gmbh vsl is one of the leading developers 1 of sample libraries and music production software for classical orchestral music . the company is based in vienna austria . the vienna symphonic library provides virtual instruments and the digital recreation of the acoustics of famous concert halls such as the konzerthaus and the gro e sendesaal at austrian public radio orf s broadcasting house both in vienna and the sage gateshead concert hall in england . the technique used is impulse response resulting in an authentic digital convolution reverb . the virtual instruments are based on digital samples of solo voices and instruments as well as orchestral ensembles . the vsl software acts as an interface for the music composer to play the real instruments on a midi keyboard . contents 1 history 2 current products excerpt 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit herbert tucmandl founder of the vienna symphonic library 2004 the company was founded in vienna in october 2000 by herbert tucmandl . 2 in the 1990s tucmandl a former cellist as a substitute member with the vienna philharmonic amongst others later cameraman director and composer used some of the available first generation sample libraries for the creation of his own film scores . he was unsatisfied with the sonic results of those products mainly because they sounded too static and lacked of natural variations of the real instruments . tucmandl began to develop a concept for a more realistic sounding orchestral sample library . in his research he concluded that single note samples were not sufficient to create a convincing musical performance . he realized that note transitions e.g. legato and multiple note repetitions were also needed . tucmandl tested his concept with his own cello and managed to convince an investor to fund the new enterprise . vienna symphonic library silent stage 2004 as the first step the company designed and built a custom recording facility called silent stage for recording orchestral samples . the studio is located in ebreichsdorf a village near vienna . over several years tucmandl invited singers musicians ensembles orchestras there . many of the musicians whose playing is featured in the final vsl products are or were members of viennese orchestras . the first product was released in december 2002 including modules for strings brass woodwinds and classical percussion . in 2005 the company released their own sample player the vienna instruments player which during the music production on a pc digital audio workstation runs in the plug in formats au vst aax native and rtas under mac os x and windows . the reverberation application was released under the brand name vienna mir . current products excerpt edit software packages vienna instruments vienna ensemble vienna suite vienna mir . instrument categories string instruments strings instruments for chamber music harps woodwinds brass saxophones the pipe organ of the vienna konzerthaus b sendorfer imperial grand piano percussion choirs the solo instruments range from flutes to plucked strings . see also edit michael cooper a digital orchestra for opera purists take and play offense in the new york times june 11 2014 1 jacob hale russell john jurgensen fugue for man & machine wall street journal may 5 2007 2 a roundup of the company s history in the german recording magazine may 2012 references edit see sound on sound magazine march 2014 herbert tucmandl in the imdb external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vienna symphonic library & oldid 720966475 categories companies established in 20002000 establishments in austriacompanies based in viennaorchestral musicmusic production companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschfran aisportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 19 may 2016 at 00 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view