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  • String Quartet Library

    M
    M
    I wonder if the are any plans to release samples of String Quartet for contemporaty music - with all the expressions which we find for exapmle in Anton Webern (op.9), Luigi Nono (Fragmente - Stille, An Diotima) or Helmut Lachenmann (Gran Torso) music.

    Best wishes,

    Janusz Podrazik
  • M
    M
    What sample library any of you use for String Quartet works?

    Janusz Podrazik
  • J
    J
    Re Lachenmann etc, I really don't think it would be worthwhile for any company to get into that sort of avant-garde technique sampling - very very few people would be interested in buying it. I think you may have to do it yourself, or maybe this is something that should simply be done with musicians, not samples?

    They are great sounds, though. And recorded very well on the WDR label...
  • M
    M
    Lachemann SQ expression would need lot of work - but Nono's Fragmente - Stille, An Diotima expression are very much in scope of today composition.

    All the samples of solo strings inclouding mainly basic expression which more or less not very usefull - however good they are - in contemporary composition.

    On MRAC Publishing site you fine example of SQ (short study) 'Primo Giardino Parlante' which use samples string expression not easy to find.

    http://www.mracpublishing.com/audio/index.html

    Samples: Roland Strings samples, Akai and M.Vitous.

    Janusz Podrazik
  • E
    E
    What about string harmonics?
  • M
    M
    DOUBLE STOPS
    TRIPLE STOPS
    QUADRUPLE STOPS
    TRILLS
    FINGER TREMOLO
    NATURAL HARMONIC
    ARTIFICIAL HARMONIC
    VIBRATO
    NON VIBRATO
    PORTAMENTO
    GLISSANDO UP
    GLISSANDO DOWN
    FINGER PIZZICATO
    CON SORDINO
    SCORDATURA


    DETACHÉ
    MARTELÉ
    SUL PONTICELLO
    SUL TASTO
    LEGATO STROKE BY STROKE
    LEGATO ON A STROKE
    LOURÉ
    PORTATO
    PIZZICATO
    BARTOK PIZZICATO
    COL LEGNO
    SNAP
    STACCATO
    SPICCATO
    SAUTILLÉ
    RICOCHET
    BOW TREMOLO
    TENUTO

    VELOCITY RANGE (8 levels) ppp/fff

    Having all the playing techniques (articulations) of above (left/right hand) I would call it as comprehensive or standard solo string library. As for now, the library of solo strings (including VSL) is just basic.
  • M
    M
    I would certainly be interested in all of the articulations mentioned above.

    Michael Matthews
  • M
    M
    Is Solo Strings library release postpone?