Hi Raymond,
To clarify your comment a little, there is only one actual sampled
bass clarinet included in full GPO ("Bass Clarinet Solo"). The
"Player" instruments -- "Bass Clarinet Player 1, Player 2, and Player
3" -- are all what are called "derivative" instruments, which means
they are derived from a subset of the samples used in "Bass Clarinet
Solo." This is basically an inexpensive way (both in terms of system
resources and $$$) of stretching a single set of samples into three
instruments that are distinct enough to be used in 3-way unison
without phasing. But that explains why the solo instrument and the
three derivative instruments all have the same stupid range limitation.
I emphatically agree about the absurd Bass Trombone 1 range
limitation. There used to be a similar problem with Bassoon 1 vs.
Bassoon 2 (Bassoon 1 was incapable of playing the opening of the
"Rite") -- this was fixed in a GPO update, and I do hope there will
eventually be another GPO update that will fix the B.Tbn. and B.Cl.
issues as well.
My B.Cl. workaround (before I acquired JABB) to get the low Bb on
B.Cl. was to use a note in hidden playback-only layer with an
appropriate pitchwheel expression, plus another (hidden) expression
to reset the pitchwheel afterwards.
- Darcy
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On 31 Jul 2006, at 11:49 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
This is but one of many range peculularities in GPO. That one is
very odd, becaue there are four bass clarinet samples, and all have
the same low-range limit. Bass clarinets either stop at low Db or
Bb (concert pitch), never B.
Perhaps you could load a contrabass clar sample in another layer
for a substitute. Right now I am helping my son type out a double
bass concerto piano reduction, and I have to switch back and forth
from bass to cello samples for notes that exceed the upper range of
GPO's solo bass samples, if I want to hear it all.
My GPO range fave is still the bass trombones - "Solo Bass Trombone
2" is rough sounding, but has one of the widest ranges in the whole
set - high C down to double pedal Bb (lower than any of the tuba
samples); while "Solo Bass Trombone 1" is a quite nice sound that
ONLY GOES UP TO G (top space bass clef). Try finding a bass
trombone part anywhere with that limit.
We are discussing full GPO, right? (Not the reduced Fnale GPO,
which doesn't even have a bass trombone.)
Raymond Horton
David Froom wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone know why the GPO bass clarinet only goes down to C#
(sounding
B)? I thought any bass clarinet with a low-note extension would
go down to
C (sounding Bb).
David Froom
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