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Gentlemen,
I'm planning to purchase SE Strings as Section.
Do I need to add Volume 3 to SE Strings 1,1+,2 and 2+ to have Mutes for Chamber and Appassionata Strings?
Pardon this poor old Italian man for asking, but 'm a bit confused about what I will find in the box.
Ciao Fabio,
[quote=Fabio Biolcati]Do I need to add=> Yes.
This instrument list will give you a good overview of which instruments are contained in which Special Edition Volumes.
Best,
Paul
The economics of buying the SE sections depends on what other VSL libraries you already have, and if there's any likelihood of you upgrading at a later date.
I already have Appasionata strings Standard and am very happy with it. I bought SE Strings 2 and 2+.for the Chamber strings and thought the App sordino would be a bonus. The problem is, not only do the SE sections contain fewer samples per patch, but the preset structure (eg the way portamento is introduced) is entirely different on the 2 products.The App sordino sounds very synthy to me, partly the nature of the sound and partly because it doesn't include the full performance legato patches.
I rather naively thought that the cost of the SE set would be deducted from a Collections purchase, but this isn't true either, for my €200 outlay I only get €100 discount off the FULL (extended) Chamber Strings collection, nothing off the standard collection. I should have just bought the Standard Chamber Collection to start with.
As the man said - "buy cheap, buy twice!"
Thank you for your reply, Paul (and Vyv, too).
Sadly, this means a 365€ extra effort for me.
After all, I can stay away from writing "con sordino" for a while.
... of course I should have said, Fabio, your situation may be entirely different from mine! The actual chamber string sounds in Strings SE 2 and 2+ are great, just frustratingly short of the full experience.
I have some woodwind instruments as extended library downloads, you get the feeling there that if you can't find the sound you want, it's your fault for not looking hard enough!
