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Percussion Complete

By Vienna Symphonic Library

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$523 Standard Library

$862 Full Library

$339 Upgrade to Full Library

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The Standard Library consists of essential articulations. The Full Library includes the Standard Library with additional articulations (usually 2-3 times more). Vienna Symphonic Library's greatest potential is achieved using the Full Libraries. You may purchase the Full Library, or upgrade to the Full Library after purchasing the Standard Library. Your price may be reduced after placing your order depending on other Vienna purchases.

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This bundle offers the wealth of instruments included in the PERCUSSION collection, as well as the exotic sounds of ELEMENTS. Experiment with "water", "stones" or "glass" and create all-new, unheard-of soundscapes with instruments such as bass waterphone, verrophone and lithophone!

Included Collections:

Vienna Jazz Drums
Percussion
Elements

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Processed Percussion
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 TIMPANI	Single hits and rolls
02 DRUMS + PERCUSSION	Drums and percussion set Concert toms, snare and bass drum, tambourine, cymbals, piatti, tam-tam, triangle, rails, whip, hammer
03 MALLETS + BELLS	Celesta Glockenspiel Xylophone Tubular bells Single notes
Timpani
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 TIMPANI - A	Single hits normal and secco 1–3 upbeats Rolls normal and strong dynamics (1, 2, 4, and 6 sec.)	Glissandos 4th and 5th, up and down Performance repetitions slow and fast Rolls medium dynamics (1–6 sec.), strong dynamics (3 sec.) Rolls glissandos 4th and 5th, up and down
02 TIMPANI - B/01 Medium Mallet		Single hits normal, secco, coperto Glissandos, 1 and 2 sec.; up, minor 2nd to 4th; down 1–4 upbeats Performance repetitions slow, medium, and fast Rolls normal and short Rolls medium and strong dynamics, 1, 2, and 3 sec. Rolls glissandos, 1 and 2 sec.; up, minor 2nd to 4th; down
02 TIMPANI - B/03 Hard Mallet		Single hits 1–4 upbeats Rolls normal and strong dynamics (1, 2, and 4 sec.)
02 TIMPANI - B/05 Wood Mallet		Single hits 1–4 upbeats Rolls normal and strong dynamics (1, 2, and 4 sec.)
02 TIMPANI - B/07 Medium Hard Mallet		Single hits
02 TIMPANI - B/08 Felt Mallet		Single hits
02 TIMPANI - B/09 Finger		Single hits
Drums - Toms
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 SNARE DRUM - A	Snare on and off Rimshots, single hits, Performance repettions, rebounds, upbeats, upbeat rolls, rolls normal and dynamics	Snare on and off Performance repetitions dynamics, slow, medium, fast
02 SNARE DRUM - B		Snare on and off Brushes and sticks, various articulations Performance repetitions, slow and fast
03 SNARE DRUMS a4	Snare on and off Rim and normal, single hits, upbeats, rebounds, rolls	Snare on, performance repetitions dynamics, slow and fast Brushes and timpani mallets, single hits, rolls normal and dynamics
04 PICCOLO DRUM		Single hits open and muted, rebounds, upbeats, rolls normal and dynamics Performance repetitions, medium and strong dynamics, slow and fast
05 FIELD DRUM - A	Snare on and off Single hits, rolls normal and soft
06 FIELD DRUM - B		Snare on Single hits open and muted, rebounds, upbeats, rolls normal and dynamics Performance repetitions, medium and strong dynamics, slow and fast
07 BASS DRUM - A	Soft and hard mallets Single hits normal/secco, performance repetitions slow and fast, upbeats, rolls normal and dynamics	Soft and hard mallets Performance repetitions, medium and strong dynamics, slow
08 BASS DRUM - B		Single hits, rim, muted, coperto, normal Upbeats; rolls normal and dynamics Performance repetitions, strong dynamics, medium and fast
09 TAIKO DRUMS	Single hits Rolls normal and dynamics	Performance repetitions Effects single hits, rolls
