ILIO Big Bang Orchestra: Quasar - Solo Percussion

ILIO VSLSYT34 Overview

Vienna Symphonic Library Big Bang Orchestra: Quasar is a virtual instrument with a library consisting of unpitched solo instruments in the categories of drums, cymbals and gongs, and percussion. Derived from the premium Synchron Series libraries Synchron: Percussion I and Synchron Percussion II, these assorted instruments can be used to add dramatic and powerful percussive accents to your tracks for film and game scoring, trailer music, or sound design.

Quasar includes a bass drum, snare drum, six concert toms, two tam-tams, and ten taikos. Cymbals include piatti and a suspended cymbal. Assorted percussion comes with a selection of woodblocks, slaptsticks, a tambourine, a triangle, a large thundersheet, and a windmachine. All instruments were recorded in situ positioned on their ideal spot in the large hall at Synchron Stage Vienna and played with the most commonly used articulations and beaters.

In addition to overhead microphones, Decca Tree, and surround mics, the instruments were isolated during the recording sessions with close microphones. This gives you more control and more creative options when mixing your sound using the included Synchron Player s internal mixer.

The software is compatible with Mac and Windows and operates in AU, VST, and AAX formats. Quasar integrates perfectly with every module in the BBO series. It is also a great addition to the BBO percussion ensemble modules including Dorado, Fornax, Phoenix, and Eradinus.

Note:

This software requires an iLok account.

Big Bang Orchestra: Quasar Instruments

Bass drum with low tuning

Snare drum

6 Concert toms (8 to 16" )

10 Taikos (8 to 53" )

Tambourine

Piatti

Suspended cymbal

2 Tam-tams

Triangle

5 Woodblocks

3 Slapsticks

Thundersheet (large)

Windmachine

Articulations

Snare drum sticks, rods, brushes: single hits, regular, and rim upbeats, rolls

Bass drum soft and hard mallet, low tuning: single hits, normal, and rim upbeats, rolls

Tambourine Lefima: single hits center and side, upbeats, rolls

Concert toms 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, and 16" sticks: single hits open, muted off-center, rim, rimshot, stick on stick, and rolls

Taikos, all sizes cudgel and tam beater: single hits center, side, and rim

Piatti Meindl 22Z: single hits regular, mute, and sizzle

Cymbal Zildjian 18Z sticks, soft mallet, brush: single hits, edge, and top

Tam-tam 100 and 120 soft beater: single hits, regular, and mute rolls

Triangle steel 21Z heavy beater: single hits closed and open, upbeats, and rolls

Woodblocks, all sizes soft beater: single hits normal and rim upbeats and rolls

Modify Your Sound with the Included Synchron Player

Factory mixer presets are based on the room microphones, leaving the section microphones disabled. Section microphones can be added to emphasize certain instrument groups.

6 levels of reverberation and additional processed presets are offered for each microphone setup: Close, Classic, Wide, Distant, Ambient, Wet.

Change the level, panning, delay, and channel EQ settings for each channel. You can also insert any of the built-in FX plug-ins to further optimize your sound.

Room Microphones Mixer Presets

Room Mix Presets: Based on a room mix created from all available room microphones.

Stereo Decca Tree Presets: The Decca Tree is the microphone tree that is the heart and soul of every orchestral recording. It consists of a main stereo channel and a mono center channel, which capture the details of the room from the conductor s perspective.

Surround-to-Stereo Presets: Offer the massive sound of all available room microphones, including the Decca Tree mics down-mixed to a stereo signal.

Surround Presets: With your Synchron Player inserted as a surround plug-in in your DAW, these presets provide the starting point for your surround setup.

Processed Presets: Use the integrated compressor to achieve an even more powerful sound.

7 Microphone Setups

Main (Decca Tree stereo)

Main (Decca Tree center)

Main surround stereo

High stereo

High surround stereo

Mid microphones

Close microphones