The Vienna Symphonic Library has announced another major step toward an all-encompassing solution for orchestral music production on the computer. Following the development of its sample libraries and the Vienna Instruments software and audio engine, the Vienna team now introduces a new software solution called Vienna Ensemble. The exclusive Vienna Instruments mixing and host software is available as a free download for all registered users of Vienna Instruments and works on Windows and Mac OS X. And there is even more good news for Pro Tools users: All Vienna Instruments Collections as well as the new Vienna Ensemble are now RTAS compatible on the Mac OS X platform.
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 immediate access to all instruments within the Vienna Ensemble user interface. A click on the desired instrument channel brings up its user interface instantly, no more redundant screen clutter.
- Instrument naming – all Vienna Instruments instances inside Vienna Ensemble can be labeled for a complete, at-a-glance overview.
- Total recall – orchestra setups can be saved with one click.
- Definable play ranges for multi-instrument set-ups for studio and live use.
- Inserts for AU (Mac) and VST (PC) effect plug-ins.
- Panning and Power Panning for precise positioning.
- Flexible routing with freely assignable busses.
- Separated server solution that utilizes additional free memory, leaving host sequencer memory or memory used by additional Vienna Instruments plug-ins unaddressed.
Availability:
- PC version: Windows XP and Vista (both 32 and 64-bit).
- Mac version: 32-bit for Mac PPC and Intel, 64-bit version coming soon.