On 2 Aug 2005 at 14:17, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 02 Aug 2005, at 2:11 PM, dhbailey wrote: > > > I definitely hear the difference. I just don't see what all the > > fuss is about. Some of the GPO sounds are a bit better (strings) > > some are worse (trombone, piano) to my ears. > > You honestly like the SoundFont piano better than the GPO Steinway??? > > [boggle] > > Well, okay then. I'm perplexed as to how anyone could possibly feel > that way, but as they say on the internets, YMMV. But by every > objective technical measure (number of notes sampled, number of > dynamics sampled, quality of the instrument sampled, quality of the > recording, etc) the GPO piano is vastly superior.
Well, I wouldn't necessarily say that the Finale Soundfont piano is better, but it at least doesn't have the terrible tonal flatness of the GPO Steinway as I heard it in the demos. Of course, again, I'm accustomed to the piano sound of my soundcard, which is quite good for an older soundcard (though certainly much more limited in the number of samples used to produce it). It's like the objection to the GPO drum sample -- if you sample something that basically sounds wrong, it isn't really fixed by the flexibility and variety of samples. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
