If one could always depend on VSL for quality, their release policy has been less predictable: rather than issuing a conclusive mega-edition as expected, the company began hiving off chunks of their sample database in a set of 15 themed titles called the Horizon Series. Although lacking the reverberant 'glory trails' of a concert hall, this acoustic space has consistently yielded recordings with an incredibly low noise floor.
Both of these enormous libraries combined exquisite musicianship with the pristine sound quality of VSL's specially constructed recording venue, the Silent Stage. The unveiling of VSL's First Edition in 2003 galvanised the orchestral sampling scene, and the gigantic 236GB Pro Edition which followed was even more stunning. Since the first sample was recorded in December 2000, it's taken the Vienna Symphonic Library team over five years to release their definitive orchestral library. Will this take the VSL concept to a new audience, or is it a step too far? The Vienna Symphonic Library are well known for their amazingly detailed collections of orchestral sounds, and now they're providing them as virtual instruments. Below this is the 12x12 articulation matrix, in the centre is the selector ring, and at the bottom left above the virtual keyboard is a keyswitch note assigned to a matrix. The patch list is displayed on the right (this space can be used to show various parameters via its top tabs), while the currently selected patch is shown at the top left. VSL's innovative interface for the Vienna Instruments.
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