This Special Edition brings together the complete orchestra – and more – in an affordable Collection. It is the ideal, resource-saving companion for orchestral arrangements on the laptop, or for newcomers to the world of Vienna Instruments, offering a useful cross-section of Vienna Symphonic Library’s over one million samples.

The Standard Library includes 28 instruments and ensembles, covering large post-romantic instrumentation. It contains solo and ensemble 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.

The Extended Library doesn’t offer more articulations to the Standard Library instruments; rather, it contains 35 additional instruments which enhance the symphonic variety of this Collection (e.g., basset horn, contrabass trombone, saxophones, Vienna’s famous Chamber Strings and Epic Horns). It also adds instruments like the Vienna Konzerthaus Organ, a harpsichord, acoustic and electric guitar, and many more. As a special bonus, staccatos and sustains performed by the large string ensembles of the Appassionata Strings have been included.

Apart from the basic articulations, all string and wind instruments include the Legato Performances characteristic of the Vienna Symphonic Library. Real note transitions up to a one octave range are played automatically by the algorithms of Vienna Instruments when the user plays legato notes.

The Vienna Special Edition is a comprehensive and extremely versatile Collection that can be used efficiently with reasonable hard disk and memory requirements, making the Vienna Instruments’ famous realism easy to grasp and use. It’s the quintessence of the Vienna Symphonic Library in a single, affordable software package!

Registered users of Opus 1 or of Orchestral Cubes or Performance Sets of the FIRST/PRO EDITION are eligible to purchase the Extended Library of the Vienna Special Edition at the VIP price of only $60, saving $535! If you want to add further articulations to the instruments of the Vienna Special Edition, you might want to check out the Special Edition PLUS.

Both DVD collections – the Vienna Special Edition and the Special Edition PLUS – are together available as the Special Edition Bundle at a reduced bundle price.

INSTRUMENTS & ARTICULATIONS

STANDARD LIBRARY

Piccolo
Flute 1
French oboe
English horn
Clarinet
Bass clarinet
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
Triple horn
Trumpet
Tenor trombone
Bass trombone
Tuba
Horn ensemble (4 players)
Trumpet ensemble (3 players)
Trombone ensemble (3 players)
• Staccato
• Portato
• Sustains
• Sforzato
• Legato Performances

Harp
• Single notes and harmonics

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)
• Staccato
• Portato
• Sustains
• Sforzato
• Legato Performances
• Portamento Performances
• Pizzicato
• Tremolo

Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano
Celesta
Glockenspiel
Xylophone
Vibraphone
Marimba
• Basic articulations

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
• Basic articulations

EXTENDED LIBRARY

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
Piccolo trumpet
Trumpet in C (muted)
Tenor trombone (muted)
Contrabass trombone
Contrabass tuba
Wagner Tuba
Horn ensemble (8 players – Epic Horns)
Trumpet ensemble (3 players – muted)
Trombone ensemble (3 players – muted)
• Staccato
• Portato
• Sustains
• Sforzato
• Legato Performances

Violin chamber ensemble (6 players)
Viola chamber ensemble (4 players)
Cello chamber ensemble (3 players)
Double bass chamber ensemble (2 players)
• Staccato
• Portato
• Sustains
• Sforzato
• Legato Performances
• Portamento Performances
• Pizzicato
• Tremolo

Vienna Konzerthaus Organ
• 2 registrations (plenum and flutes)

Harpsichord
Electric guitar (Overdrive)
Concert guitar
• Basic articulations

Bonus Files
Appassionata Violins (20 players)
Appassionata Violas (14 players)
Appassionata Cellos (12 players)
Appassionata Double Basses (10 players)
• Staccato
• Sustains

Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland (5.7 MB)
Demo by Jay Bacal

Pavane by Gabriel Faure (10.2 MB)
Demo by Jay Bacal

Special Edition Parade (Standard & Extended Library) (5.9 MB)
Demo by Guy Bacos

French Parade (Standard Library) (4.5 MB)
Demo by Guy Bacos

The Vienna Symphonic Library company was founded in Vienna by Herb Tucmandl, a visionary composer, musician, and filmmaker who helped redefine the modern sample library. By inventing new sampling techniques and tools, Tucmandl and his team have created what has become the most widely used orchestral sample library in the industry. Now, the innovation continues with the release of the mammoth Symphonic Cube, powered by Vienna Instruments. Featuring starkly simple yet flexible user interfaces, Vienna Instruments bring orchestral production to another level of realism and provide unprecedented creative freedom for the user.