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VSCO2 Rompler
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VSCO2 Rompler is a complete
orchestral instruments
Includes over 2000 samples for 25 instruments with articulations and round-robin samples (depending of the instrument).
Samples were recorded by
Versilian Studios / Sam Gossner
: won't work with Windows XP.
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Jun 04 2020
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I use this plenty and it really does all I need it to. Brass, woodwinds, strings, regardless. I genuinely think this is great. I wrote a few songs on it, I hope people give it a try. Reverb really lacks on most demos but if you know how to play with it and other controls and/or filters then this is actually kind of perfect! The spiccato really works well with good reverb.
May 14 2020
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Sorry, I have download VSCO2 Rompler and Sonatina, but cubase 10.5 (win10) don't see it. I have seen some other comments but I have not understood where it is necessary to put the .dll and .mse files. Please an help....
Apr 27 2020
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It works thanks
Apr 19 2020
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Does this work on LMMS? if so how do i make it work?
May 20 2020
Yes, it works great on Windows 10 64bit
Apr 17 2020
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Hello, I am having problems with loading the .dll and .mse files in my REAPER DAW. I have downloaded and extracted all the Orchestra zip files. However, when I extracted the .zip files I only see .dll and .mse files. I do not see any instrument (.ins) files. I assumed the .mse files needed to be put into their respective .dll file folders, which I did (for example, Horns .mse goes into the Horns .dll file folder). I then copied and loaded the folder containing the .dll and .mse files into REAPER's VST folder ( C:Program FilesVstplugins ). I then opened REAPER, scanned for new FX's (which it found the Horns) and then tried to open a virtual track. I picked the Horns folder and then I get a message, "Cannot find any instruments". I have tried different paths that REAPER looks in to but with no luck. I still get the "Cannot find any instruments" message. I'm running Windows 7 Professional, 64 Bit. Please help. Thank you.
Apr 20 2020
Doesn't work for reaper but you can dl the individual instruments here, they should work just fine. http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2017/02/vsco2-rompler.html
Versilian Studios
May 02 2020
The .mse does not go next to the .dll file! It MUST remain inside the .instruments folder. As mentioned in several other replies before, 'Cannot find any instruments' will show up if the .instruments folder is not kept with the .dll, or if the .mse file is removed or missing from the .instruments folder. To install correctly, extract the file(s), then copy the .dll file AND the .instruments folder TOGETHER into the desired install location.
Apr 09 2020
bibek bhattarai
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Amazing... thanks for everything
Apr 01 2020
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Hello, thank you for this download. I downloaded the AU version for Mac. I'm running OS 10.15.3 (Catalina). I restarted the computer and Garageband is finding the plug-in, no problem. But when I try to load it, the app tells me that it can't verify the developer and won't let me use it in the session. In the past, I was able to go into Settings and approve the download manually, but I don't see an option for this here. Any ideas? Thanks so much!
Versilian Studios
Apr 10 2020
As far as we're aware, Catalina won't support this or other Maize instruments going forward and there's nothing we or Bigcat can do about it from our end unless the developer of Maize Sampler can update his code and Bigcat has time to update every single one of the patches and get VST4Free and all the other mirrors to update them on their end. My recommendation is to use one of the SFZ versions, as Sforzando/ARIA are regularly updated, or one of the Kontakt versions if you have the full version of Kontakt. A directory of all the versions can be found on the Versilian Studios website.
Apr 12 2020
Thank you very much for your reply. I will try that.
May 06 2020
My daughter and I were able to get it to work in Catalina by copying the AU component into Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components, exiting Garage Band and restarting the Mac. When starting Garage Band, there you get the error about macOS not being able to verify the developer. Click Cancel (not Move to Trash), then click on the Apple Menu, System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Allow Anyway. Good luck!
Mar 29 2020
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After unzipping the file and moving the component file to component folder - i loaded live and AU is activated i still cannot see the plugin - using live 10.1 osx catalina. Please help
Versilian Studios
Mar 30 2020
Make sure it's in the Libraries folder directly in MacHD, not the Library folder in your User folder. You may need to manually re-scan for plugins, or restart your system. Generally a system restart fixes things completely if you're experiencing this issue and the installation seems to be correct.
Feb 28 2020
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Some of the vsti makes my daw program crash i tried 64 bit to any ideas please let me know ty be side that there cool ty
Versilian Studios
Mar 20 2020
If this version (ROMpler version) causes crashes, please use the 'Individual' version, available on Bigcat's blog here: http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2017/02/vsco2-rompler.html
Feb 27 2020
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how do I get the sounds (mse files) to load in fl 11 windows 10. The plugin works but I don't know how to open mse files thanks. email -> email@example.com
Versilian Studios
Mar 20 2020
The .mse files must be left in .instruments folder, which is placed next to the .dll file. If this is not done correctly, the plugin will display an error message until you move it to the right place.
Feb 05 2020
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Hello, I'm trying to get this awesome VST to work in Ableton! I'm on Windows 10 Pro, downloaded the 64 bit version, which contains a folder of .MSE instrument files, and a .dll application extension file. I'm not sure how to get this to work in Ableton, please help! Thank you!
Feb 16 2020
01: In Windows10 go to "Documents". 02: Create a new Folder named "VST64 External". 03: Copy the Folder with the .MSE instrument files and the .DLL file in "VST64 External". 04: Start Ableton. 05: Open: Options. 06: Open: Presets. 07: Open: Plug-Ins. 08: Switch "Own VST2-PlugIn folder" to "ON". 09: Select OWn Folder = "VST64 External". 10: Select: New Scan. 11: Go to the Categorie List in Ableton10 on the left side of your screen and open "Plug-Ins". 12: Open "VST", open "VSC02 Orchestra" and it should be on your screen.
May 30 2020
I've tried it that way, still doesn't work
Feb 04 2020
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I download the Big cats AU's and put the component in the component file but the instruments aren't showing up in logic AU's. What am I missing?
Feb 22 2020
Try a restart, should work if you have it the component subdirectory
Feb 22 2020
also don't forget to rescan after reboot
Jan 31 2020
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I download the Big cats AU's and put the component in the component file but the instruments aren't showing up in logic AU's. What am I missing?
Jan 12 2020
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Hello. Apparently this does not work under mac OS Catalina (It says "unsecure software") Was anyone able to load it with Catalina?
Jan 31 2020
Yes it will work if you do the following: In macOS 10.14 and 10.15, when an app fails to install because it hasn't been notarized or is from an unidentified developer, it will appear in System Preferences > Security & Privacy, under the General tab. Click Open Anyway to confirm your intent to open or install the app.
Feb 01 2020
Yes it will work if you you choose: Relaunch System Preferences and go to "Security & Privacy" and the "General" tab. Then choose allow to open button under 'Allow apps downloaded from:' This only work if you first open the vst in your DAW.
Dec 26 2019
KGM Music
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Dec 20 2019
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I've downloaded rompler on my mac, unzipped it but cannot open the mse files. How can i get it to work in garageband?
Versilian Studios
Dec 30 2019
Download the Mac AU (.component) version and copy it to MacHD:/Libraries/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components. Restart GB and/or your system and they should show up. Please search 'How to use 3rd party plugins in Garage Band' for more detailed instructions.
Dec 07 2019
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Cubase 10 Windows 10 64. Do the .mse files need to reside in the Program Files/ Steinberg/ Cubase 10/ VST Plugins folder along with the d.ll file? That seems to be what some of the comments hintto. Can I not keep the mse files on a separate drive where i have them right now, so as not to fill up my C drive? I cannot get VCSO2 to work. When I create an instrument track with VCSO, it says "no instruments". Thanks
Versilian Studios
Dec 09 2019
Yes, the .mse must be kept inside the .instruments folder, which must reside next to the .dll file in your VST Plugins folder. When you see "no instruments", that means that you moved the .mse file to a place the .dll file can't find and need to move it back. The .dll only knows the relative path to the .mse file and that path must be exactly correct or it can't find the .mse file(s). Note that in most DAWs you can create alternative search locations for VSTi plugins in the plugin manager/preferences and thus have some plugins in a folder on a separate drive which the DAW will automatically search in addition to the location on your main OS drive.
