HE2 Chamber Strings Manual-long.pdf

Vienna Symphonic Library

Horizon Series

Chamber Strings

Violin ensemble (6)

Viola ensemble (4)

Cello ensemble (3)

Double bass ensemble (2)

Contents

Introduction..................................................................4

Registration ..................................................................4

Getting started ...............................................................4

TASCAM GigaStudio/GigaSampler ............................................................... 4

Emagic EXS24 mk II......................................................................... 5

The Mapping List........................................................................... 5

Overview of instruments and playing techniques ....................................6

Instruments .............................................................................. 6

Playing techniques.......................................................................... 6

Programming features....................................................................... 6

Category and instrument names.................................................6

TASCAM GigaStudio/GigaSampler ............................................................... 6

Emagic EXS24 mk II......................................................................... 6

Description instruments / folders................................................................ 7

Controllers...................................................................7

Abbreviations ................................................................8

Instruments .............................................................................. 8

Playing techniques and other abbreviations ......................................................... 8

Pitch........................................................................8

Mappings....................................................................9

01 Violin ensemble (6)........................................................10

01 VI-6_SINGLE-NOTES ..................................................................... 10

02 VI-6_DYNAMICS ........................................................................ 17

03 VI-6_TRILLS........................................................................... 18

04 VI-6_FLAGEOLETT....................................................................... 21

05 VI-6_PIZZ............................................................................. 24

20 VI-6_PERF-LEGATO ...................................................................... 25

21 VI-6_PERF-REP_leg_4-50 .................................................................. 29

22 VI-6_PERF-REP_port_8-130................................................................. 29

23 VI-6_PERF-REP_stac_16-125................................................................ 30

02 Viola ensemble (4).........................................................32

01 VA-4_SINGLE-NOTES..................................................................... 32

02 VA-4_DYNAMICS........................................................................ 38

03 VA-4_TRILLS .......................................................................... 40

04 VA-4_FLAGEOLETT ...................................................................... 43

05 VA-4_PIZZ ............................................................................ 45

20 VA-4_PERF-LEGATO...................................................................... 47

21 VA-4_PERF-REP_leg_4-60.................................................................. 50

22 VA-4_PERF-REP_port_8-130................................................................ 51

23 VA-4_PERF-REP_stac_16-120............................................................... 52

03 Cello ensemble (3) ........................................................53

01 VC-3_SINGLE-NOTES..................................................................... 53

02 VC-3_DYNAMICS........................................................................ 59

03 VC-3_TRILLS .......................................................................... 61

04 VC-3_FLAGEOLETT...................................................................... 64

05 VC-3_PIZZ............................................................................ 66

20 VC-3_PERF-LEGATO...................................................................... 68

21 VC-3_PERF-REP_leg_4-55.................................................................. 71

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22 VC-3_PERF-REP_port_8-130................................................................ 72

23 VC-3_PERF-REP_stac_16-120............................................................... 73

04 Double bass ensemble (2) ..................................................74

01 KB-2_SINGLE-NOTES..................................................................... 74

02 KB-2_DYNAMICS........................................................................ 79

03 KB-2_TRILLS .......................................................................... 81

04 KB-2_FLAGEOLETT...................................................................... 84

05 KB-2_PIZZ............................................................................ 86

20 KB-2_PERF-LEGATO...................................................................... 88

21 KB-2_PERF-REP_leg_4-55.................................................................. 91

22 KB-2_PERF-REP_port_8-130................................................................ 91

23 KB-2_PERF-REP_stac_16-130............................................................... 92

Chamber string ensemble .....................................................93

Chamberstring_ensemble.................................................................... 93

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Introduction

We thank you for purchasing this package of the Vienna Symphonic Library’s Horizon Series. You are now the owner of part

of the most comprehensive Orchestral Sample Library that has ever been created. The structure of the library has been

kept as intuitive as possible, and we have taken great care in recording these samples. There may be different views on

“purity”, but we don’t think that it means excluding all the reverb by recording in an anechoic studio, as this tends to make

an instrument sound flat, if not dead… Rather, we opted for recordings with a measured amount of ambience, so that an

instrument may stand on its own without sounding uninspired, but still leave you the freedom to add your own ideas about

space.

We hope that you are satisfied with this sample library, and that it will make your experience with digital composition and

production on the computer much more enjoyable!

Registration

If you want to download the Performance Tool and take advantage of all of the advanced features of this library, please

To do so, go to www.vsl.co.at/user. If you are a registered user already, just enter your user name and password. If you

purchased your product in a music shop or from one of our international distributors, enter your e-mail address and the

password of your choice to register.

Once you’re logged in, you can register your product(s) by selecting the Product Registration menu. Enter the serial number

which is printed on the back sleeve of the DVD case. Then click on the Register button.

