Now that it very very cool. And very very reasonably priced. I can definitely see acquiring this library soon. I cannot wait to see more details tomorrow.

ON a sidenote, I've been using my bundled VSL sounds from Gigastudio 3 along with Overture and I've been getting wonderful results. Herb and Dietz: no matter the size of format of the library, your sounds are truly excellent. Very excited about Opus 2.

OPUS 2 INSTRUMENTS & ARTICULATIONS


STRINGS

VIOLIN ENSEMBLE
VIOLA ENSEMBLE
CELLO ENSEMBLE
DOUBLE BASS ENSEMBLE
Octave Runs: Major, harmonic minor, chromatic and whole tone runs of all string ensembles
Fast repetitions
Flautando


WOODWINDS

PICCOLO
FLUTE
OBOE
ENGLISH HORN
CLARINET
BASSOON
Looped sustains

BASS CLARINET
CONTRABASSOON
Legato Performance instruments


BRASS

TRUMPET
TRUMPET ENSEMBLE
HORN ENSEMBLE
TROMBONE
TROMBONE ENSEMBLE
Muted staccatos
Muted sustained notes
Muted sforzato

Solo trumpet and trumpet ensemble: muted Legato Performance instruments


PERCUSSION

TIMPANI
Single note and tremolo glissandos

MARIMBA
VIBRAPHONE
CENCERROS (COWBELLS)
PLATE BELLS
WATERPHONE


BONUS FILES

Basic Articulations of
SOLO VIOLIN (from SOLO STRINGS)
SOLO VIOLA (from SOLO STRINGS)
SOLO CELLO (from SOLO STRINGS)
SOLO DOUBLE BASS (from SOLO STRINGS)
FRENCH OBOE
DOUBLE HORN ENSEMBLE (from EPIC HORNS)
FLUTE ENSEMBLE (from WOODWIND ENSEMBLES)
CLARINET ENSEMBLE (from WOODWIND ENSEMBLES)

OPUS 2 includes 9.3 GB of data on 2 DVD-ROMs and retails for EUR 445. Like all Horizon Series titles, OPUS 2 is available in EXS24, GigaStudio, HALion and Kontakt formats.
Coinciding with the introduction of OPUS 2, the retail price of the most popular title of the Horizon Series, OPUS 1, is now reduced to EUR 845. On top of that, both OPUS libraries will be available at the bundle price of EUR 1,195.

Best wishes, and thank you so much for your continued interest in our sample libraries!
Martin, Vienna Symphonic Library

very nice! Thanks Martin!

Martin,

Are the woodwind"looped sustains" performance legato instruments or regular?

--Jay

Bravo!

And excellent price, in my opinion!

Iván

The Woodwinds looped sustains are regular multisampled sustainded notes.

Will there be any Giga 3 articulations ?

Any other products planned to be released soon?

Opus 2 is fully giga 2.5 compatible.
So there are no exclusive Giga 3 programmings on the discs.

best
Herb

@Christian Marcussen said:

Any other products planned to be released soon?

No, not in the near future.

Ok... fair enough. So am I right that for an owner of Pro Ed, Solostrings and Epic horns, that Opus 2 (obviously I gues) will have very little to offer?(seing as I also have downloaded the free holyday stuff).

Exactly, Christian.

best
Herb

Exciting! What will the VIP upgrade price from Opus 1 be? What is meant by 'basic articulations' for solo strings? No portamento/legato articulations?

There is no upgrade price from Opus 1 to Opus 2 because it's all new material for Opus 1 and First Edition users.
Basic articulations are single note samples (staccato, sustains, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, etc.). The Horizon Series bonus files don't contain any Performance articulations.

Hm. [;)] I think I sould wait with my comment until I see the detailed articulation list...

I don't remember a muted solo horn in the free Holiday Special articulations. Did I miss that one? Or are you going to make that one available to Pro edition users in the future?

Best,
Jay

Sorry, my mistake--no solo horn in Opus 2...

It's the stopped horn section of the holiday specials.

best
Herb

What's the price for Opus2, and the Opus1 & Opus2 bundle in American dollars?