Hello everyone!

I recently bought the Woodwinds 1,  Appassionata and Chamber  Strings + all the Extended libraries for theses products...  (With VI Pro 2 )

Before buying theses collections i had Special Edition and Special Edition Plus... 

With my new DVD collections with the extensions,  i'm completely blown away with all the  new articulations!  One of the things that I really love is the Marcato with the other new Performance patches... 

This summer i plan to buy some new brass library...  I already have Epic Horns,  i will buy Fanfare trumpets AND Dimension Brass OR Brass 1 + Extended...  I think i will use them primarily as ensembles...

So here is the dilemma : Dimension Brass for the new Legato Performance with 4 velocity layers and better sound (? 2004 VS 2010,  is there a better ''sound technology'')

VS

Brass 1 + Extension for Marcatto,  Legato with and without Vibrato,  Fast Performance,  Dynamics,  Portatos,  ect...

For my need,  the possibility of splitting individually the instruments,  like the DB offer,  is not really a thing that interest me...  With

Brass 1,  I can do : 1,  1 + 1 (with 1 duplicated),  3,  3 + 1...  I don't need more options,  it is OK for my needs...  So the dilemma is really about the 'sound ''quality and options,  if you see what i mean...

What do you guys think of this? 

Thank you very much for your help,

Vincent

As EP said, the consensus - even according to VSL - is that for solo writing, Brass I is the better option. If your main interest is film scoring with little solo writing, than DB might be the better choice. If your main interest is traditional orchestral/chamber/solo, then Brass I would likely be the better choice. For my own purposes, more traditional/orchestral, I went with Brass I (and extended).

Key question: what type of writing do you primarily do?  Answering that question will likely lead you to favor one library over the other.