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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Vienna Synchron Player!
We’re proud to present this next step in sample player development.
Like its predecessors, Vienna Instruments and Vienna Instruments PRO, this sample player will be the foundation for many
new products that feature the fantastic sound of Synchron Stage Vienna!

About Vienna Synchron Player

The Synchron Player engine is designed to manage multi-microphone recordings in a highly efficient and intuitive way.
Our main objective is to provide a quick overview of all available articulations in a tree view, with multiple tabs to edit
these articulations and to mix all available microphones with the intregrated mixer to suit all mixing situations, from
stereo to immersive surround sound formats.

The interface is both scalable and resizable, so it is retina-ready and will adapt to any screen size.

Learn more

More details about all Vienna software can be found in the designated manuals at MyVSL and in our many Video Tutorials.

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CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................................2
About Vienna Synchron Player........................................................................................................................2
Learn more ......................................................................................................................................................2
Contents......................................................................................................................................3
Installation ..................................................................................................................................5
The ViennaKey.................................................................................................................................................5
Registration .....................................................................................................................................................5
System Requirements .....................................................................................................................................5
eLicenser Control Center.................................................................................................................................6
Installed Programs and Files ........................................................................................................7
Content Installation.........................................................................................................................................8
Download Manager .......................................................................................................................................................8
Synchron Library Installer ..............................................................................................................................................9
Automatic Installation ...................................................................................................................................................9
Manual Installation........................................................................................................................................................9
Vienna Hard Drive Installation.......................................................................................................................................9
Stand-alone ...............................................................................................................................10
Preferences ...................................................................................................................................................10
Database ...................................................................................................................................11
GUI Overview ............................................................................................................................12
MIDI Player....................................................................................................................................................13
Key Info .........................................................................................................................................................14
Range Display / Adjustment..........................................................................................................................14
Dimension Tree View.................................................................................................................15
Dimensions....................................................................................................................................................15
Dimension Controllers...................................................................................................................................16
Parallel Mode ................................................................................................................................................17
Slots...............................................................................................................................................................18
Folder Slots and Patch Slots.........................................................................................................................................18
Enable/Disable Slots ....................................................................................................................................................19
Slot Context Menu.......................................................................................................................................................19
Root Slot Context Menu ..............................................................................................................................................20
Browser .....................................................................................................................................21
Preset Browser ..............................................................................................................................................21
Creating User Presets....................................................................................................................................21
Patch Browser ...............................................................................................................................................22
MixerPreset Browser.....................................................................................................................................22
Perform Tab...............................................................................................................................23
Control Tab................................................................................................................................25
Edit Tab .....................................................................................................................................26
Humanize Context Menu ..............................................................................................................................28
Mix Tab .....................................................................................................................................29
Basic View .....................................................................................................................................................29
AUX View.......................................................................................................................................................30
FX View..........................................................................................................................................................30
Bleed View ....................................................................................................................................................31
Mixer Presets ................................................................................................................................................32
Mixer Preset Creation..................................................................................................................................................33
EQ..................................................................................................................................................................34
Power Pan .....................................................................................................................................................34

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Impulse Convolution Reverb (for SYNCHRON-ized products only) ...............................................................35
Mixer Context Menus....................................................................................................................................35
Channel FX.................................................................................................................................36
Delay .............................................................................................................................................................36
Distortion ......................................................................................................................................................37
Saturator......................................................................................................................................................................37
Cabinet.........................................................................................................................................................................37
Dynamics .......................................................................................................................................................38
Compressor..................................................................................................................................................................38
Expander......................................................................................................................................................................39
Limiter..........................................................................................................................................................................40
Noisegate.....................................................................................................................................................................41
Filters.............................................................................................................................................................42
Bandpass......................................................................................................................................................................42
Equalizer: .....................................................................................................................................................................42
High Pass 6 dB, 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB.............................................................................................................................42
Low Pass 6 dB, 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB .............................................................................................................................43
Notch 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB ...........................................................................................................................................43
State Variable Filters (SVF) ..........................................................................................................................................44
SVF HP 6 dB, LP 6dB, LP 12 dB .....................................................................................................................................44
SVF Notch 6 dB ............................................................................................................................................................44
SVF Peak ......................................................................................................................................................................44
Modulation....................................................................................................................................................45
Auto Gain.....................................................................................................................................................................45
Chorus - Flanger...........................................................................................................................................................46
Phaser ..........................................................................................................................................................................47
Rotary ..........................................................................................................................................................................48
Reverb ...........................................................................................................................................................49
Plate Reverb.................................................................................................................................................................49
Room Reverb ...............................................................................................................................................................49
Utility.............................................................................................................................................................50
Invert ...........................................................................................................................................................................50
Power Pan....................................................................................................................................................................50
Sample Delay ...............................................................................................................................................................50
Settings .....................................................................................................................................51
Engine Settings..............................................................................................................................................51
Interface Settings ..........................................................................................................................................52
Database Settings..........................................................................................................................................53
Custom Preset Creation .............................................................................................................54
Preset Cloning ...............................................................................................................................................54
Support and VSL Community .....................................................................................................55

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INSTALLATION
The ViennaKey

The ViennaKey is the eLicenser USB key which holds the license for your registered collections.
Instead of the ViennaKey, you can also use another eLicenser (e.g., USB keys by Steinberg or Arturia) to store your
license(s).

Registration

Situation 1 (with Activation Codes): In case you have received an email with Activation Codes, your purchased products
are already registered and assigned to your account (your products were registered at purchase online or in your music-
store).
You don't need to register any Serial Numbers! Simply connect your USB eLicenser to your computer and paste the
Activation Code(s) into the eLicenser Control Center to download your permanent licenses (click „Enter Activation Code“
in the upper left corner of the eLCC User Interface).

Situation 2: You have received a Serial Number from your dealer. In this case, please register this Serial Number in MyVSL.
You will see your Activation Code immediately; an e-mail containing this code will be sent to you as a backup.

! If you haven’t done so already, please use these Activation Codes to download your license(s) as described
in the chapter eLicenser Control Center below. You need an internet access to download your license(s).

You will download and install your sample content with the help of the Vienna Download Manager, available in
MyDownloads.
We have prepared Video Tutorials showing the registration and installation routine on screen; you can find them at our
website’s Quick Start Guides.
Moreover, Video Tutorials are available which highlight the features of your Vienna Software!

System Requirements

Vienna Synchron Player runs on PC Intel Core 2 Duo/AMD Athlon 64 X2 machines with Windows 7, 64-bit versions, and
Intel Core2Duo machines with Mac MACOS 10.10 (latest update) or higher.
As our Synchron Series products contain multiple microphone positions, you will benefit from using SSD drives and you
will need at least 8 GB of RAM available.
Take advantage of (de)activating channels in your mixer to optimize the performance (especially for live playing). This will
unload samples in the background, resulting in a lower RAM usage.

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eLicenser Control Center

The eLicenser Control Center manages your licenses. Please make sure that you are using the latest version, available at
www.elicenser.net.

Remember that you need a ViennaKey (or a Steinberg or Arturia eLicenser, formerly Syncrosoft) to store your licenses on.
You should register your key with us, so that you are safe in case of damage (the first 6 or 7 digits of the key are
important, as shown on the screenshot below).