Support for further platforms in the form of sidegrades (as of this printing, Tascam GigaStudio and Emagic EXS24 mk II are

available) can be acquired in our online shop and will be registered upon purchase.

Getting started

TASCAM GigaStudio/GigaSampler

Installation

The files on the DVD are provided as self-extracting files. To extract a file’s contents, simply double-click on it and specify a

target folder on your hard disk where the extracted files should be copied to. To extract single files from a packed file, use

WinRar (included on DVD) to open the archives. Some of the files are larger than 1 GB, so make sure there is enough space

on your hard disk. For a better overview, keeping the default directory structure of the DVD is recommended. The disk or

folder where the .gig files are placed must be selected in Giga’s “Quicksound – Advanced” settings.

Loading .gig files

GigaStudio/GigaSampler has its own display of active drives and directories. Here, you can access the library files. Clicking

on the “+” sign next to a filename will display the instruments it contains. You can make your selection by double-clicking on

the instrument name (loads into the next free channel) or dragging it to the channel you want. Due to the size of many of

the.gig files you might run into computer memory trouble if some instruments are already loaded and you try to load an

entire file instead of single patches.

Description instruments

In every .gig file, there are a number of description instruments . These are written in capitals and do not contain any samples.

They only serve to identify the contents of a given .gig file more clearly. If you load an entire file that contains BASIC

INSTRUMENTS, for example, this description instrument will be loaded into the channel, and you will not hear anything until

you select a real instrument from Giga’s “Loaded Instruments” display. The description instruments are further explained

below.

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Getting started

Emagic EXS24 mk II

Installation

The files on the DVD are packed as self-extracting files for a PC. To extract them onto a PC, simply double-click on a file and

specify the target folder; or use WinRar (included on every DVD) to extract single files. To extract them on the Mac, use

StuffIt Expander v7.0.3 or higher. Drag the files onto the tool’s icon and specify the target folder. OS X users can also use

UnRarX v2.0 (included on DVD) for speedier extraction.

Extract the content of the “Sampler Instruments” folder on the DVD to the “Sampler Instruments” folder in the Logic Audio

directory. The instruments will appear automatically in the EXS24 instrument display the next time you launch Logic Audio.

Important for Mac users: Do NOT create any further subdirectories. Mac OS/EXS24 allows a maximum of 5 directory levels,

which are already taken up by the file structure of the Vienna Symphonic Library. The creation of further subdirectories will

result in their instruments not appearing in the EXS24 display.

The “VSL Samples” folder, which contains the .wav files, can be extracted to one or more sufficiently fast hard drives.

The more hard drives that are attached to the system, the longer the loading time for single instruments will become.

Therefore, we recommend unmounting any hard drive that is not in use. Note for Mac users: PC-Exchange formatted hard

drives will multiply the loading time by a factor of 10 to 15.

Basic folder structure

The Vienna Symphonic Library is structured hierarchically throughout. This means that within the “VSL Samples” there is a

main folder for the library data. This directory contains subdirectories for instruments or instrument groups, e.g.,

“01 VIOLIN ENSEMBLE - 6”. This directory again contains subgroups, e.g., “01 VI-6_SINGLE-NOTES”. Within these, you will

find patch category folders, which contain the actual instruments. These folders are described under Category and

instrument names below.

The Mapping List

The mapping list gives descriptions of the contents of your library. In the printed manual, every instrument’s bank number,

program number (for GigaStudio), mapping range etc. are listed. However, due to the size of this package it was not

possible to accomodate all the information here, so that only the violin ensemble files are listed extensively. The structure of

the other instruments is the same, so that only brief descriptions of them are given. Where there are notable differences,

these will be mentioned. The unabridged manual can be downloaded from our user area at www.vsl.co.at. It lists all the

mapping data for every instrument and patch.

Similar instruments that e.g. differ only in speed or tone length and have consecutive program numbers will be comprised in

one description with the name changes in brackets. If the instrument mapping differs from that of a normal chromatic

instrument, the keyboard layout will be shown in an illustration. Combinations also contain keyswitch information.

Differences between GigaStudio/GigaSampler and EXS24

Due to the differences between TASCAM GigaStudio and Emagic EXS24 mk II, some instruments may not be available in

one or the other. EXS24 does not support release control, but allows more dimensions, so that “_all” instruments for EXS24

will sometimes contain more patches. Where such instruments dedicated to only one of the platforms appear, the entries

will be marked separately with either “Giga” or “EXS”.

Bank and Program numbers do not apply to EXS instruments because of the different structure of the EXS database.

The mapping range of EXS instruments generally is an octave lower than indicated, due to EXS’ Middle C assignment. The

mapping list gives the ranges for GigaStudio/GigaSampler; for EXS, one simply has to transpose these down by one octave.

RAM requirements for EXS instruments cannot be determined as easily as in GigaStudio; but basically, one can assume

that an EXS instrument will not require more RAM than its Giga counterpart does.

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