String Cyborgs is a sample library for Plogue Sforzando version 1.848 or newer. It contains samples of bowed strings used as oscillators in a subtractive synthesizer architecture.

This instrument is open source, and you can do whatever you want with it; however, the XML bank contains a digital signature, and editing the XML bank will break the ability of Plogue Sforzando to load the instrument with the GUI.

To register, drag the String Cyborgs.bank.xml file onto the Sforzando interface. Once registered, the instruments will be available in the Sforzando loading menu and the GUI and presets will work.

The three instruments contained are Zinc, Blackheart and Ironface. All use samples of bowed string instruments (double bass for Ironface and Zinc, cello for Blackheart) placed in a synthesizer architecture.

The resonance can cause huge resonant peaks at high settings, so if turning them up in the lowpass and/or highpass filters, we recommend turning down the volume in Sforzando, or using a limiter to avoid clipping.

MIDI CC control assignments:

7: master volume
10: master pan
80: volume envelope attack
81: volume envelope hold
82: volume envelope decay
83: volume envelope sustain
84: volume envelope release
85: bow screech volume (Zinc and Blackheart) or distortion blend (Ironface)
86: bow screech volume envelope selection (Zinc and Blackheart only)
87: bow screech volume envelope attack (Zinc and Blackheart only)
88: bow screech volume envelope hold (Zinc and Blackheart only)
89: bow screech volume envelope decay (Zinc and Blackheart only)
90: bow screech volume envelope sustain (Zinc and Blackheart only)
91: bow screech volume envelope release (Zinc and Blackheart only)
92: long or single cycle waveform selection
93: unison detune
94: number of unison voices
95: unison width
96: main LFO pitch vibrato depth
97: main LFO speed
98: main LFO delay
99: main LFO fade
100: main LFO tremolo depth
101: main LFO vibrato screech
102: low-pass filter cutoff
103: low-pass filter resonance
104: low-pass filter envelope depth
105: low-pass filter envelope attack time
106: low-pass filter envelope decay time
107: low-pass filter LFO depth
108: low-pass filter LFO speed
109: low-pass filter LFO onset delay time
110: low-pass filter LFO onset fade-in time
111: low-pass filter velocity tracking
112: high-pass filter cutoff
113: high-pass filter resonance
114: humanize LFO speed
115: humanize LFO effect on pitch
116: humanize LFO effect on main LFO speed
117: humanize LFO effect on low-pass filter LFO depth
118: humanize LFO effect on pitch on bow screech volume (Zinc and Blackheart only)
119: unison voice shift amount (Zinc only)

This sample library is royalty-free for all commercial and non-commercial use.
Copyright 2016 Karoryfer Lecolds.