"I feel offended that I can't express an opinion about the soprano sax patch"
I was frankly offended to, and it even aimed at me - and this is in spite of me having read the original post. [:)]. Here is why:
Regarding the Soprano Sax legatos - I am sure they are both useable, and that they were sampled purpously as they were. But fact remains that they are sampled differently than all other Performance Legatos I have own (30-50 something I guess). You can play beautiful passages with all other non-portamento Legato instruments, but you cant with the Soprano Sax - So the soprano Sax Performance Legato has to be used as a filler between regular samples also included in the liberary.
So I can understand why someone expecting the legatos to be "like the others" could be dissapointed. So, in my opinion I understand why you feel offended about that reply.
I do however understand why VSL get pissy about a rumor that they are directly unusable because of course its useable!- But there is no denying that it is used differently than other legato instruments - but then again its a different Instrument. So when I disagree wholeheartedly with the way Evanebber (or whatever his name was) approached this, I understand why he is baffled over the difference between soprano Sax and the other instruments.
Craig - Demo is great, but as julie says very slide heavy. And you must admit it wouldbe very hard not to make it slideheavy with the soprano sax, even using the non-portamento legato patch.
I was frankly offended to, and it even aimed at me - and this is in spite of me having read the original post. [:)]. Here is why:
Regarding the Soprano Sax legatos - I am sure they are both useable, and that they were sampled purpously as they were. But fact remains that they are sampled differently than all other Performance Legatos I have own (30-50 something I guess). You can play beautiful passages with all other non-portamento Legato instruments, but you cant with the Soprano Sax - So the soprano Sax Performance Legato has to be used as a filler between regular samples also included in the liberary.
So I can understand why someone expecting the legatos to be "like the others" could be dissapointed. So, in my opinion I understand why you feel offended about that reply.
I do however understand why VSL get pissy about a rumor that they are directly unusable because of course its useable!- But there is no denying that it is used differently than other legato instruments - but then again its a different Instrument. So when I disagree wholeheartedly with the way Evanebber (or whatever his name was) approached this, I understand why he is baffled over the difference between soprano Sax and the other instruments.
Craig - Demo is great, but as julie says very slide heavy. And you must admit it wouldbe very hard not to make it slideheavy with the soprano sax, even using the non-portamento legato patch.