YES!!! Thanks for that! I miss the time when VSL released ambitious products like Dimension Strings. And the SYNCHRON-ized series doesn't make any sense to me. It makes me crazy that they waste their time synchron-izing libraries that already exist instead of creating new products. VSL has been promising us the MIRx Synchron Stage for years and we're still waiting. I'm disappointed.

Four new libraries in one month! VSL is on fire!

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David

So, nobody has this problem ?

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David

Hi Ben

Thanks for the reply. Then I guess I have to get used to it...

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David

Hi

Why did VSL create the Synchron Series if the only purpose is to SYNCHRON-ize products that already exist ? Paul once said that only a few VI libraries would be SYNCHRON-ized but it looks like you’re SYNCHRON-izing everything. And now, there are much more SYNCHRON-ized products than Synchron libraries. It’s been two years since Synchron Strings I came out and there are still no signs of Synchron Brass I or Synchron Woodwinds I. I’m not criticizing the quality of the samples. I’ve always been very happy with VSL’s products. But I don’t understand where this is going.

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David

You're very lucky LAJ. You've been asking for FX Strings for years and they finally came out last year. And now BBO Andromeda. Could you ask for Synchron Solo Strings or Synchron Chamber Strings for me ? Thanks. 

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David

Hi

I've installed the last update for Dimension Strings I and when I load the matrix "02P VC-All-RE-L2-Art-Combi", it seems that for some patches like Legato, Portamento or Sustain, all the players are panned at the center. For other patches like Staccato or Detache, they are correctly panned. Has anyone noticed that too or am I missing something ? It doesn't do that with the update for DS II.

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David

Hi Paul

Will there be expansion packs for Vienna Smart Spheres as well ? It would be cool!

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David

Yes, Synchron Brass I would be nice. Here is my wish list :

1. Synchron Brass I
2. Synchron Strings II (Chamber)
3. Synchron Solo Violin & Cello (one can always dream)
4. VI Children Choir
5. VI Dimension Woodwinds I
6. Synchron Strings I new update (with portamento, harmonics and detache articulations)
7. Synchron Epic Percussion

The thing I don't understand is why they keep synchronizing VI libraries instead of completing the new orchestra they've started to build with Synchron Strings I and Synchron Percussion I. Those two and the 3 pianos are great libraries and I hope Synchron Brass I and Synchron Woodwinds I will be available some day.

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David

I wish they had never moved to the Synchron Stage. Don't get me wrong, the libraries from the Synchron Series are really good, but the VI Series is so great... 

I hope you're right. It would be nice.

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David

Originally Posted by: LAJ

(Hope you continue with the "real" SY-Series soon. Most important SY-BRASS)

 

Hi

Do not hope too much. It will probably be a SYNCHRON-ized Brass library. I wish they had stayed with the VI Series and the Silent Stage. It was perfect.

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David

Originally Posted by: Martin

Yes, it doesn’t offer some instruments and articulations that are available with VI Woodwinds, and that’s not an omission, that's the concept of this product. That’s one reason why it’s so easy to work with.

I understand that. But why didn't you record woodwinds at the Synchron Stage like you did with Synchron Strings I ? I own the Woodwinds Complete Bundle from the VI Series and a new library recorded at the Synchron Stage with new samples would have been much more exciting for me than a SYNCHRON-ized library.

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David

Thanks for your reply. I know that the SYNCHRON-ized libraries are based on the VI Series but what I meant is that I don't understand why you waste your time synchronizing libraries that already exist and that work with a great player (VI/VI Pro) instead of creating new libraries. And I say that with great respect for you because I think VSL has created amazing software and libraries over the years. But I really don't understand where the Synchron Series is going.

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David

Hi

I don't understand. Does it mean that there won't be a Synchron Woodwinds I library ?

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David

The low brass are so cool. Thanks!

