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INSTRUMENTS
Violin ensemble (14 players)
Viola ensemble (10 players)
The ensemble of 14 violinists is headed by Christian Eisenberger, who in his esteemed international concert work has collaborated with artists and conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Herbert von Karajan, Gideon Kremer, Kent Nagano, Roger Norrington, Murray Perahia, Andras Schiff, Georg Solti, and many others. The ensemble of 10 violas is headed by Anett Homoki, who is a member of the Vienna Chamber Philharmony as well as of the Volksoper Vienna.
All Vienna Instruments string sections offer an extremely wide range of articulations. The special qualities of these instruments are the result of a multitude of Performances. With larger ensembles, the random effect of articulations like Performance Trills or fast Legatos is especially pronounced, lending those Performance Patches remarkable authenticity in conjunction with the new Performance algorithms in the Vienna Instruments. The larger the ensemble, the more intense the random effect, that is, the natural “inexactitude” among the musicians when changing from one tone to the next. This effect gets extra attention with the “Repetition Performance Pizzicatos” – an innovation only available with the large string ensembles and recorded in two different tempos.
The Orchestral Strings I Full Library contains 35 GB of uncompressed sample data in 44.1kHz/24-bit. Due to an innovative optimization process, the Vienna Instruments engine decompresses the samples in real-time, so that they take up only 24 GB of space on your hard disk. Please note: Even if you licensed the Standard Library only, the Full Library of your Collection gets installed on your hard drive since Standard and Extended Library can’t be separated due to structural database requirements.
Violins Orchestra | ||
ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY | FULL LIBRARY ONLY |
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES |
Long staccato Short détaché Sustained with vibrato Flautando sustained |
Short staccato Long détaché Sustained without vibrato |
02 DYNAMICS |
Fortepiano with vibrato Sforzato with vibrato |
Medium crescendo and diminuendo with vibrato (1.5 and 3 sec.) Strong crescendo and diminuendo with vibrato (1.5, 3, and 6 sec.) Medium crescendo and diminuendo without vibrato (2 and 4 sec.) Crescendo-diminuendo with vibrato (2, 4, and 6 sec.) Sforzatissimo with vibrato Fortepiano, sforzato, and sforzatissimo without vibrato |
03 TREMOLO + TRILLS |
Tremolo sustained Trills half and whole tone |
Tremolo crescendo and diminuendo 2 sec. Crescendo-diminuendo 3 sec. Trills minor and major 3rd, half and whole tone, dynamics and pfp Trills accelerando, half and whole tone, normal and dynamics |
04 PIZZ + LEGNO | Pizzicato normal and snap (Bartók) |
Pizzicato slow Pizzicato repetitions slow and fast Col legno normal and slow |
05 HARMONICS | Artificial harmonics: Staccato and sustained | Artificial harmonics: Repetition performances |
06 PONTICELLO |
Staccato Sustained Tremolo |
Dynamics strong (1.5, 2, and 4 sec.) Sforzato |
07 CON SORDINO BASIC |
Staccato Détaché Sustained Dynamics medium (2 and 4 sec.) Fortepiano Sforzato Tremolo Trills normal and dynamics Pizzicato |
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10 PERF INTERVAL |
Legato Portamento |
Legato on the same string Tremolo Muted legato and portamento |
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST | Legato |
Marcato Spiccato |
12 PERF TRILL | Trills, legato, minor 2nd to 4th | |
13 PERF REPETITION |
Legato slow Portato fast Spiccato |
Legato fast Bow vibrato slow and fast Portato slow Staccato harsh Dynamics for all articulations Muted legato, portato, and staccato repetitions, portato and staccato dynamics |
14 PERF UPBEAT REPETITION | 1 and 2 upbeats, slow and fast, normal and dynamics | |
15 FAST REPETITION | Staccato, 9 repetitions, 150 to 190 BPM, normal and dynamics | |
16 GRACE NOTES | Grace notes, minor and major 2nd, up and down. | |
17 GLISSANDI |
Glissando performances on every string Octave glissandos up and down |
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18 SCALE RUNS |
Octave runs Legato, major and minor sharp from C to B on every note of the scale, chromatic and whole tone Spiccato, major, from C to B on every note of the scale. |
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98 RESOURCES |
Isolated dynamics repetitions Single layer long notes (pp, mp, f, ff) Iinterval performances: Marcato medium, spiccato medium, staccato/spiccato |
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Violas Orchestra | ||
ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY | FULL LIBRARY ONLY |
01 SHORT + LONG NOTES |
Long staccato Short détaché Sustained with vibrato Flautando sustained |
Short staccato Long détaché Long portato without vibrato Sustained without vibrato |
02 DYNAMICS |
Fortepiano with vibrato Sforzato with vibrato |
Medium crescendo and diminuendo with vibrato (1.5 and 3 sec.) Strong crescendo and diminuendo with vibrato (1.5, 3, and 6 sec.) Medium crescendo and diminuendo without vibrato (2 and 4 sec.) Crescendo-diminuendo with vibrato (2, 4, and 6 sec.) Sforzatissimo with vibrato Fortepiano, sforzato, and sforzatissimo without vibrato |
03 TREMOLO + TRILLS |
Tremolo sustained Trills half and whole tone |
Tremolo crescendo and diminuendo 2 sec. Crescendo-diminuendo 3 sec. Trills half and whole tone dynamics and pfp Trills accelerando half and whole tone, normal and dynamics |
04 PIZZ + LEGNO | Pizzicato normal and snap (Bartók) |
Pizzicato slow Pizzicato repetitions slow and fast Col legno normal and slow |
05 HARMONICS | Artificial harmonics: Staccato and sustained | Artificial harmonics: Repetition performances |
06 PONTICELLO |
Staccato Sustained Tremolo |
Dynamics strong (1.5, 2.5, and 4 sec.) Sforzato |
07 CON SORDINO BASIC |
Staccato Détaché Sustained Dynamics medium (2 and 4 sec.) Fortepiano Sforzato Tremolo Trills normal and dynamics Pizzicato |
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10 PERF INTERVAL |
Legato Portamento |
Legato on the same string Tremolo Muted legato and portamento |
11 PERF INTERVAL FAST | Legato |
Marcato Spiccato |
12 PERF TRILL | Trills, legato, minor 2nd to 4th | |
13 PERF REPETITION |
Legato slow Portato fast Spiccato |
Legato fast Bow vibrato slow and fast Portato slow Staccato Harsh Dynamics for all articulations Muted legato, portato, and staccato repetitions, legato and portato dynamics |
14 PERF UPBEAT REPETITION | 1 and 2 upbeats, slow and fast, normal and dynamics | |
15 FAST REPETITION | Staccato, 9 repetitions, 150 to 190 BPM, normal and dynamics | |
16 GRACE NOTES | Grace notes, minor and major 2nd, up and down | |
17 SCALE RUNS |
Octave runs Legato, major and minor sharp from C to B on every note of the scale, chromatic, whole tone, and furioso Spiccato, major, from C to B on every note of the scale |
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98 RESOURCES |
Isolated dynamics repetitions Single layer long notes (pp, mp, f, ff) Iinterval performances: Marcato medium, spiccato medium, staccato/spiccato |