I can't wait for VSL to one day release instruments which are simply (for example):
VLN-14_Leg_L
"L" for looped.
I know it's a lot to ask (a huge undertaking), but brain surgery is alot to ask of it's customers as well. Aren't businesses supposed to make it as easy as possible on their customers? That's good business right?
So who's going to float the bill for longer legato notes without surgery? VSL or it's customers?
I still remember the day I found out that the destination notes were not looped, and were actually only a few seconds long. It was like all my excitement sucked right out of me. I said, "you mean we still have to work to make samples sustain?". It was a major frustration, and it surprised everyone I knew that bought VSL in LA. We just weren't prepared for that kind of "unpreparedness". In LA, there is NO time for tweaking or repairing. Only time to play it once perfectly. We actually laugh at those who have "studio time" to work and tweak. Things move fast in the high paying jobs, and any one of the well off composer's would gladly pay for convenient samples. Of course LA is a small sector for VSL, but I have never held any other standard higher than the ability to "pass" Hollywood standards. You have to be a well greased fighting machine to satisfy the LA crowd.
I think the idea of crossfading to a looped note with the mod wheel is a half solution, which may indeed yield it's own interesting results, ... but I and my colleagues will still await the day of full long destination notes with open arms and our big wallets!
Evan Evans
VLN-14_Leg_L
"L" for looped.
I know it's a lot to ask (a huge undertaking), but brain surgery is alot to ask of it's customers as well. Aren't businesses supposed to make it as easy as possible on their customers? That's good business right?
So who's going to float the bill for longer legato notes without surgery? VSL or it's customers?
I still remember the day I found out that the destination notes were not looped, and were actually only a few seconds long. It was like all my excitement sucked right out of me. I said, "you mean we still have to work to make samples sustain?". It was a major frustration, and it surprised everyone I knew that bought VSL in LA. We just weren't prepared for that kind of "unpreparedness". In LA, there is NO time for tweaking or repairing. Only time to play it once perfectly. We actually laugh at those who have "studio time" to work and tweak. Things move fast in the high paying jobs, and any one of the well off composer's would gladly pay for convenient samples. Of course LA is a small sector for VSL, but I have never held any other standard higher than the ability to "pass" Hollywood standards. You have to be a well greased fighting machine to satisfy the LA crowd.
I think the idea of crossfading to a looped note with the mod wheel is a half solution, which may indeed yield it's own interesting results, ... but I and my colleagues will still await the day of full long destination notes with open arms and our big wallets!
Evan Evans
