HSO status

Hi,

I wonder if Steinberg is currently working on developing HSO-2 ?

So far all we can do is wait.

Not too sure Steinberg want to compete in the market for top-end orchestral sample content; after all, there are plenty of players in that area at the moment and to be honest, HSO as it is has plenty of character and the quality is very good … I don’t know if a viola gets any better if it gets sampled more often? Sure, depending on the task, there are other libraries out there that might be better, but I’m not sure whether there’s any great benefit to be gained by reworking HSO. BTW, have you tried rendering some HSO solo lines to audio, and then playing around with them in VariAudio? :sunglasses:

Hi MrSoundman,

I did not purchase HSO, and did not try any demo version, but would love to see HSO-2 released by Steinberg. (Newer, better source material, and more content). I think something like HSO-2 can compete with some of todays orchestral libraries, if done right.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

I wonder if we will see HSO-2 this year ?

We are closing in on 2013, and so far no HSO-2 :cry:

I wonder if we will see it soon ? or … never ?

It’s still fairly safe to bounce midi from a current project, import the midi into a new project, route it to HSO, bounce the audio back into “current” project. It’s safer to do it one or two channels at a time. Whenever you need to adjust lines, adjust the midi, throw it back into that HSO project and rebounce when needed.

Feels pretty safe, and I can still get all the sweet HSO goodness without forcing it to work bridge too much. Funny, the instruments need to be “dirtied” back down, they are that pristine.

At least it’s ok while I’m still on C5 on OS 10.68.

Hi,

It would be nice to hear from Steinberg if we will see HSO-2 released in 2013 ?

(I hope the answer is … YES) :slight_smile:

Thanks,
Muziksculp

Would love to see HSO*2 announced during Winter NAMM 2013 !

Will it happen ? We will soon know, since WInter NAMM 2013 begins on Jan. 21st.

I’m also hoping to see some new updates, and possibly new VST instruments, and maybe some NEW Sample Libraries for Halion 4.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

I couldn’t help but stop by to again state a desire to see a new updated version of HSO, or at least, as already mentioned… new HSO sample libraries for H4.

Yes, better and maybe hipper content and articulations, and hopefully, a more user friendly GUI.
IMO, it’ almost as dated as Miroslav Orchestra.

I wonder if Steinberg will delight us with HSO2 during the upcoming Musicmesse Show (April 10 - 13 /2013) ?

Some new Halion 4 based libraries would be nice as well.

So… Unfortunately Steinberg has not announced HSO2 during Musikmesse 2013.

I wonder if they are working on this, or they have stopped developing HSO. (that would be sad), since there is a lot of potential for HSO2 to be a very popular product. Provided Steinberg does it right.

Oh well, I guess the wait, and mystery continues.

Any feedback on this from Steinberg would be nice to hear.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

Any news/update if we will ever see HSO2 ?

It’s been a long, long wait. Should I wait longer, or forget about Steinberg delivering HSO2 . Did they decide to scrap HSO development, …i.e. We will never see HSO2 ?

Any feedback from Steinberg on this would be very appreciated.


Thank You,
Muziksculp

would you still recommend the Hso even thou you’ll never no if there was going to be an update ?

Well… I personally don’t have HSO, and am not sure it is offered as a product at this time. But I would surely not bother with HSO even if it was available.

I feel Steinberg needs to upgrade HSO to HSO2, that will offer all 24-bit samples, more content, instruments, articulations, dynamics, higher sound quality, and a healthy amount of new performance features.

Will Steinberg deliver HSO2 (soon) ? That’s the big mystery, they have not provided any feedback so far. Which I feel is not a very good sign. I sure hope they do offer HSO2 soon. or provide some feedback on this topic.

Bottom line… I don’t recommend you spend your money on HSO, but rather wait for HSO2. or go with other 3rd part orchestral libraries if waiting is not an option.

Just my humble opinion.

Cheers,
Muziksculp

Agree, it is very hard to recommend HSO.
It does not have the support it needs. There are other libraries that I am looking into, taking in a sound compromise over support and longevity of use. As it is, it is a huge “diss”. Blatant at that.

Hi,

Any chance we will see Halion Symphonic Orchestra 2 released in the near future ?

Now that Halion 5 and HS2 are here, it would be great to see HSO2 released


Come on Steinberg/YAMAHA … Give us HSO2 !

Thanks,
Muziksculp

Hi,

Why is Steinberg/Yamaha not working on HSO 2 ???

As a (classical) composer, I use HSO (and Halion Player - Choir Aah) frequently.
I would love to see Steinberg announce HSO 2 (with more content).

KO

I’ve been steering another user here clear of HSO, as there is no potential for development without a new release. As always Steinberg is being very hush hush about this. Apparently the only acoustic sample library they give a d*** about is Groove Agent.

Just look at how many posts I have on this topic, and not a single blink, or feedback from Steinberg to comfort us that they are working on HSO-2 and we will eventually have it in the near future.

I wonder why Steinberg does not reply, or provide any feedback on this.

ATTENTION STEINBERG : Can you please give us some feedback on HSO Status ? will you release HSO-2 in the near future ?

so, here I go again, asking the same question.

imho. if they decided to stop developing it, then fine, just say so. If HSO-2 is in development, then just confirm it, I will happily wait for HSO-2 to be released, and not bother posting anymore :slight_smile:

OH… and this post has as of today 8779 views, and counting … with no response from our friends at Steinberg. :open_mouth: