Hi Paul, thank you so much for your comment!
I am glad that you have been having a great experience with VSL's sibelius integration. That makes me very excited about the possibilities :)
If you don't mind me asking, I just have a question regarding some setup in Vienna Instruments Pro that I believe you might can answer.
In terms of stacking the instruments, would it be possible to stack two 14 violin patches (which are included) for unison, then have them split (one 14 violin patch for each note) using expression text? I think you were saying it's not possible to split into smaller sections because those patches are not included, if I'm not mistaken. But would just using two large sections on top of each other work? It's not actually what would happen in real life, but I feel it would be close enough for my purposes. I guess I'm just not sure if this is possible in VIP and how that would work with sibelius integration.
And I assume if the above is possible, you could do something similar with the solo instrument sounds in the woodwinds/brass to achieve the a2 effect.
Also, I believe percussion is included in the Special edition 1/plus. Would you mind checking if there is a Timpani sfz/Fp articulation? I would really appreciate it! I use this quite often, if it's not included I will probably end up buying the full instrument along with the collection.
Thanks again for your help!