Dec 07 2019
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Cubase 10 Windows 10 64. Do the .mse files need to reside in the Program Files/ Steinberg/ Cubase 10/ VST Plugins folder along with the d.ll file? That seems to be what some of the comments hintto. Can I not keep the mse files on a separate drive where i have them right now, so as not to fill up my C drive? I cannot get VCSO2 to work. When I create an instrument track with VCSO, it says "no instruments". Thanks
Dec 06 2019
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Hi everybody. First of all, thank you for this amazing work. I want to ask you if yhis plugin VSCO2 works on Mac's Catalina OS?
Nov 26 2019
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I downloaded VSCO2 Rompler and the articulation wont change dose anyone know how to fix it?
Versilian Studios
Nov 30 2019
Use the keyswitches (yellow keys shown on the user interface below the range of the instrument) to trigger articulation changes. Each key in that range (including typically the black keys) is related to a different articulation. By entering a note in that range in your DAW, or playing/recording said note on your MIDI keyboard, you will instruct the plugin to change articulations. Unlike a simple dropdown menu to select articulations, this lets you change articulations during a piece by inserting the keyswitch notes any time before the new articulation should begin. It is recommended that you insert a keyswitch note at the start of every track to select the initial articulation you desire. You may audition the articulations by clicking the yellow keyswitch notes in the GUI, but the change will only be 'saved' to your track if you insert a note in the piano roll.
Nov 19 2019
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Works and sounds amazing!!! Using Ableton and Cubase! Thanks you very much for your work!!!
Nov 15 2019
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How I use this in Adobe Audition? I believe I've downloaded everything that needs to be downloaded, etc. (I'm not very computer savvy, so not really in-the-know when it comes to all of these abbreviations, etc). Any help will be highly appreciated.
Versilian Studios
Nov 30 2019
Adobe Audition is not capable of using VSTi (VST instruments) because it has no MIDI functionality. MIDI (Musical Instrument Data Interface), the 'language' through which computers and synthesizers record and communicate musical ideas, is required in order to instruct the plugin which pitches to play and all other performance parameters. You should use a DAW or Digital Audio Workstation, or a piece of notation software, to create ('sequence') musical instructions in MIDI for the sampler (VSTi plugin, in this case) to then turn into audible sound. Such examples of free DAWs include Sonar, Ardour, LMMS, etc. Think of MIDI as like notation, the DAW as like the paper on which notation is written, the sampler/VSTi plugin like a musical instrument, and the audio waveform generated by the sampler as the sound made by said musical instrument.
Nov 04 2019
Andrew Giddings
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Shame it won't work with XP, especially as it's one of the last stable Windows versions. Perhaps one day.....
erm what
Nov 19 2019
lol it's 2019 man, xp is far from ideal right now just forget it and move on lol
Nov 26 2019
Fresh install of windows 7 beats xp any day.
Nov 01 2019
Daniel Murray
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I can get the plugin to show up in ableton, but when I try to load it, it can't find any of the instruments. When I go to manually load a preset I get a message saying that the preset doesn't match the plugin parameters? Any suggestions on this? On Windows by the way. Thanks
Oct 30 2019
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So, I can't get it to work with Pro Tools. I've downloaded it and made sure it was in my VST folders and it's just not finding it. Any ideas?
Versilian Studios
Nov 02 2019
Pro Tools does not support VSTi or Audio Units natively. You should either use a VSTi or AU 'Bridge' plugin, such as 'VSTLord', which will let you run VSTi or AU in Pro Tools, or use the SFZ or Kontakt versions of VSCO 2 CE, which are soundware for Sforzando (free) or Kontakt ($400) respectively, both of which have versions for Pro Tools.
Oct 03 2019
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Hi, how do i install this in Reason11? I tried different locations but Reason does not recognise it :( Best regards. Norbert
Sept 20 2019
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Great Rompler, works fine on Cubase 5
Sept 10 2019
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Hey, I'm using Logic Pro X, and I've installed both the .component and .vst, and put them in their allocated folders, but I can't open VSCO2 - could someone please help?
Sept 11 2019
Oops! Sorry, just needed to restart my Mac - this library is really nice! I'm just getting into orchestration so it's amazing to have something like this!
Sept 08 2019
Andy C
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Hi, Using a Mac. Which part are we supposed to put into the VST folder. If i put the entire 'contents' folder in there and refresh plugins in FL studio, nothing comes up. Any advice?
Sept 20 2019
Andy C
Oct 13 2019
Hey, When i download the Mac osx vst there is no vst and only a folder called 'contents' only something called MSP. And from the AU there is exactly the same 'Contents' folder.
Versilian Studios
Dec 09 2019
The 'contents' folder appears INSIDE the .vst and .component files. You need to copy the entire .vst or .component file itself into MacintoshHD:/Libraries/Audio/Plug-Ins/[VST or Components]
Sept 05 2019
Dj Faraj
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Thank you so much!
Aug 15 2019
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Sounds are awesome! Works fine for me in Reaper v5.981 64-bit with no issue! Thanks bigcat / Versilian / Sam Gossner / VST4Free!!!
Aug 15 2019
Correction! It did start crashing in Reaper for me, but it is still awesome...Thanks again!!!
Sept 01 2019
Could be due to RAM running out, who knows
Aug 11 2019
Kevin Qiu
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It worked great with GarageBand for MacBook Air. Awesome!
Nov 21 2019
Hi! I'm using garageband but I can't use it! I am using other plugins with garagenband, but it seems my garageband doesn't recognize VSCO2. How did you do it? Thank you!
Aug 08 2019
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Tried to install the Rompler into Cubase 7. Both the dll and the .instruments are in the same VST folder and Cubase finds it. When I try to load it into my project, I get the track but it doesnt show up in the instrument box and I cant get any picture frame where i can chose instruments, so it is completely unusable. Please help ! Gunnar
Dec 06 2019
Having the same problem. Perhaps I didn't put the Dll. file in the proper place. Is there supposeto be an installer, or do we just drop the dll. file somewhere? Did yoj get this figured out? I'm on cubase10 win 10 64
Jul 27 2019
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Absolutely gorgeous sounds. I had originally posted the message "Love the sounds, but not the crashing." Bigcat pointed out that Reaper doesn't really jive with the Rompler. Instead, if you're a Reaper user, just download the individual instruments. I replaced all the Rompler plugins with the individual instrument plugins and now my session opens up without crashing. What a relief. Thank you, and keep up the fantastic work!!
Aug 03 2019
Glad it worked for you Tim! Sorry for the initial problems, but hopefully you can have some fun making music now. If you put up some stuff on Youtube or Soundcloud or some such I'd love to take a listen.
Jul 01 2019
Love the sounds, but not the crashing...
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Every time I load my project in Reaper (64-bit) it crashes if I have instances of this plugin. I have to start the session with plug-ins offline, remove the plugin, and then insert it again. Not sure if there's any sort of workaround, but it's very, very inconvenient, especially with several instances of it running at once! Beautiful sounds, though.
Jul 10 2019
Reaper has a non-standard vst implementation and somehow can't find anything but the fist violin group when you restart a session. The single instrument vsts, just click on bigcat instruments to see the instruments and download the ones you want one at a time, should work fine though I know that is kind of a pain.
Jul 27 2019
I'm maybye doing it wrong but I put the vsts files (.dll) (individuals one because I use reaper) into my bank files, Reaper detects them, but when I try to add one on an fx chain it says that it cannot find the instrument...
Jul 27 2019
Thanks for your response, bigcat! I'm working on a new project and have been dealing with the aforementioned issue, but fortunately I read your reply, so I will go ahead and locate/download all the instruments. They are fantastic, so it's well worth the "pain"! And keep up the great work...I truly appreciate these instruments.