Downloading your license is simple: Make sure your ViennaKey is inserted, launch eLicenser Control Center, click on Enter
Activation Code and paste your Activation Code into the respective field (you can paste the whole code into the first
field). You will be guided through the rest of the procedure. An Internet connection has to be available for this process.

You can of course download your license on any Internet computer, in case your music computer is not connected to the
Internet.

If your license download was interrupted for any reason, please click Maintenance (in the upper right corner) – this will
complete your license download automatically!

Remember that you will need the sample content and the license of your Synchron Series products as well as the latest
Synchron Player Software installed alongside with a ViennaKey on your computer(s)!

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INSTALLED PROGRAMS AND FILES

The Synchron Player plug-in itself will be installed in your plug-in folders. Your Programs/Applications folder will also
contain a Synchron Library Installer to enable manual installation.

macOS:

The Synchron Player Uninstaller on macOS can be used if you’d like to roll back to an earlier version.
The Vienna Synchron Player is the Standalone app of this software and can be used without any sequencer.

Additionally, the plug-ins for VST/AU/AAX will be installed in the corresponding plug-in folders (on macOS:
/Library/Audio/Plug-ins and PT).
Additionally, a virtual MIDI driver is installed, to make our MIDI Dump feature work under all circumstances.

WIN:

On Windows, you will find the Synchron Library Installer in “All programs” (click Win/Start button to find it).
The Vienna Synchron Player is the Standalone app of this software.

In case you want to install your sample content without using the Download Manager (e.g., on a networked computer
without internet connection), the Synchron Library Installer will guide you through the installation process.

Additionally, VST / AAX Plug-ins will be installed in a location of your choice.

Also, a virtual MIDI driver is installed, to make our MIDI Dump feature work under all circumstances.

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Content Installation

Download Manager

Download and install the Sample Content of your Synchron Series product with the help of the Vienna Download
Manager, available in MyDownloads.

A short description of the steps to download all files is available in the column on the left side of MyDownloads.

You will be asked for a location to store the installation files. Make sure to select a target location with sufficient disk
space.
You can also specify which of the available microphone positions you want to download.
However, more microphones will provide more choice.

You will be warned if the hard disk you specified for the sample content does not provide enough free space. In that case,
please cancel the procedure and resume, specifying another hard-drive.

The Synchron Library Installer (next page) is included with the Download Manager and will start right after the download
of your sample content has finished.

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Synchron Library Installer

Automatic Installation

The Synchron Library Installer integrated in your Vienna Download Manager takes care of the installation of your Synchron
Series products automatically, and will guide you through all necessary steps.

The Library Installer also lets you make your selection from the available microphone positions.

Manual Installation

In case you don’t want to use Vienna Download Manager’s integrated Library Installer, you can also start the installation
process manually.

In short words:
Start the Synchron Library Installer, point it to the “package.info” file contained in your downloaded files, and you will be
guided through the installation process.

You can find a short description in the left-hand column of MyDownloads as well as in the more detailed Download
Manager Manual.

We have also prepared Video Tutorials showing the registration and installation routines on screen; you can find them in
our website’s Quick Start Guides.

Moreover, Video Tutorials are available which highlight the features of your Vienna Symphonic Library products!

Vienna Hard Drive Installation

If you have received the Vienna Harddrive that contains your Vienna Products, all installers can be found in the root
folder of your hard-drive.

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STAND-ALONE
You can also use Vienna Synchron Player as a stand-alone virtual instrument.
As the Vienna Synchron Player stand-alone version is not connected to or embedded in any sequencer, you have to
configure the preferences for Audio and MIDI first.
All other features are identical with the plug-in version of Vienna Synchron Player.

Preferences

Access the Preferences for the Stand-alone version with the small wrench icon in the lower right corner:

The Audio tab lets you choose your preferred soundcard. You can set the Sample Rate and Latency of your soundcard.
The Audio Routing tab lets you assign the audio output pair, depending on your selected soundcard.

In the MIDI tab, you decide which MIDI Ports will be available for Vienna Synchron Player.
Smoothing will smooth incoming MIDI synchronization, when needed.

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DATABASE
Your Sample Content is assigned automatically when you install your Synchron Series products using the Download
Manager or Synchron Library Installer.
The User Presets Folder that contains all your customized presets can be assigned to a location of your choice.

macOS default location: \Your_Username/Documents\VSL\Vienna Synchron Player

Windows default location: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\VSL\Vienna Synchron Player

If you decide to move your sample content, it’s easy to keep track of the sample content data in the Database settings of
your Vienna Synchron Player.

Add and remove Volume Scan Paths with the +/- signs in the lower left corner. Changes will require a restart of you host.
Missing folders (e.g., when a hard-drive is disconnected or the name/path has changed) will be displayed in RED.

The reading speed of your harddrives is analyzed when you start the first time or whenever changes occur. The Preload
size is set accordingly, but of course you can overrule these settings, if you like.
All details of your drives are being displayed in the lower left corner (depending on the selected path).

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GUI OVERVIEW

1) Velocity Histogram: Shows the received velocity of every key you play on your keyboard. You can freeze/unfreeze
the Velocity Histogram by double-clicking into the histogram display.
2) Volume Knob: Adjusts the overall volume. It is linked to the Volume Knob on the left of the main GUI. Click-drag
or double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
3) Volume Meter: Displays the stereo output volume. Clipping will be indicated with a red display.
4) MIDI Dump: Sends the current sampler slot selection to your sequencer, also via MIDI CC (set in Preferences).
5) MIDI Player: Only available with Synchron Power Drums, this will open the MIDI Player in a separate window.
6) Scale Button: The Rescale Button lets you adjust the size of the Synchron Player GUI in steps from 75% to 200%.
7) Key Info: Opens an additional window showing the assigned keys on the keyboard.
8) CPU Real-Time Display: Shows the actual CPU load on your computer. Lower latencies and higher voice counts
will result in a higher CPU load.
9) Settings: Lets you adjust your Interface and Engine settings, thus affecting general performance. Here you can
also assign the correct sample content in the Database tab.
10) Browser / Current Preset Display: Click to hide/show Browser. Shows currently loaded preset and mixer preset.
11) Tree View: Overview of all available articulations.
12) Tab Selection: Choose from additional customizing options.
PERFORM: All parameters and settings affect the whole Synchron Player instance.
CONTROL: Shows all assigned controlers.
EDIT: Shows customization options for the selected slot in the tree structure.
MIX: Integrated mixer for all available microphones.
13) Tab Display: Shows the controls selected in the tabs above.
14) Browser: Select from Presets and Patches for all available products.
15) Information Window: Find additional information and mouse-over information right here.
16) Keys: Shows the available play range for each selected slot. Keyswitches are coloured according to the
corresponding dimension in tree view. Find additional information in the line above the keys.
17) Activate Range Display: Shows the play range of the selected cell, with handles. Extension up to 1 octave.
18) Short Mouse-over information: Find a short version of the information window description (13).
19) Voices: Number of currently played voices on all active microphone channels.
20) RAM Load / Overall loaded samples: Currently used RAM and sample count.

