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    T
    Great idea. I'd love to see that.
  • Beat KaufmannB
    Beat KaufmannB
    [:D] Yes!

    Beat Kaufmann
    - Tips & Tricks while using Samples of VSL.. see at: https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/vitutorials/ - Tutorial "Mixing an Orchestra": https://www.beat-kaufmann.com/mixing-an-orchestra/
  • H
    H
    Hello all,

    I'm just back from NAMM, and I'm really impressed how many postings I've missed the last week.

    OK, here is my suggestion for a "new" forum:
    We could rededicate or simple expand the "Online Instrumental Studies" forum.
    So I'd like to ask you how we should name this forum section.

    And it would be very helpful if you could list which topics should be removed into this new forum.

    best
    Herb
  • D
    D
    [quote=herb] So I'd like to ask you how we should name this forum section.

    "Music Making" might be a good title.

    Any number of subjects from current and former composers (Classical/Film /Pop/Rock/Jazz/Broadway) to the musical and mechanical devices used by them - and us (orchestration, form etc.) - (sample libraries, recording techniques etc.) would fit well under this heading.

    I imagine there will be a natural gravitational pull to certain topics such as orchestration (on the pad and MIDI - the differences between the two and whether there is any difference in approach with libraries like VSL now available) for example.

    Suggestions and tips will abound, arguments will ensue, and we will all eventually bow to the brilliance (if not wit) of Evan Evans. [:)]

    Dave Connor
  • G
    G
    Oh yeah!
    Orchestration and composition forum. That'd be great.

    ~Chris
  • cmC
    VSL Team
    cmC
    ... another great suggestion from herb which would avoid splitting into too many sections
    just a quiet request - could we please keep the word *instrument* in the title?
    christian
    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
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    @cm said:

    could we please keep the word *instrument* in the title?
    christian


    Sure. "Composition, orchestration and instrumentation". [:)]

    /Mattias
  • W
    W
    One thing that recently occurred to me is to include "History" in this - like "Composers/Instruments/Music History" or something along those lines because that is one of the things I've found most interesting on this forum - like when Esperlad corrects me about Gershwin and the two Bennetts, or when DPcon talks about Raksin, etc. The history of music is the basis of it - the elemental thing that composers today are working from - and should be an essential part of it. Especially in the days of shallow, disorganized internet knowledge and 18 month hardware/software obsolescence.
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    @Rob Elliott said:

    Composer/arranging/orchestration, etc. forum sounds very useful.

    Rob


    i second that idea
  • R
    R
    [:D]

    Yes indeed... a focus on musical issues would be very helpful. Specifically it would be facinating to discuss particular orchestral textures and the best use of VSL to capture them.

    I've found it really helpful when folks site a musical situation and the VSL patch(s) used to achieve it. Perhaps a chapter could be devoted to links to user demos and techniques employed to create them. Beat Kaufmans recent post of the inner workings of the Bach demo was a great and useful example.

    You are all great!

    Looking Forward,
    Robert