Big Bang Orchestra: Neptune

Introduction

Welcome to the Vienna Symphonic Library's series of Synchron Instruments! As the name says, Big Bang Orchestra furnishes you with a selection of full-orchestra articulations, at the same time allowing you (if you haven't done so already) to explore our powerful Synchron Player software. If you're looking for that extra dramatic effect or want to highlight a passage in your composition, this bonus library could be the solution, or at least point you in the right direction.

Multiple large metal sheet percussion instruments, possibly thunder sheets or gongs, arranged on stands in a recording studio or concert hall.
Overhead diagram of Synchron Stage Vienna, illustrating microphone and instrument placement for recording Synchron Strings I. The diagram shows violin, viola, cello, and double bass sections, with specific mic types like Close Mic, Mid Mic, Back Mic, and the Main Decca Tree array, indicating Standard Library and Add. Full Library mic options.

Included Presets

BBO Neptune offers a woodwinds tutti ensemble with 13 musicians - 1 piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes and 1 english horn, 2 clarinets in Bb and 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and 1 contrabassoon. Its layout is modeled after other BBO Libraries with similar content (e.g., the trumpet ensemble of Kopernikus), so that you can switch between the articulations of different Libraries without having to adapt any keyswitches.
All articulations can be played with or without the piccolo flute.
  • Range: A#2-D6
  • Articulation Keyswitches: C1-F1
  • Type Keyswitches: starting at C7
  • Senza / con piccolo: A0/B0
A musician in a casual blue sweater playing Synchron Percussion II tuned cymbals with mallets.

Short notes

Bold and agile.

  • Bold/agile: C7/C#7
Vienna Symphonic Library software interface displaying options for Instruments, Articulations, and Types for Big Bang Orchestra: Neptune, showing selections for Senza Piccolo, Short notes, and Bold.

Long notes

Sustained, marcato, and espressivo notes. For the sake of consistency, the next slot contains a copy of this one where the individual ensembles of BBO Orion feature legato articulations.

  • Type keyswitches: C7-D7
Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Instruments interface showing selectable options for Instruments (Senza Piccolo, Con Piccolo), Articulation (Long notes, Dynamics, Flutter and trills, Fast repetitions), and Type (Sustain, Marcato, Espressivo) for Big Bang Orchestra Neptune.

Marcato

The marcato slot allows you to control the marcato amount of the tone using Dim.Ctrl/A (MIDI CC1, modwheel).

User interface of the Big Bang Orchestra: Neptune musical instrument software, showcasing selectable options for instruments, articulation, type, and attack.

Dynamics

Sforzato, sforzatissimo, swells short and long, and soft swells.

  • Type keyswitches: C7-E7
User interface displaying Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Instruments settings for Big Bang Orchestra Neptune, showing Instrument, Articulation, and Type selections like Senza Piccolo, Dynamics, and Sforzato.

Flutter and trills

Flutter tonguing, half and whole tone trills.

  • Type keyswitches: C7-D7
User interface showing instrument, articulation, and type selections, including Senza Piccolo, Con Piccolo, Short Notes, Long Notes, Dynamics, Flutter and Trills, Fluttertongue, Halftone Trill, and Wholetone Trill options.

Fast repetitions

Staccato repetitions at 120, 140, and 160 BPM. These are already prepared for timestretching, i.e., all Patches have the original tempo they were recorded with entered as their source tempo. This allows you to adapt your repetitions automatically to the tempo of your project with only two mouse clicks.

  • Tempo keyswitches: C7-D7
Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Instruments interface showcasing options for instruments like Senza Piccolo, articulations such as short notes and fast repetitions, and tempos from 120 bpm to 160 bpm.
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