10 CONCERT TOMS		Low and high concert toms Single hits, performance repetitions, rolls normal and crescendo, upbeats Performance repetitions, medium and strong dynamics
11 ROTO TOMS		Normal and soft mallets Single hits, rim hits, rolls normal and dynamics, upbeats Performance repetitions
12 TAMBURIN - A	Single hits, performance repetitions, upbeats, tremolo normal and crescendo	Performance repetitions, medium and strong dynamics, fast and presto
13 TAMBURIN - B		Single hits normal and sforzato Medium and fast upbeats Shakes and thumb tremolo
14 TAMBURIN - C		Single hits normal and sforzato Medium and fast upbeats Shakes and thumb tremolo
15 TAMBURIN - D		Single hits normal and sforzato Medium and fast upbeats Shakes and thumb tremolo
Cymbals - Gongs
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 PIATTI - A	Normal and slow hits Damped fast and slow Performance repetitions
02 PIATTI - series B	13", 18", 20" and 22" cymbals Muted and open hits, scrapes	11", 15", 16" and 20" cymbals Muted and open hits, scrapes
03 CYMBAL standard - A	Drumsticks and mallets Single hits normal and damped Performance repetitions, Tremolo normal and dynamics
04 CYMBAL standard - B		Drumsticks, wool mallets, metal rod, brushes Single hits normal and damped Tremolo normal and dynamics
05 CYMBAL standard - C		Drumsticks, wool mallets, metal rod Single hits normal and damped Tremolo normal and dynamics
06 CYMBAL standard - D		Drumsticks, woll mallets, metal rod, brushes Single hits normal and damped Tremolo normal and dynamics
07 CYMBAL Crash		15" and 16" crash cymbals Drumsticks, mallets, timpani mallets, brushes, metal rod, and bowed Rim, middle and dome hits, normal and damped
08 CYMBAL China		18" and 22" Chinese cymbals Drumsticks, mallets, timpani mallets, brushes, metal rod, and bowed Rim and middle hits, normal and damped
09 CYMBAL Ride		20" and 22" ride cymbals Drumsticks, mallets, timpani mallets, brushes, metal rod, and bowed Rim, middle and dome hits, normal and damped
10 CYMBAL Splash		6", 8", and 12" splash cymbals Drumsticks, mallets, timpani mallets, brushes, metal rod, and bowed Rim, middle and dome hits, normal and damped
11 FINGER CYMBALS	Low and high finger cymbals Normal and side strokes, rubs
12 TAM - A	Single hits, normal and hard sound Tremolo Scratches
13 TAM - series B	60, 100, 130 cm tam-tams Various beaters Single hits and rubs	52, 85, 110 cm tam-tams Various beaters Single hits and rubs
14 TAM - series C		30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 cm tam-tams Single hits normal and surface Scrapes normal and rotating
15 GONGS	Soft and wood mallets Single notes	Soft and wood mallets, rolls normal and crescendo Metal mallets, single notes Bowed, single notes
16 CHINA GONGS		Single hits Rolls normal and crescendo
17 PEKING OPERA GONGS		Single hits Rolls crescendo, slow, medium, and fast
Mallets
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 CELESTA	Single notes, sustained, normal and soft sound	Single notes, staccato Glissandos, diatonic and pentatonic, slow and fast, up and down
02 GLOCKENSPIEL - A/01 Metal Mallet	Single notes Rolls Glissandos fast, chromatic and diatonic, up and down	Single notes with vibrato Rolls crescendo Chord tremolos
02 GLOCKENSPIEL - A/02 Wood Mallet	Single notes Rolls	Single notes with vibrato
02 GLOCKENSPIEL - A/03 Plastic Mallet		Single notes normal and vibrato Rolls normal and crescendo Glissandos fast, diatonic, up and down Cross glissandos diatonic and chromatic
02 GLOCKENSPIEL - A/04 Big Metal Mallet		Single notes normal and vibrato Rolls normal and crescendo Glissandos fast, diatonic and chromatic, up and down
03 GLOCKENSPIEL - B/01 Metal Mallet		Single notes Rolls Glissandos fast and slow, diatonic and chromatic, up and down Cross glissandos, fast
03 GLOCKENSPIEL - B/02 Wood Mallet		Single notes Rolls
03 GLOCKENSPIEL - B/03 Plastic Mallet		Single notes Rolls
04 XYLOPHONE/01 Wood Mallet	Single notes Rolls normal	Rolls strong dynamics, 0.5., 1, and 3 sec. Glissandos fast, medium, and slow, diatonic and chromatic Cross glissandos fast and medium
