Vienna Instruments: Orchestral Strings 2 Virtual Instrument

Cello ensemble (8 players) - Double bass ensemble (6 players)

The articulations of the cello and double bass ensembles in Vienna Instruments: Orchestral Strings 2 naturally correspond to those of the Vienna Instruments Orchestral Strings I. Here, too, new playing styles were added which were not available in the Pro Edition, such as fast Interval Performances in legato, marcato and spiccato styles, Performance Trills, Repetition Performances “harsh”, spiccato, and pizzicato, plus artificial harmonics as well as various ponticello articulations – tones played near the bridge. Both ensembles’ tonal ranges were extended, the cellos’ staccatos and sustains now extending up to A5, and the double basses up to G4. The leading voices of Vienna Instruments: Orchestral Strings 2's two string sections are Argentinian Rubén Dubrovsky, founder of the Vienna Bach Consort, and Martin Deuring, an internationally active solo bassist and founding member of the chamber music ensemble “Ensemble Plus”.

Vienna Instruments: Orchestral Strings 2 - Articulations - Full Library (Standard + Extended Libraries)

Performances:
• Interval Performances: legato, portamento, staccato, tremolo
• Fast Interval Performances: legato, marcato, spiccato
• Performance Trills
• Interval Performances muted (con sordino): normal, portamento
• Repetition Performances: legato, bow vibrato, portato, staccato, spiccato, harsh, upbeats, pizzicato
• Repetition Performances muted: sustains, legato, portato, staccato
• Runs: legato, spiccato; major, minor, chromatic, whole tone

Single notes:
• Short notes: short staccato, staccato, short détaché, long détaché, 4 variations each
• Long notes: sustains with and without vibrato, espressivo, flautando
• Dynamics: various crescendos & diminuendos, with and without vibrato, fp, sfz, sffz, pfp
• Tremolos: sustains, crescendo & diminuendo
• Trills: half tone, whole tone, minor, major 3rd, accelerando
• Pizzicatos and Bartók pizzicatos (loose and tight)
• Col legno
• Con sordino: staccato, détaché, sustained, crescendos & diminuendos, fortepiano, sforzato, tremolo, pizzicato, trills
• Sul ponticello: staccato, sustains, crescendos & diminuendos, sfz, tremolo
• Artificial harmonics: staccato, sustains

Vienna Instruments: Orchestral Strings 2 System Requirements 

• Apple G4 800 MHz (G5 recommended) with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. AU or VST host program.
• PC Intel/AMD 2 GHz (3++ GHz recommended) with Windows XP. VST host program.