Jun 27 2019
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The sound is great but there is an issue when using reaper where the instruments loading cause reaper to crash when the instrument isn't a violin.
Versilian Studios
Jul 17 2019
Yes, Reaper users should download the 'individual instruments' version available both here on VST4Free and on Bigcat's Blog, as per recommendation by Bigcat. The problem is between Maize Sampler and Reaper, there is nothing Bigcat or Versilian can do to change this issue.
Jun 26 2019
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Hola!. Acabo de descargarlo. Uso Nuendo para producir. Alguien sabe como direccionar o donde colocar el archivo dll?. Estoy ansioso por ver como suena esto!!.
May 24 2019
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I tried in Reaper 64bit a despite what the developer said it works well! Great samples, fits good in my projects.
May 03 2019
med muta
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I found what I needed
Apr 14 2019
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Hi there, I downloaded everything and put it in my VST folder under c/programfiles/steinberg/vstplugins but it's not showing up in cubase. Any advice?
May 19 2019
Were you able to find a solution?
Versilian Studios
May 28 2019
The VSTi is a VST2 file; make sure your version of Cubase is configured to allow the use of VST2. Additionally ensure that you are using the correct bit version- if you are using an old version of Cubase, it might still be a 32-bit program even if you are on a 64-bit operating system. Conversely, if you downloaded the 32-bit version, the 64-bit version of Cubase may have issues loading it.
Apr 09 2019
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Works great! Also, when is a balalaika instrument coming out?
Apr 06 2019
Renoise loading issues
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I really love the sound of this plugin BUT when you use it in Renoise and save your track it causes Renoise to crash / not load when you try to reload your saved track. I basically has to do the following to salvage my track due to this plugin crashing renoise when trying to reload a saved track. 1. Load Renoise on its own (No tracks just blank) 2. Disable ALL VSTs! 3. Reload the track in renoise 4. Change the plugin from VSCO2 orchestra to something else or just remove it (warning removing it may also remove all notes or chords the plugin used) 5. Save it 6. Reload and activate VSTs again.
Apr 13 2019
I'm sorry this happened to you. I suggest using the .xrni files you can find here... https://vis.versilstudios.com/vsco-community.html
Mar 21 2019
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Works like a charm in Studio One 4 64bit! Now I just have to find out how to automate the triggerkeys.
Mar 13 2019
Miracles Happen
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Incredibly powerful sound. Perfect for an orchestra. Every instrument is impressively similar to the original. Excellent VSti!
Mar 12 2019
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Truly awful. The samples are far too harsh and unpleasant, most particularly the violin section and oboe. Oboes are supposed to sound mellow and relaxing, but the VCO2 made it sound unpleasant and unusable, much like most of the other instruments. Very disappointing.
Mar 11 2019
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All is fine in my DAW however, plugin states "can't find instruments". How do I get the instrument files into the plugin on my DAW? Thank you
Esdras Cabral
Jun 13 2019
I used "Clear cache/Re-scan" in administrator mode. Only cache clear work
Mar 03 2019
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Works with Mixcraft 8.
Feb 28 2019
Kimi Garden
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It works, thank you <3
Feb 17 2019
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I am a bigginer so, if i downlode a plugin how do i activate it in fl studi?
Feb 17 2019
You just have to download it, it's automatically going to appear in your plugin library
Apr 16 2019
This is "almost" true, but not quite. In FL Studio, you will need to Refresh/Search for new plugins and then select it in order to use it. New plugins will show up in Green text. Tick the checkmark, exit and then select your new plugin. Also make sure the new plugin is in a folder recognized by FL. Have fun!
Feb 13 2019
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Hey Folks! How does one load this VSCO2 Rompler on Ableton Live 10 after downloading the file? Thanks in advance!
Feb 06 2019
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Hi, i've got a problem, i've already installed de .dll file, as it is suposed to work, well, the thing is that my cubase finds it and everythings ok, but at the time i want to use my plugin it sends a message "there's no instruments found", what did I do wrong? Thank you.
VS answer this before...
Feb 06 2019
You need to copy the .instruments folder along with the .dll file when you move it. Without it, there's nothing for the .dll to load.
Apr 04 2019
I'm using fl studio and i have the .instruments folder and the .dll file in the vstplugins folder but when i load the plugin it says "cannot find any instruments" help please
Jan 28 2019
Joshua Goldie
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hi, amazing quality but i am having problems with launching my projects after using this as a plugin. it works ok just as a solo violin but not for the "sections" and the organ both of which i really want to use! please help
Joshua Goldie
Jan 29 2019
You can email me on firstname.lastname@example.com
Jan 29 2019
Try downloading just the instruments you want one at a time instead of using the rompler version. Just click on the bigcat instruments text to find all me stuff and sort by recently added. Some DAWs like Reaper don't like the romplers, but will work fine with the single instrument vsts. Dunno why.
Jan 23 2019
Small Frog
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I have had issues trying to install this on my mac. any way you can help?
Versilian Studios
Jan 24 2019
If you're using any DAW except ProTools and Cubase, download the Audio Units version, extract the .zip (double-click), then copy the .component file you find inside to MacHD -> Libraries -> Audio -> Plug-Ins -> Components. Restart your system or wait a few minutes for the change to take effect, then open your DAW and it should be added as an audio units plugin. For Cubase, use the VST, and instead of 'components', place it in 'VST'. For ProTools, no useable version is available, so instead you need to use what's called a VST wrapper, like Bidule or VSTLord, to load the VST inside a RTAS plugin.
Jan 07 2019
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I can't open this plug-in. my Mac says there's no application set to open it. can you help me find an app to open it with? I'm trying to run it in garage band ..
Jan 11 2019
Maybe this will help? I believe you need the AU version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL_1ACk0Qhk
Versilian Studios
Jan 11 2019
Mike, plugins are not apps. Plugins are little pieces of apps that can't run by themselves, they instead need to be loaded inside an app, such as garage band or other DAWs. To make VSCO 2 CE accessible on your mac, extract the .zip file and then copy the .component file into this location on your system: MacHD -> Libraries -> Audio -> Plugins -> Audio Units. Give your system a few minutes to register it, then start up garage band. You may need to restart your computer if it doesn't show up. Refer to the garage band manual and online resources on how to use a 3rd party plugin in garage band.
Dec 29 2018
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I've installed the plugin and when I extracted it, the only thing that comes from it it is a .vst file. as far as I know, these are not compatible with fl studio, but I could be wrong. Am I missing anything from extracting it, because I have another extracted vst that only came with a .vst file too.
Jan 04 2019
This seems like a fairly good video about installing vsts in FL Studio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbiz-rz_WOM
Versilian Studios
Jan 11 2019
Also, just to note- .vst are VST format for Mac. Every VST file used on a Mac is in .vst format. If you instead need a .component file, download the Audio Units version. If you are instead running Windows, you need to download the Windows VST version, with the extension .dll and a .instruments folder included with it.
Dec 22 2018
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MARAVILHOSO! muito nota 10.
Dec 21 2018
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Wonderful, thank you. Downloaded and plugged into Ableton Live 9 on a Mac. No problems, easy to use!!!
Jan 05 2019
Hi Diether, I've got Abelton Live 10 and am getting no joy with installing this. Did you download the 32 or 64-bit version?
Dec 20 2018
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Perfect!!! Exactly what I needed! Thank you!
Dec 12 2018
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Hello, I have a problem. When I open this plugin in the FL studio, it writes that "cannot find any instruments". What to do?
Versilian Studios
Dec 15 2018
You need to copy the .instruments folder along with the .dll file when you move it. Without it, there's nothing for the .dll to load.
Nov 30 2018
Dan The Music Man
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Well, I've tried everything I know to get this plugin to work with Reason, but it doesn't seem to be compatible. I've been able to load several other VST's into Reason, but this one just doesn't want to cooperate. If anyone knows any tricks to get it to work, that would be great. Email me at: email@example.com Thanks!
