Now available at the original introductory price:

Ambient + Dry Recording

Duality Strings Essentials

Overview
Audio
Articulations

Promo

€ 149

List

€ 199

Promo

€ 149

List € 199

Two Ensembles, Infinite Flow

Duality Strings Essentials brings you the best of both worlds: the lush, cinematic sound of Hollywood-proven strings and the intimate, immediate tone of smaller ensembles, all in one powerful and accessible package. Featuring our acclaimed new Flow View, playing has never been more intuitive and enjoyable. This streamlined edition of our acclaimed Synchron Duality Strings provides a perfect balance of a versatile and expressive string sound, offering a carefully curated set of articulations for effortless playability – all at an irresistible price.

Introductory Offer through December 2, 2024!

Diverse group of musicians wearing headphones, playing violins and other string instruments in a recording studio, with the text Duality Strings Essentials overlaid.

Overview

Two string ensembles, one cohesive performance
New Flow View for instant playing fun with minimal effort
Flow handles articulations and musical expression in real-time
Blend large and small sections with a single controller
Use the ensembles together or separately
52 Players in Stage A + 27 players in Stage B = 79 players in total
Uprgrade path to Synchron Duality Strings (regular)

The Flow View offers an intuitive interface that places all essential controls right at your fingertips, keeping you in the creative flow. Automated articulation switching based on playing speed and velocity, along with easy sound customization, lets you focus entirely on your music. Adjust the balance between the large ensemble in Stage A and the smaller section in Stage B, fine-tune reverb, Humanization, timbre, note transitions, and note attack – all within Flow View. Use the provided Precision View presets to access the full range of Synchron Player features in cases where detailed tweaking is required.

Man in glasses smiling, next to a cello with an autumn leaf and text Masterclass Writing for Strings.

Duality Strings Essentials

5 Tracks

Prelude to Autumn's Embrace

Guy Bacos

Awakening

Levente Kovacs

Simple Symphony - Frolicsome Finale

Benjamin Britten

Five Greek Dances - Epirotikos

Nikos Skalkottas

Primordial Dualities

Vincent Tohier

Orchestra musicians playing double basses in a recording studio.

Two female cellists with headphones playing string instruments during a classical music recording session in a studio.

Orchestra musicians performing with violins and viola in a recording studio, surrounded by microphones and sheet music stands.

Orchestra members playing violins in a professional recording studio with microphones and sheet music stands.

Section Sizes

Stage A

Stage B

Total

14 First violins

8 First violins

12 Second violins

6 Second violins

10 Violas

5 Violas

10 Violoncellos

5 Violoncellos

6 Basses

3 Basses

Synchron Player software interface for Vienna Symphonic Library, displaying virtual instrument settings for 1st Violins, showing articulation, performance, tone, sound, and a keyboard.

Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Player user interface displaying string section options, presets, and a virtual keyboard.

Screenshot of the Vienna Symphonic Library Synchron Player software interface, displaying controls for instrument selection (strings like violins and cellos), articulation types (staccato, pizzicato, long, tremolo, universal), sound characteristics (standard, FX, stage balance), tone adjustments (humanization, timbre, expression), performance parameters (tremolo/legato, first note, release), reverb, and output volume, with a virtual keyboard at the bottom.

A screenshot of the SYNCHRON PLAYER software with various controls for sound articulation, type, release, and attack, also showing performance, control, and mix settings, all with a virtual keyboard at the bottom.

Articulations

Short notes:

Staccato bold and agile

Long notes:

Sustained with normal, soft, fast, and sforzato attack, normal and soft release

Performance legato:

Legato
Portamento
Both with normal, soft, fast, and sforzato attack, normal and soft release

Tremolo:

Tremolo sustained
Tremolo legato
Both with normal, fast, and sforzato attack

Pizzicato

Pizzicato bold and agile
Snap or Bartók pizzicato

Composer Ronit Kirchman wearing headphones and patterned top, holding a conducting baton with one hand and gesturing with the other, standing in a large recording studio with dark background.

Data Size

Sample Amount:

59,238

Download / Installed File Size:

13 GB

System Requirements

Minimum:

Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 11 Big Sur (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: 13 GB (download size = installed size due to lossless data compression)