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MIDI Player

Access our tailor-made drum grooves for Synchron Power Drums with this straight-forward MIDI Player.
The MIDI Player always plays back the tempo of the song position in your sequencer.
Adjust the MIDI file to your liking (velocity / tempo) and import it in your sequencer via drag and drop.

3 drum sets in 1 MIDI file: These folders contain MIDI files with 3 MIDI channels, so you can work with the 3 drum sets of
Synchron Power Drums right away.
The MIDI files you find in our factory folder contain the elements of the groove, divided to different drum sets (DR1-DR3),
so you can create your own grooves and experiment with different combinations.

1) FACTORY: Choose from the custom loops available with Synchron Power Drums.
2) USER: Browse through your personal MIDI Loop collection, with all the features of the MIDI Player.

3) FAVORITES: Pick your favourites with a right-click on the selected folder and it will show up here.
4) Browser: Like in Finder / Explorer, you can move through the available structures.
5) Loop data: Name, original tempo and the number of bars of the selected file are displayed.
6) Play/Pause: Click this button to start the selected loop. Alternatively, you can also double-click the file name.
7) Host Sync: When activated, the Play/Pause button is disabled and playback will start when you sequencer starts.
8) Loop: Activates the loop for a selected groove.
9) Velocity: Adjust the overall velocity for your loop and find out which velocities fits best. The setting will be
exported when the file is dragged into your sequencer.
10) Tempo: Choose between half-time, normal and double-time. The setting will be exported when the file is
dragged into your sequencer.
11) Loop position: Shows the playback position of the selected groove.

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Key Info

The Key Info provides an additional view of the mapping structure and is a free-floating window.
It shows both keyswitches and mapping information. It will be most helpful with complex mappings like in Synchron
Percussion I, where separate articulations and hits are mapped to different keys.

1) Key descriptions: Get the mapping details for the selected slot.
2) Keyswitches: Displayed on both the keyboard and the key info window, the color-coded keyswitches will make
orientation even easier.

Range Display / Adjustment

Activating the Range Display Features shows the range of the selected patch slot (in the dimension furthest to the right).
You can extend or limit the play range of the selected slot up to one octave up and down.

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DIMENSION TREE VIEW

The dimension tree view is the centerpiece of Synchron Player. Vertical rows of Slots are called Dimensions.
Dimensions can be labeled for better orientation, and factory presets are organized in a consistent way.

The highlighted slots (white frame) show the selected slots in each dimension, and you are always reading the structure
from left to right, until you get to the Patch Slot that contains the played articulation.

Depending on the Synchron Player engine settings, presets may load with disabled slots (greyed out), so that no samples
are loaded, initially.
Double-click the field to the left of the slot name to load the samples contained in a slot.

Dimensions

The controller assigned to each dimension can be chosen from various options:
Notes (chromatic), White Notes, Program Change and Dimension Controls (see
below).

Each dimension can be labeled, and keyswitches will be displayed in the color
of the dimension on the keyboard below and in the key info window.

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Dimension Controllers

If 1 of the 8 available Dimension Controllers (labeled A-H) is selected for a Dimension, you can see the control knob and
the assigned MIDI Controller at the bottom of the Dimension.

Click in the field to see the available sources you can assign for the selected Dimension Control:
 Controller (MIDI CC)
 Pitch Bend
 Speed
 Velocity
 Aftertouch
 Aftertouch Release

All assigned controls are also listed in the PERFORM Tab below the tree view, where you can additionally manipulate each
controller curve.

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Parallel Mode

The symbol next to the Controller switches Parallel Mode on and off.
With Parallel Mode off (white), the slots of a Dimension will be accessible separately.
With Parallel Mode on (blue), you can use the assigned controller to crossfade through the slots.

There is another option available in the EDIT tab for this important feature:

Choose whether you want the selected slot to crossfade with other cells (XFade) or whether it should always stay
available (Mix).

! TIPP: With Synchron FX Strings I, you will minimize the streaming-load a lot if you switch off Parallel Mode
whenever it is not needed.

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Slots

Folder Slots and Patch Slots

Folder Slots contain further slots and are marked with a small arrow (see below).
Patch Slots contains the articulation you hear.
As they are related, folder slot/parent slot will be called parent slot/child slot.

To add another slot to a dimension, click the + sign below the last slot.
To create a new dimension, click the + sign that appears when you hover over a patch slot. This will also convert a patch
slot to a folder slot.

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Enable/Disable Slots

Factory Presets are saved with disabled slots (greyed out), so that no samples are loaded, initially.
You can load the samples contained in a slot (and all child slots) by double clicking the colored field to the left of the
name or via slot context menu (right-click on a slot to see it).

Additionally, you can decide whether you want to force enabled

cells for all presets and patches you are loading, in the Synchron
Player Settings.

Slot Context Menu

Copy slot: Copy slot and all contained child slots to clipboard
Paste slot: Paste slot and all contained child slots from clipboard
Delete: Delete selected slot and all contained child slots
Enable (number of affected slots): Load samples of selected slot and child slots
Use current folder for release: Use the Release samples of the current folder as a release sample.
(Folder Slot only) Convert to patch slot: Transform selected folder slot to patch slot.
(Folder Slot only) Delete all child slots: Delete child slots of the selected folder slot.

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Root Slot Context Menu

Change color: Select a color for the selected dimension.

Copy root slot: Copy the root slot, which contains the whole tree structure, into clipboard.
Paste root slot: Paste the root slot, which contains the whole tree structure, from clipboard.
Dump: Sends the current slot selection to your sequencer.
Reset instrument: Resets the whole instrument.
Enable all slots: Affects all slots.
Disable all slots: Affects all slots.
Delete all slots containing missing patches: Great for preset creation, this feature deletes all slots that contain a patch that
cannot be loaded or are not available for a specific instrument.

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BROWSER
Preset Browser

Synchron Series products come with ONE preset for each instrument section.
The idea is to provide you with a consistent preset design and slot structure.
To shape the sound of your instruments, check out the available Mixer Presets.

Creating User Presets

When creating your custom presets, hover over the User folder (or other subfolders) and you will see the option to create
new folders or to save the current preset (in the corresponding folder).

Hovering over a User folder provides the options to create a subfolder, save a preset, and to delete the folder with all
contained presets.
Hovering over a preset name lets you save the loaded settings over the selected preset or delete the preset (you will be
prompted for confirmation).

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Patch Browser

The Patch Browser shows the individual articulations that were recorded for your instruments.
Feel free to create your own presets from this material.
The system of those patches is best described in the corresponding Library Manual of your Synchron Series product.

MixerPreset Browser

The Mixer Preset Browser allows for a more comfortable access and
mangement of the mixer presets that are stored with each
instrument preset.
The selection of the factory presets is identical with the selection in
the MIX tab, but it will be easier to store your custom mixer presets
within the browser.

You will be reminded to store your instrument preset after you have
created a new mixer preset (with a selection whether you’d like to
save the preset in a mirrored file structure in the “User” Folder).
This way, you have all custom mixer presets accessible whenever
you open your custom instrument preset.
Other changes in your instrument preset will also be saved.