Nov 29 2018
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Bedankt mooie VST super, blij
Nov 24 2018
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Awesome plugin. Works very well as 64bit on Win10 and SoundBridge DAW.
Nov 22 2018
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Hey, I just saw this on YouTube, I´m working on Cubase 5, i´ve put the .dll file and the .mse on the VST Plugin folder but I can´t use it. Can anyone out there help me? P.S. Sorry for my bad english greetins from México
Dec 19 2018
Hi there. Did you download the 64 bit version because you're using Windows 10? If so, that's your problem - Cubase 5 need 32 bit version - even with 64 bit operating system. Delete the 64 bit version and put the 32 bit one in your vst folder (plus the samples folder) and it should work.
Nov 20 2018
kime jedha
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j'adore votre VST. cool
Nov 06 2018
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This is absolutely brilliant, and so easy to use. Thanks a million for the free plugin. Now - a heads-up for Mixcraft users (echoing similar comments below). This may make Mixcraft crash. (I have Mixcraft 8.1 64 bit Pro Studio but I suspect the same would apply to other versions). When you assign VSCO2 Orchestra as a VST instrument, you need to choose which particular sound you want it to play BEFORE you open up the VSCO2 editor eg choose Flute, Violin etc from the drop-down inside the Mixcraft instrument setup screen. If you don't do this, it always defaults to solo Violin. When you then go inside the VSCO2 editor it may let you choose another instrument from the central editing panel, but it will still tell you in Mixcraft that it is Violin, even though it may play the sound you have chosen. However, even worse, if you try to select a different instrument from the drop-down list at the very top of the VSCO2 screen (the drop-down with the black text on white background) it will almost certainly crash Mixcraft.
Nov 07 2018
OK now I'm going to have to take all that back - it doesn't work with Mixcraft 8. The 64 bit version definitely made Mixcraft crash every time. So I tried the 32 bit version and although it didn't crash, it doesn't "remember" the VST instrument. So everytime I open the project I have to manually reassign the instruments for the whole orchestra
Nov 08 2018
A workaround that does actually work: download the separate files from http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2017/02/vsco2-rompler.html
Nov 04 2018
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Trying to use it with PT 12....not showing in plugins
Nov 11 2018
It's not AAX, so won't work in PT12. It is AU and VST, so if you want to use it in PT 12 you need a VST wrapper plugin to run it inside of PT12. Blue Cat Audio make some really good ones.
Nov 02 2018
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Super nice
Oct 26 2018
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Really big help in composing music
Oct 16 2018
Mat Carfi
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New here - would this work with garage band or do I need to use a different DAW?
Oct 19 2018
It should work. Go down a bit to Greg R's question for an explanation from a fellow Garageband user.
Oct 15 2018
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I downloaded this plugin and it sounds great but how do you change an instrument's articulation?
Oct 17 2018
The Yellow keys switch articulations (and some black keys in the middle of the yellow keys).
Oct 18 2018
I just tried what you suggested and it worked. Thanks.
Oct 11 2018
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I am wondering if rompler would work with Studio One on 32x or 64x?
Oct 12 2018
It should. Studio One, Version 2, is what I use and what it got tested on in both 32 and 64 bit versions. You need the 32 VST for the 32 bit Studio One and the 64 VST for the 64 bit Studio One though.
Oct 10 2018
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When I open it up in Reaper it just says cannot find any instruments. I copy and pasted the VSO2 Orechtra Dll file is there more I have to copy and paste?
Oct 11 2018
Yes you need the instrument folders and the mse files that are in them. Reaper has issues with the Rompler. Try a single instrument and see if you can get that running. You should just be able to unzip the zip file into your dll directory and it will make the structure you need. I wanted to say thanks again to our host. This is a big file for free using a lot of bandwidth, more than I have. If it weren't for VST4Free this Rompler wouldn't be available for easy download.
Oct 06 2018
Marelline Acker
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It's a pretty good plugin, the sounds are decent and there are a few options for articulation. Surprising quality considering it's free. However, I'm running into problems with Renoise (x64). The plugin crashes my DAW whenever I duplicate the plugin or I open a project that contains it. I downloaded the 64-bit version, so I'm yet to test the 32-bit version. Due to that, I'm giving it 4 stars for now, I'll give it 5 if the 32-bit versions works fine.
Marelline Acker
Oct 07 2018
Little update: I tried the 32-bit version, and although Renoise was not crashing anymore, the plugin loading was still faulty when opening a project. However, I tried the separate single-instrument plugins and they work perfectly. So, if you're running into problems with this plugin, try downloading the individual instruments.
Versilian Studios
Dec 15 2018
Also, a heads' up for all Renoise users, there's a dedicated .xrni conversion by a guy named Oliver Jolly over here- http://forum.renoise.com/index.php/files/file/519-vsco-chamber-orchestra-community-edition-xrni-version/
Oct 05 2018
Greg R
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Hi, I downloaded the AU for Mac and put it in the audio plugins component folder but I don't see it available in Reason 10. I'm really new to Mac computers so maybe I don't understand how to manage the file. If anyone can help me I'd really be grateful :)
Oct 07 2018
I don't know if this helps but NSBreaks explained how to use it with Garageband. "I have the instruments working in Garageband 10.2. I tried copying to the components folder in the MACHD/Library folder rather than the user/Library folder then I restarted my computer and the instruments simply became an option under 'AU instruments'."
Greg R
Oct 09 2018
Thanks for taking the time to reply bigcat :) I will try moving it around in different folders as you suggested. Cheers !
Oct 05 2018
/ 5
Great collections
Oct 02 2018
raju punjabi
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No words needed. Best of the best
Sept 30 2018
/ 5
Is this tool available as vst 2.x?
Sept 30 2018
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WOW! Just wow. This is one the best vst ever! thank you so much to the developers
Sept 25 2018
/ 5
Awesome. Thank you
Sept 25 2018
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I have to hug you or people who have put this together and give it free. Thanks a lot. God bless you altogether.
Sept 24 2018
/ 5
Awesombroso. Gracias, amigo
Sept 21 2018
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Really.. great, thank you very much
Sept 13 2018
/ 5
Works very well although I did have a problem with it crashing in Reaper.
Sept 19 2018
Sadly Romplers made with Maize don't get on with Reaper. The single instruments should work fine.
Sept 07 2018
/ 5
fantastic product. Very realistic sounds. Sincere congratulations
Jul 31 2018
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After getting this one and using it for a few months, I just had to come back and track down this webpage again just to give it a smashing 5-star rating. If it wasn't for this VST, I have absolutely no idea where I would get my orchestral sounds, because except from here I haven't been able to ever find any decent free orchestral samples anywhere, except from the occasional Soundfont. This has completely changed my music forever, most definitely for the better. Thank you so much for this amazing plugin!
Aug 25 2018
I agree with You man. :) Love the vst, I also appreciate how the company is not greedy and gave so many sounds for free. :)
Jul 23 2018
Jeff B.
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Does anybody know if this is compatible with FL Studio? I loaded it into my VST folder but I can't find it in my plugins list. I'm a total NOOB, so I don't know if I need to load a .dll or something. I loaded Sonatina Orchestra and it worked alright but not VSCO2. Thanks.
Jul 24 2018
I've just downloaded VSCO2 and it's working perfectly fine in FL Studio! Just put the whole VSCO2_Rompler file in here: Program Files -> Image-Line -> FL Studio 11 -> Plugins -> VST. After that, when you open up FL Studio and hit Channels, you can click on 'More'. You can refresh the list and add VSCO2!
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Sept 21 2018
It worked! i needed to extract the files firstly. Thank you so much!!!!
Jul 09 2018
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Thank you Sam and thank you vst4free!!
Jun 15 2018
daniel io
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Impresionante, muchas gracias.-
May 26 2018
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Well done. Easy to use... Clear, accurate sounds
Mar 09 2018
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Senza parole, veramente stupendo...gratis!!! Niente di meglio sul web, complimenti!
