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Well, we are now at the start of March - are there any further details on Vienna Imperial (expected availability date, pricing, system requirements particularly disk space needed etc.)?
thanks,
Matthew
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I'd like to hear some demos just for making me an idea of how this instrument will sound. I'm still waiting
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Well, we are about to touch April - any further news re price and availability (which has now changed on the web page to just read "Spring")?
Matthew
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I wonder what kind of size this lib should have and how much memory it will need, speaking of over a hundred velocities.
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i can unveil as much as all visitors on NAMM and Musikmess have already seen:
due to a new compression method and streaming engine you can have loaded and play one distance (out of three) with all velocity layers on a 4 GB XP32 core2duo 2.5 GHz computer.
christian and remember: a CRAY is the only computer that runs an endless loop in just four hours ...
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Christian, Is this piano a completely seperate software host interface etc? Meaning it uses its own software interface and not VI or VE3 pro at all? If so, do you all plan on doing the "network" style eventually that most of us rely on such as VE3? Thanks, Maestro2be Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, 128GB RAM, AMD 3970X 32-core
Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Xtreme, Radeon RX 5500 XT
Studio One 5.1.1, Cubase 10.5, Nuendo 10
RME Multiface 2, All NVMe SSD Drives (OS & Samples)
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Vienna Imperial is powered by a complete new software, which will be full compatible with Vienna Ensemble 2 & 3. best Herb
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Herb, Thank you for the quick answer, this is great news! I can't wait to get it! Maestro2be Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, 128GB RAM, AMD 3970X 32-core
Gigabyte TRX40 Aorus Xtreme, Radeon RX 5500 XT
Studio One 5.1.1, Cubase 10.5, Nuendo 10
RME Multiface 2, All NVMe SSD Drives (OS & Samples)
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cm wrote: i can unveil as much as all visitors on NAMM and Musikmess have already seen: due to a new compression method and streaming engine you can have loaded and play one distance (out of three) with all velocity layers on a 4 GB XP32 core2duo 2.5 GHz computer. christian sorry, but i can´t wait to know... will my mac g5 quad be fast enough? and if you say one needs 4 GB of RAM for all velocity layers, does that mean that all adressable RAM is eaten up by imperial? so that practically no (very few) additional vsl-instruments can be used on my computer? or will the newly designed engine be able to adress separate additional RAM apart from the RAM used by the "old-school" vsl engine? my mac is equipped with 12 GB of RAM, so this would of course be quite nice for me.
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can't comment on mac versions (since i didn't have any on my dsk so far) - thinking about how it is done on windows i'd assume it will use its own memory space.
memory - well, on the 4 GB PC ~ 3.2 GB have been left to the system, 1 GB was used by windows, and we have not been able to load all three mic positions into the remaining 2.2 GB - sorry, but i can't remember how much memory exactly one mic position needed.
christian and remember: a CRAY is the only computer that runs an endless loop in just four hours ...
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In standalone mode the piano needs approximate 1.65 GB RAM. There are several options included to load lighter versions (for example loading without softpedal samples, or without release samples). And of course you have the option to minimize RAM usage using our Sample Optimize feature (same proceder like in all Vienna Instruments). best Herb
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it would be of some interest for me if you (someone at vsl) did some testing on macs too before releasing, it´s a matter of can-i-buy-or-not (immediately, i definitely will eventually), and i´d love to (having waited for this for longer than you may imagine). it´s not that important to me (to whom?) to have all micings loaded at the same time, and if imperial really adresses its own memory, well, this would be just great for me. i could have my 4 gigs for old-school vsl, say 2 gigs for imperial, leaving 6 gigs for system, logic and exs (and the other software instrument-"company-who-must-not-be-named" - a**holes). fine for me. my credit card is shivering with anticipation - up to you now :)
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thanks for answering, herb. our messages crossed. i assume memory requirements will not differ much whether using standalone- or plugin-mode? i appreciate the options to reduce memory requirements with the methods you mentioned above, but i would not dare to cut a shining diamond until it fits into my pocket :) 1.7 gigs would not be such a pain as i was afraid of, but the issue of imperial adressing separate memory from vsl and logic or not still is of some importance to me. besides, what about sound-demos?
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I'm also very interested in hearing demos and wondering if it's still definitely on schedule for spring 2009? I know the March date was changed and am hoping that it won't be pushed further out. The bar needs to be raised for sampled pianos. Hoping this Vienna Imperial takes it to a whole new level.
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Will there be a download version with 40-50 velocities? 
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no - you wouldn't want to download ~25 GB ;-) and remember: a CRAY is the only computer that runs an endless loop in just four hours ...
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cm wrote: no - you wouldn't want to download ~25 GB ;-) Why not? I wouldn't mind downloading any size if that's make it a bit cheaper. E.g. my Kabel Deutschland modem has 32MBit/s, that's about the speed with which my DVD drive can copy data. It would even save me the torture of DJ-ing all those DVDs! So, even if it's 250GB, a download version could be an option.
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now i'm tempted to put such an amount of data online just to see if you are really finished in 107 minutes ;-)
start polishing your cable and prepare a fire extinguisher for your line
christian and remember: a CRAY is the only computer that runs an endless loop in just four hours ...
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Are you offering me a preview for the Imperial? Go for it :D
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arne wrote:cm wrote: no - you wouldn't want to download ~25 GB ;-) Why not? I wouldn't mind downloading any size if that's make it a bit cheaper. E.g. my Kabel Deutschland modem has 32MBit/s, that's about the speed with which my DVD drive can copy data. It would even save me the torture of DJ-ing all those DVDs! So, even if it's 250GB, a download version could be an option. Yeh, but as I'm sure you've found out the speed limitation is more often how quick the server can stream the data to you and if a thousand other purchasers were trying to download..... Julian
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