Thanks for the link! Some good stuff there. Although I didn't find enough variety and a few things I didn't like, but otherwise better than most of what I've found.
I bought a Sonivox Bagpipe that I love, but the company cheated me!!
1st, I had a limited amount of installs and I can't install it anymore because one needs an internet connection to 'verify'. They won't verify it anymore. I reinstal Windows once a year so I can't install it anymore. I bought the samples and have a right to use them, so I ripped the file apart and am converting the audio to Kontakt. I refuse to let something I paid for go, let alone the only bagpipe samples I've liked. (yes, it's ilio which owns VSL, but still... bad service is bad service, no excuses!)
I've decided to sample a couple instruments that I have access to but do not own. That's how bad this is. No one makes VSL quality instruments in this category and I grow tired of waiting.
Dry, articulations, expressive options, true legato, 24-bit, etc. All of these things are not 'too much' to ask for... but the minimum I require. The only thing better is overkill on repetitions, effects, the 'weird' sounds instruments can make that aren't traditional. We don't have that from even VSL yet, so who knows. It may never happen.
But anyway, thanks again for the link.
-Sean