@el-russo said:
Competing with HS?
EWQL moved their studio to Hollywood to make us believe the term "Hollywood Strings" equals Hollywood.
Does it mean Vienna should move their studio to ... Vienna to perform a similar trick? They are already there. It's EWQL who are catching up.
That is exactly what I was thinking when I read this thread - the real question is how will the other string libraries compete with VSL?
So far the others are emphasizing the few things that VSL did not emphasize, mainly divisi. So in other words they don't compete, but try to do something else. If VSL creates a divisi supplement to Appassionata strings, it will eliminate that niche-marketing. The divisi could also address the multiple legato speeds that were being discussed. One of the most desirable additions would be the ability to connect notes in several different unison lines with different recorded legatos that had slight variations in speed.