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PERFORM TAB
Assign real-time global controllers that affect the overall performance and usability of Synchron Player.
Destinations can be selected from the following options:

Sources can be freely assigned from the selection. You will also find Dimension Controllers available here:

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1) Legato Mode: Sets the global interval mode for legato articulations: Monophonic / Polyphonic.
2) Tuning: Sets the master A4 tuning frequency. Default: 440 Hz, Range: 420-460 Hz.
12) Pitch Bend Range: Sets the master pitch bend range in half-tone steps.
13) Voice Limit: Sets the soft limit for the maximum number of simultaneously playing voices per player instance.
Exceeding this limit will cause voice stealing.
14) Release Voice Limit: Sets the maximum amount of triggered Release Samples per key. More playing voices will
require more streaming resources.
15) Voice Steal Release: Sets how quickly stolen voices should be faded out.
16) Filter: Choose from different filter types: Low Pass 6/12, High Pass 6/12
17) Min: Filter / Minimum frequency. Drag to change, Shift-drag to fine-tune, Ctrl/Command-Click to reset, double-
click to edit, right-click to assign controller.
18) Max: Filter / Maximum frequency. Drag to change, Shift-drag to fine-tune, Ctrl/Command-Click to reset, double-
click to edit, right-click to assign controller.
19) Filter curve display: Choose from additional customizing options. Grab the curve to manipulate it.

You can also copy and paste the Perform settings, to transfer those settings to another Synchron Player instance:

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CONTROL TAB
Set up your MIDI Controls with an adjustable curve, range and Polarity Button.
The + sign in the lower left corner lets you choose from all MIDI-automatable parameters.

1) Destination: Shows the selected Controller Destination.

2) Source: Shows the assigned MIDI Controller Source. Choose from the controllers available in the drop-down list.
3) Controller Curve Start: Adjust the start of the controller curve.
4) Invert: Invert Start and end point of curve.
5) Controller End: Adjust the end of the controller curve.
6) Controller Curve: Adjust the controller curve to fit your preferences.
7) Bipolar: Click to enable a bipolar controller curve.

! This tab will be essential for your own preset creation. If you are working with factory presets, the Perform
Tab (see previous chapter) will provide all necessary modification options.

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EDIT TAB
The Edit Tab lets you adjust all slot-related values.
Remember that all changes here will affect all child slots that belong to the edited parent slot (apart from the settings
that affect patch slots exclusively, like the Humanize Settings).

Humanize: You can control the intensity of the Humanize effect quite comfortable. The two controllers HUMANIZE DELAY
SCALE Scaler and HUMANIZE TUNING are available in your CONTROL Tab and can be scaled with the higher-level
HUMANIZE AMOUNT Controller.

1) Loaded patch (Patch Slot only): Name of the loaded Patch.

2) Slot balance: Position the sound of the selected slot
3) Balance display: Shows the balance value in detail.
4) Slot volume: Adjust the volume of the selected slot.
5) Slot volume display: Shows the exact volume.
6) Slot Transpose Octave: Slot transposition in octave steps.
7) Slot Transpose Semitone: Slot transposition in half-tone steps.
8) Slot Transpose Cents: Slot transposition in cents.
9) Envelope Curve: Displays the envelope that is applied to the selected slot.
10) Delay: Delays the starting point of the articulation of the selected slot. Higher settings will mute the sample part
until envelope attack sets in.
11) Attack: Affects the attack (fade in) of the patch. The higher the setting, the longer the fade-in.
12) Hold: Affects the hold time of the patch. The higher the setting, the longer the note will be held at full level.
13) Decay: Changes the decay time of the patch. The decay time begins when the hold time ends and fades to the
sustenuto level. This value is scalable with the Humanize Delay Scale Slider in your Perform Tab.
14) Sustenuto: Changes the sustenuto level of the patch. That's the level that will be reached after decay time.
15) Release: Reduces or extends the release time of the patch. Higher settings result in longer fade-outs. Click-drag
to change, Shift-drag to fine-tune, Ctrl/Command-click to reset., double-click to edit.
16) Delay: Sets note-on delay for currently selected humanize index. Can be scaled with the Humanize Delay Scale.
17) Humanize Preset Menu: Loads all settings for the Humanize Area.
Choose from available Humanize Presets and load/save more presets from disk.
Customized Presets are stored in the following locations by default:
OS X: \Your_Username/Documents\VSL\Vienna Synchron Player\Humanize Presets
WIN 7/10: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\VSL\Vienna Synchron Player/Humanize Presets

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18) Tuning Curve Window: Double-click to add tuning point.

Click and drag point to adjust its setting.
Click and drag in curve window to create a multi-selection rubber-band.
Command-Click (WIN: Control-Click) on selected point(s) to delete.
19) Horizontal Zoom: Sets horizontal zoom of tuning curve.
20) Vertical Range: Sets vertical display range of the tuning curve, in cent.
21) Humanize Index: Shows the number of available humanize steps for each preset.
22) +/-: Add or subtract positions in the Humanize Index.
23) Group Edit: Group slots by name. Every control will be linked in slots that share the same group name
(automatically created from dimension name / Slot name). You can also add custom groups.
24) Release Voice Limit: Adjusts the maximum of simultaneously playing Release Samples. Choose between the
global setting, defined in the Perform Tab, or slot-specific Release Samples (maximum= 32). The first played
Release Samples will be muted if the limit is exceeded.
25) Performance Release: Adjusts Release time of samples played in performance repitition mode (higher settings
will be scaled by Legato Blur).
26) Parallel Mode (available when Parallel Mode is on): Choose between XFade (crossfading with the other slots in
the dimension) and Mix (always mixed in).
27) Velocity XFade (Patch Slot only): Move dynamically between all available Velocity Layers. It’s a global setting, but
can also be enabled/disabled for slots separately. Options: Global / On / Off.
28) Start Offset Mode (Patch Slot only): Sets which samples should be affected by the Wave Start Offset parameter
(below). Options: All, First, Repetition, Legato, Repetition-Legato.
29) Wave Start Offset (Patch Slot only): Sets sample start offset in milliseconds. Any value above 0 will skip the
corresponding first part of the played sample. Range: 0-1 sec.
30) Start Offset Attack (Patch Slot only): Creates a fade-in (in ms) in case Wave Start Offset is applied, to avoid clicks.
Range: 5-100 ms

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Humanize Context Menu

1) Flip Vertical: Inverts tuning curve vertically.

2) Flip Horizontal: Inverts tuning curve horizontally.
3) Reset Curve: Resets all points of the selected humanize preset to zero.
4) Copy Humanize Settings: Copies all Humanize Settings (including delay values).
5) Paste Humanize Settings: Paste all Humanize Settings (including delay values).
6) Reset All Curves: Resets Humanize to no selected preset.

