This Special Edition brings together the complete orchestra – and more – in an affordable Collection. It is the ideal, resource-saving companion for orchestral arrangements on the laptop, or for newcomers to the world of Vienna Instruments, offering a useful cross-section of Vienna Symphonic Library’s over one million samples.

The Standard Library includes 28 instruments and ensembles, covering large post-romantic instrumentation. It contains solo and ensemble strings, solo instruments and ensembles of the brass section, woodwinds ranging from piccolo flute to contra bassoon, harp, drums and percussion as well as celesta and the Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano. The Extended Library contains 35 additional instruments which enhance the symphonic variety of the Vienna Special Edition.

Apart from the basic articulations, all string and wind instruments include the Legato Performances characteristic of the Vienna Symphonic Library: real note transitions up to a one octave range are played automatically by the algorithms of Vienna Instruments when the user plays legato notes.

Please note: Vienna Instruments require the ViennaKey

Instruments Standard Library

• Piccolo
• Flute 1
• French oboe
• English horn
• Clarinet
• Bass clarinet
• Bassoon
• Contrabassoon
• Triple horn
• Trumpet
• Tenor trombone
• Bass trombone
• Tuba
• Horn ensemble (4 players)
• Trumpet ensemble (3 players)
• Trombone ensemble (3 players)
  • Staccato
  • Sustains
  • Sforzato
  • Legato Performances
• Harp
  • Single notes and harmonics
• Solo violin
• Solo viola
• Solo cello
• Solo double bass
• Violin ensemble (14 players)
• Viola ensemble (10 players)
• Cello ensemble (8 players)
• Double bass ensemble (6 players)
  • Staccato
  • Portato
  • Sustains
  • Sforzato
  • Legato Performances
  • Portamento Performances
  • Pizzicato
  • Tremolo
• Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano
• Celesta
• Glockenspiel
• Xylophone
• Vibraphone
• Marimba
  • Basic articulations
• Timpani
• Taiko drums
• Bass drum
• Snare drum
• Snare drum ensemble
• Tambourine
• Concert tom
• Gongs
• Suspended cymbals
• A-due cymbals
• Tam-tam
• Thundersheet
• Rails
• Metal chimes
• Table castanets
• Triangle
• Tubular Bells
• Plate Bells
  • Basic articulations

Instruments Extended Library

• Flute 2
• Alto flute
• Viennese oboe
• Oboe d’Amore
• Small clarinet in Eb
• Basset horn
• Alto saxophone
• Tenor saxophone
• Baritone saxophone
• Flute ensemble (3 players)
• Oboe ensemble (3 players)
• Clarinet ensemble (3 players)
• Bassoon ensemble (3 players)
• Viennese Horn
• Piccolo trumpet
• Trumpet in C (muted)
• Tenor trombone (muted)
• Contrabass trombone
• Contrabass tuba
• Wagner Tuba
• Horn ensemble (8 players – Epic Horns)
• Trumpet ensemble (3 players – muted)
• Trombone ensemble (3 players – muted)
  • Staccato
  • Portato
  • Sustains
  • Sforzato
  • Legato Performances
• Violin chamber ensemble (6 players)
• Viola chamber ensemble (4 players)
• Cello chamber ensemble (3 players)
• Double bass chamber ensemble (2 players)
  • Staccato
  • Portato
  • Sustains
  • Sforzato
  • Legato Performances
  • Portamento Performances
  • Pizzicato
  • Tremolo
• Vienna Konzerthaus Organ
  • 2 registrations (plenum and flutes)
• Harpsichord
• Electric guitar (Overdrive)
• Concert guitar
  • Basic articulations

Bonus Files

• Appassionata Violins (20 players)
• Appassionata Violas (14 players)
• Appassionata Cellos (12 players)
• Appassionata Double Basses (10 players)
  • Staccato
  • Sustains

Requirements

• PC
  • Intel/AMD 2 GHz (3++ GHz recommended) with Windows XP
• Apple
  • G4 1 GHz (G5 or Intel Core Duo processor recommended)
    with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
  • 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
  • VST (OS X, Win XP) or AU (Mac) compatible host (also works stand-alone)
  • DVD drive for installation
  • Fast separate harddrive with 80 GB free space for Special Edition
  • 88 key master keyboard (highly recommended)
  • ViennaKey (Vienna Symphonic Library USB Protection Device)
  • Syncrosoft License Control Center 5.2.6.4 or higher

Samples

"Pavane" by Gabriel Fauré, realized by Jay Bacal, displaying woodwind and string instruments.

Arrangement: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, 1st violins, 2nd violins, Violas, Cellos, Double basses.

"Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland, realized by Jay Bacal, focusing on brass instruments and percussion.

Arrangement: Horns, Trumpets, Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Bass drum, Tam tam

"French Parade" by Guy Bacos, using the Standard Library of the Vienna Special Edition.

Arrangement: This demo is exclusively performed with Standard sample content of the Special Edition.

• Vienna Symphonic Library UK price increase starts next week

  Last month we revealed that Vienna Symphonic Library had announced that it would raise its UK pound prices to customers by approximately 15%. The new prices take effect next Tuesday, July 15, 2008.

• Vienna Symphonic Library announces UK price increase

  As the pound continues to gradually fall against the Euro, Vienna Symphonic Library has announced that it will raise its UK pound prices to customers by approximately 15%, to help offset the pound´s lowering in value. The new prices will take effect on July 15, 2008.

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