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Ambient Recording

BBO: Zodiac

Supermassive Ensembles

Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac

Overview
Audio
Mixer Presets
Data Size
Manuals

Promo

€ 217

List

€ 395

Promo

€ 217

List € 395

Whole Hog

Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac marks the daring finale of our monumental series. With 112 string players alone, the massive sound of its oversized ensembles makes for a bold statement that elevates and enriches your arrangements with epic breadth and power.

Overview

The collection includes seven ensembles:

First violins – 30 players
Second violins – 26 players
Violas – 20 players
Cellos – 22 players
Basses – 14 players
Horns – 12 players
Trombones – 9 players

Musicians playing violins with headphones in a recording studio, featuring a blonde man in a grey polo shirt with a violin.

A group of male musicians wearing headphones playing French horns in an orchestra or recording studio, with music stands and microphones.

Smiling musician wearing headphones and glasses, playing a trombone, surrounded by a music stand and microphones in a recording studio.

Musicians wearing headphones play cellos in an orchestra rehearsal or recording session.

Recording BBO: Zodiac's very large string sections was not so much about volume – they deliver an especially lush and smooth sound that adds a beautiful warmth to your tracks. Likewise, the horns offer round and somber tones at lower volume levels. What’s really mind-blowing is the extremely powerful and blaring fortefortissimo of 12 horn players on the edge of what’s possible on their instruments. Similarly, the raw and powerful ensemble of nine trombones offers an extra fortefortissimo layer, too – not for the faint of heart!

Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac

6 Tracks

Sunset (with BBO: Ganymede - Choir)

Tobias Alexander Ratka

Invasion

Tobias Alexander Ratka

The Visionary

Markus Zierhofer

User interface of the Synchron Player virtual instrument, displaying articulation, type, section, and mix controls for orchestral strings.

Mixer Presets

The most resource-friendly presets: Based on a room mix we created from all available room microphones, you will get an impressive sound that will help you to manifest your orchestral ideas on every device.

Ramin Djawadi, composer of Game of Thrones and Iron Man, conducting an orchestra and providing a testimonial for VSL's BBO Zodiac library.

Microphone Setup

Main (Decca tree stereo)
Main (Decca tree center)
Main surround stereo
High stereo
High surround stereo
Mid microphones
Solo/Close microphones
Back microphones

Orchestra microphone placement diagram showing instrument sections, player counts, and various microphone types including main Decca Tree, stereo, surround, mid, back, and solo mics.

Data Size

Download File Size

22.5 GB

Installed File Size

46.6 GB

System requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.14 Mojave (latest update), Intel Core i3
SSD (M2, SATA 6 or USB3/3.1, UASP Support - HFS+, APFS or NTFS formatted)
8 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: 46.6 GB

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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