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MIX TAB
Basic View

1) EQ: Channel Equalizer. When double-clicked, a window with all available settings will open. Note that the Power
button is integrated in the channel view.
2) Delay: Channel delay. Adjust these settings to add runtime to each channel, for impressive results in room
perception. Values in milliseconds. Click-drag or double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset. You can also
invert the channel phase – the icon turns orange when inverted.
3) Phase Invert: Inverts the phase of the incoming signal.
4) Reverb: Reverb send. Adjust the amount of reverb that should be added to each channel. Mostly applied to the
close / mid microphones. Reverb settings are available in the column to the right. Click-drag or double-click to
edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
5) Convolution Impulse Plug-in: Opens a Convolution Impuls Reverb Module equipped with customized Impulse
Response Files for SYNCHRON-ized products. Includes a Dry/Wet slider and and a convolution impulse browser.
Available with SYNCHRON-ized product licenses only. Also see description below.
6) Pan: Channel panning. Choose between ‘Balance’ and ‘PowerPan’. Pan Law can be adjusted in Settings => Engine.
7) Volume Slider Values: Click-drag or double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
8) Volume Slider: Grab at handle to adjust, hold Shift for exact adjustments. Click-drag or double-click to edit.
Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
9) Mute: Mutes the selected channel. Turns yellow when muted.
10) Solo: Solos the selected channel. Turns red when in solo mode.
11) Output: Output assignment. Choose from available outputs.
12) Channel On/Off: Click to activate/deactivate. Settings => Engine provides an option to unload samples when
deactivating channels.
13) Mix Preset: Choose from available Room-Mix Presets and load/save more presets from disk.
14) Save/Reload/Delete: Always affects current mixer preset.
15) Reverb Settings: Adjust the setting of the integrated algorithmic reverb. Shift-click-drag to fine-tune. Click-drag or
double-click to edit value. Command/Ctrl-click to reset. Output Assignment and Reverb On/Off below.
16) FX: Shows the channel FX slots.
17) SEND: Shows the send slots.
18) Basic: Shows the basic mixer view.

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AUX View

The AUX View of the Mixer offers a maximum of 4 Auxiliary Sends on top of the volume sliders.
A classic and resource-friendly way to add effects to your mix.

FX View

Choose from a great selection of FX for each channel separately.

A description of all FX can be found in the chapter FX Channels.

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Bleed View

This feature is only available for Synchron Power Drums!

It lets you adjust the bleed level of other instruments into the channels of specific microphones.
An activated insert of a BLEED signal is displayed in blue (which will also be the case for all inputs in to ambient
microphones), and the activated original instrument source that belongs to each channel will be displayed in green.

Bleeding lets you adjust the room sound in a unique way, and you can also “roughen up” the sound of your drum mix
quite a bit by adding some of the bleeding sound of, e.g., a bass drum that is also captured in the snare drum microphone
(as you can see below).
You can enable each slot with the power sign and adjust the value by dragging the bar from the right side of the slot.

1) RESET: Resets all values to the original settings of the selected mixer preset.
2) Bleed: The Master Bleed knob provides control over the whole room impression. A powerful tool for every mix.
3) Bleed View: Click to see the bleed settings in your mixer.
4) Bleed slots: Adjust the amount of bleed signal that is fed to your instrument channel from other instruments.

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Mixer Presets

There are multiple versions of Mixer Presets available when you open Browser.
Die Verwaltung der Mixer Presets ist erheblich einfacher und übersichtlicher im MixerPreset Browser.

Stereo Presets (visible for stereo plug-ins)

00 Room-Mix Presets
Our Go-To Presets are the ideal starting point for every recording, with as little microphones as possible and a ready-made
Room-Mix channel that contains a mix of all available microphones from the Full Library. Easy adjustment by adding more
or less direct signal (close, mid and back microphones).

01 Decca Tree Multi-Mic Presets

The Decca Tree takes care of the room signals, which in comparison with the Room-Mix will produce a more slender
sound with less diffusion.
The classic stereo recording with a lot of room for adjustments.

02 Surround to Stereo Downmix Presets (Full Library)

Utilizing all available microphones for more flexibility in the mix.
The room microphones with their different sounds and the possible runtime delays help to create more diversity in the
perception of room depth.
Great to optimize positioning, details, contours and complexity in your mixes.

SYNCHRON-ized Presets (available only with a license for SYNCHRON-ized products):

You will find additional NARROW mixer presets available, which place the sections closer together at Synchron Stage
Vienna.

Surround Presets (functional when Full Library is available)

Full flexibility for your surround setup.
Send the close, mid, back mics as well as the decca tree microphones to your main L-R speakers, and your surround
microphones to your surround channels accordingly.

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Mixer Preset Creation

There are 2 options to save mixer presets:

Option 1:
Create additional mixer presets or folders, click the disk symbol and enter your folder/preset name. Sorting will be
alphabetical.

! Newly created presets are only available when saved with a new User Preset, otherwise they will be lost!

Option 2:
Save your additional mixer presets to disk and manage them as separate files in a location of your choice.

! Different products will offer a different mixer setup, so please bear in mind that product-specific mixer
presets will only work with those products.

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EQ

Double-click the Mixer EQ of each channel to open the EQ window.

1) EQ Node: Click the BAND buttons to activate the corresponding band. In the GUI, right-click a BAND node to
change the filter type. Use your mousewheel to change the Q value, Ctrl/Command-click to reset, Alt-click to lock
frequency, Shift-drag to fine-tune the settings.
2) BAND: Activate/deactivate the filter band.
3) GAIN: Gain value of the selected node in the EQ display window. Shift-click-drag to fine-tune. Click-drag or
double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
4) FREQ: Frequency of the selected node in the EQ display window. Shift-click-drag to fine-tune. Click-drag or
double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
5) Q: Q value of the selected node in the EQ display window. Shift-click-drag to fine-tune. Click-drag or double-click
to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
6) TYPE: Choose from these available filter types: Peak, Low-Shelf, High-Shelf, High Cut., Low Cut, Bandpass, Notch.

Power Pan

1) CENTER: Panning center, in %. Click-drag or double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.

2) WIDTH: Panning width, in %. Click-drag or double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
3) DISPLAY: Grab nodes to adjust pan settings. Will change color when inverted. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.
4) BALANCE: PowerPan balance. Applies set amounts of balancing features. Shift-drag to fine-tune. Command/Ctrl-
click to reset.

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Impulse Convolution Reverb (for SYNCHRON-ized products only)

This additional Convolution Reverb is based on our MIR PRO technology and offers a simple, yet effective way to integrate
our SYNCHRON-ized with other products of our Synchron Series.
You can easily adjust the Dry/Wet Ratio to fit your mix.

Don’t forget that, depending on your chosen Mixer Preset, your reverb sends might also need some adjustment.

1) DRY/WET Slider: Controls the amount of reverb added to the signal. Higher settings will make the signal sound
more embedded in the virtual space.
2) BYPASS: Will bypass impulse reverb processing. Will not release CPU resources.
3) REMOVE: Removes impulse reverb processing from the channel's processing chain. Will also release CPU
resources.
4) IMPULSE RESPONSE DISPLAY: Displays a simplified waveform of the applied impulse response.
5) IMPULSE RESPONSE BROWSER: Browse through all available impulse files for your registered SYNCHRON-ized
products. Double click on a file to load it into the channel's impulse reverb processor.

Mixer Context Menus

These context menus are available via right-click for all controls in Mix View.

Additionally, you can choose between Balance and Power Pan in the PAN Section.

1) Selected Control: Shows controller on GUI

2) Assigned Source: not visible if not assigned
3) Learn: Click to MIDI-learn
4) Available Control Sources: Choose from this list.