04 XYLOPHONE/02 Soft Plastic Mallet	Single notes Rolls	Glissandos fast, medium, and slow, diatonic and chromatic Cross glissandos fast and medium
04 XYLOPHONE/03 Medium Plastic Mallet		Single notes Rolls Glissandos fast, medium, and slow, diatonic and chromatic Cross glissandos fast and medium
04 XYLOPHONE/04 Hard Plastic Mallet		Single notes Rolls Glissandos fast, medium, and slow, diatonic and chromatic Cross glissandos fast and medium
04 XYLOPHONE/05 Yarn Mallet		Single notes Rolls
04 XYLOPHONE/06 Cluster Mallet		Cluster mallets Single hits and tremolo Diatonic, chromatic, and pentatonic
05 VIBRAPHONE/01 Medium Mallet	Single hits without, with slow and fast vibrato Rolls Glissandos fast and slow, diatonic and chromatic, up and down	Single notes, secco Rolls dynamics, 2 and 4 sec. Chord tremolos
05 VIBRAPHONE/02 Soft Mallet	Single hits without, with slow and fast vibrato Rolls	Rolls dynamics, 2 and 4 sec. Chord tremolos
05 VIBRAPHONE/03 Hard Mallet		Single hits without, with slow and fast vibrato
05 VIBRAPHONE/04 Bowed		Short and long notes without and with fast vibrato
06 MARIMBA/01 Hard Mallet	Single hits, normal and secco Rolls Glissandos, fast and slow, diatonic and pentatonic Cross glissandos	Rolls dynamics, 1, 2, and 4 sec. Chord tremolos
06 MARIMBA/02 Soft Mallet	Single hits, normal and secco Rolls Glissandos, fast and slow, diatonic and pentatonic Cross glissandos	Rolls dynamics, 1, 2, and 4 sec. Chord tremolos
06 MARIMBA/03 Additional Mallets		Very soft, medium soft, and extra hard mallets Single hits Rolls
06 MARIMBA/04 Specials		Rubber mallets, superball, handle, fingers, fingernails, and bowed Single notes
07 WOODBLOCKS	Wood mallets Single hits, tremolo normal and dynamics 1–4 upbeats	Rubber, normal and soft yarn-wound mallets Single hits, tremolo normal and dynamics 1–4 upbeats
08 TEMPLEBLOCKS/01 Wood Mallet	Single hits Rolls	1–3 upbeats Rolls dynamics, 1, 2 and 4 sec., accelerando and ritardando Glissandos, slow and fast, up and down
08 TEMPLEBLOCKS/02 Yarn Mallet		Single hits 1–3 upbeats Rolls normal and dynamics, 1, 2 and 4 sec., accelerando and ritardando Glissandos, slow and fast, up and down
08 TEMPLEBLOCKS/03 Additional Mallets		Soft yarn and rubber mallets Single hits
09 LITHOPHONE small	Single hits	1–4 upbeats Rolls Rubbed
10 STIR XYLOPOHONE		Small, medium, and large stir xylophone Glissandos, up and down, various speeds Single notes
Bells
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 TUBULAR BELLS - A	Medium, hard and soft mallets Single notes	Hard and soft mallets Rolls normal and crescendo
02 TUBULAR BELLS - B	Medium, hard and soft mallets Single notes	Rolls, medium, hard and soft mallets, brushes Glissandos, slow and fast Clusters
03 PLATE BELLS	Single notes
04 HAND BELLS		Metal mallet, triangle beater, bowed Single notes
05 CENCERROS	Soft felt, soft and medium yarn mallet, wood mallet Single notes	Hard felt mallet, metal mallet; single notes Rubbing stick, slow and fast rubs
06 COWBELLS		Cowbells 1 and 2 Wool and wood mallets, triangle beater, bowed, rubbing stick Single notes, variations, rubs
07 CHURCH BELLS		Wood and metal mallets Single notes
08 BURMA BELLS		Yarn, wood, metal mallets Single notes
09 JINGLE BELLS		Single notes Tremolo 1 and 4 sec. Performance repetitions, slow and medium
10 BELL TREE		Metal mallets and triangle beaters Strokes and glissandos, up and down
11 BELLS misc		Ship's bell, altar-boy bells, finger bells Single notes
Percussion
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 TRIANGLE	Triangle A Single notes, performance repetitions, 1–3 upbeats, tremolo normal and dynamics	Triangle B, C, D Single notes, performance repetitions, 1–4 upbeats, tremolo normal and dynamics Triangle A and B, performance repetitions dynamics
02 CROTALES	Metal mallet Single notes	Triangle beater, bowed Single notes The crotales are mapped an octave lower than they sound
03 JAP SINGING BOWLS		Wood and rubber mallets, single notes Single notes, secco (damped)
04 THUNDERSHEET	Thundersheet A Various techniques	Thundersheets B, C, D, E Various techniques
