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    @lgrohn said:

    But my original claim was that it is not possible to choose e.g when the string instrument plays cis or dis. It should be freely selectable for all notes. That is not possible at the moment for any system, not even for VSL. That is the main reason that software instruments can't emulate string quartet playing. Articulation and style matters are, of course, also important but that was not my point this time.


    Noticed my mistake. Should have been "cis od des" ...
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    please define "cis od dis." I don't know that term!
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    cis od des!
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    @lgrohn said:

    But my original claim was that it is not possible to choose e.g when the string instrument plays cis or dis. It should be freely selectable for all notes. That is not possible at the moment for any system, not even for VSL. That is the main reason that software instruments can't emulate string quartet playing. Articulation and style matters are, of course, also important but that was not my point this time.


    Noticed my mistake. Should have been "cis od des" ...

    OK
    C sharp or D flat
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    @lgrohn said:

    OK
    C sharp or D flat


    Aha, Db the favorit key for tenor sax...

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    Interpreting the discussion I must decide, that Software Instruments seem not to be on the level needed for presenting string quartets properly. Pity ...
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    Well of course.

    The day that string samples or virtual instruments surpass the finest string quartets in the world will be a sad day indeed.

    Get real.

    Clark
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    Yes indeed. But at the moment software instruments can't properly even mock up string quartert because of the fatal flaw.

    The real string quartets do a lot of work for dedicing when to e.g. C sharp or D flat etc.

    You can't do freely the selection with the software instruments I know. There are microtunings etc. but they work only globally. In ideal case it should be possible to use sequencer's e.g. matrix representation for "tuning" string quartet sounds.
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    The day a calculator can play a string quartor, is the day I exchange my wife with a inflatable women!

    Well, it's very early in the morning, I excuse myself in advance for that one...

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    @Angelo Clematide said:

    The day a calculator can play a string quartor, is the day I exchange my wife with a inflatable women!

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    And I will do the other way round.
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    @mathis said:

    And I will do the other way round.


    Is that you on the beach in Denmark:

    http://joergklein.jo.ohost.de/images/1874_beachDK.jpg

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    @mathis said:

    And I will do the other way round.


    Is that you on the beach in Denmark:

    http://joergklein.jo.ohost.de/images/1874_beachDK.jpg

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    Angelo, that is funny, lol.

    Mathis,
    i didn't realise you were that old!

    [:P]
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    This little comix was probably the initial inspiration to "Einstein on the Beach"

    [:)]
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    @Angelo Clematide said:

    This little comix was probably the initial inspiration to "Einstein on the Beach"

    [:)]


    I think the altitude up there in beautiful Switzerland is doing you much good, with a sense of humour like that......

    Regards,

    Alex.

    [:P]
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    @mathis said:

    And I will do the other way round.


    Is that you on the beach in Denmark:

    http://joergklein.jo.ohost.de/images/1874_beachDK.jpg

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    HAHAHA [:D] You crack me up, Angelo!
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    @hermitage59 said:

    I think the altitude up there in beautiful Switzerland is doing you much good, with a sense of humour like that......


    Auf dem Berg - On the Mountain

    by Carlo Eduardo Lischetti (1946-2005)
    artist, painter, universal artist, old pal of mine.

    http://www.container-tv.ch/onmountain.htm

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    Angelo,
    I'd have to get the dictionary out and watch this a few times to understand what your friend is saying, but i get the drift, so to speak.

    The view behind him is spectacular... [:)]

    Regards,

    Alex.
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    @hermitage59 said:

    Angelo, I'd have to get the dictionary out and watch this a few times to understand what your friend is saying, but i get the drift, so to speak.


    No dictionary necessary! While you look into vast abysses of space and time... the abyss looks into you, or if you call into the forest, you will incur roaming charges not covered by your plan. I guess what Carlo wanted to express was: "The way you call into the forest, the way it will shout back at you" or "How you call into the forest, the echo will return", but since he is above the timber line (tree limit), he yells into the kettle and the kettle is replying.

    Carlo: The way I call into the kettle, the way it has to shout back at you
    Kettle: No never
    Carlo: I said, as I call into the kettle, it has to shout back at you!
    Kettle. I won't do that, forget it!

    etc. approx. the same lines repeating in variations till the end of the video.

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    @Another User said:

    Is that you on the beach in Denmark:

    http://joergklein.jo.ohost.de/images/1874_beachDK.jpg



    Thats me Angelo. He He Very funny. Thats not funny ! Some of us can't afford wives you know.

    Have you got your opus II yet ?
    Pro/Ed ?
    VI ?

    Maybe we can get VSL to throw in the doll with VI cube. That'll pump sales up.
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    @R.K. said:

    Thats me Angelo. He He Very funny. Thats not funny ! Some of us can't afford wives you know.

    Have you got your opus II yet ?
    Pro/Ed ?
    VI ?

    Maybe we can get VSL to throw in the doll with VI cube. That'll pump sales up.


    Robert,

    you, making vacation in Switzerland every year, I thought you must be a multi millionaire. Already planed that I show you the best restaurants next time they drop you off the plane with a parachute over Geneva with a coke bottle in your hand, if not so, you may find a women at the Lake of Zürich, who can afford to marry a composer and part time gigolo.......

    No, I haven't expanded my VSL library, still Opus I+II only. Of course I still use the older libraries like the Vitous, Siedlaczek, Ultimate Strings, and all the other creepy crap.

    Just realized I never used a Pipe Organ in one of my works, so I'm listen to the organ demos.

    Also ordered "Atsia - West African Dancing Drums" for the ballet "An Evening Without Angels", who has an african part in it.

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