BIG BANG ORCHESTRA ERINDANUS

Powerful percussion loops ensembles

• Powerful & driving rhythms

• Powerful sound from up to 6 percussionists playing at the same time

• Main riffs, low riffs and high riffs offer numerous possible combinations

• Recorded in 3 positions with a variety of microphones

• Real-time time stretching with host synchronization

The second drums and percussion installment of the Big Bang Orchestra adds powerful, driving rhythmic patterns to Vienna’s series of tutti recordings. Johannes Vogel, composer and principal conductor at Synchron Stage Vienna, who is also an accomplished percussionist in his own right, orchestrated a variety of patterns that not only complement the symphonic riffs included in BBO: Capricorn, but lend energy and drive to any track.

All patterns are categorized by frequency ranges in Main Riffs, Low Riffs, and High Riffs. The Main and Low Riffs are played using the Taiko drums, bass drum and concert toms, while the High Riffs are created using small concert tom, snare drum, stacked cymbals, conga and bongos. All patterns can be mixed, matched and stacked across the board, letting you create gigantic percussion ensembles if you wish. Every pattern includes a single stroke that you can use to end a phrase any time during its 4-bar run. What’s more, the Synchron Player’s new time-stretch feature lets you automatically sync the patterns to your host tempo, or manually in real-time to any other tempo of your choice.

Big sound, big impact

The instruments were set up in three positions (left, center, right) in the room, with one to two instruments per position. As with all tutti recordings in the Big Bang Orchestra series, they were played simultaneously by all percussionists, from soft and subtle to hard fortissimo. The entire ensemble was recorded with a variety of microphones, including one overhead microphone per position and one close microphone per instrument. These individual signals are also available in the channels of the internal mixer of the synchronous player for further processing. You can also change the signals from Decca-Tree, surround and high-surround microphones according to your taste, or you can use the many mixer presets.

Of course, BBO: Eridanus fits perfectly with the percussion ensembles from BBO: Dorado, which were recorded at the same positions in the Synchron Stage Vienna and whose individual hits can be seamlessly integrated into the patterns as accents or rhythmic variations. The included mixer presets also guarantee that the percussion riffs of BBO: Eridanus merge with the other libraries of the Big Bang Orchestra series to form a huge body of sound.

Microphone setup

• Main (Decca tree stereo)
• Main (Decca tree center)
• Main surround stereo
• High stereo
• High surround stereo
• Overhead center
• Overhead left
• Overhead right
• Percussion center close
• Percussion left close
• Percussion right close

System requirements

• Mac:

  • macOS 11 Big Sur or higher
  • 64 bit
  • Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon/M1/M2
  • RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended) - Big Bang Orchestra, SYNCHRON-ized, Smart Series
  • RAM: 16GB (32GB recommended) - Synchron Libraries, SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Strings & Brass
  • SSD hard drive recommended

  Windows:

  • Windows 10 or higher
  • 64 bit
  • Intel Core i5/i7/i9/Xeon
  • RAM: 8GB (16GB recommended) - Big Bang Orchestra, SYNCHRON-ized, Smart Series
  • RAM: 16GB (32GB recommended) - Synchron Libraries, SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Strings & Brass
  • SSD hard drive recommended

  Free hard drive space according to the library size.

  Required Registration:

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