Vienna Symphonic Library has released version 2.0 of Vienna Ensemble, a free mixing and host software for registered Vienna Instruments users.

Vienna Ensemble v2.0 features

• Custom-made for hosting Vienna Instruments.
• Stand-alone application, ideal for running Vienna Instruments on external Macs and PCs: 8 ports with 16 MIDI channels each.
• Plug-in formats RTAS (Mac PPC & Intel), AU (Mac PPC & Intel) and VST (PC and Mac PPC & Intel) for use with your host sequencer: 16 MIDI channels per instance.
• Instant instrument switching – immediate access to all instruments within the Vienna Ensemble user interface.
• Click on the on the desired instrument channel and its user interface appears instantly. No more redundant screen clutter.
• Instrument naming – label all Vienna Instruments instances inside Vienna Ensemble for a complete, at-a-glance overview.
• Total recall – save and load your favorite orchestra setup with one click.
• Definable play ranges for multi-instrument set-ups for studio and live use.
• Inserts for AU (Mac) and VST (PC) effect plug-ins.
• Panning and Power Panning for precise positioning.
• Flexible routing with freely assignable busses.
• Separated server solution that utilizes additional free memory, leaving host sequencer memory or memory used by additional Vienna Instruments plug-ins unaddressed.

Vienna Ensemble is available for Windows PC and Mac (PPC/Intel).

Note on the Mac OS X public beta version: Currently it is possible to load up to 3 GB samples using your Vienna Instruments and ADDITIONAL 2.4 GB of samples using the new Vienna Ensemble host software. You can open many Vienna Ensembles (as stand- alone hosts) and fill each with up to 2.4 GB.

Visit Vienna Symphonic Library for more information.