martin Deuring. Four soloists who invest their life’s blood and their solid experience from many years of international concert work into Vienna Instruments. Sensitive and clear, exact and homogeneous, technically perfect, and utterly convincing in their musicality. Here there are four artists at work who not only are in command of their instruments but also know exactly what it’s about due to several years of working for the Vienna Symphonic Library. Their performances at the Silent Stage come alive again in this Vienna Instrument.
Apart from the entire sample treasure of the Horizon Series’ Solo Strings Edition, this Vienna Instrument contains many new articulations: “Zigane”, the leisurely “smeared” portamentos, are particularly impressive as Interval Performances with the new audio engine’s algorithms. Another new articulation are the fast Interval Performances in legato, marcato, and spiccato techniques. “Harsh” articulations are played with an especially raw, almost brutal attack, and now are available as superbly effective Interval and Repetition Performances. Furthermore there are, e.g., special Performance Trills, repetitions in spiccato and richochet articulations, sustains with fading vibrato, ponticello, sul tasto, and numerous natural and artificial harmonics.
Instruments
- Violin
- Short + Long Notes: Staccato, short détaché, long détaché with vibrato, sustained with vibrato, marcato
- Dynamics: Fortepiano and sforzato
- Tremolo + Trills: Tremolo sustained; trills half and whole tone
- Pizz + Legno: Pizzicato normal and snap (Bartók)
- Harmonics: Artificial harmonics: Staccato, sustained
- Ponticello: Staccato, sustained, tremolo
- Perf Interval: Legato, portamento
- Perf Interval Fast: Legato
- Perf Repetition: Legato slow, staccato, spiccato
- Glissandi: Medium and fast octave glissandos, up and down
- Viola
- Short + Long Notes: Staccato, short and long détaché, sustained with vibrato, marcato
- Dynamics: Fortepiano, sforzato
- Tremolo + Trills: Tremolo sustained, trills half and whole tone
- Pizz + Legno: Pizzicato normal and snap (Bartók)
- Harmonics: Artificial harmonics staccato and sustained
- Ponticello: Staccato, sustained, tremolo
- Perf Interval: Legato, portamento
- Perf Interval Fast: Legato
- Perf Repetition: Legato slow, staccato, spiccato
- Glissandi: Octave glissandos, up and down
- Violoncello
- Short + Long Notes: Staccato, short détaché, sustained with vibrato, marcato
- Dynamics: Fortepiano and sforzato
- Tremolo + Trills: Tremolo sustained, trills half and whole tone
- Pizz + Legno: Pizzicato normal and snap (Bartók)
- Harmonics: Artificial harmonics staccato, sustained
- Ponticello: Staccato, sustained, tremolo
- Perf Interval: Legato, portamento
- Perf Interval Fast: Legato
- Perf Trill:
- Perf Repetition: Legato slow, staccato, spiccato
- Fast Repetition:
- Glissandi: Medium and fast octave glissandos, up and down
- Double bass
- Short + Long Notes: Staccato, short détaché, sustained with vibrato, marcato
- Dynamics: Fortepiano and sforzato
- Tremolo + Trills: Tremolo sustained, trills half and whole tone
- Pizz + Legno: Pizzicato, normal and snap (Bartók)
- Harmonics: Artificial harmonics staccato, sustained
- Ponticello: Staccato, sustained, tremolo
- Perf Interval: Legato, portamento
- Perf Interval Fast: Legato
- Perf Repetition: Legato slow, staccato, spiccato
System Requirements
- PC
- PC Intel/AMD with Windows XP/VISTA 32 and 64-bit versions (Core 2 Duo/Xeon recommended)
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
- Fast separate hard drive with space for Standard and Extended Libraries
- ViennaKey (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device or other Syncrosoft eLicenser)
- DVD drive for installation
- Vienna Ensemble host software or other VST (Windows XP/Vista)compatible host - also works stand-alone
- Syncrosoft License Control Center 5.2.1.0 or higher (the latest available version from syncrosoft.com/downloads is highly recommended)
- 88 key master keyboard (highly recommended)
- Mac
- Apple G4 (G5 or Intel Core 2 Duo/Xeon recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
- Fast separate hard drive with space for Standard and Extended Libraries
- ViennaKey (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device or other Syncrosoft eLicenser)
- DVD drive for installation
- Vienna Ensemble host software or other AU (OS X) or RTAS (OS X) compatible host - also works stand-alone
- Syncrosoft License Control Center 5.2.1.0 or higher (the latest available version from syncrosoft.com/downloads is highly recommended)
- 88 key master keyboard (highly recommended)
