Wow , these 3 are all gems... I'm wondering what discerns the new version of Ravel's "Little Ugly" from the old one posted about a year ago? Unfortunately I didn't seem to have saved it onto this computer, so I can't find out myself...

Jay, how long did it take you to do those? Your mockups are amazing!

Now I'm gonna listen the others too [;)]

PolarBear

Thanks for your compliments! To answer chinablu I used on the Vaughn Williams the Pro edition, French oboe and english horn 2, and solo strings. By the way this piece was weird to do in one way because of Vaughn Williams writing for muted strings that don't stop until halfway through, even when things get loud and full. So doing the crescendos and f ensemble totally con sordino was strange. Along with the tutti portato section which was also problematic with all mutes. I had the temptation to just take the mutes off, because there are more dynamics and articulation possibilities without, but resisted it, trying to be as faithful to the score as possible, for better or worse.

Startlingly good realisations,guys:congratulations.I haven't heard those pieces in a while.It's funny:Beethoven's shadow is on the Mendelssohn,I think; it really struck me on this renditon.I'm a real sucker for Ravel and Vaughan Williams .That Ravel:so exposed and a test on the VSL library,but it comes through brilliantly. The Vaughan Williiams: he and Sibelius and Debussy,all evoke vivid landscapes in my head.I've forgotten how much of an emotional experience it is to listen to VW,and you pulled it off there,Bill. Marvellous.What reverbs were you both using?

Hats off to you ,and testimony to fine musicianship .Oh,and that library's not too bad,either. [[;)]]

Thanks Michael. On this it was gigapulse Large Hall with a separate instance for each instrument.

Lovely work.

William-
Excellent work, very musical and haunting interpretation - very impressive. Nice job!!
-mvanbebber

Jay-
WOW! The Ravel quartet is so lifelike, it's incredible. Not only is it life-like, it sounds like great players playing live, I know how hard this is to achieve, and I'm really impressed with your very subtle and constant manipulation of dynamics to achieve this. Great work!

mvanbebber

Thanks for your nice commments! Also, on Jay's performance I agree completely and am glad to hear another serious musician noticing it. I was in a state of shock after hearing it, both for the realism and also the basic fact of one person being able to do this amount of expression in these areas of musical timbre and style. It is one of the main examples I know of just how far one can go with pure musical expression in MIDI. I find it tremendously exciting to hear this, since it makes you realize all this expression is available for any music, including your own.

I finally listened to the Mendelssohn and it is really great. Congratulations again to Jay for another fine performance. Very difficult piece to do.

Hi,

I sent you (Herb) a reference to a new simulation of mine, of the 2nd movement from my 4th symphony, for consideration in October, and never heard back.

See:

http://www.musique.umontreal.ca/personnel/Belkin/worklist.html

(the link is in the middle of the page, called "scherzo".)

?????

Alan