DG, I would comment about the very ancient, and long since non-viable GOS strings library that did allow for setting one's own bow changes.  With it being available in that very old, outdated library, one would think that just maybe...

But, I won't go there. <smile>

As others have commented, I too would really like to know how long the advance purchase period will last, as it will likely be a couple months before I could make that purchase, and DS looks like it would be very helpful.

 I've managed 1% so far and I'm getting around 170kb/s so I guess that mine will take a couple of days as well.

DG

Hello everybody, 

Just a quick update: We´re currently working with high pressure on improving the download performance for you!

We´re actually quite overwhelmed by the great response to the Dimension Violins  

Thanks for your patience and understanding (We know it´s hard to wait for the download to finish, but it will be worth it!) 

Best, 

Paul

Dear Herb and Team,

Can you please confirm that once the Dimension Strings is finished, Early Bird purchasers will receive a boxed version of the software?

Kind Regards,

Nick.

I'm now at 12% and have 3 days to go. 

DG

I've been playing with the Dim Violins for a day now, been lucky enough to grab it in only 15 hours on the first day.

God! This library is really impressive.

It's 61 GB after decompression. I recommand using fast drives, SSD or multiple drives, it's a lot of samples to stream.

I've been able to create a second section using MIR positionning. I just duplicate the first 8 violins and positionned the players differently. Dose'nt have phasing issues, not that I could clearly hear. But using different string position (Forcing Sul G,D,A,E) would be even better. It's amazing how a musical phrase can sound different played on other strings and the portamento created when using Force G and others are so musical.

Using the time humanization for short notes like pizz works really well.

This is not a sketchpad for composing, it's really for a final production and extreme tweakability.

It worth the wait.

This is really exciting.  The sound is awesome - total realism.   The Dimension approach is another innovation by VSL that is simply revolutionary.  I think the size of these ensembles is perfect since the complexity of string timbre actually INCREASES with a smaller ensemble.   This is just the right compromise between largeness of sound and transparency.  Also, as mentioned in the info, the older libraries can all be combined in various layering approaches for an even greater number of possibilities. 

O.K., I'm forcing myself not to check this download any more today - well, at least not this hour...

Unfortunatly, I can't for the moment. I'm busy on a (non-orchestral) project for the next 2 days and the setup I use now is too different. But it will be a pleasure to do it after that if nobody else have done it.

Thanks, Paul... any update on this yet?

I'm 24 hours in with what is typically a VERY fast connection, and am still only at 41%.

I've got a deadline for tomorrow on a project that's just begging for this library!  :-)

All I can say is that it sounds like 8 players. I have done some recordings with 8 players before (4VL1, 4VL2,3VA,2VC,1CB) with overdubs, and with good programming I think it will sounds as good as that.

And keep in mind that this is just the Violin part of the collection, the thinnest section...

I  like this sound alone for many of my personnal project. but I presume it will blend well with other library, specialy those recorded by VSL and mixed inside MIR. But even without MIR it should do it.

Something else that have been improved is that the Vib/non-Vib crossfade is really better than older libraries. And the 4 layers velocity X-fade is smoother too.