Feb 27 2018
/ 5
Thank you for such a wonderful vst pack. Sounds amazing!
Feb 21 2018
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This pack is one of the best free VST instruments that I have had the pleasure to find. It contains rather high quality sounding instruments (although some instruments are a tiny bit limited) and plenty of articulation to get the perfect sound I was looking for. Although, to versillian studios, do you guys have any Taiko drums?
Versilian Studios
Mar 16 2018
No taikos, sorry, but you can try playing around with re-pitching and eq'ing the bass and tom drums to get close if you are up for it. Raw samples are available from the CE github and Freesound.org.
Feb 06 2018
/ 5
This is the best free VST orchestral plugin out there.
Dec 13 2017
/ 5
Fantastic work, thank you for this!
Oct 30 2017
/ 5
I'm trying to use this in a 64 bit version of Ableton for Mac, with no luck. Won't show up as a component or VST... can anyone help?
Versilian Studios
Nov 06 2017
Did you put it in Mac HD:/Libraries/Audio/Plug-Ins/Component (or /VST for Mac VST)? If you put it in /Users/Library/ or such it may not work. Also, it typically takes a few minutes for such a large VST or AU to register in the system.
Jun 05 2019
I've tried everything myself, but no luck. I put it in the Mac HD:/Libraries/Audio/Plug-Ins/Component folder, and I also put it in the Mac HD:/Libraries/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST folder with the VST file, with no luck in Ableton Live 10. Any help would be appreciated!
Oct 21 2017
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A great sounding strings with all the articulations you need. Many thanks.
Jul 18 2017
/ 5
Excellent! Couldn't believe it's free!
May 13 2017
/ 5
Although the 64-bit version failed to work with Mixcraft 7, causing it to crash when instruments were selected, I now find that the 32-bit one works perfectly.
Feb 28 2020
what bit version did you have ? i have 64 some are crashing
May 12 2017
/ 5
64-bit version refuses to work properly with Mixcraft 7. Whenever the drop-down box is used to access an instrument, it either produces no sound or freezes up, also causing Mixcraft do do the same. Very disappointing.
Nov 06 2018
I've just posted a workaround for this. I'd be interested to know if it works for you.
May 03 2017
/ 5
Great collection of sounds.
Apr 17 2017
Humid Peony
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This is a very very good thing! Nice sounds, very easy to use, pretty UI. And it is free. Thank you very much Sam Gossner for these samples and thank you BigCat for providing this rompler!
Mar 31 2017
/ 5
Better than kontakt
Mar 20 2017
joe Sabibabi
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Just perfect
Mar 18 2017
/ 5
No words needed. best of the best.
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/ 5
Wow thanks to our generous host for making all these available on his server! Just a note this VSCO2 Rompler contains all the VSCO2 instruments in one, so if you have this one you don't need the others.


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The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assembled it over a period of more than six decades, Robert N. Dennis (1900-1983); the story of its acquisition has two stages, 40 years apart. The first begins with a 1939 exhibition in New York City for the one-hundredth anniversary of photography's discovery that featured stereographs from Robert Dennis's collection. Through the efforts of Sylvester L. Vigilante, an NYPL librarian specializing in American History, the Library purchased from Mr. Dennis his entire holding of approximately 35,000 stereographs, which he had called then "the largest known collection of its kind." Reporting the acquisition, the NYPL Annual Report for 1940 claimed presciently that someday historians would consider stereoscopic views as important for research as early American imprints. One stipulation of the purchase was that the collection carry Mr. Dennis's name. With the proceeds of the sale - in the final years of the Great Depression, the sum of $5,000 must have been princely indeed - Mr. Dennis bought his wife Marianne a fur coat and moved from Brooklyn to the northern suburb of Pelham. The backs of the stereographs acquired at this time carry the stamp "Robert Dennis Collection/N.Y.P.L." Over the years, Library staff interfiled occasional subsequent acquisitions of stereoscopic views, which bear their own distinct and not always traceable identification stamps.
In 1981, with the Photography Collection newly established as a curatorial department, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, who had relocated to Williamsburg, Virginia, in the 1950s, became reacquainted with the Library and visited while in New York to see "their" collection in its new circumstances. They were so pleased that they graciously offered to donate their completely new collection, assembled since 1941, of another 35,000+ stereographs. Staff examined and inventoried the collection over Thanksgiving weekend 1982, and returned in late January to pack the stereos for air shipment to New York. The collection arrived safely at the Library on the very day Mr. Dennis passed away, January 31, 1983, secure in the knowledge that his treasured collection would be both well-served and well-used. (Stereoscopic views from this generous gift are identified by the stamp "Dennis Coll/83PH2.") Later that year, a memorial tribute to Mr. Dennis appeared in Stereo World, the magazine of the National Stereoscopic Association.
The Dennis Collection's total size of more than 72,000 stereoscopic views (counting the foreign and genre sections that are not part of this presentation) and its international scope make it one of the largest and most diversely representative holdings of its kind in the world. Its primary organization is by geography, the most common research approach. In 1989-91, funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities enabled further processing of the United States portion of the collection as well as online cataloging for about 800 published series or geographical groups in the Library's catalog. Arrangement of the published series is by item number; within the geographical groups arrangement is by creator, publisher, or series name. During the project, volunteers recorded the catalog record number of each stereograph in pencil along its lower right edge and placed each view into a protective polyester sleeve. In the 1990s, the 12,000 views depicting the tri-state region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut debuted as "Small-town America" in the Library of Congress's "American Memory" website, NYPL's first large-scale digital image collection on the Internet.
Stereoscopic photography recreates the illusion of depth by utilizing the binocularity of human vision. Because our two eyes are set apart, each eye sees the world from a slightly different angle. Our brains combine these two different eye-images into one, a phenomenon that enables us to "see," ever so slightly, around the sides of objects, providing spatial depth and dimension. Stereoscopic views consist of two nearly twin photographs -- one for the left eye, one for the right. Viewing the side-by-side images though a special lens arrangement called a stereoscope helps our brains combine the two flat images and "see" the illusion of objects in spatial depth.
Photographers around the world produced millions of stereoscopic views between 1850 and 1930. Their popularity soared when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert received the gift of a stereoscopic viewer at the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851. Soon after, the American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes called for the establishment of "special stereographic collections just as we have professional and other libraries." Around the world, independent and entrepreneurial photographers broke into the growing market for illustrations of all types of subjects: local history and events, grand landscapes, foreign monuments, charming genre scenes, portraits of notables and urban architecture. War and disasters such as floods, fires, train-wrecks, and earthquakes were enormously popular subjects.
By the 1890s, humor and sentimentality had come to dominate the genre market, while leading publishers such as Underwood & Underwood and the Keystone Company produced formulaic topical and documentary series covering landscape, travel, and the growth of cities. Though independent publishers and talented individual cameramen prospered throughout the stereo era, by the end of the century the camera work had attained a uniformity of appearance that prefigured the compositional conventions of routine wire service and publicity photography. In contrast, the artistic and enterprising photographic productions of the earlier period make stereoscopic views even more interesting for the discrete aesthetic visions and regional practices that created them. Stereo views declined in the 1920s and 1930s with the rise of movie newsreels and popular illustrated magazines such as Life.
Just as the television industry has for more than half a century addressed the diverse entertainment tastes and far-ranging information needs of a complex audience, so stereoscopic views entertained and enlightened a similarly broad and eclectic audience a century ago, and often for the same types of profit. During the period between the 1850s and the 1910s, stereos were a mainstay of home entertainment, perhaps second only to reading as a personal leisure activity. Like television, stereos were an intimate medium viewed by individuals or small groups at home, or at churches, schools, or clubs. Stereoscopes varied from small, wooden, hand-held devices for viewing single images to large, cabinet-size pieces of furniture that could display a changing series of fifty or more views. The subject matter of stereoscopic views was boundless, appealing to many specialized interests. Like cable television in its present diversity and niche marketing, stereos accommodated tastes ranging from vulgar to refined, from simple to scientific. Production quality was also wide-ranging - from exquisitely sharp original silver prints to indistinct, cheaply produced copies, and eventually half-tone photomechanical processes. The makers of stereos were equally diverse. Into the 1880s, they ranged from eager amateurs photographing family scenes for private distribution to the famed camera artists of the day who demanded high-quality publishing and distribution and got it. By the 1890s, stereo photographers tended to be skilled and enterprising professionals who either sold their images to large commercial producers or worked anonymously under contract to them.
