new member w/questions

[TonyF]

Hi, Just joined. About to purchase my first VSL library (Synchron-ized special edition bundle). Not a composer and I don't do this for a living. I'm primarily a guitarist with just enough keyboard technique to be dangerous. Just wanted something entry-level but full featured to round out some of my acoustic guitar oriented compositions and fool around with some basic orchestrating for original piano-based compositions like Dan Fogelberg's "Paris Nocturne". Wondering what anyone's thoughts are on this library bundle for my intended purpose? If it's a bit overkill, that's ok because I'd rather have a comfortable safety margin in terms of instruments and articulations than not. I have a few other orchestral products from other developers but nothing this comprehensive. Each time I use them I always find something lacking in either articulation or a particular instrument voice. This bundle seems very complete. I'm leaning toward this library mainly because of the sale price. I do have an iLok machine license for some other products. Will that suffice for this library or will I need to purchase a physical iLok USB Key? Also, looking down the road, is there an upgrade path from this library to the higher end individual Synchron library products? Thanks.

[Beat Kaufmann]

Hello Tony
I'm sure it might be interesting for you to browse my website a bit. There are many tips, videos and more on the subject, samples, music with VSL and other products.

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Beat