While the Kontakt Player 2 included here lacks much of the detailed editing control available within the full version of Kontakt 2 (reviewed in the July 2005 issue of SOS), it is a well-organised working environment. NI's various sample and loop playback engines have proved popular front-end choices for many sample library producers. So for those needing a complete sample library in a single box, is VI One the one to buy? One To One With One PSP is identically priced to VI One, while Colossus can now be bought for under half its original selling price of £650. In this context, it is up against two other obvious competitors the 32GB EWQL Colossus (reviewed in the July 2005 issue of SOS) and USB's 8GB Plug Sound Pro (reviewed in June 2007). These instruments cover a broad musical palette and the library is intended very much as a 'one stop sample shop' for the computer-based musician. It uses NI's Kontakt Player as the front-end and has 21GB of sample content, representing over 1000 instruments. Vir2's VI One fits in with both of these trends. Kontakt Player's main display with the 19 VI One Instrument categories listed in the Browser window.Two trends continue apace in the world of sample libraries first, increasing use of a dedicated front-end and, second, increasing size. A number of large 'all-in-one' sample library products are now available.
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