As visual information, stereoscopic views are valuable for the broad community of students, scholars, specialists, and laymen whose research or interests require pictorial documentation or illustration. The small size of the stereo camera enabled photographers to take a more journalistic approach to accommodate the public's interest in popular subjects; the popularity and accessibility of stereoscopic views assured a steady and profitable market. Often, many of the earliest expeditionary photographers took pictures of the same subject in a range of formats, from stereo to mammoth plates, certain that each size would find its appropriate audience. Conversely, by the 1890s the subject matter of stereo views simply does not appear routinely in larger-format photography. Stereoscopic views include topographic views, local history, events, industries and trade, costume, urban and country life, and portraits. In addition, stereos span 80 years of early photographic practice and are an important source for further researching the history of the medium itself, including glass transparencies, albumen prints, silver gelatin prints, and many variants. As historical records, stereo views have the potential to reveal the way the world appeared through the photographers' and audiences' preconceptions even as they mirror that long-vanished world's physical and contextual reality. On many levels, stereographs continue their expository and illustrative functions, inviting further use and study.
California Museum of Photography. "Stereographs: Three-Dimensional Images" (n.d.) <http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/site/exhibitions/stereo/>
Darrah, William Culp. Stereo Views: A History of Stereographs in America and Their Collection (c1964)
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Earle, Edward W. Points of View, the Stereograph in America: A Cultural History (c1979)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. "The Stereoscope and the Stereograph." The Atlantic Monthly 3 (June 1859): 738-48 <http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/stereo.html>
Jenkins, Harold F. Two Points of View: The History of the Parlor Stereoscope (1957)
Leggat, Robert. "Stereoscopic Photography." History of Photography (c2003) <http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/>
National Stereoscopic Association. "Stereoview.org" <http://www.stereoview.org/>
NYPL and American Memory, Library of Congress. "Small-town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert N. Dennis Collection" <http://digital.nypl.org/dennis/stereoviews/index.html> and <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/nyplhtml/dennhome.html>
Selle, Walter. "3D" im Bücherspiegel. Zur Bibliographie der Stereoskopie 1939-1970 nebst Einführungen in die Holographie ... (1971)
Treadwell, T.K., and William C. Darrah. Stereographers of the World. Vol. 1: Foreign; vol. 2: United States (c1994)


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This logo will have two elements 1) the business name "ent new york" or "ENT New York" or "ENT new york" or "ent New York" and 2) the lead person's name, Vandana Kumra, M.D.. The business name should be an element that can stand alone (for example on the door)or be used with the principal's name., Dr. Vandana Kumra, Also, the principal's name should be incorporated in a way that we can switch out her name and insert names of other members of the practice, for example, on the letterhead.
The pictorial mark will preferably relate to the business, an ENT (ear, nose and throat) medical practice. For example, it could be a stylized head, but something more abstract will be considered as well. The "ent" can be bolder than the "new york." The feel should be modern, but stable and upscale, to give the patient a sense of confidence and trust about their doctors, big city physicians.
The principal is ethnically Hindu, so very subtle Indian accents may be acceptable, maybe even a delicate use of brighter colors such as red.
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On St. Patrick's Day, my husband got up early to run the Get Lucky Half Marathon. Abe and I slept in and made rainbow french toast for breakfast...
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2. Squish the bag between your fingers until the food coloring is mixed with the powdered sugar. If the food coloring sticks to the bag, rub the sugar against it to mix the color in. Add more food coloring, if necessary, to get the desired color.
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Construction and information content of an investor-cost based rating of Danish mutual fundsBechmann, Ken L.; Rangvid, Jesper (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We develop a new rating of mutual funds: the atpRating. The atpRating assigns crowns to each individual mutual fund based upon the costs an investor pays when investing in the fund in relation to what it would cost to invest in the fund's peers. Within each investment category, the rating assigns five crowns to funds with the lowest costs and one crown to funds with the highest costs. We investigate the ability of the atpRating to predict the future performance of a fund. We find that an investor who has invested in the funds with the lowest costs within an investment category would have obtained an annual risk-adjusted excess return that is approximately 3-4 percentage points higher per annum than if the funds with the highest costs had been invested in. We compare the atpRating with the Morningstar Rating. We show that one reason why the atpRating and the Morningstar Rating contain different information is that the returns Morningstar uses as inputs when rating funds are highly volatile whereas the costs the atpRating uses as inputs when rating funds are highly persistent. In other words, a fund that has low costs one year will most likely also have low costs the following year, whereas the return of a fund in a certain year generally contains only little information about the future return that the fund will generate. Finally, we have information on the investments in different mutual funds made by a small subgroup of investors known to have been exposed to both the atpRating and the Morningstar Rating, i.e. information is provided on how investors use the two ratings. We find that investors have a clear preference for high-rated funds. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7194
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Effects on Capitalization and Lending Decisions of BanksKragh, Jonas; Rangvid, Jesper (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Unique and confidential Danish data allow us to identify how changes in disclosure requirements and bank-specific time-varying capital requirements affect banks'lending and capital accumu- lation decisions. We find that banks increase their capital ratios after capital requirements are increased, implying that resilience in the banking system is also increased. The increase in capital ratios is partly due to a modest reduction in lending. Using a policy changes, we show that banks react stronger to changes in capital requirements when these are public. Our results further suggest that the impact of capital requirements di¤er for small and large banks. Large banks raise their capital ratios more, reduce lending less, and accumulate more new capital compared to small banks. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9314
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Topic: Star Wars meets Simpsons
A friend just sent this to me and I thought it was funny. There is even a boba fett head in the checkout. I havent seen this up here yet so forgive me if someone has already posted it.
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Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and understand what they are feeling. This is something that psychiatrists try to do in our everyday work. Those of us who have worked in medical schools have struggled with the question of whether or not we can teach this to young men and women who are learning to be doctors or whether it is something that they either have or do not have. Certainly I have seen medical students who seemed to be decidedly lacking in this quality, just as I have seen students to whom it came very naturally and some who were far more empathic than I was as a student or even after years of experience.
Choose Empathic Students in the Admission Process
I have gone through many phases in trying to figure out how medical schools can graduate doctors who have this empathic quality. My first thought was to try and influence the selection process so students who seemed to have this natural quality would be chosen. I had the opportunity to join the admissions committee of the medical school where I taught and participated in the interviewing and selection of prospective students.
Actually, there were a few psychiatrists already on the committee along with other medical specialists and basic scientists who would be training the students in their preliminary non-clinical years. It was relatively easy to determine which students had this quality in abundance and which students did not. I could see the tears in a student's eyes as he or she told me about experiences which he had known someone who had been ill or disadvantaged and how this had motivated him to want to be a doctor. I remember the caring response of one student to me as I was suffering with allergies with my eyes running on a particular day that I was interviewing her. On the other hand I could detect the intellectual response of students who ticked off their many volunteer activities or told of their dedication to finding the cure of cancer because it would then increase life expectancy. However, when it came down to the votes on the committee, a student being the most empathic would never trump the one with potential to become a world famous doctor.
