Vienna Instruments Solo Strings
Violin - Viola - Cello - Double bass

Christian Eisenberger, Katharina Traunfellner, Rubén Dubrovski, Martin Deuring. These four soloists have invested their life’s blood and hard-won experience (from many years of international concert work) into the Vienna Instruments: Solo Strings. Sensitive and clear, exact and homogeneous, their performances are technically perfect and utterly convincing in their musicality. Not only are they in command of their instruments but, after several years of working for the Vienna Symphonic Library, they also know exactly what is required of them to create ideal samples. Their performances at the Silent Stage come alive again in this Vienna Instrument.

Apart from the entire sample treasury of the Horizon Series’ Solo Strings Edition, Vienna Instruments: Solo Strings contains many new articulations; “Zigane”, the leisurely “smeared” portamentos, are particularly impressive as Interval Performances with the new audio engine’s algorithms. Another new articulation group in Vienna Instruments: Solo Strings is the fast Interval Performances in legato, marcato, and spiccato. Additional “harsh” articulations are played with an especially raw, almost brutal attack, and now are available as superbly effective Interval and Repetition Performances. There are also special Performance Trills, repetitions in spiccato and ricochet articulations, sustains with fading vibrato, ponticello, sul tasto, and numerous natural and artificial harmonics.

Vienna Instruments Solo Strings - Articulations - Full Library (Standard + Extended Libraries)

Vienna Instruments Solo Strings - Performances:
• Interval Performances: legato, portamento, zigane (gipsy), détaché, marcato, spiccato
• Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato, harsh
• Performance Trills
• Interval Performance Glissandos on the same string, fast and medium speed, up and down
• Repetition Performances: legato, bow vibrato, portato (slow, medium, fast), staccato, spiccato, harsh
• Fast Repetitions and ricochet repetitions (accelerando, ritardando)
• Runs: legato, spiccato; major, minor, chromatic, whole tone
• Grace notes: normal, slow, zigane
• Glissandos: medium and fast octave glissandos on the same string

Vienna Instruments Solo Strings - Single notes:
• Short notes: staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each
• Long notes: sustains without, with medium, with progressive, with fading vibrato, espressivo; marcato
• Dynamics: various crescendos & diminuendos, with and without vibrato, fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
• Tremolos: sustains, crescendo & diminuendo
• Trills: half tone, whole tone, crescendo & diminuendo, constant speed and accelerando
• Pizzicatos: normal, secco, Bartók pizzicatos
• Col legno
• Sul ponticello: staccato, détaché, sustains, crescendos & diminuendos, sfz, sffz, tremolo, repetitions
• Sul tasto: staccato, détaché, sustains, sforzato, tremolo
• Natural harmonics: sustains, repetitions, glissandos
• Artificial harmonics: staccato, sustains, repetitions, glissandos

Vienna Instruments Solo Strings System Requirements

PC

PC Intel/AMD 2 GHz (3++ GHz recommended) with Windows XP
1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
VST (PC) or AU (Mac) compatible host (also works stand-alone)
DVD drive for installation
Fast separate harddrive
88 key master keyboard (highly recommended)
ViennaKey ( Vienna Symphonic Library USB Protection Device)

Mac

Apple G4 1 GHz (G5 recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
VST (PC) or AU (Mac) compatible host (also works stand-alone)
DVD drive for installation
Fast separate harddrive
88 key master keyboard (highly recommended)
ViennaKey ( Vienna Symphonic Library USB Protection Device)