Vir2 has released VI.ONE, a Kontakt Player 2 based, four-disc (DVD), 21 Gb, sample library encompassing over two thousand instruments, kits, and other sound effects, designed to be of maximum usability to musicians across a wide span of genres. The library is packed with drums (including hundreds of different kits), drum loops, basses (including acoustic, upright, electric, and synth), world and ethnic instruments (organized by geographic regions), sound effects, guitars (acoustic and electric), keyboards, a full collection of orchestral instruments, "screaming" B3 organs, "world-class" acoustic pianos, prepared pianos, electric/synth pianos, pop horns and brass, a bank of vintage synths, and "cutting-edge" synth patches.

Features:

• Over two thousand patches of instruments across a wide array of instrument families.
• 21GB core library of samples.
• Optimized onscreen EQ and reverb controls.
• Remote control of various sonic parameters available via MIDI CC.
• Multi-timbral operation, supporting up to 64 simultaneous instruments loaded (subject to RAM availability), receiving up to 64 MIDI channels (16 in plug-in mode).
• General MIDI compatible.
• Kontakt Player 2 engine, supporting standalone operation as well as plug-in operation in all major hosts that support Audio Unit, VST, RTAS, or DXi plug-ins.
• Special upgrade pricing to the full version of Kontakt 2, which allows for fuller editing of the instruments.

VI.ONE has an MSRP of $399.95 / £225 (inc VAT) and is available for Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary in stand-alone, VST, AU, DX and RTAS formats. A version 1.1 update is already available.