Alex - thanks a lot! Also Rob and mathis!
On that march I forgot to mention one thing tht Dave brought up - the instrumentation is for a relatively small group of 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba and percussion. After all the discussion of DVZ, and having seen the video, I have been thinking more about the question of artificial doubling of player numbers with chords. So I decided to tryand be "pure" on this piece. It has no doubling at all. I have 5 trumpets total, and when the scoring is broken into a three note chord, it is five trumpets, when they are playing unison it is five trumpets. etc. Same with trombones and horns, though I used the 8 horn ensemble simply because the Epic horns are so awesome. So this is just as "pure" as any DVZ performance you will ever get, in both articulations AND player numbers.
" We are really close to the point where great sample libraries and greatly talented users will be capable of better performances than average-skilled and not-so-well-recorded orchestras. I never thought I'd say that. " - Luca A
Actiually we are already at that point and somewhat beyond. This piece was played live by respectable college student players on three separate occasions. The VI samples (not necessarily my performance but the samples) are far better. Trust me on that one [8-)]
