Product Detail
After years of development, Ergo Kukke's Virtual Symphony is the world's most realistic fully - synthesized orchestra. It offers a unique sound and seamless transitions between orchestral sections. It's 100% synthesizers, carefully programmed, treated, and sampled in a CPU - friendly way. This instrument can spark your inspiration for your next score, composition, or hit track. The onboard snapshots let you start quickly. It's a perfect tool for composing and filling your orchestral space with a big, beefy sound. The sounds work well together or individually, maintaining realistic characters. You have great freedom to combine orchestral sections and manipulate the combinations like never before in orchestral music. Build or break the sound as you wish. Features include independent 3 - band EQ, envelope & filter parameters for each source, pitch - shifting controls up to +/- 36 semitones, source - specific panning controls, sample selection randomization, and more. Expand your musical exploration without being limited by instrument playing ranges. The sweet spot is around C3 in Kontakt or C5 in your DAW. Bass instruments can be played 3 octaves below, and higher instruments an octave higher. Instruments are either multi - velocity sampled or can be made velocity - sensitive. The four flexible sample sources from strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, plucked, sections, and church organs add color to your work. The controls on each source let you customize the sound. The 'Source Movement' Manipulation Pad controls sound source gain dynamics. The 'Filter Movement' Manipulation Pad offers ultimate timbre control. The Edit Modulation Menu has four LFOs and four ADSR Envelopes. Nine built - in effects units enhance the sound. The Edit Randomize Page gives you control over parameter randomization.
Using Ergo Kukke's Virtual Symphony is a breeze. First, you can start by exploring the four flexible sample sources. Choose sounds from strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, plucked, sections, and church organs to layer and create your unique sound. Use the controls on each source, like EQ, envelope, and filter, to adjust the sound according to your project needs. When it comes to playing, you can use the whole keyboard. The sweet spot is around C3 in Kontakt or C5 in your DAW. For bass instruments, try playing 3 octaves below this sweet spot, and for higher instruments, an octave higher. The 'Source Movement' Manipulation Pad is great for controlling how the gain of the four sound sources changes. It can make the orchestral layers move and fade in a way traditional orchestras can't. The 'Filter Movement' Manipulation Pad lets you adjust the filter cutoff frequency and resonance of each audio source, giving you full control over the timbre. You can play around with the Edit Modulation Menu. You can choose to use the four LFOs and four ADSR Envelopes to control how the sound behaves or use the randomize function for a surprise. The nine built - in effects are there to add more flavor to your sound. You can thicken it, add distortions, or widen it. And don't forget the Edit Randomize Page. It's a great way to get new ideas. Just choose what parameters you want to change, and let the randomizing engine do its job. As for maintenance, make sure your software is up - to - date to ensure smooth performance. Also, keep your CPU in good condition as the instrument is designed to be CPU - friendly but still needs a proper environment to work well.
