The Special Edition Complete Bundle includes all Special Edition Collections at a reduced price, when compared to purchasing them separately.
Included Collections:
Special Edition Volume 1 – Essential Orchestra
Special Edition Volume 1 PLUS – Articulation Expansion to Vol. 1
Special Edition Volume 2 – Extended Orchestra
Special Edition Volume 2 PLUS – Articulation Expansion to Vol. 2
Special Edition Volume 3 – Appassionata & Muted Strings
Special Edition Volume 4 – Special Winds & Choir
The Special Edition Complete Bundle delivers a large-scale orchestra with a staggering 97 instruments and ensembles, including choir, with a broad range of playing techniques – a powerhouse of symphonic variety in a resource-saving, affordable package.
Your purchase of the Special Edition Complete Bundle entitles you to download the free Vienna Instruments software player as well as the Vienna Ensemble mixing and host software.
Special Edition Volume 1 – Essential Orchestra features the most common orchestral instruments and articulations in a resource-saving, affordable Collection. It contains 28 instruments and ensembles: Solo strings and orchestral strings, solo instruments and ensembles of the brass section, woodwinds ranging from piccolo flute to contra bassoon, harp, drums and percussion as well as celesta and the Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano.
All string and wind instruments offer Vienna Symphonic Library’s famed Legato Performances – real note transitions, smoothly and authentically performed by the algorithms of the Vienna Instruments software player. Single note articulations include staccato, détaché, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, and pizzicato.
Included Instruments:
- Piccolo
- Flute 1
- French oboe
- English horn (French)
- Clarinet
- Bass clarinet
- Bassoon
- Contrabassoon
- Triple horn
- Trumpet in C
- Tenor trombone
- Bass trombone
- Tuba
- Horn ensemble (4 players)
- Trumpet ensemble (3 players)
- Trombone ensemble (3 players)
- Solo violin
- Solo viola
- Solo cello
- Solo double bass
- Violin ensemble (14 players)
- Viola ensemble (10 players)
- Cello ensemble (8 players)
- Double bass ensemble (6 players)
- Harp
- Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano
- Celesta
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
- Vibraphone
- Marimba
- Timpani
- Taiko drums
- Bass drum
- Snare drum
- Snare drum ensemble
- Tambourine
- Concert tom
- Gongs
- Suspended cymbals
- A-due cymbals
- Tam-tam
- Thundersheet
- Rails
- Metal chimes
- Table castanets
- Triangle
- Tubular Bells
- Plate Bells
As a user of the Special Edition Volume 1 PLUS – Articulation Expansion to Vol. 1 you may quickly and conveniently add articulations you find very useful to improve the variability of your orchestrations. These samples are not included in the Special Edition Volume 1, but have been specifically selected for this collection. For example, while the solo violin’s articulations in the Special Edition Volume 1 include staccato, détaché, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, legato and portamento, the PLUS collection supplements these with the addition of the following articulations: Short détaché, fortepiano, snap-pizzicato, col legno, half and whole tone trills, Repetition Performances (legato & spiccato), fast repetitions (150, 170, 190 bpm), artificial harmonics (staccato & sustain), and ponticello (staccato, sustain, tremolo).
Included Instruments:
- Solo violin
- Solo viola
- Solo cello
- Solo double bass
- Violin ensemble (14 players)
- Viola ensemble (10 players)
- Cello ensemble (8 players)
- Double bass ensemble (6 players)
- Piccolo
- Concert flute
- French oboe
- English horn
- Clarinet in Bb
- Bass clarinet
- Bassoon
- Contrabassoon
- Triple horn
- Horn ensemble (4 players)
- Trumpet in C
- Trumpet ensemble (3 players)
- Tenor trombone
- Trombone ensemble (3 players)
- Bass trombone
- Tuba
The Special Edition Volume 2 – Extended Orchestra contains 35 additional instruments that enhance the symphonic variety of the Special Edition Volume 1.
All string and wind instruments offer Vienna Symphonic Library’s famed Legato Performances – real note transitions, smoothly and authentically performed by the algorithms of the Vienna Instruments software player. Single note articulations include staccato, détaché, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, and pizzicato.
