Vienna Symphonic Library have released SYNCHRON-ized Harps, a library based on the VI Collection Harps and is available at the intro price of €100.00, increasing to €152.00 after the promotion. The crossgrade price for users of VI Harps Standard Library is €50.00, increasing to €70.00. The crossgrade price for users of VI Harps Full Library is €25.00, increasing to €35.00. The offers end April 3rd.
SYNCHRON-ized Harps features two different harps that were recorded in the tight and controlled ambience of our second studio, the Silent Stage. The entire sample database was re-edited, updated and optimized for the Vienna Synchron Player.
Both instruments are perfectly positioned at the virtual Synchron Stage Vienna, utilizing the Synchron Player’s convolution reverb based on Vienna MIR technology. Presets such as close, classic, and distant let you easily place and reverberate the instruments with pre-configured combinations of convolution and algorithmic reverbs.
By selecting the “unprocessed” preset without any reverb or placement, you can use these harps completely dry, place them anywhere in the stereo field, and incorporate any reverb of your preference, such as the rooms provided by Vienna MIR Pro 3D.
Harp 1
Harp 1 was played by Ruth Rojahn, the solo harpist of the Hofer Symphoniker who also played in orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Tonkünstler Orchestra, and many others. Apart from single notes in various playing styles the first harp offers an enormous wealth of glissandos and arpeggios in numerous scales and tempos, all perfectly organized and easily accessible in the Synchron Player’s color-coded articulation structure.
The articulations
Single notes
- Single notes regular, faded or muted after release
- Short notes
- Près-de-la-table
- Harmonics
Multiple notes
- Bisbigliando (‘whispering’)
- Glissandos major and minor, dominant 7 and minor 7, diminished, whole tone, and pentatonic; up and down over 1, 3, and 5 octaves, as well as single and multiple cross glissandos. All at slow, medium, fast, and very fast speeds
- 3- and 4-note arpeggios, major and minor, diminished and augmented upward arpeggios, slow, fast, and straight (as chords)
Harp 2
The second harp contains an even larger number of single notes that were additionally played with finger nails, damped, près de la table, as well as harmonics, bisbigliandos, and pedal glissandos. It was played by Julia Reth who shared the stage with orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Wiener Symphoniker, Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Klangforum Wien, Neue Oper Wien, and many others.
The articulations
Single notes
- Regular single notes faded and muted after release
- Short notes
- Damped
- Près-de-la-table
- Fingernails
- Harmonics
Multiple notes
- Bisbigliando (‘whispering’)
- One-shot pedal glissando
- Pedal glissando on note off, with long and short release
Features include:
- Two harps, recorded at the Silent Stage
- Re-edited and optimized for the Vienna Synchron Player
- Mixer presets for authentic placement at Synchron Stage Vienna
- Single notes in a variety of styles
- Glissandos and arpeggios in all scales and tempos
SYNCHRON-ized Harps is available to PC and Mac users with Vienna Synchron Player (VST, AU and AAX) and requires an iLok account.
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