It seems that in this meantime VSL is also learning some new things about what their customers prefer about this SC and what doesn't seem to make sense anymore to their loyal clientele.
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@herb said:
In the meantime we've learned that a lot of our customers prefer individual selections. Therefor we've splitted the SC into ten collections, which can be ordered individual, and therefore a harddisc solution didn't make sense any more.
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Herb
@paynterr said:
Just logged in after the countdown and am frankly quite disappointed with what is being put on offer.
@Christian Marcussen said:
Wow paul your really missing out. The videos are fantastic!
@Christian Marcussen said:
Wow paul your really missing out. The videos are fantastic!
@jbm said:
Hey paynterr,
If you're on Mac, I'm almost ready with my app. It's a similar idea to what the Vienna Instruments do, but it uses an analysis delay, sort of like Synful. This means that it's not "real time", but on the other hand there's no sample loading/buffering to be done (or rather, it's done during playback), so you can access any sample at any time, regardless of RAM (well, almost!). I've been testing it with a piece I'm writing for wind quintet (all Opus 1-based), and RAM usage sits around 256 MB -- remember, this is with NO limitations on articulations. There's also a couple of what I call "Spectralist" instruments, which allow realtime spectral morphing between any two instruments -- pretty fun making crazy hybrids, like the Fliolin (FL1 and VI morphed)!!!
Anyway, there's still work to be done on the GUI. I'm hoping to release it in early 2006, and I'm hoping VSL won't mind me posting a little note about it here -- it will be a different manner of beast, in many ways, and will soften the blow a little for those who can't manage the Vienna Instruments yet. It will be donate-according-to-your-conscience-ware, so just Paypal me a self-defined "appropriate" amount of dough if you find it useful!
Anyway, I know I've mentioned it before, and nothing's come out yet, but I swear by the sweat of my oft-furrowed brow that it's not vapor-ware! It just takes time -- between composing, and working two day-jobs!
cheers,
J.
@jbm said:
Hey paynterr,
If you're on Mac, I'm almost ready with my app. It's a similar idea to what the Vienna Instruments do, but it uses an analysis delay, sort of like Synful. This means that it's not "real time", but on the other hand there's no sample loading/buffering to be done (or rather, it's done during playback), so you can access any sample at any time, regardless of RAM (well, almost!). I've been testing it with a piece I'm writing for wind quintet (all Opus 1-based), and RAM usage sits around 256 MB -- remember, this is with NO limitations on articulations. There's also a couple of what I call "Spectralist" instruments, which allow realtime spectral morphing between any two instruments -- pretty fun making crazy hybrids, like the Fliolin (FL1 and VI morphed)!!!
Anyway, there's still work to be done on the GUI. I'm hoping to release it in early 2006, and I'm hoping VSL won't mind me posting a little note about it here -- it will be a different manner of beast, in many ways, and will soften the blow a little for those who can't manage the Vienna Instruments yet. It will be donate-according-to-your-conscience-ware, so just Paypal me a self-defined "appropriate" amount of dough if you find it useful!
Anyway, I know I've mentioned it before, and nothing's come out yet, but I swear by the sweat of my oft-furrowed brow that it's not vapor-ware! It just takes time -- between composing, and working two day-jobs!
cheers,
J.
@jbm said:
Well... my tool doesn't win hands-down against anything as far as the big public is concerned, since it isn't actually available! Also, I really don't want to go up against VSL -- I wrote this as a tool for myself, as it seemed clear that it would be possible to do. I've had ideas to do something like this since before I even knew about VSL, and I finallly managed to build something that works.
There are many great things about the Vienna Instruments (a high degree of flexibility of user-configuration, for one), and I seriously doubt that I can get my tool to perform at as high a level as far as polyphony goes... (Not certain about this, since I haven't done that much stress-testing.) That said, so far my app is working very well (in fact, a little better than I expected!), and certainly makes my life much easier.
It doesn't use the Performance Tool, as it performs this function itself. And yes, it is a sampler, of sorts -- a sample player, with intelligent interpretation.
And yes, buffering is done on the fly, so there's no pre-loading of samples -- one thing it definitely IS is RAM-friendly!
I have two commissions that need to be done over the next month, or so, so I'll be pressed for time, but I'm also putting a strong push on getting it out into the world.
Windows is a problem primarily because the licencing for MaxMSP (the primary platform upon which the app is built) requires me to pay $1000 up front to even offer Windows support. Lame, but unavoidable. If it looks like there will be some demand, and I have some spare dough, I may thrown down for the licencing... we'll see.
As far as Herb and an announcement goes, I do remember quite a while ago that cm was quite supportive, and gave me the "okay" to post an announcement. Obviously, things are different now that the VIs are out...
Personally, I don't think they should really mind. I mean, it is going to be donate-ware (at least for now), and any money I make is pretty much going straight into Herb's pockets! (There's still a few thousand dollars worth of VSL I'm really dying to have!). (And yes, that DOES include a few Vienna Instruments!)
cheers,
J.