VSL sure does offer unique composing/orchestration capabilities. But here are a few ideas that I reckong the VSL guys (& girls) are probably thinking hard about.
As VSL's samples are so many, I think it would be a relatively straightfoward excercise for VSL to be able to provide/print off a full and accurate written score for each instrument.
This would sure help us in including the occasional "real" musician in our creations (how many of us know how to score properly - or at least without a serious risk of embarrasement!)
Also, I think VSL would be very capable of producing choral samples -and by using the same "performance" concept, be able to have a large selection of vowels etc, so real words lyrics can be sung.
Now here is an interesting example of what can be done - Yamaha are working on such an idea but for single voices - http://www.global.yamaha.com/ or http://www.global.yamaha.com/news/20030304b.html
look out for news of their Vocaloid product - the demos on their website are pretty impressive. You type in the words the sampled singer is to sing, and the words and artilculations are produced - sung!
But I believe VSL's abilities in the vocal arena would be more impressive as they are way ahead in many areas.
This is surely the age of the composer (who will be able to realise the "complete"performance! The future looks great, yet we must always recognise that the interaction/colaboration with other musicians is an essential component of our creative talents.
Now, if only VSL could make a perfect guitar to midi tool, that had perfect response!
Hmmm
As VSL's samples are so many, I think it would be a relatively straightfoward excercise for VSL to be able to provide/print off a full and accurate written score for each instrument.
This would sure help us in including the occasional "real" musician in our creations (how many of us know how to score properly - or at least without a serious risk of embarrasement!)
Also, I think VSL would be very capable of producing choral samples -and by using the same "performance" concept, be able to have a large selection of vowels etc, so real words lyrics can be sung.
Now here is an interesting example of what can be done - Yamaha are working on such an idea but for single voices - http://www.global.yamaha.com/ or http://www.global.yamaha.com/news/20030304b.html
look out for news of their Vocaloid product - the demos on their website are pretty impressive. You type in the words the sampled singer is to sing, and the words and artilculations are produced - sung!
But I believe VSL's abilities in the vocal arena would be more impressive as they are way ahead in many areas.
This is surely the age of the composer (who will be able to realise the "complete"performance! The future looks great, yet we must always recognise that the interaction/colaboration with other musicians is an essential component of our creative talents.
Now, if only VSL could make a perfect guitar to midi tool, that had perfect response!
Hmmm