Vienna Symphonic Library Debuts Appassionata Strings, Bösendorfer Imperial, Vienna Konzerthaus Organ Sound Libraries

One year ago the Vienna Symphonic Library team presented their new Vienna Instruments for the first time, announcing 10 orchestral virtual instruments that make up the Symphonic Cube. This year, the crew returned to the Anaheim Convention Center with even more new Collections, including the Appassionata Strings, the Bösendorfer Imperial, and the Vienna Konzerthaus Organ.

Appassionata Strings

As the name suggests, these string ensembles are quite simply, passionate. Their lush, broad and emotive cinematic sound defies expectations for a virtual instrument. The large ensembles of 20 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos and 10 basses integrate perfectly well 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.

Bösendorfer Imperial

With the support of "Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik" the Vienna Symphonic Library team has developed its first sampled grand piano software instrument, a true recreation of a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial that was tuned and regulated by the piano manufacturer's best engineers and piano technicians. Its massive and unprecedented 54 GB sample set includes unlooped sustain samples in pedal up and pedal down variations and in 7 velocity layers, tone repetitions, real recorded sustain pedal resonances, multiple release samples, and key noises. The Bösendorfer 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.

Vienna Konzerthaus Organ

The Vienna Konzerthaus Organ is the first sampled organ recorded in a concert hall, not in a church, thus blending perfectly with orchestral performances. It was recorded at the venerable Great Hall of the "Wiener Konzerthaus", where the famous "Rieger Organ" was installed in 1913. The 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.

US Dollar price increases begin February 15, 2007

The Vienna Symphonic Library is very careful to make sure that no particular market has a price advantage over another; that no customer, dealer, or distributor has the upper hand because of where they live. Over the past year, the US Dollar has continued its decline against the Euro and other currencies around the world, which has necessitated an adjustment of US Dollar pricing on all Vienna Instruments, to help return international pricing of these products to relative equilibrium. Beginning February 15, 2007 the retail prices of all Vienna Instruments products, including Standard and Extended Libraries, will increase approximately 10 percent.

Vienna Symphonic Library's New Video Podcast

The first "Silent Stage Report" by Vienna's artistic director Michael Hula is online at http://vsl.co.at/en-us/65/71/289.vsl. It offers an invitation for users to send in their requirements for an arrangement and receive their Custom Presets in return. Most of all, the webcast demonstrates how a very unusual demo has been realized with the Symphonic Cube.