Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Tyler Turner schrieb:
Sections
strings are solid, but I'm not sure about how well the
solo strings can stand on their own or in small
ensembles (string quartets, etc.).
Not to take anyone's illusions away, but I have just been trying to make
the full GPO imitate a string quartet. To be honest, the only instrument
that is sort of acceptable is the cello, in some registers at least.
None of the violins sound remotely like solo violins to my ear, although
the best one seems to be the Guaneri.
I'd currently say that it is not possible to get a realistic solo violin
sound out of GPO. But I am a violinist, so my standards are high.
In a way I am kind of glad this is the case...
Johannes
This is often referred to on midi windcontroller lists I subscribe to
and other midi-based music groups as Home-Instrument-Bias (or HIB) where
none of us are satisfied with electronic versions of the acoustic
instrument we play ourselves, even though we often are pleased with
electronic versions of other instruments.
I am a trumpet player, and I have never (to my knowledge) heard an
electronic trumpet patch that I am satisfied with, and my wife is a
violinist (thus I hear good violin sounds all the time) and so I have
never heard an electronic violin patch which comes close to an acoustic
violin.
But I have to remind myself that I'm ever only dealing with midi modules
and soft-synth sounds which cost under $1000. Perhaps if I were to
upgrade my computer-music studio to include something like the East-West
sample set I might begin to change my mind, and were I ever able to
invest $10K or $20K in a true studio setup, I might well find sounds I
am satisfied with.
But at the level I work at, I'm still searching. Even ensemble string
sounds are unsatisfying if you've ever stood up in front of a human
orchestra as conductor. Well, let me qualify that -- the sounds are
unsatisfying, even if not having to deal with all the egos and attitude
problems often present in human orchestras makes working at my computer
that much more enjoyable! ;-)
--
David H. Bailey
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