Right-clicking directly in the volume meter of a channel strip will let you
copy/paste strip settings (screenshot to the left), while right-clicking the area
left of the mixer (above the OUTPUT label) will present you with the options
to copy/paste all mixer settings and to paste the settings of your previously
copied mixer strip to all strips.

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CHANNEL FX
Delay

The Delay is used to simulate echo effects and can also be employed as a sound design tool.
The effect signal can be additionally applied to a specific frequency spectrum by means of two integrated filters.

TIME: The time value determines the delay time in milliseconds.

SYNC: This function allows the "coupling" of the Time to a defined time value (Normal, Dotted, Triplets).
For example, with T16, the time function works in dotted sixteenths.
FEEDBACK: Determines how much the output signal is sent back to the input.
DAMPING: Sets a low-pass filter over the applied signal - the knob determines the frequency up to which the signal is
passed.
THINNING: Sets a high-pass filter over the applied signal - the knob determines the frequency at which the signal is passed
through.
SPREAD: Determines how much the applied signal moves in the stereo image.
0% = Normal Delay
50% = Mono Delay
100% = Ping-Pong Delay
DRY: Defines, how much amount from the original signal is audible.
WET: Defines, how much amount from the effected signal is audible.

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Distortion

Saturator

A saturator emulates tape saturation or tape overload of a tape

machine.
By overdriving the signal one thereby ads harmonic distortions,
which can lead to beautiful, similar-sounding results.

DRIVE: Controls the signal at the input of the saturator.

This allows the signal to be overdriven and "distorted".
QUALITY: Determines the quality of the effect algorithm.
TYPE: About the Type function can be selected from different
algorithms.
MIX: This control determines how much of the effect of the signal is "mixed in".
ROLL-OFF: Lowering the high frequency components from 30,000 Hz to 20 Hz.
OUTPUT: Controls the output level of the effect.

Cabinet

With the Cabinet you can choose from five different Cabinet emulations:

Twin
1960B
Solo412
AC30
ES212

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Dynamics

Compressor

The Compressor lowers the level of the input when it exceeds the threshold. The amount of attenuation is determined by
the Attenuation / Ratio and input level. When the input level goes above the threshold, attenuation is added gradually to
reduce distortion.

The compressor’s attack time determines how fast the compression is applied – this way you can sculpture the attack of
your instruments, making them softer or more aggressive.

The release time determines the time it takes the compressor to decrease the applied gain reduction. Depending on the
length of the release time you can minimize the “sonic body” of an instrument in comparison to the attack sound, or you
can apply extremely short release times to emphasize it.

ATTACK: Sets the time the compressor needs to increase the gain reduction to reach the level determined by the ratio. (0
– 300 ms).
RELEASE: The 'release phase' is the period when the compressor decreases gain reduction to the level determined by
threshold and ratio (or to zero, once the level has fallen below the threshold). (0–3000 ms).
CHARACTER: With this function you can suppress unpleasant peaks in the sonic image of the effect.
THRESHOLD: The level above which the signal is reduced. A low threshold means that a larger portion of the signal will be
processed.
RATIO: The ratio determines the input/output ratio for signals above the threshold. For example, a 3:1 ratio means that a
signal overshooting the threshold by 3 dB will leave the compressor 1 dB above the threshold (1:1 to 60:1).
SOFT KNEE: With the Soft Knee function you can slow down the compressor usage.
The full ratio will only apply as soon as there is a clearly exceedance of the threshold - this leads to a smoother transition.
MAKE-UP: Automatically compensates for gain loss in the compression based on the current threshold, ratio and attack
settings.
SIDE-CHAIN: This activates / deactivates the side chain.

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Expander

The Expander serves to "expand" the dynamics.

Silent signals are made quieter by using a threshold (to suppress noise in quiet areas, for example) and loud signals are
made louder.
This effect thus causes the opposite benefit of the compressor.
An expander works much like a gate, except that it cuts away the signal below the threshold, but only lowers the
expander (at least at a low ratio).

ATTACK: Determines how fast the signal will be processed at the set ratio after it suppresses the threshold.
RELEASE: Sets the amount of time it takes for the processed signal to return to the ineffective state after falling below the
threshold again.
CHARACTER: This can suppress unpleasant peaks in the sonic image of the effect.
THRESHOLD: This is the threshold below the signal is reduced.
RATIO: The ratio determines how much the signal is reduced by the threshold - a high ratio equals a noise gate.
SOFT KNEE: When using the Soft Knee function, the use of the expander slows down in the threshold area, the effect is
thereby somewhat weakened.
MAKE-UP: Serves to raise the signal above the threshold additionally.
SIDE-CHAIN: This activates / deactivates the side chain.

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Limiter

The Limiter maximizes the apparent volume within the available dynamic range by reducing the distance between average
program levels and their associated peaks.
Just the right amount of maximization will make your signal seem loud without ever exceeding the available dynamic
range, whereas too much limiting will make your signal sound “flat” and unnatural.

ATTACK: Determines how fast the signal will be processed at the set ratio after it suppresses the threshold. Values: 0-300
ms.
RELEASE: Controls how long it takes for the limiter to recover from attenuating the signal after it has dropped below the
threshold. Values: 0–3000 ms.
CHARACTER: With this function you can suppress unpleasant peaks in the sonic image of the effect.
THRESHOLD: Threshold sets the point at which the limiter starts to affect the input signal. Lowering the threshold setting
has the effect of raising the output gain of the signal. The average level of the signal is increased while the limiter assures
that the signal will not exceed the ceiling level.
SOFT KNEE: With the Soft Knee function you can slow down the compressor usage.
The full ratio will only apply as soon as there is a clearly exceedance of the threshold - this leads to a smoother transition.
MAKE-UP: Useful to compensate for possible volume losses due to compression.
SIDE-CHAIN: This activates / deactivates the side chain.

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Noisegate

The Noisegate serves to suppress quiet / disturbing signals.

Silent signals are stopped by a threshold (for example, to suppress noise in quiet areas).
This effect thus causes the opposite benefit of the limiter.

ATTACK: Determines how long the gate takes until it is fully open after it reaches the threshold.
RELEASE: Determines the time it takes to close the gate after it has fallen below the threshold.
The release function allows the signal that has passed through the open gate to be gradually frayed.
CHARACTER: This can suppress unpleasant peaks in the sonic image of the effect.
THRESHOLD: This is the threshold below which the gate closes and the signal stops.
SOFT KNEE: When using the Soft Knee function, the use of the gate slows down in the threshold range, the effect is
thereby somewhat weakened.
This can make opening and closing the gate much more natural.
MAKE-UP: Serves to raise the signal above the threshold additionally.
SIDE-CHAIN: This function activates / deactivates the side chain.

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Filters

Bandpass

The Bandpass Filter allows signals between two specific frequencies to pass.

FREQUENCY: This determines the frequency at which the filter is used.

RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the slope of the curve.

Equalizer:

The Equalizer is used to reduce or boost a specific

frequency range.
Depending on the type of curve, you can also reduce
the whole frequency spectrum below (High Pass) or
above (Low Pass) the adjusted frequency.

TYPE: Defines the type of curve for the equalizer.

GAIN: Adjusts the gain factor of the filter belt between -24 dB and +24 dB.
FREQUENCY: Choose the frequency for the filter belt.
Q(-Faktor): The Q Factor defines the bandwidth of the curve.

