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Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac marks the daring finale of Vienna's monumental series. With 112 string players alone, the massive sound of its oversized ensembles makes for a bold statement that elevates and enriches your arrangements with epic breadth and power.
Finale Maestoso—Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac marks the daring finale of Vienna's monumental series. With 112 string players alone, the massive sound of its oversized ensembles makes for a bold statement that elevates and enriches your arrangements with epic breadth and power.
The collection includes seven ensembles:
First violins - 30 players
Second violins - 26 players
Violas - 20 players
Cellos - 22 players
Basses - 14 players
Horns - 12 players
Trombones - 9 players
Recording these very large string sections is not so much about volume – they deliver an especially lush and smooth sound that adds a beautiful warmth to your tracks. Likewise, the horns offer round and somber tones at lower volume levels. What’s really mind-blowing is the extremely powerful and blaring fortefortissimo of 12 horn players on the edge of what’s possible on their instruments. Similarly, the raw and powerful ensemble of nine trombones offers an extra fortefortissimo layer, too – not for the faint of heart!
Each of BBO: Zodiac's ensembles was recorded separately at Vienna's famed Synchron Stage with a multitude of close and mid microphones, Decca Tree, as well as surround and high surround mics. The included mixer presets deliver a perfectly engineered sound out-of-the-box that integrates seamlessly with all the other modules of the Big Bang Orchestra series.
BBO: Zodiac also includes combinations of several individual sections within one powerful preset, even with polyphonic legato. "All Strings" features all five string sections playing together, either with the original voicing layered over a six octave span, or with condensed voicing over a four octave span. Octave combinations provide two ensembles playing in octaves, such as first and second violins, violas and cellos, cellos and basses, etc. The "Epic Legato Combo" features the horn, viola and cello sections with two additional clarinets, all performing legatos together. The exceptionally broad and smooth blend of these specific ensembles as well as the live character of the note transitions makes this patch excel at epic melodies.
Articulations of the string ensembles include short notes (bold and agile), long notes and legatos with regular and soft releases played unerringly by the musicians to create beautifully articulated note fade-outs, sforzato, sforzatissimo and tremolos. Additional articulations of the brass patches include a separately available blaring fortissimo layer, short and long swells, as well as fast and slow horn rips.
Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac is free to everybody who purchases or completes the Big Bang Orchestra Bundle!
VSL offers all of their various string libraries at huge discounts! With this diverse range of ensemble sizes, recording spaces and price ranges, there’s something in it for everybody.
Long notes – sustains with and without fff layer, soft
Legato – sustains with and without fff layer, soft
Dynamics – sforzato, sforzatissimo, swells short and long
Rips – slow and fast
Trombones – 9 players
Short notes – bold and agile
Long notes – sustains with and without fff layer, soft
Fast attacks – sustains with and without fff layer, soft
Dynamics – sforzato, sforzatissimo, swells short and long
Epic Legato Combo
Cello and horn sections with additional violas and clarinets, unison
Long notes – regular and soft release
Legato – regular and soft release
Learn more about Vienna's transition to iLok: HERE
Minimum System Requirements
Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i5
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted) for the sample content
16 GB RAM
iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)