previously "SYNCHRON-ized Historic Winds Package"
Studio Historic Winds furnishes you with an exquisite collection of historical wind instruments ranging from the Baroque oboe to the ophicleide.
The Presets of each instrument are subdivided into several Articulation categories (depending on the instrument) plus a "Custom" slot ready for your own creations:
- Short notes
- Long notes
- Legato
- Dynamics
- Flutter tonguing (trumpets and horns only), fast repetitions
Within these Articulation categories, you can select a Type (if applicable), e.g., legato normal or marcato, and for some of the types there are additional options available, such as vibrato type control.
For the Studio Historic Winds instruments, our software developers added a specifically designed convolution reverb derived from Vienna MIR Pro to the Synchron Player, featuring the outstanding and unique ambience of the 540 m2 (5,813 sq.ft.) main hall of Vienna Synchron Stage. The perfectly engineered reverberation and placement presets combine customized impulse responses with expertly crafted reverb settings for each group of the ensemble. By adding the ambience of Vienna Synchron Stage's Stage A to the dry samples in real-time, Studio Woodwinds perfectly blend with any other product of our Synchron Series.
For each instrument, there are 8 basic Mixer Presets that depict different recording situations: Close, Classic, Wide, Distant, Ambient, Short and Long Reverb without convolution, and MIR Unprocessed for use with Vienna MIR. The crumhorns, trumpets and horns offer right and left side versions of the processed Mixer Presets.
The instrument Presets comprise all recorded Patches in Articulation groups, which again contain Types of the respective Articulation, with further options if available. The general structure was modeled after our other Synchron Collections, making it easy to switch or combine instruments without major adaptations.
Articulations are enabled by default and can be disabled individually. Enabling an Articulation means that all the Types contained will be activated, too, so if you happen to be short of RAM it is advisable only to activate what you really need (you can always add more Types later).
By default the keyswitches for Articulations are mapped starting from C1. For the available Types, the keyswitches normally start from C2 for high instruments, and from C6 for lower ones.
Additional options within Articulations or Types are offered by the Dimension Controllers. The controller function is indicated by the respective caption, as of course it may take on different tasks as needed.
Apart from the regular articulations, every instrument also features one called Custom that does not contain any samples. It provides 6 slots ready for you to configure presets of your own.
Soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders.
Range: soprano C5–A7, alto F4–A#6, tenor C4–F6, bass C3–D5
Articulation switches: C1–E1
Type switches: starting at C2
Staccato, as well as legato (with and without vibrato) and staccato repetitions.
Legato repetitions: use Dim.Ctrl/B (CC4) to switch between vibrato styles and the vibrato crossfade option, and Dim.Ctrl/C (CC20) to control the crossfade amount.
Sustained notes with and without vibrato, normal and marcato.
Use Dim.Ctrl/B (CC4) to switch between vibrato styles and the vibrato crossfade option, and Dim.Ctrl/C (CC20) to control the crossfade amount.
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
Performance legato, normal and fast, with and without vibrato.
Use Dim.Ctrl/B (CC4) to switch between vibrato styles and the vibrato crossfade option, and Dim.Ctrl/C (CC20) to control the crossfade amount.
Autospeed
The Auto-speed option implements a speed controller on Dim.Ctrl/D to switch automatically between normal and fast legato.
Crescendo and diminuendo 1.5/2/3 sec.
- Cres/dim switches: D#2/E2
- Duration switches: G#2–A#2
Range: C4–G6
Articulation switches: C1–F1
Type switches: starting at C2
Staccato, short and long portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes, normal and marcato.
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
Performance legato, normal and fast.
The Auto-speed option implements a speed controller on Dim.Ctrl/D to switch automatically between normal and fast legato.
Sforzato, fortepiano, sforzatissimo; crescendo and diminuendo 2/3/4 sec.; and piano-forte-piano, 2/4/6 sec.
- Duration switches: G#2–A#2
Fast repetitions between 140 and 200 BPM.
- Tempo switches: D2–G2
Range: Baroque oboe C4–D6, oboe da caccia F3–G5, cornett A3–D6
Articulation switches: C1–F1
Type switches: starting at C2
Staccato, short and medium portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes, normal and marcato.
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
Performance legato, normal and fast.
The Auto-speed option implements a speed controller on Dim.Ctrl/D to switch automatically between normal and fast legato.
Sforzato, fortepiano, sforzatissimo; crescendo and diminuendo 2/3/4 sec.; piano-forte-piano 2/4/6 sec.
- Duration switches: G#2–A#2
Fast repetitions between 140 and 200 BPM.
Range: A1–A4
Articulation switches: C1–F1
Type switches: starting at C6
Staccato, short and long portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes, normal and marcato.
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
Performance legato, normal and fast.
The Auto-speed option implements a speed controller on Dim.Ctrl/D to switch automatically between normal and fast legato.
Sforzato, fortepiano, sforzatissimo; crescendo and diminuendo, 2/3/4 sec.
- Type switches: C6–E6 (white keys only)
- Duration switches: G#2–A#2
Range: F1–A4
Articulation switches: C1–E1
Type switches: starting at C6
Staccato, short and long portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes, normal and marcato.
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
These articulations have no further options.
Soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and great bass crumhorns, and a merged Preset of all five.
Range: soprano C4–F5, alto F3–A#4, tenor C3–F4, bass F2–C4, great bass C2–F3
Articulation switches: C1–E1
Type switches: starting at C2
Staccato and short portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes, normal.
Performance legato, normal and fast.
The Auto-speed option implements a speed controller on Dim.Ctrl/D to switch automatically between normal and fast legato.
Fast repetitions between 140 and 200 BPM.
- Tempo switches: D2–G2
This Preset combines all 5 crumhorns, substituting legato (as legato between two different instruments is impossible) with a copy of the long notes. The play range is C2–D5.
- Type switches: starting at C6
Natural trumpets in Bb, C, and D.
Range: Bb trumpet F3, B3, D4–D6; C trumpet G3, C4, E4–D6; D trumpet A3, D4, F#4–E6
Articulation switches: C1–F1
Type switches: starting at C2
Staccato and portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes with and without vibrato, normal and marcato.
Use Dim.Ctrl/B (CC4) to switch between vibrato styles and the vibrato crossfade option, and Dim.Ctrl/C (CC20) to control the crossfade amount.
Marcato
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
Performance legato with and without vibrato.
Use Dim.Ctrl/B (CC4) to switch between vibrato styles and the vibrato crossfade option, and Dim.Ctrl/C (CC20) to control the crossfade amount.
Sforzato, fortepiano, sforzatissimo; crescendo and diminuendo 2/3/4 sec.
- Duration switches: G#2–A#2
Flutter tonguing, normal and crescendo; fast repetitions between 140 and 200 BPM.
Natural horns: Bb basso, C basso, D, Eb, E, F, G, A, Bb alto, and C alto.
Range: Fundamental, fifth, octave, and chromatic starting from major decime according to instrument tuning, e.g.: Bb basso B1, F2, B2, D3–C5
Articulation switches: C1–F1
Type switches: starting at C6
Staccato and portato, as well as legato, portato, and staccato repetitions.
Sustained notes, normal and marcato.
If marcato is selected, keystroke velocity on Dim.Ctrl/A determines the marcato amount of the note played.
Legato, normal.
Sforzato, fortepiano, sforzatissimo; crescendo and diminuendo 2/3/4 sec.
- Duration switches: G#2–A#2
Flutter tonguing, normal and crescendo; fast repetitions between 140 and 200 BPM.
