ILIO Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Special Keyboards

ILIO Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Special Keyboards

 

Vienna Instruments - Vienna Special Keyboards from the Vienna Symphonic Library is a sample-based virtual instrument, featuring the Harpsichord, Harmonium and Prepared Piano. This 8GB collection includes over 4,380 samples prepared with Vienna's cutting edge capturing techniques.

 

The Vienna Instruments user interface is clearly arranged and includes pre-configured patches for immediate playability with no learning curve. The interface uses a powerful proprietary streaming audio engine that can load up to 3,456 articulations (patches) on one MIDI channel.

 

Load times are extremely low and sixty-four stereo voices per instance can stream from the hard disc. A RAM optimizing utility clears unused samples out of RAM. Users can easily create their own instruments, using "drag and drop" functionality, and the instrument provides the ability for velocity crossfades and release control to be switched on or off in real time.

 

Note! Software requires a ViennaKey USB protection device if one is not already on the system.

 

Harpsichord

The harpsichord has a famously bright sound, rich in overtones. Typically a Baroque instrument, the harpsichord has played a minimal role in classical and romantic music. In modern literature, however, it has been rediscovered by a broad range of musicians, and is also used poignantly and effectively in film and TV music. In our own Silent Stage, the following single notes and repetition performances of a two manual harpsichord were recorded: 8' register solo, 8' double, and tutti (a combination of two 8' registers and one 4' register)

Harmonium

The harmonium is a free-reed instrument, meaning that air streaming past reeds of different lengths causes them to vibrate. Unlike organ pipes, the harmonium's reeds produce more disharmonic overtones, creating a unique undulating sound

Prepared Piano

The prepared piano is a technique introduced in 1949 by John Cage, where objects like erasers, nails, wire, paper, etc., are inserted between a piano's strings in certain places, causing them to produce additional tones, harmonics, or percussive sounds. Our team also treated the Bösendorfer grand piano with bare hands (e.g., glissandos over the strings) and with wood mallets in order to get a multitude of creative sounds and colors

Functions as a VST and Audio Units plug-in for Mac OS X and a VST plug-in for Windows XP, or as a standalone virtual instrument

 

Mac G4 1GHz (G5 or Intel Core Duo processor recommended)

OS X 10.4 or higher

1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)

Fast separate hard drive with 8GB free space

DVD drive for installation

For usage as plug-in, a VST or AU compatible host

88-key master keyboard highly recommended

ViennaKey (USB Protection Device)

Syncrosoft License Control Center 5.2.1.0 or higher

PC Intel/AMD 2GHz (3GHz recommended)

Windows XP

1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)

Fast separate hard drive with 8GB free space

DVD drive for installation

For usage as plug-in, a VST compatible host

88-key master keyboard highly recommended

ViennaKey USB Protection Device

Syncrosoft License Control Center 5.2.1.0 or higher