05 STEEL	Railway rails Single hits, tremolo normal and crescendo, 1–3 upbeats	Brake disks, single hits Springs, single hits, glissandos slow and fast
06 CASTANETS	Single strokes 1–4 upbeats Tremolo 1 and 8 sec. Performance repetitions
07 HONKS		Car horns, single notes open and muted Bicycle horns, single notes low and high, changing notes, open and muted
08 CHIMES		Glass, metal, and bamboo chimes Single strokes, slow and fast, double strokes, tinkling, damped strokes
09 ANKLUNG		Single notes Short, medium, and long
10 WATERPHONE	Single notes, bowed straight and modulated	Pizzicato Repetitions 3-note arpeggios Effects
11 SHAKER		Bamboo, chrome, and kiwi-shaped shakers Single shakes 1–2 upbeats Tremolo normal and dynamics, accelerando and ritardando Performance repetitions
12 CAXIXI		Single strokes Upbeats, slow and fast Performance repetitions, slow and fast
13 GUIRO		Wood and gourd guiros Single strokes, short, medium, long, and accelerando Open and muted attack Performance repetitions
14 CLAVES		Fiber and wood claves, low and high Single strokes 1–3 upbeats
15 LOG DRUM	Hard mallets, single hits (AB switching left/right hand variant) Soft mallets, single hits and rolls	Hard and wood mallets Single hits and rolls
16 BOOBAMS/01 Stick		Drumstick Single hits 1–4 upbeats Rebounds, fast and slow Rolls, var. 1 and 2 Rim hits
16 BOOBAMS/02 Yarn Mallet		Yarn mallet Single hits 1–4 upbeats Rebounds, fast and slow Rolls, var. 1 and 2
17 JINGLE RING		Jingle rings A, B, C Single strokes Performance repetitions Tremolo normal and dynamics
Miscellaneous Percussion
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 Windmachine	Sound variations 1–7
02 Rainmaker		Rainmakers 1–3 Slow, fast, shaken
03 Ocean-Drums		Ocean drum A and B Short, long, and motion sounds Accents Full samples and excerpts
04 Gun shots		6mm pistol, 6/9 mm revolver Shots, wet and dry
05 Whip		2 whips 2 sound variations
06 Hammer		Hammer beats Various surfaces
07 Ratchet		Ratchets 1–5 Staccato, short, medium, long tones
08 Sirens		Sirens 1–3 Dry and wet tones
09 Bull roarer		6 bullroarer sounds
10 Spring drum	2 spring drums Various techniques
11 Vibratone		Low and high vibratone Single strokes Pitch changes Tremolo accelerando and ritardando
12 Flexatone		Flexatone A and B Static tones Glissandos up and down, 2 and 4 sec. Effects
13 Cuica		Cuica 1–3 Short, medium, and long tones Effect sounds
14 Waldteufel		Small and large waldteufel Short, medium, long, and extra-long sounds
15 Lion roar		Short, medium, and long variations Tremolos
ELEMENTS
ARTICULATION GROUP	STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY	FULL LIBRARY ONLY
01 GLASS HARMONICA	Portato, sustained	Half tone trills, mallet hits normal and secco, mallet glissandos
02 VERROPHONE	Staccato, sustained	Portato, tremolo, half tone trills, mallet hits normal and secco, chromatic mallet trills, mallet glissandos
03 MUSICAL GLASSES - A		Staccato, portato, sustained, tremolo, and half tone trills
04 MUSICAL GLASSES - B	Staccato, sustained	Portato, tremolo, half tone trills, single hits with soft, medium, and hard mallets, mallet glissandos
05 MUSICAL GLASSES - C		Staccato fast and slow, portato fast and slow, sustained, tremolo, mallet single hits
06 BOTTLES	Staccato, sustained, flutter tonguing	Portato, sforzato
11 LITHOPHONE	Single notes with soft and hard mallets, small and large stones on slabs, and bowed	Soft mallets: single notes secco, rolls, chord tremolos; sul ponticello, normal and secco; glissandos Medium mallets: single notes normal and secco, chord tremolos Hard mallets: Single notes secco, chord tremolos Effects: finger strokes normal and secco, nail strokes normal and accented, 3mm needle center strokes and plucked, 5mm needle side strokes and ponticello, "shattering" tremolo portato and accented
21 TAM XXL	Basic articulations, effects: paperbox, miscellaneous 1 and 2	Effects: Flexatone, metal, cardboard tube, plastic, fretsaw and egg cutter
31 BASS WATERPHONE	Staccato A., sustained, tremolo crescendo, arpeggios, glissando	Staccato B, portato A and B, repetitions, crescendo forte and fortissimo, hotrods, wood, strokes