High Pass 6 dB, 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB

The four high pass filters work with an ascending curve steepness. They pass the signal above the cutoff.

CUTOFF: This determines the frequency at which the filter starts.

RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the curve drop (peak).

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Low Pass 6 dB, 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB

The four low-pass filters work with an ascending curve steepness. They pass the signal below the cutoff.

CUTOFF: This determines the frequency at which the filter starts.

RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the curve drop (peak).

Notch 12 dB, 24 dB, 36 dB

The three notch filters work with an ascending curve steepness.

CUTOFF: This determines the frequency at which the filter is used.

RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the corner drop.

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State Variable Filters (SVF)

This filter type is working softer and more pleasant than conventional filter types.
A high-pass filter, two low-pass filter, a notch filter and a peak filter are available.

SVF HP 6 dB, LP 6dB, LP 12 dB

FREQUENCY: This determines the frequency at which the filter starts.

RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the slope of the curve (peak).

SVF Notch 6 dB

With the N1 you can find specific resonances and lower them.

FREQUENCY: This determines the frequency at which the filter is used.

RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the slope of the curve.

SVF Peak

With the peak filter, targeted resonances can be lowered and raised.
GAIN: Gain can be used to lower or boost the volume of the selected
frequency range.
FREQUENCY: This determines the frequency at which the filter is used.
RESONANCE: Determines the bandwidth of the slope of the curve.

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Modulation

Auto Gain

The Auto Gain is a powerful stereo enhancement tool which can be used as a versatile modulator as well. It lets you
modulate the left/right stereo signal.

AMOUNT: This determines the amount of LFO modulation applied to the input signal.
SPREAD: Determines how much the applied signal moves in the stereo image.
PHASE: Sets the offset of the waveforms between the left and right channels.
At 180 degrees, the LFOs are out of phase.
RATE: Determines the LFO frequency in Hertz.
SYNC: This feature allows you to "link" the rate to a defined time value (Normal, Dotted, Triplets).
For example, N16 means that the rate works in sixteenths (1/16).
SHAPE: Determines the waveform of the working LFO.
8 different waveforms are available.

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Chorus - Flanger

The Chorus - Flanger is a chorus effect, combined with a flanger.

The input signal splits into two delay lines and they get mixed together.
They interfere with the original signal and the resulting interference "moves" through the varying delay.

DELAY: This determines the time offset between the two parallel delay lines.
DEPTH: Determines how much the signal is affected by the flanger effect.
This is done by changing the amplitude of the LFO.
RATE: This sets the speed at which the flanger operates.
The rate is determined by the oscillation speed of the flanger.
SPREAD: Determines how much the applied signal moves in the stereo image
SHAPE: Determines the waveform of the working LFO.
FEEDBACK: With the feedback function, the effect can be influenced even more (so-called "ringing").
This effect comes into effect by sending part of the output signal back to the input.
DAMPING: Sets a low-pass filter over the applied signal - the knob determines the frequency up to the point where the
signal is passing through.
DRY: Defines, how much amount from the original signal is audible.
WET: Defines, how much amount from the effected signal is audible.
QUALITY: Determines the quality of the effect algorithm.
SYNC: This feature allows you to "link" the rate to a defined time value (Normal, Dotted, Triplets).
For example, N16 means that the rate works in sixteenths (1/16).
INVERT FEEDBACK: This turns the feedback phase.
INVERT WET: This will rotate the phase of the effect signal.

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Phaser

With Phaser, one signal part remains untouched and a second part is sent through several all-pass filters.

STAGES: This determines the number of stages (All-Pass Filter) that are passed through by the signal.
LOWER FREQUENCY: Lowers the low frequencies (adjustable from 20-20,000 Hz).
UPPER FREQUENCY: Lowers high frequencies (adjustable from 20-20,000 Hz).
RATE: This sets up the speed at which the phaser works.
The rate is determined by the oscillation speed of the effect.
SYNC: This feature allows you to "link" the rate to a defined time value (Normal, Dotted, Triplets).
SPREAD: Determines how much the applied signal moves in the stereo image.
SHAPE: Determines the waveform of the working LFO.
FEEDBACK: Determines how much the output signal is sent back to the input.
INVERT FEEDBACK: This will rotate the phase of the feedback effect signal.
DAMPING: Sets a low-pass filter over the applied signal - the knob determines the frequency up to which the signal is
passed.
DRY: Defines, how much amount from the original signal is audible.
WET: Defines, how much amount from the effected signal is audible.
INVERT WET: This will rotate the phase of the wet effect signal.

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Rotary

The legendary Rotary uses the Doppler Effect, which is triggered by rotation.
This creates acoustic beats, which can be manipulated in the further course.
With slow rotation, you can achieve a chorus-like effect, while a fast turn creates a tremolo-like sound.

CHARACTER: Changes some mixing and filter params, essentially making the sound more "speaker" like.
CROSS-OVER: Defines the crossover frequency between low/high speaker.
SPEED: Speed of the rotating speakers.
DEPTH: Pitch Depth. Essentially, the size of the Leslie cabinet.
LOW MIC ANGLE: Defines the angle of the low microphone.
HIGH MIC ANGLE: Defines the angle of the high microphone.
HIGH TROB: Defines how much of volume modulation should occur for high speaker.
LOW THROB: Defines how much of volume modulation should occur for low speaker.
DRIVE: Drive/Distortion of speakers.

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Reverb

Plate Reverb

In a Plate Reverb, vibrations are generated with a metal plate.

With the help of a transducer, the information is recorded and results in
a two-dimensional reverb.

DECAY: Defines the duration, until the sound reflections of the signal lose energy and fade away.
DAMPING: Sets a low-pass filter over the applied signal - the knob adjusts, about how much amount (in dB) the filter
should drop the signal.
DRY/WET: Determines the mixing ratio between the original (Dry) and the effect signal (Wet).

Room Reverb

The Room Reverb can be used to create virtual spaces and reverberation.
Unlike the Plate Reverb, the Room Reverb is three-dimensional.

PREDELAY: Determines the amount of time (in milliseconds) between the unprocessed signal and the onset of the
algorithmic reverb.
ER SIZE: Sets the duration of the first reflections.
ER CROSS: Determines the distribution of the first reflections in the stereo image.
DECAY: Decay time, in seconds.
SIZE: Sets the room size of the algorithm.
LOWPASS: Adds a low pass filter. Values in Hz.
DAMPING: Attenuation of high frequencies in the feedback path. Values in Hz.
EARLY: Determines the volume of the first reflections.
LATE: Determines the volume of the late reflections.
DRY: Defines, how much amount from the original signal is audible.
WET: Defines, how much amount from the effected signal is audible.

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Utility

Invert

PHASE INVERT: Turns the phases of the input signal.

CHANNEL SWAP: Swaps the left and right channels in the stereo image.

Power Pan

A very useful tool for stage positioning of instruments,

featuring real-time audio angular analysis. By collapsing the
stereo image of an audio signal, you will not lose any of its
information (which happens with “ordinary” balance faders
that simply lower the volume of one side of the signal).

CENTER: Shows panning center, in %.

