First Look: Vienna Smart Orchestra by Vienna Symphonic Library
Vienna Smart Orchestra delivers plenty of bang for your buck with a fantastic sounding sample set and a great collection of ensemble instruments equally suited for sketching or scoring. I have only scratched the surface of the Vienna Smart Orchestra, but it has already won me over as my new go-to orchestral sketching tool.
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First Look: Vienna Smart Orchestra by Vienna Symphonic Library
When I heard the first demos for this new library from Vienna I was so excited to learn more. It wasn’t until I saw the price tag that I was all out shocked at what a value this library could be. But of course, I had to reserve judgment until I got a chance to dig into Vienna Smart Orchestra and see just what the functionality and workflow had to offer.
The big questions I had going into this first look video were:
Could this be my new go-to orchestral sketching tool?
How usable was the Vienna Synchron Player in my day to day workflow?
In the video above, I share my first look of sitting down with the Vienna Smart Orchestra. I start to explore the instrument and hope to answer these questions.
Of course, there is so much more than the instrument has to offer including controls for room sound, effects controls, routing, and section mic mixer controls that I don’t even get into (see official videos below for all the details).
Vienna Smart Orchestra contains a collection of individual sections with strings, woodwinds, brass, mallets as well as separate soloists with violins, flute, oboe, clarinet and trumpet, horn.
Articulation types in the library include short notes, short notes + pizzicato with long notes delivered with normal, fortissimo, pianissimo and tremolo, plus all the longs (except pianissimo) also include an additional articualtion with marcato attack.
The Vienna Smart Orchestra comes with a selection of pre-configured presets that seem to be a great way to jump right into working with the collection. The main orchestral presets include full orchestra + percussion and also a preset with limited or no bass instruments.
The Vienna Smart Orchestra also comes with a collection of FX Presets. The FX Presets of the library come in 4 categories of Pads, Plucks, Leads, and Processed Percussion
From a first look alone I am confident in saying Vienna Smart Orchestra delivers plenty of bang for your buck. The sample set sounds fantastic and I think this library will be equally suited for sketching or finished scoring.
I have only scratched the surface of the Vienna Smart Orchestra, but it has already won me over. I will be using Vienna Smart Orchestra as my go-to orchestral sketching tool because of it’s great sound and ease of use. Of course, I’ll be spending more time with the instrument when I come up for air after my current scoring project and see if I can’t dive into all the details to share in a review of the library with some playback examples.
Vienna Smart Orchestra sells for €175.00 from Vienna Sample Library
The library is on a special intro price of Intro €145 plus registered users of Special Edition Vol. 1 or any Symphonic Cube can grab the library for €95 during intro and €125 after introductory offer is up.
Facts
Vienna Smart Orchestra downloads as 10.66 GB and was created with a goal of allowing for quick sketching and scoring. The library was sampled from 140 Piece Orchestra recorded on the Synchron Stage in Vienna and contains samples of full Orchestra sections, soloists & percussion with both symphonic and experimental FX presets.
Vienna Smart Orchestra does require the VSL Key eLicensing & 8 GB RAM. An SSD, as well as 16 GB of RAM, are recommended.
Vienna Smart Orchestra sells for €175.00 from Vienna Sample Library
