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    Still dreaming...

    PolarBear - Midnight Dreams

    All VSL Opus 1 and the Malmsjö Grand. Thanks so much for letting create me something like this, dear VSL team!

    Any comments welcome!

    PolarBear
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    @PolarBear said:

    Still dreaming...

    All VSL Opus 1 and the Malmsjö Grand. Thanks so much for letting create me something like this, dear VSL team!

    Any comments welcome!

    PolarBear


    Very nice Polar.

    Just one question. The underlying strings? Are they played in seperately or are you playing chords on say one patch?

    Very relaxing with a melancholic feel.

    Thank you very much.
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    Hello Paul!

    Thanks for the nice comments! The strings are played in seperately each, needed to tweak quite a bit to get them right (as always, bad keyboard playing of mine). Those are only the sordino sustain patches of violins, viola and celli, plus the double basses normal sustains.

    PolarBear
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    dear PolarBear:

    I'm thinking of buying eather the Opus 1 or the Chamber strings. I asked advice in the forum and I decided to get the chamber strings, because I will mainly work with strings. The things is, after listening to your piece, i was wondering if I would be able to use sustein strings with the chamber string package. Do you know about it? I think the chamber doesn't have long susteined noted, like in your piece.

    so, should I get opus 1 or chamber strings?

    Thanks.

    gustavo
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    Very nice Polar bear. Final credits rolling - this cue is perfect!!! Melodically centered, very pleasing and approachable. Thanks for sharing.
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    Polar,

    Well done. Very calm without being sentimental.

    Listening to this i had an impression of a film i saw a few years ago, and although i know comparisons are invidious, Blade Runner springs to mind.

    Like the piano!

    Regards,

    Alex.
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    Very nice sound, so full of emotion. Excellent sound, and writing. Simply wonderful............More
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    Wow, you dig deep in the forum history [;)] Thank you all for your nice comments.

    Gusty, the question about Opus 1 or Chamber Strings should mainly be decided by the sound of the sections. Theat means if you are looking for a full symphonic sound (what I used in this piece e.g.) then Opus 1 is it for you. If the chamber size is more your cup of tea (like featured in Maarten Sprujit's Illness and Recovery) then you better take Chamber Strings. As far as your concerns go, both have long sustains, I'd even say you have more possibilities with Chamber Strings articulation wise from what I can see (I don't own it yet). Please also have a close look on the detailed articulation lists provided on the VSL website:
    Chamber Strings
    Opus 1
    You find it under the button "Articulations".

    Thanks for listening!
    PolarBear
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    That's the best peice of original music I've heard on the forum yet. Not for it's techinicality or production (both good) - for it's musicality. You've almost completely transcended the musical limitations of programming and computers with that one and that's saying a lot. I like it thanks a lot, I've saved it for future listening if you don't mind (just for myself). I hope that's OK. Really enjoyed it. I wouldn't compare that to any other composer even though one *could* do that. I think it's original and that is also saying a lot. Well, others may disagree but that's my opinion.

    Thanks,
    Miklos.
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    Thanks mpower88... let's agree there is quite some room for improvement on it and the thing is borrowed or influenced from here or there without a specific source... [;)]
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    For me it's original - I think often when people say "Oh that's just like so and so" where if the composer they were listening to were famous they'd say hey, this *other* guy sounds like you (the other way around). Sometimes things are a knock off - that's another thing altogether. In this case, I think it's an honestly original work as far as I know. That is how it sounds to me. So I like it, especially for that reason, and basically as I said, it's musical. You can copy all the greats and still have a work that sounds like it's a midget on stilts (no offense to little people...)

    There's always room for improvement but some things are good as they are, and imperfections often are their own perfection in my opinion.

    Miklos.
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    Polar Bear,

    I never noticed this before - very good "midnight" mood in this piece. Did you ever finish it? It ends abruptly...
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    PolarBear: thanks for your suggestions. [:)] I appreciate it. For the chamber strings articulations, it says 'sustain' under short notes, I'm not sure if that is the same thing. Anyway, i think that the chamber would be the right one for me. I'll get it pretty soon! thanks again.

    Gustavo
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    Willam and Miklos, thanks for your comments! This is a final version for me. I doubt I'll add/alter anything. I will go on and do something new usually once my ideas have stopped to flow [;)]

    Gustavo, there surely are sustains, even in variations, you have to look under "single notes" (which is the containing gig-file or folder). For violins e.g. these are: Short and normal staccato, détaché with 0.3 and 0.5 sec., each in two variations (downstroke and upstroke), sustained, espressivo with strong vibrato, and tremolo. That means short notes and detaches are coming in two variations, up and downbow, plus there are also normal sustains as well as espressivo sustains. In addition tremolos. From what I saw it's the same for the rest of the strings without the espressivo patch. VSL choices for recording may sometimes be worth a discussion, but they never miss essentials like sustains yet...

    All the best,
    PolarBear
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    Sad, but not too much. Resolving. The problem could be solved... or not (open ending suggests awakening from the dream).
    It's very soft, delicate, gentle. Quite minimalistic but very compelling.
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    Chamber strings on the way!!
    thanks for helping..

    gustavo
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