Included Instruments:
- Violin chamber ensemble (6 players)
- Viola chamber ensemble (4 players)
- Cello chamber ensemble (3 players)
- Double bass chamber ensemble (2 players)
- Flute 2
- Alto flute
- Viennese oboe
- Oboe d’Amore
- Small clarinet in Eb
- Basset horn
- Alto saxophone
- Tenor saxophone
- Baritone saxophone
- Flute ensemble (3 players)
- Oboe ensemble (3 players)
- Clarinet ensemble (3 players)
- Bassoon ensemble (3 players)
- Viennese Horn
- Horn ensemble (8 players – "Epic Horns")
- Piccolo trumpet
- Trumpet in C (muted)
- Trumpet ensemble (3 players – muted)
- Tenor trombone (muted)
- Trombone ensemble (3 players – muted)
- Contrabass trombone
- Contrabass tuba
- Wagner Tuba
- Vienna Konzerthaus Organ
- Harpsichord
- Electric guitar (Overdrive)
- Concert guitar
As a user of the Special Edition Volume 2 PLUS – Articulation Expansion to Vol. 2 you may quickly and conveniently add articulations you find very useful to improve the variability of your orchestrations. These samples are not included in the Special Edition Volume 2, but have been specifically selected for this collection. For example, while the Chamber Strings articulations in the Special Edition Volume 2 include staccato, détaché, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, legato and portamento, the PLUS collection supplements these with the addition of the following articulations: Short détaché, fortepiano, snap-pizzicato, half and whole tone trills, Repetition Performances (legato & spiccato), fast repetitions (150, 170, 190 bpm), and artificial harmonics (staccato & sustain).
Included Instruments:
- Violin chamber ensemble (6 players)
- Viola chamber ensemble (4 players)
- Cello chamber ensemble (3 players)
- Double bass chamber ensemble (2 players)
- Flute 2
- Alto flute
- Viennese oboe
- Oboe d'amore
- Small clarinet in Eb
- Basset horn
- Flute ensemble (3 players)
- Oboe ensemble (3 players)
- Clarinet ensemble (3 players)
- Bassoon ensemble (3 players)
- Alto saxophone
- Tenor saxophone
- Baritone saxophone
- Viennese horn
- Horn ensemble (8 players - Epic Horns)
- Piccolo trumpet
- Trumpet in C (muted)
- Trumpet ensemble (3 players - muted)
- Tenor Trombone (muted)
- Trombone ensemble (3 players - muted)
- Contrabass trombone
- Contrabass tuba
- Wagner tuba
Bonus Files (muted staccatos & sustains):
- Appassionata violins (20 players)
- Appassionata violas (14 players)
- Appassionata cellos (12 players)
- Appassionata double basses (10 players)
Special Edition Volume 3 – Appassionata & Muted Strings
Apart from the lush and cinematic Appassionata Strings with a wide variety of playing techniques in normal and muted variations, the Special Edition Volume 3 focuses on “con sordino“ (muted) recordings of Vienna’s highly acclaimed Solo Strings and Chamber Strings. Additionally, you’ll find an alternative Harp to the one included in the Special Edition Volume 1.
All instruments offer Vienna Symphonic Library’s famed Legato Performances – real note transitions, smoothly and authentically performed by the algorithms of the Vienna Instruments software player. Single note articulations include staccato, détaché, sustained, sforzato, tremolo, and pizzicato.
If you’ve already purchased Special Edition Volume 1 or Volume 2 and want to expand it with especially lyrical, silky shimmering string sounds, this Volume is the perfect choice.
Included Instruments:
- Appassionata violins (20 players) – normal & con sordino
- Appassionata violas (14 players) – normal & con sordino
- Appassionata cellos (12 players) – normal & con sordino
- Appassionata double basses (10 players) – normal & con sordino
- Solo violin – con sordino
- Solo viola – con sordino
- Solo cello – con sordino
- Solo double bass – con sordino
- Violin chamber ensemble (6 players) – con sordino
- Viola chamber ensemble (4 players) – con sordino
- Cello chamber ensemble (3 players) – con sordino
- Double bass chamber ensemble (2 players) – con sordino
Special Edition Volume 4 – Special Winds & Choir features 15 woodwind and brass instruments that are not included in the Special Edition Volumes 1–3, such as the “Fanfare Trumpets” (a powerful ensemble of 6 trumpets), bass flute and contrabass clarinet. Articulations include staccato, sustained, sforzato as well as Vienna’s famed Legato Performances – real note transitions, smoothly and authentically performed by the algorithms of the Vienna Instruments software player.
What’s more, the most important articulations of the Vienna Choir are included, covering the full range of the human voice with soprano, alto, tenor and bass ensembles. Add another dimension and a very human touch to your music, especially to your orchestral scores!
Included Instruments:
- Bass Flute
- English Horn (Viennese)
- Heckelphone
- Contrabass Clarinet
- Bassoon 2
- Soprano Saxophone
- Bass Saxophone
- Trumpet (Bb)
- Fanfare Trumpets (6)
- Cornet
- Flugelhorn
- Bass Trumpet
- Alto Trombone
- Euphonium
- Cimbasso
- Vienna Choir
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