Originally Posted by: Paul

Details about the included new features will be added as soon as they have passed all internal tests.

Paul, there's been a phenomenal amount of criticism about having a promo period with no details of VE Pro 7, both here on this forum and even more vocally elswhere.  I've never really understood this criticism, as its always been clear that we'll have full details before the introductory discount ends, so those of us uninterested in Epic Orchestra 2.0 can just wait and see - no harm done.

I'll be honest however, this latest Taiko promotion makes me uneasy.  Why start it after the announcement?  And why only for one week?  From your reply here, I'm sure not expecting any details in the coming few days, so now we actually are in the situation the critics were complaining about.  One could be forgiven for thinking you guys don't have confidence in VE Pro 7 to sell itself, and need a way to get people to sign up before this is clear.

Hopefully these are just crazy paranoid thoughts, and VE Pro 7 will have the great new features we're hoping for.  If so, I'm not sure why you don't extend the Taiko promo right through this pre-sale period.

I understand the unwillingness to announce a date on which VEPro 7 will be available. But I think a statement that the pre-order pricing will be available for N days after the product is introduced (or N days after a full list of new features and improvements is announced) would help restore VSL's credibility, which I think has suffered some damage here.

My biggest concern is VEP 7 (on the master computer) able to load VEP 6 (on slave computers) template, since I have 3 licenses of VEP 6 and 1 license of VEP 7? Or I have to spend more money to upgrade all my 3 VEP 6 licenses to VEP 7?

Thanks Paul, but notably absent from your post is any comment on this strange one-week-only inducement-to-buy Taiko, which it seems WILL only happen before there is any more publicly available information.  IMO it does VSL's cause no favours whatsoever to make it availble in such an artificially constrained manner - it sends a clear message that you want as many people as possible to sign up before they know the details.

My expectations for VE Pro 7 have been reduced accordingly.

Originally Posted by: Paul

Hi, 

The Bonus Taiko is an enthusiastic gesture to thank our early adopters for their trust, and also to welcome everbody who is just getting to know our products with VE Pro 7. There's so much to discover with our Synchron Series products, and Epic Orchestra 2.0 is the perfect tool to dive in and check out the possibilities. 

Who knows, maybe there will be more free add-ons?

Best,
Paul

I remember a time a few years back when one of your competitors in the orchestral music s/w world had a low intro upgrade price on a serious upgrade. Said developer didn't come up with the goods until over a year later and meanwhile earned iterest on our money. Let's hope this isn't the case. Take your time and get it right but at least give us some idea of the features in version 7. There's no need to wait until everything works to at least make an announcement of what we can expect. As I wrote before you're asking us to take a huge leap of faith that not everyone wants to take.

I just logged on ready to make the purchase, then I looked at this thread, and realized how little information there is about VE Pro 7.

Two simple questions:

One - when will the product be released. I don't mean what date, just are we waiting a month? Three months? Six?

Two - is VE Pro 7 Synchron-exclusive, or does it work with previous-generation packages such as VE Special Edition?

I just bought Vienna Ensemble Pro last week for my new setup. Are we able to load VEP6 instances in VEP7? Or do we have to rebuild our templates?