Hello ahifly,
Thank you for your interest in the Vienna Symphonic Library!
Our most popular product for newcomers is our Special Edition: http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/261/314/1605/1277.htm
Almost every Vienna Instrument comes in a Standard Library and an Extended Library (which in the case of the Special Edition contains more Instruments). The Standard Library AND the Extended Library add up to a Full Library. All users have to register the Standard Library first to be able to order the Extended Library.
Not a single sample that is contained in the Extended Library is already included in the Standard Library!
The Special Edition PLUS (http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/261/314/1606/1278.htm) is the ideal expansion to the Vienna Special Edition and offers new articulations for all string, brass and woodwind instruments included in the Special Edition Standard and Extended Libraries. All users of the Vienna Special Edition can now quickly and conveniently add articulations they might have been missing until now. The samples of the Special Edition PLUS are not included in the Vienna Special Edition, but have been specifically selected for this collection.
For example, while the Solo Violin’s articulations in the Vienna Special Edition include staccato, détaché, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, legato, and portamento, the PLUS collection supplements these with the addition of the following articulations for the solo violin: Short détaché, fortepiano, snap-pizzicato, col legno, trills 1 & 2, Repetition Performances (legato & spiccato), fast repetitions (150, 170, 190 bpm), harmonics (staccato & sustain), and ponticello (staccato, sustain, tremolo).
Please note that the Special Edition PLUS contains some Matrices that also include Patches from theVienna Special Edition. Therefore the installation of the Vienna Special Edition DVD Collection orDownload Collection is required to load these Matrices.
Your purchase also entitles you to download the free Vienna Ensemble mixing and host software.
Kindly note that all our products require our ViennaKey (or any other eLicenser USB key, e.g., Steinberg Key or Arturia Key):
http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/497/1689/1690/251.htm
All the best, Michael Hula
VSL Sales