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    well, yeah. Sorry cm about the I guess negativity of the post. I don't want to sound negative. I just want the best for VSL. I'm tired and it's late, so I'm sure I wasn't very diplomatic. But thanks for the welcome back.

    I'll catch up with you soon. Been very busy with things, otherwise I'd be hanging out on the boards ... you know it!

    [;)]

    Evan Evans
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    @R.K. said:

    First thought is that, then one listens closer and compares to a real player and finds the new player out plays a real human for energy and stamina and feel, therefore out plays a real human with the in between bars of synth sounding that needs to be EQed by automation. Requires more automated mixing, more work, so whats new ?

    Thats just my opinion. Not trying to stick up for anyone.
    yeah that's cool RK. I am an excellent producer/conductor and also could tweak these to sound better. There are many suggestions that could help. Maybe it's too late though, it would seem so.

    Evan Evans
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    @evanevans said:

    Sorry to be so negative after not having posted here for ages ... but I have to tell you that that the demos created sound:
    insensitive,
    plain,
    synthetic,
    incorrectly mixed,
    and
    inconsistent with natural playing tendancies.

    Everything else is fine. Generally they are hard to listen to ... make one feel uneasy. They don't feel conducted as much as they feel constructed.

    This report in no way voices my opinion of the actual Vienna Instruments themselves, which I think are fantastic, revolutionary, and well worth the wait.

    I hope this post finds it's way to those who can make a difference, as I do believe these demos are doing a disservice to the growth of VSL.

    Evan Evans


    [*-)]: [*-)]: I was just listening to the strings and was very pleased. must be
    some mud in my ears from the mudslides here on the east coast!
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    Maybe your just as excellent a producer/conductor as Evan? [8-)]
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    What does "falttering" mean, I am unfamiliar with this musical term, is it English?

    Dave Hage
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    @dfhage said:

    What does "falttering" mean, I am unfamiliar with this musical term, is it English?

    Dave Hage

    I think that Evan was just tripping over his fingers in the rush to criticise. I am also an excellent Producer and Conductor, much more excellenter than Evan, and I think that some of the demos sound very good [8-)]

    DG
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    popcorn, chips, coca cola anyone? [:P]
    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
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    ? who's the excellentest producerconductor with the mostest excellentness here? .....probably all of us are smarter than the average bear [8-)] [[;)]]

    yeah, evan's back....now I know why it seemed so QUIET lately

    Love you guys [H]

    Nigel
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    @Nigel Watson said:

    ? who's the excellentest producerconductor with the mostest excellentness here? .....probably all of us are smarter than the average bear [8-)] [[;)]]

    yeah, evan's back....now I know why it seemed so QUIET lately

    Love you guys [H]

    Nigel

    And the bestest, mostest modestest, with the smallest ego....?

    DG
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    [/quote]yeah that's cool RK. I am an excellent producer/conductor and also could tweak these to sound better. There are many suggestions that could help. Maybe it's too late though, it would seem so.

    Evan Evans[/quote]


    Wow.. just.. wow.
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    Personally speaking I am by far the best music copyist in my street [:D] and I had to have the doors widened in my house just to get my head through!

    Dave Hage

    PS Rule number is, don't take anybody seriously who quotes themselves.
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    @cm said:

    popcorn, chips, coca cola anyone? [:P]


    Yeah, I'll take some of that. What's the VIP discount for it? [[;)]]
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    @cm said:

    popcorn, chips, coca cola anyone? [[:P]]

    Yeah, I'll take some of that. What's the VIP discount for it? [[;)]]
    no VIP price, no discount - it's an initial release [[:P]]
    and remember: only a CRAY can run an endless loop in just three seconds.
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    I'm an excellent, absolutely the best door ring player in southern Europe.

    Anyone interested?

    knock-knock...

    [6]
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    @evanevans said:

    yeah that's cool RK. I am an excellent producer/conductor and also could tweak these to sound better. There are many suggestions that could help. Maybe it's too late though, it would seem so.

    Evan Evans

    Fortunatly it's too late and it's so better like that

    Laurent Levesque
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    @cm said:

    popcorn, chips, coca cola anyone? [[:P]]

    Yeah, I'll take some of that. What's the VIP discount for it? [[;)]]
    no VIP price, no discount - it's an initial release [[:P]]

    Yeah right...the poor Users are stuck with unpaid beta-testing again [6]

    Nigel
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    @Chinablu said:

    I'm an excellent, absolutely the best door ring player in southern Europe.

    Anyone interested?

    knock-knock...

    [6]


    who's there?

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    @dfhage said:

    What does "falttering" mean, I am unfamiliar with this musical term, is it English?Dave Hage


    No, not English. It's what linguists refer to as a different language. Which is what Evan speaks generally.
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    What does "falttering" mean, I am unfamiliar with this musical term, is it English?Dave Hage

    No, not English. It's what linguists refer to as a different language. Which is what Evan speaks generally.

    A very cunning linguist!

    My guess is that Evan meant to say "Flattering" but that's not a word he's accustomed to using much. [[;)]]

    Regards - Colin
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    Evan's back. Always entertaining + interesting at the same time.

    In a sense I actually agree with part of his statement.

    When listening to all the individual phrase demos I thought to myself "Compared to some great VSL things I've heard, it feels a little rigid..."
    I didn't feel the need to analyse in more detail though...

    I have the Strings & chamber Strings VI and I really like them.