I very recently made use of the special Xmas offers of free extended libraries, providing certain spending thresholds are reached.These offers are avaliable until the end of January, and some incredible savings can be made. I now count myself lucky to own both the Chamber and Solo String bundles, with two extended libraries thrown in for nothing: this represents an enormous improvement over the Special Edition stringed instruments, good though these undoubtadly are. I would encourage anyone thinking of upgrading to look very carefully at what is on offer over the next 2 weeks or so.
But the reason I'm writing has nothing to do with acting like an upaid salesman for VSL (!), but all to do with paying a well deserved compliment to Paul Steinbauer, who responded magnificantly to some problems I was having in getting these new libraries up and running - more to do with my incompetance than anything else. Though busy on business in the USA, he made the time (at an hour approaching mid-night) to get me on to www.teamview.com, which allowed him temporary access to my computer. I was then able to sit back, while the cursor on my Mac flew around like a thing possessed, until, after just a few minutes, the libraries I had installed miraculously appeared.
I have often been slightly puzzled as to why VSL inspires such loyalty amongst its followers. I think I'm closer now to an understanding !
Thank you, Paul, and all at VSL