Setting Up a Matrix/Template in the Vienna Instruments Player
A first glance at the Vienna Instruments player can appear to be both daunting and overwhelming. However, once you get past vision shock, within just a few steps you can create a template, actually, a matrix that you can call up and re-use whenever you want.
Read More →Insights: VSL Woodwinds 1
With this summer’s release of three new woodwind ensemble libraries, I thought it worthwhile to re-examine the Vienna Symphonic Library’s Woodwinds 1 which uses the Vienna Instruments player.
Read More →Welcome to DAW School! The First Webisode
Learn the ins and outs of digital audio workstations with DAW School. Hosted by Peter Lawrence Alexander.
Read More →Vienna Instruments Special Edition
Since its original release last Spring, the Vienna Instruments Special Edition has added to its repertoire the Vienna Ensemble (covered in an earlier review) and most recently, the opportunity for individuals to expand the SE by direct downloading value-priced expansion packages direct from the Vienna site, bypassing both distributors and individual retailers. Vienna has also [...]
Read More →Vienna Instrument’s Appassionata Strings
The Vienna Symphonic Library’s Appassionata Strings Collection is so versatile, it could have been named, the Vienna Workhorse Strings Library. MP3 demos don’t really do the library complete justice. Only when you hear them on studio monitors can you fully appreciate that VSL has captured the studio sound of a recorded orchestra (but without the [...]
Read More →Storm Drum 2: Part 2
In the past week, I’ve had more time to work with Storm Drum 2. As a general comment, people coming into my studio are mightily impressed with the quality of sound EastWest has achieved in these recordings. System Specs Although I’ve covered this previously, I want to review a few points. First, regardless of the [...]
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