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 Tana, Ursa, Vega, Wallia, and Xenia each represent one of the orchestra's string sections. The layout of articulations is designed to resemble that of other BBO Libraries with similar content (most notably, Lyra and Musca), so that you can switch between the articulations of different Libraries without having to adapt any keyswitches.
BBO Tana: 1st violins, 14 players
BBO Ursa: 2nd violins, 10 players
BBO Vega: violas, 8 players
BBO Wallia: violoncellos, 8 players
BBO Xenia: double basses, 6 players
Articulation Keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega, Wallia: C1–F#1
- Xenia: C6–F#6
Type Keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: starting at C2
- Wallia, Xenia: starting at C6
Bold, agile, and fortissimo.
- Range:
- Tana: G3–G7
- Ursa: G3–E7
- Vega: C3–F6
- Wallia: C2-A5
- Xenia: B0-D4
- Type keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2–D2
- Wallia, Xenia: C6–D6
Long notes with light and strong vibrato, and espressivo. Light vibrato and espressivo feature regular and soft release variants.
- Range:
- Tana, Ursa: G3–E7
- Vega: C3–F6
- Wallia: C2-A5
- Xenia: B0-D4
- Type keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
- Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
- Normal/soft release: F7/G7
The XF vibrato option combines the light and strong vibrato articulations, so that you can control the vibrato amount using Dim.Ctrl/A (MIDI CC1, modwheel).
Legato with light and strong vibrato, and marcato.
- Range:
- Tana, Ursa: G3–D7
- Vega: C3–E6
- Wallia: C2-A5
- Xenia: B0-C4
- Type keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
- Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
- Normal/soft release: F7/G7
The XF vibrato option combines the light and strong vibrato articulations, so that you can control the vibrato amount using Dim.Ctrl/A (MIDI CC1, modwheel).
Sforzato, swells short and long, and soft swells with regular and soft release.
- Range:
- Tana, Ursa: G3–E7
- Vega: C3–F6
- Wallia: C2-A5
- Xenia: B0-D4
- Type keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
- Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
- Normal/soft release: F7/G7
Tremolo regular and with marcato attack, half and whole tone trills.
- Range:
- Tana: G3–G7
- Ursa: G3–D7
- Vega: C3–E6
- Wallia: C2-A5
- Xenia: B0-D4
- The upper range of trills is a half/whole tone lower.
- Type keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
- Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
These Patches are already prepared for use with the Synchron Player's time-stretching feature, allowing you to adapt your repetitions automatically to the tempo of your project with only two mouse clicks. The measured tremolos were originally recorded with 130 BPM. Accordingly, time stretching works best when using this Patch.
- Range:
- Tana: G3–E7
- Ursa: G3–D7
- Vega: C3-E6
- Wallia: C2-A5
- Xenia: B0-D4
- Tempo keyswitches:
- Tana, Ursa, Vega: C2-D#2
- Wallia, Xenia: C6–D#6
- Ringing/cut release: F7/G7
Pizzicato, with no further options.
- Range:
- Tana: G3–G7
- Ursa: G3–D7
- Vega: C3–E6
- Wallia: C2–A5
- Xenia: B0–D4
| Articulations | Synchron Strings Pro | Vel. Layers | BBO: Strings Pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short notes | Spiccato | 2 | Short Bold |
| Spiccato agile | 2 | Short Agile | |
| Short staccato | 5 | ||
| Staccato | 5 | ||
| Staccato agile | 6 | ||
| Short staccato fortissimo/harsh | 1 | Short Fortissimo | |
| Staccato fortissimo/harsh | 1 | ||
| Détaché | 3 | ||
| Legatos | Legato Cantabile/molto vibrato | 2 | Legato Strong Vibrato |
| Legato senza vibrato | 2 | ||
| Legato regular (normal/soft/marcato attack, normal/soft release) | 2 | Legato Light Vibrato (normal/soft release) / Marcato | |
| Legato agile (normal/soft/marcato attack, normal/soft release) | 2 | ||
| Legato espressivo (normal/soft release) | 2 | ||
| Legato very soft (flautando/pianissimo, normal and soft release) | 3 | ||
| Portamento (normal/soft/marcato attack, normal/soft release) | 2 | ||
| Long notes | Cantabile strong vib./molto vib | 2 | Long Notes / Strong Vibrato |
| soft attack (no vib.) | 2 | ||
| regular vibrato (normal/soft attack, normal/soft release) | 2 | Long Notes / Light Vibrato | |
| espressivo (normal/soft release) | 2 | Long Notes / Espressivo | |
| very soft (flautando/pianissimo, normal and soft release) | 3 | ||
| flautando | 2 | ||
| Dynamics | long sfz | 2 | Sforzato |
| long soft swell (normal/soft release) | 2 | Soft swell | |
| short crescendos | 1 | Swell short | |
| long crescendos | 1 | Swell long | |
| short diminuendos | 1 | ||
| long diminuendos | 1 | ||
| Ponticello | Ponticello – short, bold/agile | 2 | |
| Ponticello – long | 2 | ||
| Ponticello – tremolo | 2 | ||
| Ponticello – legato | 2 | ||
| Harmonics | Harmonics – sustained | 1 | |
| Harmonics – tremolo | 1 | ||
| Tremolos | Tremolos (normal/marcato attack) | 4 | Tremolos (normal/marcato attack) |
| Measured tremolo 120 bpm | 2 | 120 bpm | |
| Measured tremolo 130 bpm | 2 | 130 bpm | |
| Measured tremolo 140 bpm | 2 | 140 bpm | |
| Measured tremolo 160 bpm | 2 | 150 bpm | |
| Trills | Half tone trills | 4 | Half tone trills |
| Whole tone trills | 4 | Whole tone trills | |
| Pizzicato | Pizzicato | 5 | Pizzicato |
| 1 | |||
| Col legno | Col legno | 2 |