Appassionata Strings: As the name suggests, these string ensembles are passionate, offering a lush, broad and emotive cinematic sound. The large ensembles of 20 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos and 10 basses integrate into a variety of musical styles, from pop and rock environments to symphonic arrangements, from emotional ballads to films, from pure string beds to complete orchestral scores.... [more]

The Bösendorfer 290 Imperial was tuned and regulated by the piano manufacturer's best engineers and piano technicians. Its 54 GB sample set includes unlooped sustain samples in pedal up and pedal down variations, tone repetitions, real recorded sustain pedal resonances, multiple release samples and key noises. Each of the two listening positions totals at 4,675 samples. The 290 Imperial is the only concert grand in the world to have nine sub-bass notes, extending downward to low C, and giving it a keyboard range spanning eight octaves. These extra notes not only provide added richness an... [more]

Brass I is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Brass I features the following instruments: Trumpet Viennese horn Tenor trombone Tuba Trumpet ensemble (3 players) Horn ensemble (4 players) Trombone ensemble (3 players) Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast Horns, tenor trombone: Interval Performance Glissandos Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast Performance Trills Solo instruments &ndas... [more]

Brass II is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Brass II features the following instruments: Piccolo trumpet Bass trumpet Triple horn Horn ensemble (8 players) / Epic Horns Bass trombone Contrabass trombone Contrabass tuba Wagner tuba Cimbasso Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, marcato; slow & fast Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo Performance Repetition upbeats: slow, medium, fast Performance Trills Solo instruments – Grace Note Performances:... [more]

Chamber Strings is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Chamber Strings features the following instruments: Violin Ensemble (6 Musicians) Viola Ensemble (4 Musicians) Violoncello Ensemble (3 Musicians) Double bass Ensemble (2 Musicians) Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, portamento, zigane (gipsy), détaché, marcato, spiccato Performance Trills Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato, spiccato, harsh Grace notes: normal, zigane Single notes: Short notes: short staccato, long st... [more]

Responding to many user requests, the Vienna Symphonic Library team released a sequel to their small strings ensembles - the Vienna Instruments Collection Chamber Strings II features the small muted sections of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. This collection offers 16.5 GB of all-new articulations and sonic subtleties for the small string ensembles. Chamber Strings II contains many of the playing techniques that the first collection includes, but played "con sordino" (with mutes). They lend themselves well to soft, intimate arrangements, and provide nuanced variations to... [more]

Vienna Instruments Elements is a showcase for water, metal, glass, and stone, Elements is a major expansion on the well-known Horizon Series Glass & Stones edition. It offers new instruments such as the bass waterphone, an unusual, evocative instrument with a diameter of 14 inches. Its larger number of sounding rods, their increased length, the larger opening as well as the bigger resonating body with more water, furnish the musician with more unusual sonic possibilities and a wider variety of colors than the conventional waterphone. The oversized tam-tam, with a diameter of more than 65 i... [more]

Harps is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Harps features the following instruments: Harp I Harfe II Articulations Sustained notes: Normal , secco, près-de-la-table, fingernail playing normal and secco, harmonics, bisbigliando, pedal glissandos Glissandos: Major and harmonic minor full-scale Melodic minor, diminished, pentatonic Whole tone scale Slow, medium, fast One, three, and 5 octaves, single and multiple cross glissandos Fast fortissimo glissandos spanning 1 octave Arpeggios: Major, minor, diminished, au... [more]

Orchestral Strings I is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Orchestral Strings I features the following instruments: Violin ensemble (14 players) Viola ensemble (10 players) Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, portamento, staccato, tremolo Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato Performance Trills Interval Performances muted (con sordino): normal, portamento Violins: Interval Performance Glissandos on the same string Repetition Performances: legato, bow vibrato, portato, staccato, spiccato,... [more]

Orchestral Strings II is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Orchestral Strings II features the following instruments: Cello ensemble (8 players) Bass ensemble (6 players) Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, portamento, staccato, tremolo Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato Performance Trills Interval Performances muted (con sordino): normal, portamento Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato, spiccato, harsh, upbeats, pizzicato Repetition Performances muted: legato, portato, ... [more]

Percussion is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Percussion features the following instruments and articulations: Timpani 1 Timpani 2 Single hits (normal, secco, coperto), tremolos (normal, crescendo, diminuendo), tremolo glissandos, single hit glissandos, upbeats. Repetition Performances. Various mallets. Drums Snare drum 1 Snare drum 2 Snare drum ensemble Piccolo drum Field drum 1 Field drum 2 Bass drum 1 Bass drum 2 Concert toms Roto toms Taiko drums Tambourine 1 Tambourine 2 Cymbals & Gongs Piatti (a-due cymbals) Chinese c... [more]

The Vienna Instruments Saxophones Collection includes five instruments: Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophone, with a total of over 35 GB of samples in 24bit/44.1kHz. The focus has been directed equally to orchestral settings as well as to jazz. Famous examples of orchestral works using these instruments include the saxophone quartet by Alexander Glasunow, the alto saxophone concerts by Glasunow and Debussy, and the Castello from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures”. In addition, a host of articulations for jazz and big band are included, such as bends, tongue slaps, growling,... [more]

