Big Bang Orchestra: Phoenix

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.

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.

Upgrade Info

The instruments in this collection were derived from our Libraries Synchron Percussion I and Synchron Percussion II, which not only feature more instruments, but also offer additional articulations. Owners of BBO Phoenix and/or BBO Quasar will receive discounts on the purchase of these Libraries.

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Included Presets

BBO Phoenix offers an assortment of pitched percussion instruments, including timpani, glockenspiel vibraphone, xylophone, Burma gongs, plate bells, and tubular bells.

Timpani

Timpani - soft mallets

Timpani five timpani sized from 20" to 32" and played with soft mallets: single strokes, rolls, and octaves. The instruments are stacked so that they provide a continuous chromatic range from C2 to C4.

  • Articulation Keyswitches: F1–G1
  • Range
    • single strokes left/right: C2–C6
    • rolls: C2–C4
    • octaves: C2–C3
Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Instruments interface showing Articulations with options like Single Strokes and Rolls, and Stack section displaying 20 to 32 inch settings for orchestral sounds.

Apart from the regular Preset, there is also one that features rolls with velocity crossfading.

Mapping single strokes

Vienna Symphonic Library Big Bang Orchestra Phoenix Synchron Instruments piano key mapping for right and left hand, showing assigned musical ranges and measured intervals in inches.

Mallets

Glockenspiel - plastic beater

Single notes. You can choose between a mapping transposed down by an octave for regular keyboards with 88 keys, and a loco mapping.

  • 88 keys/loco: A0/B0
  • Range: C4–E7/C5–E8
Software interface showing transposition options, including A0 (w) for key mapping, and choices for A 88 keys and B loco within the Vienna Symphonic Library's Big Bang Orchestra instrument.

Vibraphone - soft beater

Single notes, played without and with running motor.

  • Motor off/on: A0/B0
  • Range: F3–F6
Motor control interface with A selected for 'Motor off' and B for 'Motor on', likely from Vienna Symphonic Library's Big Bang Orchestra.

Xylophone - wood beater

Single notes.

  • Range: C4–C8

Bells and Gongs

Burma gongs - soft beater

Single notes.

  • Range: C2–C5
Digital interface showing a dropdown menu for Burma Gongs with options for Octave 2, Octave 3, and Octave 4, likely from Vienna Symphonic Library's Big Bang Orchestra.

Plate bells - bell hammer

Single notes.

  • Range: C3–C7
User interface screenshot showing Plate bells selected, with options for Octave 3, Octave 4, Octave 5, and Octave 6, relevant to Vienna Symphonic Library's Synchron Instruments.

Tubular bells - medium beater

Single notes.

  • Range: F3–F5