Trying to Teach Empathy in the Classroom
I had opportunity to see if it were possible to teach students to be empathic. It was traditional in our medical school for psychiatrists to teach students interviewing technique both in formal lectures and at the bedside. In preparation for a formal lecture I made a video tape (we were not yet using DVDs) in which I had some senior students act as doctor and patient in a hospital room in various scenarios. In one of them the "doctor" asked the "patient" if anyone in her family had a cancer. The patient began to cry and said her daughter died of cancer. I then showed three possible responses. In the first one the doctor just continued with the interview and kept asking questions. In the second scenario, the doctor got up and excused himself and said he would come back later when the patient was feeling better. In the third case the doctor offered the patient a tissue and said that he was sorry. Obviously the third vignette was meant to be the correct one, and most students seemed to get it. However, a group of Asian students approached me after the lecture and told me that they did not agree with the choice of the best vignette. In their particular culture it was a sign of respect to let a patient be alone in that particular situation. Excusing one self and walking out of the room was the correct response as far as they were concerned. So I began to realize that this was not an easy task.


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We know this won't surprise you, but Texas Republicans didn't like what President Obama had to say today.
We know it won't surprise you, but they were really, really, really disappointed by the new environmental policies unveiled by the president at Georgetown University.
War on coal, they said. War on jobs. War on Texas.
The president hopes to implement new rules to cut carbon pollution, to prepare for the impacts of climate change, and to end the U.S. government support for public financing of new coal-fired power plants overseas.
Republican members of the Texas delegation spoke out against Obama, claiming that the new policies will hurt the economy and limit America's energy development.
Here's a sampling of reaction:
Rep. Lamar Smith, the chairman of the Science, Space and Technology Committee:
"I am disappointed the President has once again signaled his intent to move forward with new rules that will make energy more expensive for hardworking American families. Just as House Republicans work to expand our nation's energy potential, the Obama administration is doing the opposite. The President plans to use executive orders to bypass Congress and create more red tape that will increase the price of electricity and gasoline. And the President's plan will have little or no impact on climate change. Affordable, reliable energy is crucial to a thriving economy. And it is only through sustained economic growth that we will be able to make the investments in research and technology necessary to fully understand and properly deal with problems like climate change."
Rep. Joe Barton denounced Obama's 'war on coal':
"The President says he is for an 'all of the above' energy strategy, but today's announcement confirms he only supports a 'nothing from below' approach. By continuing his 'War on Coal,' the President is also declaring war on the middle class. The people who can't afford to pay more will be hit the hardest. The new regulations will cause electricity rates to skyrocket and will jeopardize the reliability of our electric grid. President Obama's plan will have a chilling effect on the entire economy. Affordable energy is fueling a manufacturing renaissance in our nation. His plan to jack up power prices will end this resurgence and kill jobs. This plan is not balanced. The 'green' energy technologies the President is betting your future on are unproven. Solar panels and wind turbines are more expensive and less reliable than coal and natural gas and they can't provide enough electricity to support the nation by themselves. I support continued investment and research into renewable and cleaner energy alternatives, but we can't just turn our back on the fuel sources that power our nation. I will continue to fight for a true 'all of the above' approach that will keep prices low and create good paying jobs."
Rep. Kevin Brady retweeted this video after the president's speech:
RT @gopconference: VIDEO http://t.co/yGIQy1GA0V Obama is trying it again-more regulations & new energy taxes. #ObamaEnergyPolicy #WarOnCoal
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Obama admin's #waroncoal will mean fewer jobs, higher energy prices & does nothing to make energy more affordable.
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Fishing for Stocks in China
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Fishing for Stocks in China
June 09, 2017
Our location in Hong Kong gives us a unique perspective on the risks and opportunities of investing in China, a market we believe is ripe with opportunity for bottom-up stock picking, particularly in the consumer, internet, healthcare and education industries.
China offers vast opportunity to investors willing to extend their time horizon and take a long-term view. Regardless of the consensus view that short-term real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is slowing, China represents nearly 1/5 of the world's population and 1/6 of the economy; yet is under represented by global equity indices at just 2.3 percent of the MSCI All Country World Index. In the years ahead, we expect that gap to narrow as China's economy evolves and innovative companies address China's growing demand for consumption and services thus necessitating an increase in index weightings for China.
China's economy is undergoing a massive transition from fixed asset investment in heavy industry and manufacturing to growth in consumption and services. The contribution to GDP from consumption has averaged 4.7 percent over the past decade, and in the last five years has accelerated from 3.6 to 5.3 percent as of the first quarter of 2017. China's consumption growth provides investors with a baseline to expect from the economy going forward: even without the benefit of growth in investment or exports, the world's second-largest consumer will likely continue to grow faster than the developed world in the years ahead based on consumption growth alone.1
Over 800 million people have emerged from poverty in China since market reforms were introduced in 1978.2 This emerging middle class wants what those in developed markets have long enjoyed and perhaps take for granted: higher-quality consumable products such as food and beverages, internet services to share experiences with family and friends, access to healthcare and better education opportunities for their children.
After three decades of rapid real GDP growth driven by fixed asset investment in heavy industry, China is adjusting to a more moderate pace driven by consumption and services. Rebalancing the world's second-largest economy is not without its well-known challenges, but as bottom-up investors we look through the short-term macro noise and have been finding plenty of high-quality stocks in China. Therefore, we believe that if you want to find some of the best bottom-up stock ideas of the next decade, then look to China because as Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's long-time partner said about China, "It's a happier hunting ground."3
Risk Considerations
There is no assurance that a portfolio will achieve its investment objective. Portfolios are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market value of securities owned by the portfolio will decline. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in these portfolios. Please be aware that these portfolios may be subject to certain additional risks. Changes in the worldwide economy, consumer spending, competition, demographics and consumer preferences, government regulation and economic conditions may adversely affect global franchise companies and may negatively impact these portfolios to a greater extent than if these portfolios' assets were invested in a wider variety of companies. In general, equity securities' values also fluctuate in response to activities specific to a company. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) shares have many of the same risks as direct investments in common stocks or bonds and their market value will fluctuate as the value of the underlying index does. By investing in exchange traded funds (ETFs), the portfolio absorbs both its own expenses and those of the ETFs it invests in. Supply and demand for ETFs may not be correlated to that of the underlying securities. Investments in foreign markets entail special risks such as currency, political, economic, and market risks. The risks of investing in emerging market countries are greater than risks associated with investments in foreign developed markets. Asia market entails liquidity risk due to the small markets and low trading volume in many countries. In addition, companies in the region tend to be volatile and there is a significant possibility of loss. Furthermore, because the strategy concentrates in a single region of the world, performance may be more volatile than a global strategy. Privately placed and restricted securities may be subject to resale restrictions as well as a lack of publicly available information, which will increase their illiquidity and could adversely affect the ability to value and sell them (liquidity risk). Derivative instruments may disproportionately increase losses and have a significant impact on performance. They also may be subject to counterparty, liquidity, valuation, correlation and market risks. To the extent that the Fund invests in a limited number of issuers (focused investing), the Fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those issuers and a decline in the value of a particular instrument may cause the Fund's overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the Fund were invested more widely.
1Source: CEIC. Data as of March 31, 2017.
2Source: World Bank, China Overview as of March 28, 2017.
3Source: Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway; 2017 Annual Meeting. As of May 7, 2017.
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When spring break is over for Morenci Area Schools, the board of education offices may be in a new location.
School board members and the administrative staff have discussed moving the board office to vacant space in the high school, and that action is now underway, said Superintendent of Schools Michael Osborne.
Secondary principal Kelli Campbell operates from an office in the middle school building and during the current school year, the high school office was closed.
"We have been receiving very positive feedback regarding moving the board office to the former high school office," Osborne said.
There are two reasons for making the change.
"We can reduce the costs of the current board office building and having more adults in the high school area provides additional supervision," Osborne said.
It's possible the move will be completed next week while the school is closed during the spring break.


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Rangers Beat Rays by a Touchdown
I know the Rangers did not score a TD, please do not write me and tell me I mixed sports metaphors. I know what I did, it was to attract you to the blog only. I played football, I know the difference Yankee dude.
I want to tell you, watching the Rangers take BP today was a wild experience. I saw Josh Hamilton hit a ball so high and far it went BEHIND the towering video screen in rightfield.
