ILIO Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac - Supermassive Ensembles

ILIO VSLSYT3D Overview

Vienna Symphonic Library Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac is a virtual instrument with a library consisting of 30 first violins, 26 second violins, 20 violas, 22 cellos, 14 basses, 12 horns, and 9 trombones playing at Synchron Stage Vienna. With a total of 112 players, the five string ensembles deliver an especially lush and smooth sound that adds a beautiful warmth to your tracks. The horns and trombones ensembles offer round and somber tones at lower volume, and powerful, blaring fortefortissimo at full volume. The massive sound of these seven ensembles makes for a bold statement that elevates and enriches your arrangements with epic breadth and power right out of the box ideal for authentic film and game scoring, trailer music, or sound design.

BBO: Zodiac offers combinations of several individual sections within a single preset, even with polyphonic legato. The All Strings preset features all five string sections playing together, either with the original voicing layered over a six-octave span, or with condensed voicing over a four octave span. Octave combinations provide two ensembles playing in octaves, such as first and second violins, violas and cellos, cellos and basses, and more. The Epic Legato Combo preset features the horn, viola, and cello sections with two additional clarinets, all performing legatos together. The exceptionally broad and smooth blend of these specific ensembles as well as the live character of the note transitions makes this patch excel at epic melodies.

Articulations of the string ensembles include short notes (bold and agile), long notes, and legatos, with regular and soft releases played by the musicians to create beautifully articulated note fade-outs, sforzato, sforzatissimo, and tremolos. Additional articulations of the brass patches include a separately available blaring fortefortissimo layer, short and long swells, as well as fast and slow horn rips.

Each ensemble was recorded separately with a multitude of close and mid microphones, Decca Tree, as well as surround and high surround mics. The included Synchron Player offers a variety of presets that combine the various microphone signals, allowing you to adjust the violin s sound to your liking. Surround presets are included for immersive audio setups such as Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D.

The software is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software or operates in AU, VST, and AAX formats. Big Bang Orchestra: Zodiac integrates seamlessly with every module in the Big Bang Orchestra series.

Note:

Software requires an iLok account.

Articulations

Strings: 112 Players

• 1st Violins (30), 2nd Violins (26), Violas (22), Violoncellos (22), Double basses (14)
• Short notes: bold and agile
• Long notes: regular and soft release
• Legato: regular and soft release, marcato
• Dynamics: sforzato, sforzatissimo
• Tremolo

Horns: 12 Players

• Short notes: bold and agile
• Long notes: sustains with and without fff layer, soft
• Legato: sustains with and without fff layer, soft
• Dynamics: sforzato, sforzatissimo, swells short and long
• Rips: slow and fast

Trombones: 9 Players

• Short notes: bold and agile
• Long notes: sustains with and without fff layer, soft
• Fast attacks: sustains with and without fff layer, soft
• Dynamics: sforzato, sforzatissimo, swells short and long

Epic Legato Combo

• Cello and horn sections with additional violas and clarinets, unison
• Long notes: regular and soft release
• Legato: regular and soft release

Modify Your Sound with the Included Synchron Player

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

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

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 Presets

Room Mix Presets: The most resource-friendly presets. Based on a room mix created from all available room microphones for a wide sound.

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 downmixed 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.

8 Microphone Setups

Main (Decca Tree stereo)

Main (Decca Tree center)

Main surround stereo

High stereo

High surround stereo

Mid microphones

Solo/close microphones

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