I second that, especially in the percussion folder
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I am not replying to the previous entry here, I am just taking off where I left last time, where I believe I was the only one suggesting amidst discussions of Alpine horns and african harps and what-have-you (which I would also love to have - the more the merrier...) the creation of a DVD dedicated solely to choirs with words (shared with a couple of other composers here), but more importantly, solo vocalists with words, and as many dynamic ranges and articulations as possible. Well, a different company which won't be mentioned here for propriety purposes (but who everyone knows which is meant) has already started the proverbial ball rolling on just that! William, you can judge the results for yourself (as everyone else can), and even if you think they are dubious, there are four points to be made:
a) It is only the relative beginning of that development;
b) if we compare the rest of that company's products to date to those of the VSL we can only assume that the latter company's excursion into the human solo voice would a priori be expected to come out superior;
c) that a company's products are only as good as the end user's technical abilities (something easily proven by listening to different composers' demos here), therefore seemingly "dull" samples can be magically transformed by engineer expertise, and that
d) knowing that we are not getting Callas exactly, how great for those of us who are still interested in genres such as lied, opera, cantata, oratorio, mass, musical-theatre, would it be to be able to create mock-ups for potential performances, or as good approximations to the real thing as those of say Temple, Bacos, and Bacal, to name three of the many talented individuals here who pave the way...
How about it Herb?
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