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.
BBO Orion features individual ensembles of flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, 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.
The oboes and bassoons do not offer flutter tonguing and fast repetitions.
- Range: flutes C4–C7; oboes B3–D#6; clarinets D3–C6; bassoons C2–C5
- Articulation Keyswitches: starting at C1
- Type Keyswitches: flutes, oboes, clarinets starting at C2, bassoons at C6
Bold and agile.
- Bold/agile: C2/C#2, C6/C#6
Sustained, marcato, and espressivo.
- Type keyswitches: C2–D2, C6–D6
The marcato slot allows you to control the marcato amount of the tone using Dim.Ctrl/A (MIDI CC1, modwheel).
Legato, regular and espressivo.
- Type keyswitches: flutes, oboes, clarinets C2–C#2; bassoons C6–C#6
Sforzato regular and with subsequent swell, swells short and long, and soft swells.
- Type keyswitches: flutes, oboes, clarinets C2–E2; bassoons C6–E6.
This articulation combines a sforzato note with a subsequent long swell.
Flutes and clarinets only. No further options.
Flutes and clarinets only. 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: C2–D2
