Greetings all,
I am relatively new to the world of the virtual orchestra and have spent the last year or so coming up to speed using Halion Strings and Garritan Personal Orchestra. Both of these products are good but, of course, do not cover the breadth and depth that the VSL products appear to.
I am considering purchasing the Opus 1 set but I am confused by a few things. In particular:
1. There will be a Halion version of Opus 1, correct? If that is the case, then how will the Performance Tool interface with it? I have Halion 2.0 and use it primarily for perc. but it is not clear to me how I would interface it with the Performance Tool.
2. I've seen a lot of discussion on this forum regarding the "construction" of mod-wheel crossfade programs. Is this not the default behavior for the Opus 1 programs? (It is for Halion Strings and GPO). Using the mod wheel to control volume seems logical and musical to me - if the programs are only controlled via velocity, then how do you do crescendo/decrescendo over sustained notes? Maybe this question is more about my lack of knowledge about how to program a sampler.
3. I find that I really like the Halion Strings and I think it might have to do with the fact that the samples are 24 bit. Will there ever be a 24 bit equivalent to Opus 1 (i.e. same general number and type of samples and same price point)?
Thanks in advance,
rgames
I am relatively new to the world of the virtual orchestra and have spent the last year or so coming up to speed using Halion Strings and Garritan Personal Orchestra. Both of these products are good but, of course, do not cover the breadth and depth that the VSL products appear to.
I am considering purchasing the Opus 1 set but I am confused by a few things. In particular:
1. There will be a Halion version of Opus 1, correct? If that is the case, then how will the Performance Tool interface with it? I have Halion 2.0 and use it primarily for perc. but it is not clear to me how I would interface it with the Performance Tool.
2. I've seen a lot of discussion on this forum regarding the "construction" of mod-wheel crossfade programs. Is this not the default behavior for the Opus 1 programs? (It is for Halion Strings and GPO). Using the mod wheel to control volume seems logical and musical to me - if the programs are only controlled via velocity, then how do you do crescendo/decrescendo over sustained notes? Maybe this question is more about my lack of knowledge about how to program a sampler.
3. I find that I really like the Halion Strings and I think it might have to do with the fact that the samples are 24 bit. Will there ever be a 24 bit equivalent to Opus 1 (i.e. same general number and type of samples and same price point)?
Thanks in advance,
rgames