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  • Content of SE Strings purchased as Section

    Gentlemen,

    I'm planning to purchase SE Strings as Section.


    Do I need to add Volume 3 to SE Strings 1,1+,2 and 2+ to have Mutes for Chamber and Appassionata Strings?


    Pardon this poor old Italian man for asking, but 'm a bit confused about what I will find in the box.


    Thank you

    VI Special Edition 1-3, Reaper, MuseScore 3, Notion 3 (collecting dust), vst flotsam and jetsam
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    Ciao Fabio,

    [quote=Fabio Biolcati]Do I need to add

    => Yes.

    This instrument list will give you a good overview of which instruments are contained in which Special Edition Volumes.

    Best,

    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • The economics of buying the SE sections depends on what other VSL libraries you already have, and if there's any likelihood of you upgrading at a later date.

    I already have Appasionata strings Standard and am very happy with it. I bought SE Strings 2 and 2+.for the Chamber strings and thought the App sordino would be a bonus. The problem is, not only do the SE sections contain fewer samples per patch, but the preset structure (eg the way portamento is introduced) is entirely different on the 2 products.The App sordino sounds very synthy to me, partly the nature of the sound and partly because it doesn't include the full performance legato patches.

    I rather naively thought that the cost of the SE set would be deducted from a Collections purchase, but this isn't true either, for my €200 outlay I only get €100 discount off the FULL (extended) Chamber Strings collection, nothing off the standard collection. I should have just bought the Standard Chamber Collection to start with.

    As the man said - "buy cheap, buy twice!"


  • Thank you for your reply, Paul (and Vyv, too).


    Sadly, this means a 365€ extra effort for me.

    After all, I can stay away from writing "con sordino" for a while.



    VI Special Edition 1-3, Reaper, MuseScore 3, Notion 3 (collecting dust), vst flotsam and jetsam
  • ... of course I should have said, Fabio, your situation may be entirely different from mine! The actual chamber string sounds in Strings SE 2 and 2+ are great, just frustratingly short of the full experience.

    I have some woodwind instruments as extended library downloads, you get the feeling there that if you can't find the sound you want, it's your fault for not looking hard enough!