There's more info on the time and space website than on here! What's going on?!?! Come on VSL,spill the beans!!!!!!
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Hello All,
It's quite funny over here, everybody was so happy that we're so perfectly in time with our new product and our preparations for Musikmesse Frankfurt and now we have to bring forward everything...
Opus 2 will be up in our Web shop tomorrow, on April 1st. In the meantime, here's the info for you guys:
OPUS 2 – ORCHESTRA
OPUS 2 expands the potential of OPUS 1 and the FIRST EDITION with additional articulations and further instruments. It also offers bonus files which include basic articulations of instruments taken from other Horizon Series titles, like Solo Strings, Epic Horns, French Oboe, or Woodwind Ensembles.
Strings
OPUS 2 offers the complete articulation package of Legato Runs (major, harmonic minor, chromatic and whole tone scales), Vienna’s legendary “Flautando Strings”, and the easy-to-use but highly effective “Fast Repetitions”. The strings package is rounded out with a basic set of solo string articulations featuring the most important playing techniques.
Woodwinds
Since Vienna’s woodwinds’ Performance Legato articulations are especially popular, OPUS 2 offers the complete Performance Legato articulations for bass clarinet and contrabassoon. As requested by many users, looped sustains for all woodwind instruments are provided. A basic set of the Horizon Series’ French Oboe as well as the flute and clarinet ensembles completes the woodwind group.
Brass
The brass section is enhanced through the inclusion of sordino and stopped playing techniques. Solo trumpet and trumpet ensembles also feature Performance Legato articulations. As a bonus, a basic set of the Horizon Series’ powerful Epic Horns is included.
Percussion
Apart from additional timpani articulations (tremolo and single note glissandos), the percussion family is stocked with marimba, vibraphone, cencerros, plate bells and waterphone.
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Now that it very very cool. And very very reasonably priced. I can definitely see acquiring this library soon. I cannot wait to see more details tomorrow.
ON a sidenote, I've been using my bundled VSL sounds from Gigastudio 3 along with Overture and I've been getting wonderful results. Herb and Dietz: no matter the size of format of the library, your sounds are truly excellent. Very excited about Opus 2.
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OPUS 2 INSTRUMENTS & ARTICULATIONS
STRINGS
VIOLIN ENSEMBLE
VIOLA ENSEMBLE
CELLO ENSEMBLE
DOUBLE BASS ENSEMBLE
Octave Runs: Major, harmonic minor, chromatic and whole tone runs of all string ensembles
Fast repetitions
Flautando
WOODWINDS
PICCOLO
FLUTE
OBOE
ENGLISH HORN
CLARINET
BASSOON
Looped sustains
BASS CLARINET
CONTRABASSOON
Legato Performance instruments
BRASS
TRUMPET
TRUMPET ENSEMBLE
HORN ENSEMBLE
TROMBONE
TROMBONE ENSEMBLE
Muted staccatos
Muted sustained notes
Muted sforzato
Solo trumpet and trumpet ensemble: muted Legato Performance instruments
PERCUSSION
TIMPANI
Single note and tremolo glissandos
MARIMBA
VIBRAPHONE
CENCERROS (COWBELLS)
PLATE BELLS
WATERPHONE
BONUS FILES
Basic Articulations of
SOLO VIOLIN (from SOLO STRINGS)
SOLO VIOLA (from SOLO STRINGS)
SOLO CELLO (from SOLO STRINGS)
SOLO DOUBLE BASS (from SOLO STRINGS)
FRENCH OBOE
DOUBLE HORN ENSEMBLE (from EPIC HORNS)
FLUTE ENSEMBLE (from WOODWIND ENSEMBLES)
CLARINET ENSEMBLE (from WOODWIND ENSEMBLES)
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OPUS 2 includes 9.3 GB of data on 2 DVD-ROMs and retails for EUR 445. Like all Horizon Series titles, OPUS 2 is available in EXS24, GigaStudio, HALion and Kontakt formats.
Coinciding with the introduction of OPUS 2, the retail price of the most popular title of the Horizon Series, OPUS 1, is now reduced to EUR 845. On top of that, both OPUS libraries will be available at the bundle price of EUR 1,195.
Best wishes, and thank you so much for your continued interest in our sample libraries!
Martin, Vienna Symphonic Library
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Ok... fair enough. So am I right that for an owner of Pro Ed, Solostrings and Epic horns, that Opus 2 (obviously I gues) will have very little to offer?(seing as I also have downloaded the free holyday stuff).
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There is no upgrade price from Opus 1 to Opus 2 because it's all new material for Opus 1 and First Edition users.
Basic articulations are single note samples (staccato, sustains, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, etc.). The Horizon Series bonus files don't contain any Performance articulations.
