@LAJ said:
Second: I understand this very well. Steinberg is preparing the next Generation Notation Software already with People from the old Sibelius Team. And as already mentioned by DG ... it will destroy all competitor products. That is clear.
How do you know that? Have you worked with the program? Obviously not, because there is no program yet. Boy, this prospective hype is slightly odd. Excitement about an upcoming product is all fine and well, but a blunt statement like 'it's going to destroy everything in the market' is a bit over the top, isn't it? Also, Daniel Spreadbury stated somwhere in his blog that more extensive DAW-integration is something they are planning to expand on in the future. Doesn't sound like it will go beyond what currently can be done with Sibelius/Finale, at least not for now.
Anyway, I'm curious to see which direction VSL is taking in the future, now that all the common (and some not so common) instruments of the classical orchestra have been sampled with their meticulous approach. The dimension approach was obiously something new and succesful, but it makes less sense for woodwinds. A synthesizer could be an option, but as LAJ stated there's very good ones around already. And after all VSL has focused more on classical instruments than film/production/ tv music (not that you couldn't do that as well with VSL).
I could see VSL starting a sample modelling approach. That would be exciting. Or maybe they'll come up with a new product line with orchestral instruments recorded in a concert hall (in the Vienna Konzerthaus, maybe? Yummy). Who knows. In any case I do not see them sitting back and not coming up with new products 😊
Too bad they won't develop their own daw. But then again, as LAJ stated, the current options are really not that bad.