Vienna Symphonic Library SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Vol. 7 Historic Instruments

Vienna Symphonic Library SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Vol. 7 Historic Instruments

SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Volume 7 – Historic Instruments

By Vienna Symphonic Library

22 instruments, taken from Historic Winds I - III, Recorders, and Glass Instruments:
Traverse flute • Baroque oboe • Oboe da caccia • Ophicleide • Serpent • Cornett (Zink) • Crumhorn • Soprano recorder • Alto recorder • Tenor recorder • Bass recorder • Natural trumpet (in 3 different keys) • Natural horn (with 7 different tuning slides) • Glass harmonica

Articulations: staccato, marcato, sustained, legato and sforzato

Outstanding ambience of Synchron Stage Vienna

Pre-configured reverb settings for accurate and authentic placement of each instrument on stage

Production-ready sound, out of the box

Whether you’re following an authentic performance practice or you’re just looking for new inspiring sound sources – SYNCHRON-ized Special Edition Vol. 7 offers many beautiful rarities you will not find in other sample libraries or software instruments!

Instrumental Rarities

The traverse flute experienced its golden era in the Baroque period as a predecessor of the modern concert flute. The Baroque oboe covers the soprano range, whereas the oboe da caccia covers the alto register. The latter looks more like a hunting horn than an oboe, due to its curved tube and brass bell. The ophicleide is a conical-bore brass instrument that is today superseded by the saxophone and the tuba. The serpent is an ancestor of the contra bassoon and the tuba, covering the bass register of the zink (cornett) family of instruments. The Zink (or cornett) was a popular instrument of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, covering the soprano and sopranino register. The crumhorn produces the typically bright and “nasal” timbre that music of the Renaissance period is often associated with. The wooden recorders include soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorder. Natural trumpets were originally used as military instruments for acoustic signals. As they have no valves the instruments are characterized by their long tubing compared to modern trumpets. The same goes for the natural horn that has neither finger holes nor valves and can only produce natural tones according to the harmonic series. In order to play harmonic scales in differing keys, various tuning slides are used. The glass harmonica is a special gem that was invented in 1761. Hemispherical glass bowls rotate around a horizontal axis driven by a pedal. Sounds are produced by touching the rotating glasses with moistened fingertips. Today, the glass harmonica is an absolute rarity, with roughly ten professional players world-wide.

World-Class Acoustics