"There is no argument between the quality and artistry of a great soloist's or ensemble's rendition of a quality work, to that of the greatest programmer's with the best samples and technology on the planet." -Errikos
I don't care. I am only interested in the composer's point of view. I don't care about whether a performer is fully represented or not. If he feels underepresented then he can contact his congressman.
"Orchestras on the other hand, they do mutate and evolve but in a different way. In fact, there are many music critics that prefer the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics of old to today's. It's not worth getting into that huge discussion here, but what I am proposing is that those orchestras will sound - comparatiely to samples - pretty much the same thirty years from now, as they did thirty years ago (comparatively!)." -Errikos
Again, it doesn't matter. Because I am talking about pure expression of musical ideas divorced from any performer's variance, or ensembles evolution, etc. etc. That is all fine, but has nothing to do with me as a composer unless I am a sycophant of orchestra music directors.
It is far more purely represented in the fundamental recording of musical tones that a composer can use, totally separate from the mind of any performer.
"It is my contention that composers of that time will still prefer, not just the NY Phils and the Concertgebouws, but any professional ensemble that will put the requisite amount of time and effort in the performance of their works, than their computer simulations, even with all the anticipated improvements thrown in." _Errikos
And you are wrong in that contention because of the simple fact that if an artist creates an idea, he wants to control the realization of that idea. Not cede it to someone else. Including the great performers who strut around arrogantly in front of their adoring audiences.
Your argument is premised upon the concept that music is ALWAYS collaboration. One doesn't need a collaboration to create musical ideas - they are there, right there, without the blessing of any performer. So what I am saying is the composer is not the inferior of performers and dependent upon them. And the kind of work that VSL has done actually realizes that.