Solo Strings is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Solo Strings features the following instruments: Violin Viola Violoncello Double bass Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, portamento, zigane (gipsy), détaché, marcato, spiccato Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato, harsh Performance Trills Interval Performance Glissandos on the same string, fast and medium speed, up and down Repetition Performances: legato, bow vibrato, portato (slow, medium, fast), staccato, spiccato, ... [more]

Solo Strings II offers 46 GB of all-new articulations of the four solo string instruments. Solo Strings II contains many of the playing techniques that the first collection includes, but played "con sordino" (with mutes). It includes articulations such as muted short and long notes, crescendo and diminuendo variations, as well as Interval Performances such as legato, portamento, and trills. Furthermore, additional Legato Performances with very long notes have been recorded for use in slower parts. Thus, every single pitch and velocity is available in 24 variations. Like all Vienna In... [more]

Vienna Ensemble is a mixing and host software application that works exclusively with VSL's Vienna Instruments. It is available as a free download for all registered users of Vienna Instruments. Vienna Ensemble Features: Custom-made for hosting Vienna Instruments. Stand-alone application, ideal for running Vienna Instruments on external Macs and PCs: 8 ports with 16 MIDI channels each. Plug-in formats RTAS (Mac PPC & Intel), AU (Mac PPC & Intel) and VST (PC and Mac PPC & Intel) for use with a host sequencer: 16 MIDI channels per instance. Instant instrument switching gives im... [more]

The Vienna Imperial is the Vienna Symphonic Library's virtual grand piano plug-in instrument. The venerable Bösendorfer Imperial 290-755 that the VSL team hosted at the Silent Stage for two months was equipped with the famed piano manufacturer's CEUS technology, which allowed for precise and extensive piano sample recordings. 1,200 recorded samples per key represent a magnitude of sampling detail that has been unthinkable up to now, according to VSL. The implementation of meticulously recorded pedal-up and pedal-down notes in up to 100 velocities, comprehensive sympathetic resonances, an... [more]

"Vienna Instruments" is the Vienna Symphonic Library's plug-in virtual instrument engine that powers VSL's Vienna Instruments line of virtual instruments. Vienna Instruments embody intelligent Performance Algorithms into an easy-to-use VST/AU/RTAS plug-in to orchestrate a vast array of samples. Hundreds of articulations can be combined in one Preset and on a single MIDI track. VSL's proprietary Performance Detection analyzes intervals, repeated notes, patterns, and even playing speed in real-time, and automatically summons the appropriate articulation or nuance. You can use Vienna I... [more]

The "Queen of Instruments" was recorded at the Great Hall of the "Wiener Konzerthaus", where the famous "Rieger Organ" was installed in 1913. The Vienna Konzerthaus Organ Collection includes 14 GB of stereo samples covering three manuals with 38 single stops and one pedal with 18 single stops. The user can put together his own registrations by combining the stops in the Vienna Instruments' user interface, retaining the flexibility of this magnificent instrument. In addition, the team of the Vienna Symphonic Library invited experts to create a wealth of pre-record... [more]

Vienna MIR (Multi Impulse Response) is a software solution incorporating a complete reverberation and mixing stage. Vienna's software developers are taking the concept of convolution reverberation to the extreme. The application of up to 256 multi-channel room impulses results in an enormous number of calculations that need many innovations and ingenious programming to allow for flawless execution on a single 64-bit computer. But, why all the effort? Imagine the sound of a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand. Do you think it would be sufficient to record a single Middle C to make for a convincing virtu... [more]

The Vienna Special Edition brings together the complete orchestra, and more, in one 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 the 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 per... [more]

The Vienna Suite plug-in bundle includes nine advanced, yet easy to use, plug-ins for mixing and mastering. For highest precision, they offer full 64-bit audio processing on all major 64-bit and 32-bit host platforms. Vienna Suite currently includes nine plug-ins: Convolution Reverb: Full 64-bit "True Stereo" 4 channel processing of impulse responses. Includes impulse responses of 5 halls of the Vienna Konzerthaus, 3 ORF sound stages, and selected acoustic spaces by Inspired Acoustics and Numerical Sound. Unique impulse response decorrelation algorithm allows for rich, lush and sp... [more]

Woodwinds I is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Woodwinds I features the following instruments: Flute 1 French oboe Clarinet Bassoon Flute ensemble (3 players) Oboe ensemble (3 players) Clarinet ensemble (3 players) Basson ensemble (3 players) Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, marcato; fast & slow Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo Flute 1, clarinet – Performance Repetition upbeats Performance Trills Solo instruments – Grace Note Perform... [more]

Woodwinds II is part of the Symphonic Cube, which consists of ten "Vienna Instruments Collections". Woodwinds II features the following instruments: Piccolo Flute 2 Alto flute Viennese oboe English horn 1 English horn 2 Small clarinet in Eb Bass clarinet Contra bassoon Articulations Performances: Interval Performances: legato, marcato; fast & slow Repetition Performances: legato, portato, staccato; crescendo & diminuendo Viennese oboe – Performance Repetition upbeats Performance Trills Grace Note Performances: minor 2nd to octave, up & down Runs: ma... [more]