WIDTH: Determines the width of the stereo signal. 100%
means full stereo width of the source.
BALANCE: Applies the settings of the assigned parameters
in%.
GAIN: Balance Gain. Balance is commonly done by adjusting gain alone.
PHASE INVERT: Turns the phases of the input signal.
PAN LAW: Determines how the signal level is affected by panning. Without compensation, the combined loudness of the
left and the right signal will be higher if a channel is panned to the center than if it is panned to one side. The Pan Law
allows for attenuation of the signal when it is panned to the center. – The optimum value depends a lot on the input
source.
Adjustable from 0 to -6 dB (0 dB actually turns off constant power panning).

Sample Delay

Sample Delay is a useful tool for creating an artificial time offset of the signal (in samples).

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SETTINGS
Engine Settings

1) Default Preload: Reduce RAM footprint and loading time with lower settings. The default setting set here will
affect all drives set to “default” in your Database settings (see next page).
2) Streaming Threads: Streaming threads define the number of simultaneous reads from the drive during playback.
The default value (4) is appropriate in most cases.
3) Loading Threads: Loading threads define the number of simultaneous reads from the drive during loading into
RAM. The default value (4) is appropriate in most cases.
4) Pan Law: Determines how the signal level in the slot rack mixer is affected by panning. The optimum value
depends on the input source. Default: -3 dB
5) Unload samples with mixer channels: When acticated, all samples loaded with a specific channel will be unloaded
when the mixer channel is disabled. Default: ON
6) Enable slots on MIDI activity: When activated, presets will load without samples. MIDI information will activate
the selected slots and load the corresponding samples in the background. Default: ON
7) Force enable all slots: When activated, all presets will load with enabled slots (samples loaded). Default: OFF
8) Force disable all slots: When activated, all presets will load with empty slots (no samples loaded). Default: ON
9) Auto-load humanize settings for slots: Humanize settings are automatically applied to all slots. Default: ON
10) Use Light Convolution: A highly effective way to save CPU-Load when working with SYNCHRON-ized products.
Default: OFF

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Interface Settings

1) Middle C: Define C3, C4 or C5 as middle C. Default: C4

2) MIDI Dump CC: A MIDI Dump sends the current position of the selected slot to your sequencer. You can
automate the dump with a selected MIDI CC. Default: OFF
3) Auto scroll Key Info: When activated, Key Info window will scroll to the highest note automatically.
4) Auto-name slots: Extracts the Slot name from the patch nam (after the „_“).
Exceptions: - Synchron FX Strings I (the whole patch name will be used).
- Slots that have been labeled already will not be auto-named.
5) Auto-select slot on keyswitch: The currently playing slot is selected when using a keyswitch. Default: ON
6) Auto-save Parent Preset when saving Mixer Preset: After saving a custom Mixer Preset, an instrument preset will
be automatically created. The preset will be saved in a mirrored file structure in the „User” folder. Standard: OFF

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Database Settings

1) User Preset Folder: Shows the current location of your User Preset folder. Another location can be assigned with the
button to the right. RED paths indicate a wrong or missing storage location.
macOS default location: \Your_Username/Documents\VSL\Vienna Synchron Player
Windows default location: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\VSL\Vienna Synchron Player
2) Preset Folder Assignment Button: Assign any location to store and manage your user presets. RED paths indicate a
wrong or missing path.
3) Volumes Scan Paths: Manage your sample content. Multiple locations possible.
4) Path: Shows the location of your assigned sample content. RED paths indicate a wrong or missing path.
5) Preload Size: Reduce the RAM footprint and loading time for specific paths. Your settings will be automatically
adjusted upon installation and whenever your drive configuration changes.
6) Speed: Displays the measured streaming speed of your connected drives.
Read-outs under 10 MB/s will result in a Preload Size of 16384 samples
Read-outs under 30 MB/s will result in a Preload Size of 8192 samples
Read-outs under 100 MB/s will result in a Preload Size of 4096 samples
Read-outs over 100 MB/s will result in a Preload Size of 2048 samples
Naturally, you can overrule the suggested settings manually.
7) Content Path Display: Displays the path where your sample content is stored. Add/remove paths with the
+/- buttons below.
8) Drive details: Shown for every sample location path.
9) Add Path: Add a new sample content path. Changes require a restart of your DAW.
10) Remove Path: Remove the selected sample content path(s). Changes require a restart of your DAW.
11) Reset Preload Sizes: Reset sizes to default settings.
12) Rescan Speeds: Start a scanning process manually.

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CUSTOM PRESET CREATION

To create your own presets, please make sure to watch our Synchron Player Video Tutorials.
The process and possibilities are best explained with a few simple examples.

Preset Cloning

Once your preset is ready, you can also apply it to other instruments that are structured the same way (e.g., all sections of
Synchron Strings I).

Copy root slot (which contains all slots of an

instrument) and paste the content to a text editor.

You will see a list that contains the data for every slot. To clone an instrument structure to another instrument, you will
need to replace the abbreviation / ID / folder information throughout the document.
The structure is the same for every slot that is contained in the root slot (or any other slot).

Instrument Abbreviations / ID / folder:

1st Violins: VI-14 / 1stviolins / 01 SY 1st Violins-14
2nd Violins: VI-10 / 2ndviolins / 02 SY 2nd Violins-10
Violas: VA-8 / violas / 03 SY Violas-8
Cellos: VC-8 / cellos / 04 SY Cellos-8
Double Basses: DB-6 / basses / 05 SY Double basses-6

macOS (TextEdit): Type Command+F and activate “Replace”. Then replace the existing instrument abbreviation with the
new one, e.g., VI-14 with VC-8.
Windows (Notepad): Type Ctrl+H to get to the same Replacement option.

13) Perform the same procedure for the Instrument ID.

14) And once again for folders
15) Copy and paste text to empty root node in new instance. Done, your instrument is now available for a new section,
with identical features.
16) Keyswitches will need to be adapted if you clone violin / viola presets to cello / double bass presets (and vice-versa).

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SUPPORT AND VSL COMMUNITY

We hope that this manual was a helpful companion for getting acquainted with our Vienna Synchron Player.
If you have any further questions don’t hesitate to visit our Internet Community or send an e-mail to our Support. Also,
please check out our Video Tutorials which will provide you with further details about our products.

And now – enjoy the Vienna Synchron Series collections!

Your Vienna Symphonic Library Team

This software contains copyrighted elements of the following third parties:

(C) 2005–2009 4Front Technologies berto Demichelis,

(C) 1995–2005 Jean-Loup Gailly and Mark Adler,
(C) 1998–2008 Glenn Randers-Pehrson,
(C) 2000-2007 Josh Coalson
(C) 1996–2008 The FreeType Project,
(C) 1998–2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd and Clark Cooper,
(C) 1998–2000 Clark Cooper,
(C) 2001–2008 Keith
(C) 2005–2008 SIA Syncrosoft
(C) 2003–2008 Al Packard,
(C) 2001–2008 Carl Worth,
(C) 2001–2006 Expat maintainers,
(C) 2002 University of Southern California.

Moreover, parts of this software were licensed from Magnus Jonsson.

The aforementioned parties disclaim all warranties with regard to this software and thus cannot be held liable for any special,
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