So is there a discount going from the SE (NOT the SE extended) to the cube or parts of it?
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Hello Mike,
yes, there is a discount when you upgrade to any FULL Library of a DVD Collection that contains samples from the Special Edition Standard Library. This discount applies to the Extended Library of the given collection only.
If you´d like to know more about your options, please contact us at
with a short mail including a description of your musical vision (and ideally also your budget)!Best,
Paul
Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support -
Still pretty confusing. So you're saying if you upgrade from SE (either standard or extended/full), there is no discount if you upgrade to say Solo Strings standard, only a discount if you upgrade to Solo Strings extended/full?
In that situation does it matter if you get SS standard and later add extended versus buying both at once?
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So if you upgrade from SE (either standard or extended/full), there is no discount if you upgrade to say Solo Strings standard, only a discount if you upgrade to Solo Strings extended/full? Is that correct or not?
Sorry to have to repeat myself, but I want to make sure I understand it correctly.
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I do not yet own the SE bundle and the extension bundle. I am speaking of the bundles that run around $1800.00 U.S. together roughly. My thinking is on this SE plus the extensions is it is a good way to get something that truly could be listened too without "noticing". A great high quality sketch pad for Sibelius. I think a person has to decide what they want and if you want virtual reality with VSL it is going to cost. Lets face it folks that although the price seems high for the bigger cubes - these samples are not going anywhere once you own them. The cost is incredibly reasonable when you think of it this way. I just think that I am wanting a high quality sketch pad with less computer demand and with soundsets for Sibelius (but will probably upgrade the solo strings). The fact that you can upgrade over time is great. I am curious how these upgrades effect the soundset of Sibelius once you have done them? I assume their is no soundset for the Cube but SE only.
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It seems some third party vendors allow you to buy the Extended collections without first buying the Standard. For example, the Solo Strings I Extended at Ilio; can I skip the installation of the Standard Solo Strings? Will that work?
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Hi umarekawaru,
Extended Libraries do not work without the corresponding Standard Libraries.
You can see what´s available for your in our webshop and at which price (when you are logged in, we know what you have already registered. Other webshops cannot know this).
Best,
Paul
Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support -
For the OP: I don't know how much you have already invested in SE, but here is my opinion. Buying one or more SE libraries is a good way to try out VSL's products and to make very good mock ups of your scores. You can run the entire SE library on one descent computer and have a full orchestra and beyond with all of the most common articulations.
However, if you have reached a point where you find SE too limiting, I'd suggest either buying individual libraries or the cube. Just a quick glance at VSL's price shows the complete SE library for 1,696 euros and the standard version of the cube is 2,690 euros. So depending on what you want to do musically, you might be better of purchasing the cube instead of additional SE libraries. Keep in mind that the non SE libraries take considerably more computer horse power then the SE does, so if you go the cube route you may have to upgrade your computer hardware as well.
If you could tell us more about what types of music you are writing we could help you make choices about which libraries would work best for you. If you are mostly writing for string quartets then solo strings is fantastic. For chamber ensembles a combination of one or more of the more expensive libraries with some of the SE might work very well. Hope this helps.
Michael
