Now this has got me even more confused.
I’d better state the “requirements” again. – Compared with Vienna Instruments Ensemble, I want a player a) with a larger slot rack and b) that allows polyphonic legato and portamento (if appropriate for an instrument).
I considered Vienna Ensemble Pro 7 because:
-it seems to fulfil those requirements
-it’s at a promotional price.
-it will work on one computer for which I only need one license.
I’m not interested in a bundle of licenses, nor Epic Orchestra. (One of the aversions about Pro 2 is forcing me to buy three licenses when the chance of using the remaining 2 is slightly less than me swimming the Pacific Ocean!)
VE Pro7 also seemed to circumvent what to me has become quite some confusion about the various pro players available. There’s Vienna Instruments Pro 2 listed in the software as simply Vienna Instruments Pro. No mention of Ensemble. Now I learn there’s a VE Pro 6 which isn’t listed in VSL’s Products/Software list.
I click on a video on the Time+Space site offering Vienna Instruments Pro 2 only to be told about 5 minutes in “By the way, please install the latest versions of Vienna Ensemble 4 and 5 before you install Vienna Instruments otherwise Vienna Instruments Pro 2 will not be available.” I can’t find those anywhere.
Now, Paul has kindly offered me a demo license for Vienna Instruments Ensemble Pro 6 which like I say, isn’t among VSL’s software listed – as far as I can see.
Hence my caution and now confusion.
So the questions become –
If I buy Vienna Instruments pro 2 will I have to install other software before it will work as a VST? (like for instance VE Pro6)
Likewise, with Vienna pro 7 will I have to install other software for it to work as a VST? (such as VE Pro6).
If I need VE Pro6 where do I buy it. I can't find it anywhere.
In both cases, when I load a project that uses VSL via its background services software, will it just call up the new player, whichever Pro I buy?
I don’t mind having to set up patches into matrices and presets again if they aren’t automatically imported from the Vienna Instruments Ensemble player.
What frightens me is that the upgrade doesn’t work and I can’t roll it back. I haven’t yet explored uninstalling the Vienna Instruments Ensemble player and re-downloading it to start again from scratch. But for this fear I'd have gone ahead with the demo download by now.
It may be better to stay with what I have and work around it by linking tracks in the DAW etc. (I’m using Reaper as I really only need a MIDI editor and it does everything I want).
Further comment would be most appreciated and thank you for everything so far.