Synchron Dizis

The dizi is a Chinese transverse flute made of bamboo. A special feature of this instrument is the additional hole between the embouchure and the finger holes. A membrane with fine wrinkles, called “dimo”, is glued over this hole, and it resonates similarly to a kazoo. The louder the dizi is played, the more the dimo resonates, making the instrument brighter and louder, and adding harmonics that give the tone a buzzing, nasal quality.

$42.00

Synchron Dizis

This Synchron World Winds Pack includes two dizis in the keys of G and D. Typical playing techniques include a variety of ornaments, grace notes, portamentos, and accentuated releases of a note or phrase.

Dizis

Both dizis included in this Pack were played by multi-instrumentalist, folk instruments expert, and member of the Synchron Stage Orchestra, Veronika Vitazkova. She played in many orchestras, among them the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and Tonkünstler Orchestra, toured Europe as a solo flutist with the late Ennio Morricone, and played at esteemed festivals from Salzburger Festspiele to Hollywood in Vienna. Having performed on countless film scores at Synchron Stage Vienna, Veronika feels very much at home on the large Stage A and marvels at the exceptional acoustics of this scoring stage that contribute substantially to the overall sound of each instrument.

To capture the spectacular ambience of “Stage A” of Synchron Stage, Vienna’s engineers employed seven phase-coherent microphone configurations to provide a broad range of room options. All signals are available as separate channels in the mixer section of the Vienna Synchron Player. A wide variety of presets offer perfect mixer settings and serve as great starting points for your own sound creations.

Below you’ll find a list of each dizi’s natural sampled tones, which are diatonic as opposed to chromatic. Nonetheless, this software instrument provides chromatic keyboard mappings for every instrument. In addition, legatos were sampled chromatically. If you want your composition to be played by a dizi player, please bear in mind that not everything you write and play on the keyboard may be possible to perform for a musician, due to the non-chromatic nature of this instrument.

Dizi in G
Range: g4 – g6 Scale: G Major (G, A, B, C, D, E, F#)

Dizi in D
Range: d4 – d6 Scale: D Major (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#)

(c4 = middle c)

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Instruments

Dizi in G, range: G4–G6, scale: G Major (G, A, B, C, D, E, F#)
Dizi in D, range: D4–D6, scale: D Major (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#)
(c4 = middle c)

Short notes

Staccato bold and agile
Portato bold and agile
Long portato with and without vibrato

Long notes, Legato, Portamento

Sustained with and without vibrato, with regular and accentuated release
Flutter tonguing with regular and accentuated release (except portamento)
Marcato with and without vibrato, with regular and accentuated release
Gamaka half tone, whole tone, third, and fourth; with and without vibrato, with regular and accentuated release
Grace notes with and without vibrato, with regular and accentuated release (long notes only)

Dynamics

Crescendo short and long with and without vibrato
Diminuendo short and long with and without vibrato

Fast repetitions

Repetitions from 120 to 160 BPM with ringing and cut release

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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!)

Recommended

  • Windows 11 (latest update), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon
  • macOS 13 Ventura (or higher), Intel Core i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
  • 32 GB RAM
  • AU/VST/VST3/AAX Native compatible host
  • 88 key master keyboard

Hard Drive Space Requirements

  • Standard Library: 6.8 GB (individual microphone data can be removed)
  • Full Library: 12 GB (individual microphone data can be removed)