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  • Dear Dietz, spill the beans

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    Dear Dietz,

    You posted the following over on the Nuendo Forum ( http://forum.nuendo.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/017384.html )

    "...while I'm not in a position to talk about details yet, you will most likely see some more specialized, smaller (and therefore cheaper) Editions of the VSL in the not too distant future - so everybody can afford the unheard-of quality and quantity of our instruments"

    OK!! SPILL THE BEANS!!! WHAT IS IT!?!?

    [:D]
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    he he he he he. This is very intriguing. I would love to see smaller less fortunate users be able to tap into the VSL. This is a great business strategy to build word of mouth.

    How about a few free instruments for anyone? Viral marketing is a great thing.

    Evan Evans
    A registered VSL owner (1st Ed. EXS24 CUBE)
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    You guys are _everywhere_, aren't you?!?! :-]

    .... go to the front page of our site (vsl.co.at, just in case you're direct-linking to the forum), and look at the beautiful new opener.

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
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    That is NOT a satisfactory answer!!!! [[:|]] [:@]

    Something tells me I'm going to have to wait. [8-)]
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    [:P] I know it since more than a month form the very source

    you'll be amazed because very soon there will be <sticking wet towel in mouth> gulp, mpfff, wurgs...

    ...................................running

    [8-)] nope, I promised Sabine not to tell, I promised! [:D]
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    oh Good God laughing Bear. YOu must tell us. We ar egoing to come over and duct tape you up and beat it out of you!!!

    [6]

    I love how VSL brings out teh best of us1

    Evan Evans
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    @evanevans said:

    [...] I love how VSL brings out teh best of us1

    The unintended "1" is a good guess, already ... ;-]

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
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    @evanevans said:

    oh Good God laughing Bear. YOu must tell us. We ar egoing to come over and duct tape you up and beat it out of you!!!


    Well ok.... because it's you.... and because you are so altruistic and unusuallly for artists not that selfcentered.... and.... well... wait a second...

    NOPE

    This amazing Lady has my word on it... Period

    Ya can twist my bones and drink guinness in front of me starving.... I wont tell,.... [:D]
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    @evanevans said:

    [...] I love how VSL brings out teh best of us1

    The unintended "1" is a good guess, already ... ;-]

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library

    Is it that guiness or why do I grin from one ear to the other.... [*-)]: [[;)]] [:D]
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    Hrmmm maybe it's just solo instruments? Boy I was all set and have actually pre-ordered Garritan Personal Orchestra, but now if some sort of solo instruments from VSL is coming out I don't know....maybe it's a kontakt version or something? not a big fan of Giga....damn....I can't wait. someone spill the beans!
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    Dietz,

    While we're talking about your front page (www.vsl.co.at)......

    PLEASE can someone fix that page so that it doesn't open the browser window to full screen? It messes me up for ages afterwards as every new window I open is then full screen.

    Thanks - back to the speculation and espionage.....

    Regards - Colin
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    @evanevans said:

    [...] I love how VSL brings out teh best of us1

    The unintended "1" is a good guess, already ... ;-]

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
    1 can only hope!

    dot
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    It's got to be the solo viola and bass. Do I get a free copy if I'm the first one to guess correctly? [6]
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    Hrmm, I'm still thinking maybe it's 1 dvd or something...something small and affordable for the hobbyist, maybe to compete with Garritan Personal Orchestra?
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    Considering that GPO includes the library AND the sample player AND a sequencer AND a decent reverb for $249 US, it's going to be hard for VSL to compete on price, unless some other MAJOR event is happening concurrently, e.g. VSL has forged an alliance with NI, VSL is introducing a bundled playback engine of their own design, or VSL has acquired the GigaStudio assets and can bundle it with their samples.

    Lee Blaske
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    dorme1,

    I wouldn't be running a dramatic banner such as the one on VSL's main web page if I were merely going to ship a GPO-level product. Such a loss leader would be a desperate act, not a revenue stream.

    It seems 99% of music companies in the world are oriented to hobbyists. I hope VSL doesn't become a clone of the pointless companies.

    Think happy thoughts -- dot
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    @dot said:

    dorme1,

    I wouldn't be running a dramatic banner such as the one on VSL's main web page if I were merely going to ship a GPO-level product. Such a loss leader would be a desperate act, not a revenue stream.

    It seems 99% of music companies in the world are oriented to hobbyists. I hope VSL doesn't become a clone of the pointless companies.

    Think happy thoughts -- dot



    Dear Dietz,

    You posted the following over on the Nuendo Forum ( http://forum.nuendo.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/017384.html )

    "...while I'm not in a position to talk about details yet, you will most likely see some more specialized, smaller (and therefore cheaper) Editions of the VSL in the not too distant future - so everybody can afford the unheard-of quality and quantity of our instruments"

    OK!! SPILL THE BEANS!!! WHAT IS IT!?!?


    what's wrong with hobbyist level stuff if you're not a pro?
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    Look back at this 9/25/03 post from Herb...

    @Another User said:

    I can't make big announcements at the moment, because this is up to NI. I personally expect a lot with the release version after 1.3.


    Note that he says "I can't make big announcements." The original post also ended with a wink.

    I think this might cinch it. Kontakt 1.5 was just released the other day, and the Intakt version is due out shortly.

    VSL is probably going NI. This would especially make sense if any smaller, cost-effective versions are to be released, because CCP will be needed, and NI has it. Playback software also needs to be bundled, if the price is to be competitive. A Kontakt/Intakt version would significantly expand VSL's potential customer base, because everybody would be able to run it, as opposed to the quite restricted GS and Logic user base.

    Lee Blaske
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    I think I would cry if it's a Kontakt version. I'm using VSL in Kontakt and I don't think i'm using it correctly. Had I known I would have waited for a Kontakt version. Hope that's not what it is!
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    Chocothrax, a participant on the NS list, just posted that the picture on the teaser is becoming clearer - one big box in the center, and two smaller boxes on either side. Could it be a box for Strings, Brass, Winds and Pecussion, with the center box being the whole shootin' match?

    If it is a Kontakt version, I wonder if a cross-grade will be reasonable, or quite expensive (like the GS to EXS24 crossgrade).

    At any rate, I'm glad I held up on purchasing the Pro version. I expect this new version will at least be 24 bits.

    With that amount of packaging, I don't expect that this is going to be positioned as a GPO competitor.

    Lee Blaske