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  4. Where is the Bass Recorder?
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    Instrument nomenclature is notoriously complicated and unreliable, depending on what source you reference.  However the comparison of distinctions between bass recorder vs. great bass to cello vs. contrabass is specious and disingenuous.  No composer in his right mind would ever substitute those strings for each other.  Not to argue it endlessly, however.  The recorder that was sampled is incredibly beautiful, in fact, I would rank it among the most beautiful of all VSL's sampled instruments, so I for one am glad they sampled that particular recorder.

    Nevertheless I appreciate your making the distinction. 
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    A question for the VSL employees: Are there any plans to release a bass recorder?
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    Hi andreas1, 

    A bass recorder is not planned in the near future. 

    Best, 
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    Hi Paul,

    there is also no planned piccolo ? There are some nice Vivaldi's concertos waiting for it ... 😉

    Best.

    Philippe.
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    Many thanks for your response. What a pity! Unfortunately because of that I can not simulate my quartet with Vienna Instruments. I have tried the Great Bass, but it doesn't sound good.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
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    Hi Philippe, 

    We are planning to record all the instruments we can get our hands on. It simply takes a lot of time to record and edit all of those instruments properly. 

    So right now, there is also no piccolo at the horizon. 

    And andreas1, I´m sorry that your quartet doesn´t sound like you want it to sound. Maybe it´s a good idea to hire a bass recorder player for that purpose?

    Best,
    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    This thread really irritates me.  This guy says the recorder ensemble is not good enough for him.

    I don't believe it for one second. HE is not good enough for it. 

    It is one of the most outstanding jobs of sampling yet done, far better than anything else sampled for recorders, and the fabulous player who did the recordings is an outstanding virtuoso that anyone using the library gets instant access to.   

    I should not post here anymore because I get too irritated, but I find it disgusting - the total lack of appreciation for the outstanding beauty of the various libraries here.   The recorder is a perfected example of the ultimate expertise in sampling that VSL has achieved.  To just blow it off the way this guy does is very disturbing. 
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    @andreas1 said:

    I have tried the Great Bass, but it doesn't sound good.
    Well, why don't you let us be the judge of that, if I may be so bold. I'd love to hear your recorder quartet realized with VSL. By all means, go ahead and post it :>)
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    @andreas1 said:

    I have tried the Great Bass, but it doesn't sound good.
    Well, why don't you let us be the judge of that, if I may be so bold. I'd love to hear your recorder quartet realized with VSL. By all means, go ahead and post it :>😉

     

    Out of context the phrase sounds different than intended:

    I mean: With the Great Bass my Quartet doesn’t sound good, because it’s the wrong instrument.
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    @Paul said:

    We are planning to record all the instruments we can get our hands on. It simply takes a lot of time to record and edit all of those instruments properly. 

    Great to hear!
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    @Paul said:

    And andreas1, I´m sorry that your quartet doesn´t sound like you want it to sound. Maybe it´s a good idea to hire a bass recorder player for that purpose?

    Thank you for the suggestion, but the effort for this is too large for the purpose.
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    I have no idea now why I responded to this thread - better just to work on some music with the great VSL samples.  I'll stick to that approach.