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Orchestral Strings II

€295 (Std. Library) / €295 (Ext. Library)
Orchestral Strings II
Orchestral Strings II by Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin for macOS and Windows. It includes, and is therefore "powered by", Vienna Instruments PRO, which functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin and an AAX Plugin.
The OS and Format icons below are for the latest version of Vienna Instruments PRO. The version numbers are for Orchestral Strings II.
Product
Version
2.0.3232
Product
Version
2.0.3238
Instrument
Formats
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eLicenser (USB)
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Orchestral Strings II is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Orchestral Strings II features the following instruments:

  • Cello ensemble (8 players).
  • Bass ensemble (6 players).

Articulations

Performances:

  • Interval Performances: legato, portamento, staccato, tremolo.
  • Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato.
  • Performance Trills.
  • Interval Performances muted (con sordino): normal, portamento.
  • Repetition Performances: legato, 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, flautando.
  • Dynamics: various crescendos & diminuendos, with and without vibrato, fp, sfz, sffz, pfp.
  • Tremolos: sustains, crescendo & diminuendo.
  • Trills: half tone, whole tone, 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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