VSL celebrates 10 years with lower prices and new bundles!

May 13, 2010

As Vienna Symphonic Library celebrates 10 years of innovation and passion the highly reputed virtual instrument developer has made several new announcements including product discounts across the range and new bundles at incredible prices.

Most DVD collections, including both Standard and Extended Libraries have now been lowered with standard libraries such as Brass I, Brass II and Chamber Strings I having been reduced by as much as £90.00. What’s more, the Symphonic Cube Full Library, which used to cost £7,855, is now only £5,080 – that’s a price drop of £2,775 – more than a third of the original price tag!

The announcement also sees the introduction of new bundles such as the Solo Strings and Woodwinds Bundles with prices being lowered even more!

VSL have also released details of their forthcoming next generation sample player – Vienna Instruments Pro. Packed with new capabilities that further expand the power of Vienna Instruments including enhanced matrix function, new controller types for articulation switching, patch rack features, enhanced filter controls, patch control features, keyboard display, time stretching and more, the new release will not only make your creative work easier but also add human behaviour to your music.

Click here to view all VSL libraries


Free Soprano Choir download for all new Special Edition customers!

March 1, 2010

Vienna 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.

This month, there´s even more reason to take your first step into the inspirational world of Vienna Instruments with a free Sporano Choir download (worth €95) with any purchase of the Vienna Special Edition or Special Edition PLUS between 1st and 31st March 2010.

Simply, buy and register the product then send a short email to sales@vsl.co.at stating that you´d like to receive the free Sporano Choir. Once VSL have checked your eligibility, they´ll send you a link for the download.

Click here for more information about the Vienna Special Edition

Please note: offer applies to Standard libraries only.


VSL’s founder Herb Tucmandl talks to Time+Space!

October 9, 2009

HerbTA former cellist in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herb Tucmandl founded VSL in 2000 after his sideline scoring films gave him first hand experience of the frustrations faced by almost every composer in history: how to get your music performed quickly and cheaply.

In the latest of our exclusive supplier features, Herb tells us more about this year´s groundbreaking releases from VSL, his biggest challenges plus his thoughts on the relationship between VSL and the Nintendo Wii…

It’s interesting stuff!

Click here to read the interview


Vienna Instruments announce UK price decrease…

September 3, 2009

VSL group shotTime+Space are pleased to announce that the UK price of VSL products has now decreased by approximately 5% since 1st September 2009.

The move comes following the slight strengthening of the Pound against the Euro in recent months and sees prices of the higher priced instruments drop by around £30. The decrease is particularly good news for customers wishing to take advantage of VSL’s current free extended libraries promotion which runs until mid-September…

Users who will have registered five Standard Libraries of Vienna Instruments DVD Collections before September 15, 2009, will receive one free Extended Library of their choice for any additional Standard Library of a DVD Collection they buy and register between August 10 and September 15, 2009.

The Austrian company is also offering a savings opportunity for users of its “legacy” sample libraries First Edition and Pro Edition. For the first time, this promotion is not limited to the ten Collections of the Symphonic Cube – users may choose from all available Vienna Instruments DVD Collections.

Users who have registered the Pro Edition and buy and register ten Standard Libraries of Vienna Instruments DVD Collections between August 10 and September 15, 2009, will receive three Extended Libraries of their choice for free. First Edition users will receive two Extended Libraries for buying ten Standard Libraries of Vienna Instruments DVD Collections during the promotion.

Click here for full details and examples of how you can make the most of this offer


Vienna Suite is now shipping!

August 18, 2009

7f750b740a493b03f59da1a840d8Vienna Suite includes nine advanced, yet easy to use plug-ins for mixing and mastering. For optimum precision, they offer full 64-bit audio processing on all major 64-bit and 32-bit host platforms. Supporting the formats AU (Mac OS X), VST (OS X, Win), and RTAS (OS X), Vienna Suite is the ideal solution for anyone who wants to shape a mix using high-end audio tools.

Though it integrates beautifully with any host program or DAW, not just for users of Vienna Ensemble and Vienna Instruments, Vienna users will be happy to take advantage of over 500 included expert presets tailor-made for Vienna Instruments. Be sure to watch the Video Tutorials that explain the features and innovations of all plug-ins in detail.

The nine plug-ins include:

  • Convolution Reverb
  • Equalizer
  • Master Equalizer
  • Limiter
  • Compressor
  • Multiband Limiter
  • PowerPan
  • Exciter
  • Analyzer

Click here for full details and tutorial videos


Vienna Imperial has arrived!

June 22, 2009

VSL_ViennaImperialThe highly anticipated new Vienna Instruments Collection – Vienna Imperial – is now available from Time+Space.

The sampled Bösendorfer 290 Imperial was outfitted with CEUS technology, enabling the most precise and by far most extensive piano sample recordings ever conducted in the history of music technology. 1,200 samples per key paired with a powerful proprietary piano engine and an easy-to-use interface make the Vienna Imperial the most realistic sampled piano ever created.

RRP: £575.00

Users of Vienna’s Bösendorfer Imperial collection will enjoy a
discount of £130 when purchasing the new Vienna Imperial collection until July 31, 2009.

Click here for demos and full product information


Time+Space products win MIPA awards!

April 6, 2009

mipaAt the 10th annual Musikmesse International Press Awards, Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere was voted the ‘Best Software Instrument’ of 2009 and Vienna Symphonic Library won the ´Best Sound Library´ award for the fifth time for the Special Edition.

The prestigious MIPA awards are chosen by the editors of over 100 music industry magazines from more than a dozen countries. The MIPA has come to be considered the “Grammy” of the musical instrument/pro audio industry.

The Co-Founder of Steinberg Software, Charlie Steinberg won this year´s Lifetime Achievement Award and other winners among the 42 categories included:

Celemony Melodyne DNA for ´Most Innovative Product´

Roland TD-4 for ´Best E-Drums´

Native Instruments Kontakt 3 for ´Best Sampler´

Digidesign Pro Tools 8 for ´Best Recording Software´

Clavia Nord Wave for ´Best Synthesizer Hardware´

Waves Maserati Collection for ´Best Recording Effects (Software)´

It’s a huge honor to receive this recognition of our work on Omnisphere,” said Eric Persing, Founder and Creative Director of Spectrasonics. “Our whole team worked incredibly hard for 6 years to create this instrument – from the architects of the software and user interface, to our international team of sound designers that went to some crazy lengths to create new sounds. Thanks!

Click here to view the full list of MIPA 2009 winners


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