Yes, it's true. An entertaining discussion.
And i admit to a large sense of humour when i wrote the reply!

My regards,

Alex.

part of the "user" side of things can be fixed on the sample/technological side. Right now there is quite a learning curve to go from classicaly trained composer to digital composer/engineer. Making the tools we use easier to use, more intuitive will greatly help in the creaton of realistic orchestral performances.

@cmpsr2000 said:

[...] Making the tools we use easier to use, more intuitive while greatly help in the creaton of realistic orchestral performances.

This is our main goal. We work on it, full force.

Best,

/Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library

which is why almost all my money right now is going towards my "save for pro edition" fund ^^

...I'm curious... Will it ever be possible that the sampled instruments come 'fully loaded' in 1 file per instrument, no tweaking necessary...? That one can write a full score in a notation program without having to worry about keyswitches and multiple staves for one instrument ?

...I'm sure that when such a thing will be developped, you guys (VSL) will be best of the best of the best!

It's just a dream, I guess... Sometimes I feel more like a technician than a composer (altough I'm not a fulltime composer [[;)]] )...

@cmpsr2000 said:

part of the "user" side of things can be fixed on the sample/technological side. Right now there is quite a learning curve to go from classicaly trained composer to digital composer/engineer. Making the tools we use easier to use, more intuitive will greatly help in the creaton of realistic orchestral performances.

This is exactly my point. Right on. And as we see from Dietz's comment, things should be interesting. My hope and expectation is if we invest now in VSL, new software aided performance tools down the road will still use the core sample library, thereby protecting our investment.

p.s. this is not meant to minimize the amazing advance the existing performance tool represents!

p.p.s. just got a new job and hope to shell out for some Opus VSL stuff soon!

grats on the new job!

Another way to achieve resonsnance would be to duplicated your recording after you've finish it taking the exact parts and placing them onto other instruments in the orchestra, filtering everything with a lp filter and then placing a resonant reverb onto that track and having it sit way back in the background, then pass the resonant track through the same reverb you used for the main track.

Miklos
www.miklospower.com

mpower,
You've got a good point, and in a way, my fellow musos and i used to do this, well, sort of, kind of, in a similar way, er......?

We would record a group of instruments onto reel to reel. (For the very young amongst us, it's a very large cassette deck, well, sort of!)
Then we would record on a second reel to reel, playing the first R/R and live at the same time. It would create the effect of more instruments playing without hiring a small orchestra.
Now, to be fair, the sound wasn't very good, and natural resonance was entirely dependent on the size of the tiled bathroom we were recording in!
Then we bought an 8 track recorder, but that's another story.

Just a memory of time before VSL!

Regards,

Alex.

Uh - Alex, what's that, a "cassette deck"? [:D]

/Dietz

Dietz,

It's a very small reel to reel lying on it's back!

[:D]

Regards,

Alex!

But then - how do the Bits and Bytes manage to not fall down ...? [+o(]

Arrrrggghhh - enough silly jokes ... I'm still happy after all those years that I don't have to edit tapes with scissors any more.

/Dietz

Splicing tape, now there's an activity to reduce even the strongest of us to quivering wrecks.
Particularly when you've chopped and taped half a note too short!

Aahh, those were the days....
and it's a good thing they're gone!

Regards,

Alex.