Great suggestions! I'm sure VSL guys and girls will start churning these out in between film score bookings  

But seriously I need Paul to get on to designing the mind midi controller for velocity Xfade!

Thought I'd make a Xmas wish list post  Just in case Vienna folks aren't busy enough.

So for Xmas I want Synchron Brass!

I've Synchron-ized my Berlin Brass using match EQ and Mir-Pro etc, it sounds good but now I'm ready for the real thing. Just because you know, Synchron Stage is possibly the best sounding halls in the world. Butter smooth mids, silvery highs and a chocolate low end, all with a hint of vintage  

Also you VSL folks should totally design your own Keyboard controller, I would buy one in a heartbeat.

And Paul could design a mind midi controller, it would literally interpret your brain-waves for velocity xfade. Good idea no? 

+ 1 + 1 + 1 !! 

Wow, thank you so much! It sure does. I love MIR so much and how different settings can really change the sound. Thanks again for taking the time.

Warm regards

Betuel

Originally Posted by: Dietz

... hope this helps! :-)

Hi Dietz! I'm messing around with a similar setup, images like this are always helpful. Would you be willing to share your prefered microphone settings for the setup seen in the screenshot. And perhaps more screenshots of instrument placements if you are feeling generous;)

Kind regards

Betuel

Originally Posted by: Dietz

As a post scriptum to this question, please see the attached screenshot. ;-)

Quote:

11. If run in VEP and I have 40 instances, will all instruments still be seen in ththe stage map, or only if used in a daw as a plugin?

Hi, anybody willing to explain this release business inside Synchron Strings I? Never really thought about it till now. There are two kinds, damped and ringing. Sounds good. Does one decide? How does this work?

Thanks in advance (:

Originally Posted by: Paul

Hi Betuel,

We love it too! 

But we have learned our lessen: Never talk about unfinished products!

Best,
Paul

I hope that was a subtle hint I noticed in your sentence. Anyway, good luck with the unfinished product :-)

I love Synchron Stage.

It's a beautiful sounding hall. I wonder how long I must agonisingly wait for:

Synchron Brass I & Synchron Woodwinds I, completing the Orchestra so to speak :) 

Is this something that is in the works at this time?

Kind musical Regards

Betuel

Thanks Ben for responding, however acording to Dietz samples are converted from analogue to digital in 24 bit / 96 khz, they are stored and edited in 32 bit FP / 96 kHz, and are converted to the delivery format as last step before mapping within the VI.

Originally Posted by: bbelius

Hi,

I think the VSL samples are recorded at 44.1 kHz. A samplerate significant higher then that does not provide any benifits and can even make things worse, besides using more CPU-performance and disk-space.

Here is an article explaining it: https://sonicscoop.com/2...better-and-when-it-isnt/

Best, Ben

So the question of sample rate is a passionate subject for many. More and more we are seeing music delivered at high sample rate to the deligt of many. Sound is pretty much always recorded at higher rates nowadays, and a prominent sample library developer I've noticed delivers it's libraries at 48k but even so these samples have been downsampled from original rate before consumer delivery. So my question is what is the reason for not allowing an option for higher sample rate delivery for those who desire?

It does, no vintage microphones, Neve preamps etc. I was just trying to figure out what I was not hearing, guess we are so used to hearing these colorations. No distortion, got it!

Thanks for the info to my dumb question :)

Kind regards.

Originally Posted by: Dietz

Hi Betuel,

Like fellow forum member Bbelius I don't really understand your question. Of course the impulse responses we captured for MIR Pro are meant to have all the colour from the original venue - but we tried to get rid of any other unwanted influences, like all non-linearties of the recording signal chain and so on.

... does this answer your question ...? 

Kind regards,

Am I right in that the IR'S are clean and do not add any coloration to the signal?

Got some time to play with Power Drums today,

thank goodness I can use the midi browser with any instrument! Fabulous feature, many thanks!

Now its just digging through my old dusty midi files in some various dodgy places, perhaps do some digital housekeeping too... ;-))

Ta very much for this!

B

Indeed its all good, as they say always hire a lazy person, they will find the easiest way for the task ;-D

I do like VSL for the clean sound approach, linear mics and pre-amps, correct me if I'm wrong, even for the Live, Synchron Stage recordings. I had great success applying the Slate Digital microphone emulations, and I use various modelled colouring EQ's.

Doing all that inside Synchron Player would be a dream! 

I hope you soon make it come true.

All the best,

Betuel

I understand :)

Thanks for the reply, actually just bought !!!POWER DRUMS!!! ;) for fun.

The new Synchron Player has so much protential.

I love to just to be able to go throug sounds looping with my current project to find inspiration and then get in there and **** it up to my liking.

You guys should do something crazy things like having midi recorders on the strings, drums and anything you can think of, nothing beats humans!

Bestest from Björk Land,

Betúel

Hello lovely team at VSL

Im curious if it is possible to use the Power Drums Midi browser for any other Synchron Instruments, quite miss

VI's Sequencer  It would be great to browse through various elements, patters, runs, chords, and build a library of performances.

All the best,

Betuel

Hi Dietz,

Would it be possible in the meantime to provide an ensemble template with the same placements and settings as used for Synchron-ized, Smart Orchestra etc, a lot has been done already. It would be tremendously helpful and fun to see.

Warm regards,

Originally Posted by: Paul

Hi Betuel, 

I wrote that answer to you in a reply to your mail to support on purpose :)

However, we will add that information on the product page asap. 

Best,
Paul

Hi Paul, sorry if I jumped the gun a little bit :) and I appreciate you taking the time to write me that list,

Maybe you could also include pre amps as well.

Warmest regards,

Betuel

So thanks to Paul, I got my answer:

Decca Tree LCR: DPA 4006
Surround: DPA 4011
High Stereo: AKG 414 als AB
High Surround: AKG 414 als AB
Close: Neumann KM184

VI1: MID: Flea12 as AB
       Back: Sennheiser MKH8040 as Spots

VI2: MID: Sennheiser MKH800 as AB
       Back: Sennheiser MKH8040 as Spots

VA:  MID: Sennheiser MKH800 as AB
       Back: Sennheiser MKH8040 as Spots

VC:  MID: Sennheiser MKH800 as AB
       Back: Neumann U87Ai as Spots

DB:  MID: Neumann U87Ai as AB
       Back: Flea12 as Spots

First of all I love the Synchron Strings I and the sound of the Beautiful Synchron Stage, but I am very curious about the microphones that were used during the recordings, brand names, and how each microphone was used and where it was placed.

For example what kind of microphone is the close mic?

1. Close Mic (Mono)

2. Mid Mic – Front row of Ensemble (L/R)

3. Back Mic – Second row of Ensemble (L/R)

4. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Stereo (L/R)

5. Main/Room Mic – Decca Tree Mono (Center)

6. Main Surround – Stereo (L/R)

7. High Stereo (3D) – Stereo (L/R)

8. High Surround (3D) – Stereo (L/R)

I would be so happy to get answears for this geek question

Kind Regards,

Betuel.

Hi Bill, I am aware :) I did say presets. But I suspect it won't be for some time while they're synchronizing. But I hope I'm wrong.

Yes please, would love some presets from the professionals. Synchronized series is great but I would love to see this provided for Mir Pro :-)

I've been curious about this new MQA audio format and how such a thing could be emplemented in the sample world. But then there is always licensing issues to complicate thing I guess. But the future is bright in the tech world :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Quality_Authenticated