Janila:
I guess this is a matter of temperament. After years of working with Gigastudio and EXS24, I find the VI software a great pleasure. True you cannot edit samples, but there is a lot that you can do with the controls it does have - such as envelope shaping, filtration, relative volume level, delay, etc. For me one of the most important things is that I can have many different articulations on one channel and that each user can design the matrix she or he finds most convenient and decide which controllers are best suited to access the desired matrix cells - - so making a mockup of a string quartet, for example, does not require 64-128 channels. There are ways to work around some of the things that seem problematic for you. If, for example, you have an articulation on one channel and want only to access a particular dynamic layer you can put that articulation on its own channel and, at least in Logic, apply a velocity limiter with a narrow range. Or you can record it and then change the velocity level to that which accesses the sample layer you want.
In any case, I really don't think that all the effort and imagination that went into the VI software were rooted in the idea of providing bulletproof copy protection. Personally I've found that VI software, while not perfect, is easy and intuitive to work with. It also has the additional - - and very useful - - feature of inhabiting a different RAM partition from that of the host program - - meaning that you can use it along with other samplers and exceed the limits imposed by 32 bit systems. Another forum particpant - - and publisher of Virtual Instruments magaine - - Nick Batzdorf has successfully loaded 7GB of RAM on one Mac G5.
However, regardless of its features and how much I like this software, I certainly can understand that you might have a different point of view and simply not like it at all. Not liking something, is, I think, quite different than attributing negative motives to those who created the thing you don't like.
I guess this is a matter of temperament. After years of working with Gigastudio and EXS24, I find the VI software a great pleasure. True you cannot edit samples, but there is a lot that you can do with the controls it does have - such as envelope shaping, filtration, relative volume level, delay, etc. For me one of the most important things is that I can have many different articulations on one channel and that each user can design the matrix she or he finds most convenient and decide which controllers are best suited to access the desired matrix cells - - so making a mockup of a string quartet, for example, does not require 64-128 channels. There are ways to work around some of the things that seem problematic for you. If, for example, you have an articulation on one channel and want only to access a particular dynamic layer you can put that articulation on its own channel and, at least in Logic, apply a velocity limiter with a narrow range. Or you can record it and then change the velocity level to that which accesses the sample layer you want.
In any case, I really don't think that all the effort and imagination that went into the VI software were rooted in the idea of providing bulletproof copy protection. Personally I've found that VI software, while not perfect, is easy and intuitive to work with. It also has the additional - - and very useful - - feature of inhabiting a different RAM partition from that of the host program - - meaning that you can use it along with other samplers and exceed the limits imposed by 32 bit systems. Another forum particpant - - and publisher of Virtual Instruments magaine - - Nick Batzdorf has successfully loaded 7GB of RAM on one Mac G5.
However, regardless of its features and how much I like this software, I certainly can understand that you might have a different point of view and simply not like it at all. Not liking something, is, I think, quite different than attributing negative motives to those who created the thing you don't like.
