Note transitions are the connective tissue of musical expression. Synful Orchestra models these transitions. Synful Orchestra models the way notes are sustained, the graceful onset of vibrato, breath sounds, the sound of the bow on the string, the change of tone color as a note becomes louder or softer.

Extended information

At the heart of Synful Orchestra is Synful’s Reconstructive Phrase Modeling (RPM) technology. This is the result of many years of research, several patents, and a lifetime of experimentation, design, and frustration with older synthesis technologies.

Advantages:
* Woodwinds, brass, and strings sound completely realistic
* Unprecedented expressive control and natural phrasing
* Easy to use instruments controlled by ordinary MIDI
* Patented Synful RPM additive synthesis technology renders
samplers obsolete for expressive instruments
* Available as VST/DXi virtual synthesizer software plugin

Easy to Use - Synful Orchestra is natural and easy to use. Just select the MIDI program and play. The complexity and sophistication is on the inside.

Examples Sound Like Classical Recordings - The Synful Orchestra sound examples demonstrate expressive and demanding instrumental playing. With Synful Orchestra the results are completely realistic. It is difficult to believe that these results come from a synthesizer.

Samplers Are Obsolete for Expressive Instruments - If the Synful Orchestra sound examples were realized using even the most advanced sampler with the best sample libraries, the results would be disappointing, stiff, and unnatural. This is because it is impossible to achieve realistic musical phrasing for expressive instruments using samplers. A sample library is a collection of recordings of isolated notes. It is not surprising that when these recordings are strung together they sound like a sequence of unrelated isolated notes. With Synful Orchestra things are different:
* Synful Orchestra models transitions between notes.
* Synful Orchestra models vibrato and extends the duration of notes using sophisticated statistical techniques. Sample loops with all their limitations are a thing of the past.
* Synful Orchestra responds to volume, pitch, and velocity changes with continuous changes in timbre, just like a real instrument.

Technical specifications

Synful Orchestra Features:
* RPM instruments include Piccolo*, Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet*, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba*, Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass.
* Exceptional realism and expressivity using Synful RPM Technology: RPM note transition modeling, intelligent phrase fragment search and splice, RPM additive synthesis, infinite note extend without loops.
* Entire orchestra fits in 32M of memory.
* 80-160 real-time voices on P4 1.5 GHz. See System Requirements.
* VST and DXi plugins included.
* Innovative RPM controls include Harmonic Tilt, Harmonic Parity, Transient Noise Trim, Sustain Noise Trim, Gain, Tune, Pitch Wheel Range, Delay for Expression, Synful Pitch Wheel mode for realistic portamento and pitch slide effects.
* Natural timbral vibrato controlled with Mod Wheel.
* Simple standard MIDI usage.


System Requirements:
* Windows XP, Windows 2000 or higher required.
* Synful Orchestra will run on any Pentium class processor. The number of real-time voices generated depends on the CPU speed. A 1 GHz or faster CPU is recommended. Synful Orchestra takes advantage of but does not require special features of the Pentium IV CPU. Specifically, more voices will be obtained on any processor that supports SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2).These include Intel Pentium IV or higher and AMD Athlon 64 or higher. 80-160 real-time voices are obtained on a 1.5 GHz Pentium IV with 512K memory dependining on note speed and other factors. 30-60 real-time voices are obtained on a 1 GHz Pentium processor without SSE2 (Pentium III or lower) dependining on note speed and other factors.
* 256K memory required.
* 75 Mbytes of hard disk space required.