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What would be the advantages and differences of the Orchestral Strings vs Synchon Strings (both Pro and I)?
The trade off is flexibility in articulations vs sound quality and ease of mixing.

Orchestral Strings has way more articulations and techniques so you can easily get them to do whatever you want. The downside is there is no Violin 2 and it is recorded super dry with no natural room sound so you have to spend a bit more time with mixing and you need to add external reverb to get it to not sound lifeless.

Synchron Strings is the opposite where there’s fewer articulations but still a lot more than its competitors like Spitfire and Berlin. There’s recorded Violin 2 and you have a natural room sound with multiple mic positions. Tho if you want Sordino, you have to go for Duality Strings.
 
I have a couple solo instruments but I've wanted to dip yet another toe into the VSL waters and had been eyeing the special editions as a way to get a foot in the door.

I was disappointed to see that only the VI Special Editions were on sale. I even tried putting the Synchron-ized Vol 1 and Vol 1+ in the cart in case the page just wasn't showing the discount. But no, they stayed at regular price, totaling €580.

But then a funny thing happened when I added the VI Special Edition Vol 1 and Vol 1+. With all 4 items in the cart, the price dropped to €470.

So their famous upgrade/sidegrade/crossgrade discounts are never sleeping—they even recommend using the cart as a live calculator for how what you have will affect the price of what you want. Seemed like a weird extra step to me, but I now repudiate the ignorance of my youth. Try everything. Throw it all in the cart; see what happens.
 
Unless I missed something, the only things 50% off are the Vienna Imperial, Harps and Percussion Elements. The rest is about 35% off.
Yeah....that's typical for VSL. I always get the calculator out for these sales...
Fluffy Audio is way worse though. They advertise "up to 70% off".....but in reality there is one library produced in 1943 that is 70% off and all the stuff that anyone actually wants is 25% off at best.
 
Yeah....that's typical for VSL. I always get the calculator out for these sales...
Fluffy Audio is way worse though. They advertise "up to 70% off".....but in reality there is one library produced in 1943 that is 70% off and all the stuff that anyone actually wants is 25% off at best.
Good to know. I still would like to get Dimension Strings eventually, it's amazing how well they hold up after over 10 years.

 
I love the Synchron Player, and dislike the Vienna Instruments player enough that I largely avoided VSL for many years because of it. So this sale is mostly lost on me - I would rather buy the Synchron-ized versions of things.

The only thing that is even slightly tempting is the Jazz Drums, as those do not exist (and may never exist) as a Synchron-ized library.
 
You can always purchase a VI product and then upgrade to Synchron-ized at a very low price
Yup I'm aware, but if the cost of purchasing the VI product and then upgrading to Synchron-ized is higher than just buying the Synchron-ized when it is on sale, and I'm never going to use the VI product and only the Synchron-ized one, then I might as well just wait until the Synchron-ized is on sale.
 
Yup I'm aware, but if the cost of purchasing the VI product and then upgrading to Synchron-ized is higher than just buying the Synchron-ized when it is on sale, and I'm never going to use the VI product and only the Synchron-ized one, then I might as well just wait until the Synchron-ized is on sale.
This is not generally true. If you buy the VI version on sale and the crossgrade later during a Synchron-zed sale it turns out even cheaper.
 
Have your opinions changed at all on DS, both VI and Synchron-ized?
Yes and no. I never succeeded in getting a lush and romantic sound from it which basically was my issue with it. But that's what we have the Appassionata Strings for, I guess! DS is better for other things - maybe more intimate, gritty, action-oriented? These strings are great for what they are!

In some recent threads there was some really good results that really opened my eyes for what it can do well:

Post in thread 'Infinite Series (Aaron Venture) thread'
https://vi-control.net/community/threads/infinite-series-aaron-venture-thread.86499/post-5481232

Edit: I hope this isn't too off topic of this thread!
 
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