Minimum System Requirements

PC Windows 7/8/10 (latest update, 32/64-bit), Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2
macOS 10.10 (latest update) or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
ViennaKey (Vienna Symphonic Library USB protection device) or other USB eLicenser (e.g., from Steinberg or Arturia)
eLicenser Control Center software (get the latest version from www.eLicenser.net)
78 GB available hard drive space

Other configurations might work but are not actively supported.

Recommended

Windows 7/8/10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel i5/i7/Xeon
macOS 10.12 (or higher), Intel i5/i7/Xeon
8 GB RAM
SSD (M2, Sata 6 or USB3/3.1 UASP Support) or separate HDD (7200 rpm or faster)
AU/VST/AAX compatible host (also works stand-alone)
AAX version requires Pro Tools 10.3.5 or higher
88 key master keyboard

Vienna has received dozens of awards and critical acclaim for its complete line of products.

mipa Award 2010
At the 11th mipa ceremony at Musikmesse Frankfurt 2010 the Vienna Symphonic Library picked up its 6th mipa trophy. 117 magazines from all over the world voted for the best products of 2009/2010 in more than 40 categories, among them the Vienna Symphonic Library in the category of Sound Libraries.

Future Music Platinum Award for Vienna Imperial
In the January 2010 issue of Future Music Magazine, Editor Jono Buchanan states: “(…) Vienna Imperial is the best-sounding sampled piano I've ever played and heard”, rewarding it with a Future Music Platinum Award. In the past, Vienna Symphonic Library's products have been awarded twice by the British Magazine.

mipa Award 2009
At the 10th mipa ceremony at Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009 the Vienna Symphonic Library picked up its 5th mipa trophy. 112 magazines from all over the world voted for the best products of 2008/2009 in about 40 categories, among them the Vienna Special Edition in the category of Sound Libraries.

Electronic Musician's 2008 Editors’ Choice Award for the Vienna Special Edition
We’re especially honored having received the 3rd Editors’ Choice Award from the editors of Electronic Musician magazine. Our all-in-one orchestral Vienna Instruments Collection won this prestigious award in the category of Best Virtual Orchestra.

Remix Technology Award 2008 for Appassionata Strings
The Remix Technology Awards (RTA) honor the top professional audio and DJ products of the year. Award winners are selected by writers and editors of Remix and Electronic Musician magazines. The Vienna Instruments Collection Appassionata Strings has been voted for as the winner 2008 in the Sample Playback Instrument category.

Keyboard Key Buy Award for Vienna Special Edition
In the August 07 issue of Keyboard Magazine, Editor at Large John Krogh concludes, “Detailed, up-front sound. Wide range of dynamics and articulations. Clever, musically intuitive software interface. World-class orchestral samples at an affordable price.”

Future Music Platinum Awards for Vienna Special Edition and Elements
In the August 07 issue of Future Music Magazine, Jono Buchanan “can’t find enough superlatives to describe the Special Edition”. Already in the May 07 issue, Jono was equally excited about the Vienna Instruments Collection Elements: “The boffins at VSL have really let their hair down with a percussion library to die for!”

