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Dry Recording

Studio Dimension Strings II

(sordino)

Overview
Audio
Data Size
Manuals

Promo

€ 239

List

€ 399

Promo

€ 239

List € 399

The Art of Suggestion

This collection adds yet another dimension to your strings: Sordinos (mutes) tone down the sound but at the same time open up new sonic worlds. String instruments become gently subdued, as if shrouded in a soft veil. Music played with mutes carries the air of suggestive subtlety, like a whispered conversation between musician and listener. What’s left unspoken carries heightened impact and emotional weight. It’s no wonder that this particular technique is a favorite among Hollywood composers. With this collection you can explore its entire expressive potential with ease, precision and authenticity. Thanks to the Humanize Presets, subtle timing and pitch imperfections can be automatically applied to each individual musician in the ensemble, creating even more lifelike and natural performances.

Overview

5 String sections playing “con sordino” (with mutes):
8 First violins, 8 second violins, 6 violas, 6 cellos and 4 double basses
Recorded in groups, with individual microphones for each player
Authentic ensemble sound with direct access to each voice
Humanize presets for real-time control of performance accuracy
Artful articulations from staccato to pizzicato
Avoid/force open strings and easily determine which strings are to be played
Individual impulse responses from Synchron Stage Vienna for placement and reverberation of each musician of the ensemble

Studio Dimension Strings II

6 Tracks

“Con sordino” (with mutes) dampens the transmission of energy from the strings to the instrument’s body for a softer, darker sound. The resulting tone lends itself well to intimate arrangements and emotional ballads, or to infuse a particularly sensitive cue with subtle emotiveness. An insider tip of film composers is to blend the normal string sound with muted strings for achieving a very special broad, soft and warm string environment – a technique that is a real trade secret and that you can now utilize as well.

Screenshot of the Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Player software interface, displaying various settings for virtual instruments. The main view shows Players, String, Articulation, Type, and Player selections, with Desk 1, Sul G, Legato, and Normal highlighted. Below are Perform, Control, and Edit sections with sliders and knobs, and a Mix section with 02a 2nd Violins preset selected. A sidebar on the right lists Preset, Patch, and Resource options, showing a hierarchy of dimension strings, violins, violas, and cellos. At the bottom, a virtual keyboard is visible, with green keys for players, light blue for string, dark blue for articulation, and purple for type.

Articulations

Articulations are the same for all articulation styles:

Regular – Normal playing
Open String – String changes always to the next open string
Force G/D/A/E String (Violins); Force C/G/D/A String (Violas, Cellos); Force B/E/A/D String (Basses) – Played on the respective string for approx. 1 1/2 octaves before changing
For every instrument there are Compact and Full Presets. Compact contains only the Regular samples.
As patches and articulations are the same for all instruments, only the 1st Violins are listed here.

Close-up of a Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboard with its screen displaying sound library options, control knobs, and illuminated keys, demonstrating NKS integration.

NKS Integration

This Library supports Native Instruments’ NKS format and is compatible with Komplete Kontrol keyboards and Maschine. Use the Light Guide to quickly identify key switches and play ranges of your instruments, browse and preview sounds, and quickly adapt them using pre-configured control knobs.

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Data Size

Sample Amount

265,146

Download File Size

28.8 GB

Installed File Size

62.8 GB

System requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i5
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
16 GB RAM
iLok Account and iLok License Manager for license activation on a physical iLok 2/iLok 3 key or in an iLok Cloud Session (the iLok Cloud requires a constant internet connection!)
Free storage space: 62.8 GB