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David

Originally Posted by: Rangi

Thanks all, It’s a MacBook Pro, mid 2014, 15” retina.
2.2 ghz i7
16gb ram, 500gb ssd + another 500gb external ssd for vsl library’s.

Ive got vsl solo strings, also dimension strings which I recently upgraded to the synchronised version. Also selected percussion, brass and wind - but intending to increase those.

I also have Vienna instruments pro, but not Vienna ensemble pro.

The setup was working fine writing for smaller Chamber pieces, but it can’t play a full score.

Barton.

That's weird. I have an iMac (Late 2013, i7, 16 GB RAM) which is as powerful as your Macbook Pro and I have no problems with SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Strings. I've made a test this afternoon. I've created a project in Logic with all the Dimension sections loaded in VE Pro. I've enabled all cells for Cellos and Violas (full, all players) and only Legato for 1st and 2nd Violins (I don't have enough RAM to enable all cells for those two sections). The total of RAM used was 13,9 GB and I had no clicks and pops. 

Are your libraries stored on a SSD ? Regarding a new Mac, I think you can do a lot of things wirh 32 GB of RAM and an i7 (or i9), whether it's an iMac or a Macbook Pro. And the preload size available in VI Pro and the Synchron Player can be very helpful to decrease the RAM uage. 

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David

Hi

What is your current setup (RAM,CPU) ? Is it a Macbook Air ?

Ok, so here are the corresponding libraries : 

- Hollywood Strings Diamond = VI Appassionata Strings I (Full). If you also want the muted strings, take the whole bundle. (No divisi in this library)

- Hollywood Woodwinds Diamond = VI Woodwinds I (Full) and VI Woodwinds II (Full)

- Hollywood Brass Diamond = VI Brass I (Full) and VI Brass II (Full).

- Hollywood Percussion Diamond = VI Percussion (Full) or Synchron Percussion I (Standard). There is no equivalent to Stormdrum 2/3 in VSL's catalog.

- Hollywood Choirs = Vienna Choir (Full). There is no Wordbuilder in this library.

- Hollywood Solo Instruments Diamond = VI Harps (Full), VI Solo Violin 2, VI Solo Cello 2.

The Special Editions Complete Bundle include all these libraries but with less articulations. For example, there are no articulations like crescendos or diminuendos. Of course, you can crossfade between the different layers with the Velocity fader but for the solo instruments, the transition is not always very smooth. Hope it helps.

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David

What is your budget ? It would be easier to help if I knew it. I was like you and moved from East West to VSL. I started with the Special Editions Bundle (VI) and upgraded to the complete collections over the years. Vienna Instruments and the Synchron Player are very similar. So, once you know one, it's easier to play with the other one. MIR Pro is an amazing software and you can combine it with other reverbs. 

So, here is my advice :

- If you don't have a lot of money, go with the Synchron-ized Special Editions.

- If you can afford it, go with MIR Pro and the VI Collections (or VI Special Editions)

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David

Hi

The VI libraries are recorded at the Silent Stage. Since they are dry libraries, you need some additional reverb. The Synchron libraries are recorded with the ambience of the Synchron Stage. And the Synchron-ized libraries are based on the VI libraries (they use the same samples) but they are powered by the Synchron Player and include Synchron Stage IRs thanks to MIR Pro's technology. Hope it helps.

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David

Originally Posted by: Seventh Sam

Originally Posted by: daviddln

Originally Posted by: littlewierdo

Hi Paul, looking forward to purchasing this and I am hoping dimension brass is coming next...

Don't worry about that. Dimension Brass is coming next month. The real question is : when will we get Dimension Woodwinds ?

How do you know?

A strong intuition. But maybe I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by: littlewierdo

Hi Paul, looking forward to purchasing this and I am hoping dimension brass is coming next...

Don't worry about that. Dimension Brass is coming next month. The real question is : when will we get Dimension Woodwinds ? 

Hi

Thanks for the last update of VE Pro 7 and the new icons for the Synchron Player and the Synchron Pianos. That's very cool.

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David