Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection SE

With 5 professional quality powerful virtual instruments at one attractive low price, the Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection is the perfect addition to any computer music studio, regardless of whether you're a novice or a professional.

The Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection combines the Groove Agent SE virtual drummer, The Grand SE piano module, D'cota SE analog modelling/FM synthesizer, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE and the acclaimed HALion SE virtual sampler into one attractively-priced package. A special "Composer Set" library and a total of more than 700MB of pristine samples and sounds are included as well. All instruments are compatible with any VSTi Instrument host and can be used on both PC (Windows 2000/XP) and Macintosh (OSX) computers.

Features:
5 great-sounding virtual instruments in one package

Features HALion SE, The Grand SE, D'cota SE, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition EE, and Groove Agent SE

All VST Instruments are custom designed and fully compatible with any VSTi host application

Contains over 700MB of sounds

HALion SE supports hard disk streaming and file import for WAV, AIFF, REX and other formats

Macintosh and PC cross-platform compatible

Virtual Guitarist EE SE
Virtual Guitarist "Electric Edition" is the perfect rhythm guitarist for anyone needing electric guitar tracks. This unique VST instrument is based on real recordings, yet is as flexible as a synthesizer. Virtual Guitarist "Electric Edition" oozes authentic sound character… read more while offering unrivaled playability and outstanding tempo flexibility. Select a player, select some chords, and it plays perfect tracks. Enhance your song even more with options like syncopation, phrasing variations or long chords.

-- 6 players

-- 4 parts per player

-- 5 chords per set

Groove Agent SE / Groove Agent
Based on quality drum samples -- most of which were recorded to analog tape -- Groove Agent puts a top studio drummer at your fingertips.

Creating your own drum track couldn't be easier -- just chose a music style, a drum kit and you're off. Set the amount of drum room ambience, play fills and half-time breaks. Groove Agent can play at different complexity levels, allowing you to create the right mood with your rhythm track simply by moving a slider.

-- 11 styles w/ 13 complexity levels

-- 53 sound groups

-- stereo out

The Grand SE
The Grand -- a high-quality virtual concert piano with a breathtakingly rich and realistic sound; whose tonal precision and outstanding dynamic qualities rival those of a real, quality acoustic concert grand piano. To make this feat possible, Steinberg's sound factory Wizoo has painstakingly built this virtual instrument using sounds from a top-flight acoustic grand piano -- guaranteeing you powerful bass, crystal clear mid-range and brilliant treble.

-- 90MB piano sample, single layer w/ four presets

-- RAM-based sample-playback

-- 16-note polyphony

D'cota SE
Get 2 types of sound synthesis in one compact editing environment: Analog and FM. Thanks to the aliasing-free sound engine, both synthesis types have unprecedented sound quality. The LFO can also be synchronized to the song tempo. The effect section adds the simultaneous power of delays, distortion units and phaser effects.

-- analog modeling synthesis w/ 13 waveforms

-- FM synthesis, ring modulation

-- stereo outputs

-- 16-voice polyphony

-- 3 filter types

HALion SE
HALion SE is perfectly integrated into your VST sequencer. It is capable of loading up to 32 instruments at once and playing four of them simultaneously through its stereo outputs. 32 Bit/96 kHz support and the fantastic-sounding Waldorf filters guarantee outstanding audio quality. The powerful disk streaming engine allows you to load sound libraries of almost unlimited size and in many common formats, including WAV, AIFF, and REX.

-- 4 MIDI channels

-- 32 programs in RAM

-- hard disk streaming support, Waldorf filters

-- supports WAV, AIF, SF2, REX, LM4, LM4MkII formats read less