4th m.i.p.a. Award for Vienna Symphonic Library
For the fourth time, the Vienna Symphonic Library has been presented with the prestigious “m.i.p.a. Award” (Musikmesse International Press Award). This year the m.i.p.a. community included more than 100 magazines whose editors voted for the Symphonic Cube in the category of “Sound Libraries”.

Electronic Musician's 2007 Editor's Choice Award for the Symphonic Cube
The Symphonic Cube has won a 2007 Electronic Musician Editors' Choice Award for Best Virtual Orchestra. This prestigious award will be formally announced in the January 2007 issue of Electronic Musician magazine.

Future Music Platinum Award
British Future Music magazine compared several virtual string instruments in their September 2006 issue. The test concluded with a Platinum Award for the winner: Vienna Instruments!

Symphonic Cube wins TEC Award 2006!
One of the 2006 Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards for Outstanding Technical Achievement has been bestowed upon the Vienna Symphonic Library. The readers of Mix Magazine chose the Symphonic Cube as the leading product in the broad category of Musical Instruments Technology.
The ceremony was held on October 7 at the San Francisco Hilton, on the second night of the 2006 AES Convention.

“We are extremely honored, proud, and happy having received the most prestigious award of the industry,” says Herb Tucmandl, creator and founder of the Vienna Symphonic Library. “I want to thank the whole team for their continuing efforts to create revolutionary products. Heartfelt thanks go to Christian Teuscher, the mastermind and software guru behind Vienna Instruments’ advanced technology. He managed to tame our unimaginable number of samples by creating these easy-to-use software instruments that are really fun to play.

MIX Certified Hit
Vienna Instruments were listed as among the Top-10 technology hits of the Winter NAMM Show reported in Mix Magazine, March 2006 issue, by the editors of the magazine.

m.i.p.a. Award 2006
Vienna Symphonic Library received the prestiguous “m.i.p.a. 2006“ (Musikmesse International Press Award). The mipa-community encompasses about 80 music magazines from all over the world to vote for the best products in more than 40 categories. This is already the third “m.i.p.a. award“ for the Vienna Symphonic Library.

m.i.p.a. Award 2004
At the Musikmesse 2004 in Frankfurt the Vienna Symphonic Library was announced as the winner of the mipa Award 2004 in the category of “Sound Library”. We are pleased to be chosen by 56 International Music Magazines for the 2nd year in a row. More than 300 international representatives of manufacturers and distributors have joined the 5th mipa Awards Show.

EQ Magazine's Exceptional Quality Award
The Vienna Symphonic Library Team expresses its thanks to EQ Magazine for being among the first-time-ever winners of EQ´s "Exceptional Quality Award". After receiving our very first award, EQ´s Blue Ribbon Award in January 2003, we are very honored and proud to be the winner of the second accolade from this renowned trade magazine.

Electronic Musician's Editor's Choice Award
The Vienna Symphonic Library received the Editor´s Choice Award 2004 of Electronic Musician in the category of Sample Libraries for "having generated the most enthusiasm for its attention to detail and its ambitious scope […] Several of the editors were especially pleased by this library's sound quality, and everyone agreed that it was an impressive undertaking. [...] Vienna Symphonic Library's sheer size, great sound quality, thoughtful organization, future expandability, and high-end features make it a sample collection that's hard to beat.

m.i.p.a. Award 2003
In 2003 the Vienna Symphonic Library was announced for the first time as the winner of the mipa Award in the category of “Sound Library”.

EQ Blue Ribbon Winner
In 2003 the Vienna Symphonic Library won the EQ Blue Ribbon Award, the predecessor of the Exceptional Quality Award.

Game Audio Network Award
The First Edition of the Vienna Symphonic Library won the award for Best Sound Library of the Game Audio Network Guild, a non-profit organization established to promote excellence in interactive music and sound.

TEC Award 2003 Nominee
In May 2003 the renowned American trade magazine “Mix Magazine” nominated the Vienna Symphonic Library for the “TEC Award 2003” in the category of “Outstanding Technical Achievement.

Creative Industries
The Vienna Business Agency (WWFF – Wiener Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds) awarded first place to the company Vienna Symphonic Library in its Call “Creative Industries”. This award was bestowed upon the Vienna Symphonic Library for the research project of a spatial audio mixing-engine for virtual symphonic orchestration based on the concept of multi-impulse convolution (MIR).