Hi LAJ here comes 401 (404 will be an error alert
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To control acoustic with the mix of several available microphonepositions is not that "new" in the market, it seems to me more or less standard for the most available samplelibraries (normaly with 3-5 different positions while non of them offer such a variety as Synchronseries does).
The historic Winds seem to have been the last in the silent stage recorded Libraries. I do not expect that there will be so much more new silentstage-libraries on the way. It is much more probable, that they are now continuing the synchronstage-way for the whole range of their products in the next years. And this is for many reasons very promising (how ever convincing and powerful the Siletstage/MIR combination was)
If I understood right, the "new approach" to program orchestrrasamples will make it more efficient to handle with the incredible amount of different patches VSL provides. In combination with the large amount of Microphonepositions there is a strong need to streamline the controle of the samplelibraries. If you have seen the VE-Presets for the Syncchron-Percussion you can imagine what a supercomplex setup it will be to use a whole Synchronorchestra with the former VI. Combine that with the large variety of different patches a VSL-Library usually provides for all Orchestral instruments you will have very much to organize and controle.
I am pretty sure the new Synchron-Player must be part of the solution how to streamline the incredible power such a Library brings. Yes I do have tons of Questions and we have already just some exciting indications what we could expect
"with a minimal need to switch articulations, and by moving just one or two preconfigured controllers." This at least sounds to me as if they might have listened hopefully at least a little bit to what I have already suggested some years ago
It seems to be pretty clear, that the velocity X_fade will be improved and with 8 Layers might bring more realstic dynamic changes in each momemt of a certain note.
But however even if we are with all those indications already better infomed than about nearly every other Library available, there are of course for me still so much questions, which will be fully answered not before the Library is downloaded, installed and I have had enough time to explored it in one or another project.
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