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Opus 1 woodwinds include solo piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon in a variety of articulations including Performance Legato. It also includes sixteenth-note repetitions and harmonic minor, chromatic and whole tone runs for ensemble strings. Opus 2 includes solo violin, viola and cello and bass with basic articulations. Opus 1 includes Performance Legato Instruments for all woodwind, brass and string instruments, except harp. The “bonus files” include major scale runs on violin and viola and harp glissandi. Opus 1 includes solo harp and ensembles with 14 violins, 10 violas, 8 celli and 6 double basses with articulations including staccato, tremolo, pizzicato, trills and more.

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The unique Performance Instruments are powered by VSL software that integrates into EXS24 and runs as a standalone utility for the other environments. EXS does not support release velocity, for example, while GigaStudio does. The Instruments are nearly identical for all platforms with only small differences based on sample player features.
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The samples have the same resolution as the Pro Edition, 16-bit/44.1kHz. They created the original 24-bit/96kHz.recordings on their “silent stage” with minimal room ambience. VSL reports that the samples were recorded using Schoeps mics through a Millenia Media HV3D preamp and a Daniel Weiss ADC1 MK2, 24/96 AD converter. Opus 2 Orchestra includes almost 400 Instruments, using around 13,000 samples (9.3GB) and ships on two DVDs. Opus 1 Orchestra contains around 1,300 Instruments using over 40,000 samples (25GB) and ships on four DVDs. Note the use of, “Instrument” for VSL sample programs and lower case “instrument” for real-world objects in this review. Opus 2 expands on the articulations in Opus 1 and adds instruments. Opus 1 covers the standard instruments of the modern symphony orchestra. The EXS24 instrument programs were tested for this review. Opus 1 and 2 are available individually and bundled.Īll products in the Horizon series are available for Apple Logic’s EXS24 sample player, TASCAM’s GigaSampler/GigaStudio, Steinberg HALion and Native Instruments Kontakt. Our look at the Horizon Series begins with Opus 1 and Opus 2 Orchestra, a selection of string, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments from the Pro Edition.
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Their main product lines, First Edition and Pro Edition, are symphonic orchestra libraries for Windows and Mac OS Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs). Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL), GmbH is based in Vienna, Austria and is distributed in the US by ILIO.
