In more or less "worse case" it might be, that those algorithm tends to decide at least some details of articulation selection "automatically" depending to keyvelocity and speed like some embertone or Spitfire patches seem to do. If this makes it more difficult to conciously decide every detail of articulationselection I would regret it.

But....

If we are lucky than they have just streamlined the articulation selection to the musical decisions and reduced the complexity we currently have especially with the very rich samplecontent of VSL-Libraries to handle every variety of articulation type.

What ever "Micro-articulation-switching" will mean, It will be a huge step forward as far it  makes it easier to change certain aspect (Accent, Length, Vibrato, etc.) of an articulation, without setting up the selection control of all possible varieties with seperate keyswitches or CC-data to trigger different matrixfield for everything what might be used as we did it until now. If ever we keep at least the possibility to completly decide each detail of ariculation decision, this could make things very much more comforable. 

At least the Velocitylayer X-Fade seem to be improved as far as I understand in both the soundquality as well as in they way the user could handle it.

I am quite curious to know every further usability improvement to come with the synchron player.

As ever, exciting news. But it would be very helpful before purchase if VSL could provide some information about what Synchron Strings can do which something like the Dimension Strings can't. I'm not thinking so much about the number of articulations, but more what the basic sounds will do. And especially in the context of being triggered by Sibelius, assuming there will be a soundset.

Hi everybody!

Thanks for all your questions, comments (and speculations )!

It’s great to see that a lot of your wishful thinking are actually very thoughtful wishes 

We will add more information in time.

Until then: Enjoy the excitement and anticipation! We certainly do!

Best, 
Paul

Hi,

"In time" means when we are ready to provide more information. We will definitely share more information before the early bird offer ends. 

Best, 
Paul

No you don't need MIR. Like the Synchron Percussion. They are recorded with reverb.

If you want to use some of the other dry-recored samples with the synchron series, just use the dry instruments in MIR in combination with roompack 6 (Synchron Stage).

"...how long the note should sustain is simply not available at the moment a mere note-on message is received and at which the algorithm would have to pick an articulation."

Are you suggesting that VSL developers can't break the time-space continuum, i.e., tell the future? :-)  I too was going to discuss the impossibilities, but A. I have a lot of faith in VSL to do something outside of my imagination, B. they might aim for a "second pass" algorithm (as Kai described), and C. it was bedtime. But you are correct, of course, that note-on and velocity only, played live, has too little information to pick sample length and playing style. 

Bring on the speculation. I haven't seen a tease campaign this much fun since the advent of Vienna Instruments. 

By the way, for you folks in the States, you're getting a further discount (over 15%) if you buy in dollars (Ilio, et al) than online (in Euros). That is another kindness VSL extends, often unnoticed. It makes the math a whole lot simpler. Also, if you buy in Euros from the States, your credit card may ding you with a currency conversion fee.

There's a speed bump, though, with Ilio: they can take a day or so to confirm the purchase and send the codes. 

A couple of questions for VSL:

Is the new Synchron Player only for Synchron libraries, or will it be able to be used with the older libraries as well?

I'm really interested in the articulation switching, especially when played live. Could you post a video of someone playing a string section in real time showing how how different articulations are triggered or switched to? Also, seeing a video of how articulations are triggerd in Sibelius would be very helpful.

Thanks!

Michael

There are some things that I would miss without MIR. Especially the PreEQs ("Silk" blends normal Strings so well with Mutet Strings). Please add the MIR PreEQ to the Synchron-Player if possible.

Thanks.

Can someone explain what this means from the product info page: "We’ve developed a new sampling process wherein all performances are recorded and edited at 'fixed gain'"?