I have seen the NY Met's old catcher, Mike Piazza put two straight shots into the Beach area. I have seen Barry Bonds hit the back wall, and Jorge Posada lodge a ball in the building's seam, but that shot mesmerized me for a brief moment. Damn what we would be with him in our lineup………sends chills down my spine.
Trivia Fact of the Night:
Of Babe Ruth's 714 homers, 10 were inside-the-park shots. 16 were hit in extra innings, and 1 was as a pinch hitter.
The Good,The Bad,and The Ugly
The Good
Cliff Floyd has been hitting the ball better in the last few at-bats. Tonight he hit a clutch 2-run homer in the 2nd inning to begin the scoring for the Rays.
Cliff went 2-2 tonight with 2 RBI's, and scored 3 runs. Floyd also had 2 walks tonight for the team. Floyd is currently hitting .281 for the Rays. Floyd has a .386 lifetime average at the Trop., the 4th best average lifetime at the stadium (min 75 at bats).
Honorable Mention "Good Guys":
*** Dioner Navarro continues to carry a hot bat, going 2-4 tonight and upping his average to .374 for the year. Dioner is the best hitting switch hitter in the MLB this season. Dioner has hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games, with 8 multi-hit games.
** Evan Longoria went 1-3 tonight and upped his average to .243 for the year. Evan leads the club with 7 homers since his arrival, and is tied with Carl Crawford with 29 RBI's. Longoria also is ranked 2nd behind Chicago White Sox's Joe Crede for the AL best thrid baseman. He currently has a slugging percentage of .466 for the Rays.
* Eric Hinske went diving for a dying ball tonight in rightfield and just missed it by inches. This determination and drive is why he is my top star tonight. Eric also hit a 2-run homer to right in the 4th inning to close the gap to 7-4 at the moment.
Hinske has now hit 10 homers on the year. Thi is the earliest in his career that he has hit that plateau. He currently leads the club with 20 extra base hits, and is 6th in the AL with a .529 Slugging Percentage.
The Bad
Andy Sonnanstine has had two bad outings in a row now. His last start in Oakland was a 9-1 Rays loss on the last game of the road trip. Tonight, Andy lasted 5 innings, gave up 10 hits and 7 runs before shutting down the Rangers for 3 innings.
Rays manager Joe Maddon admitted in his post game interview that the righty was having a control situation and was not "hitting the glove" like he did in his past victories. Sonnanstine did get 7 strikeouts on the night.
I know some fans are ready to throw Andy under the bus and take this loss in the wrong ways. This was one of those games that can define a team. You know you can not win every night, but the team did not give up and it played aggressive baseball up until the last out in the 9th inning. that is a character ball club. And one you can be proud of for it efforts.
Just remember, Andy Sonnanstine was pitching in Double-A only two years ago. And this season, he matched a record set by Rolando Arroyo and Scott Kazmir of reaching 6 victories by May 16th. The guy has the talent, sometime you just have a bad game…..period.
The Ugly
Tonight, Josh Hamilton's Grand Slam was the most ugly thing I have seen this season at the Trop. I am not blaming J P Howell for the pitch.
It was right where the glove was placed, Hamilton did a great job turning on the pitch and sending it into the lower half of the Bigscreen Scoreboard in rightfield.
You heard me, he put it into the scoreboard. It was a major blast for his team, and a ultimate signal to the Rays that they still had work to do that night.
But what was even more ugly was the Rangers' starter Vicent Padilla's personal interpretation of the new "12 second rule."
MLB insituted a 12 second rule for the pitchers to speed up the game. I asked a memeber of the Rays staff what constitutes a beginning of this timed period. He stated that it was, "when the pitcher touches the rubber with his foot."
Not when you are in the set position to throw, but when you first rest your foot on the rubber. Padilla was using every second, and borrowing a half dozen on most of his pitches tonight.
Tim Welke, the homeplate umpire did not seem to warn or even go out and discuss this with the pitcher. He let the game drag on and on by the pitcher's disregard for the rule, and the Rays players also used that to their advantage. If Padilla used up an abnormal bit of time, the Rays used their discretion and moved out of the batter's box. Hence making the pitcher again setup for the pitch and beginnig the process all over again.
The Rays' tried to use this as a distraction on Padilla's rhythm and get him in an uncomfortable state. This only seemed to upset the crowd and the batters more than Padilla.
I hope there is a better example of this ruling somewhere online. I am going to look for it and see if I can make any sense of it for everyone.
Rays' Players Rememberances of Geremi Gonzalez
A moment of silence was observed in memory of former Rays pitcher Geremi Gonzalez prior to Tuesday night's Rays-Rangers game at Tropicana Field.
Rays players and staff paid tribute to Gonzalez, who died on Sunday at the age of 33 after being struck by lightning.
Crawford smiled when asked to describe Gonzalez.
"Yeah, he was fun," Crawford said. "Loud, always excited, he just had a lot of energy. He was a character, man."
Rocco Baldelli called Gonzalez a "Fun-loving guy, and a lot of people here are going to miss him."
Baldelli remembered how entertaining Gonzalez could be, particularly on a trip back from Japan after the Rays opened their season in Japan in 2004.
"We played cards on the way back from Japan the entire flight," Baldelli said. "I mean this guy kept me awake for 18 hours or whatever. This guy would do some off-the-wall stuff that kept everybody loose all the time. He's a guy who makes an impression. When you meet him, you remembered meeting Geremi Gonzalez."


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Croatbag brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 161 Designs von 31 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are a website that connects parents looking for child care services and child care providers.
Primary audience is parents or guardians of children searching for daycare services.
Secondary audience is the daycare providers themselves and enticing them to sign up.
This project is truly pretty open in terms of requirements. We just had our mockup done through 99designs, you can see the layout here,
That is the scheme of the website and as such the logo needs to match or compliment it. Disregard the logo currently in place as that is just a placeholder.
As for type of logo we are looking for a typographic logo. We would like some font effect and possibly some images worked into it as well. No large dominant images please. Also please keep the look as a short wide rectangle if possible. This will be in the upper left of a website and if the height is too much it pushes alot of the content below the fold which we don't want.
The only thing we DO NOT want is any sort of play on the word Find, this means no people looking out into the distance, no magnifying glasses or binoculars, etc.
The logo should not be overly childish as children are not the target audience.
Design can say FindMeADaycare or FindMeADaycare.com
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Nurses commend government for law aimed at reducing dangerous toxics
TORONTO, April 7, 2009 – Ontario nurses are applauding government legislation that would assist businesses in reducing their reliance on harmful toxic substances and protect the health of Ontarians where they live and work.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) says the bill provides a good framework but will be judged on the effectiveness of regulations yet to come. The framework requires businesses to report the toxic substances they use, create and release in their manufacturing processes.
We're alarmed at the scientific data that links cancer, birth defects, medical conditions such as Parkinson's and premature death to toxics in the environment. That's why this legislation is so important because it aims to give people the protection they need and deserve," says Wendy Fucile, RNAO's President. "We know that the environment is a major determinant of health and people flourish best when they live in clean, green environments," adds Fucile.
RNAO's Executive Director Doris Grinspun also praised the bill. "Every day, nurses are engaged in health promotion, disease prevention, and illness care. Our role is to help keep Ontarians healthy and today's announcement goes a long way towards realizing this goal." But Grinspun expressed concern that the bill's implementation would be delayed until after the next election. "People's health is at stake today. People are demanding action from our government and we can't afford to waste any time on this critical health issue."
RNAO will be looking for amendments that will strengthen the legislation including, a provision that would guarantee the public's right to know about toxics in their environment, requirements for manufacturers to use safer alternatives, and aggressive targets to reduce the release of toxic substances into the environment. The association also wants to see the creation of an independent body that would assist companies in using greener alternatives, similar to one in the State of Massachusetts. Ontario's new law is modeled after that state's legislation.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses wherever they practise in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has lobbied for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.-30-
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