Orchestral Strings I by Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin. It functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin and an RTAS Plugin.
Product | Orchestral Strings I |
Developer | Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) |
Price (MSRP) | €335 (Std. Library) / €355 (Ext. Library) |
Type / Tags | Strings / Orchestral |
Plug-in, App & Soundware Format(s)
Instrument(s) |
Operating System Availability
Operating System |
Latest Version |
Download | Released |
2.0.3232 |
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2.0.3238 |
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Miscellaneous Information
Copy Protection | Dongle (USB-eLicenser) |
Orchestral Strings I is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Orchestral Strings I features the following instruments:
- Violin ensemble (14 players).
- Viola ensemble (10 players).
Articulations
Performances:
- Interval Performances: legato, portamento, staccato, tremolo.
- Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato.
- Performance Trills.
- Interval Performances muted (con sordino): normal, portamento.
- Violins: Interval Performance Glissandos on the same string.
- Repetition Performances: legato, bow vibrato, portato, staccato, spiccato, harsh, upbeats, pizzicato.
- Repetition Performances muted: legato, portato, staccato.
- Runs: legato, spiccato; major, minor, chromatic, whole tone.
Single notes:
- Short notes: short staccato, staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each.
- Long notes: sustains with and without vibrato, espressivo, flautando.
- Dynamics: various crescendos & diminuendos, with and without vibrato, fp, sfz, sffz, pfp.
- Tremolos: sustains, crescendo & diminuendo.
- Trills: half tone, whole tone, minor, major 3rd, accelerando.
- Pizzicatos (loose and tight) and Bartók pizzicatos.
- Col legno.
- Con sordino: staccato, détaché, sustained, crescendos & diminuendos, fortepiano, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, trills.
- Sul ponticello: staccato, sustains, crescendos & diminuendos, sfz, tremolo.
- Artificial harmonics: staccato, sustains.
The Vienna Instrument Engine:
- Powerful proprietary streaming audio engine, developed by Vienna Symphonic Library's Christian Teuscher.
- Up to 3,456 Articulations (Patches) on one MIDI channel.
- RAM pre-load of up to 25,600 stereo samples (based on 1.6 GB available RAM under Windows; 48,000 samples on a 3 GB Mac G5).
- 64 stereo voices per instance streaming from disk.
- Extremely low load times (average 1 sec. per Patch) using pre-caching.
- Lossless real-time de-compression for using less RAM and hard disk resources.
- RAM Optimizer kicks unused samples out of RAM.
- Pre-configured Patches.
- Performance Detection algorithms integrated in Patches without the need to switch manually between articulations.
- Trigger comprehensive sets of articulations using hardware controllers (MIDI learn), key switches, and speed, without ever leaving the current MIDI channel.
- Layer Articulations for simultaneous or crossfade performances in one Preset.
- Easily design your own Instruments using Drag & Drop.
- Switch Velocity Crossfades and Release Control on/off on the fly.

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