Thanks David, Christopher.
Needless to say, I am not looking for the ideal thing. At today's stage of development there's no perfectly realistic rendition of instruments/voices. However, I am looking for a half decent rendition, that is, on the average. It is not necessary to sound like Heifetz or Kuhlenkampf or Morini or Oistrach or "even" Kreisler, just as a decent violin. Neither is it necessary to sound like Andre or Harry (Sweet) James or Margolis (the late solo trumpeter of the Leningrad Phil. who produced fantastic Skriabin solos) or Armstrong or Ted Buckner, just a decent trumpet, and so would go for most of the instruments.
What I am after is to save the rendition and, if decent, put it on a CD for demo and send it out to publishers. I am not that vain to consider them masterpieces. For that matter, I have no idea whether they're any good. But here my concerns are
production concerns and that's why I asked you guys about the software. Sibelius' demos are some good, some downright
awful (cellos and trumpet ensembles). You may counter me and then I'll reconsider my opinion.
The songs are some for one soprano and guitar, others contain 5 singers and 3 guitars who also play mandolin, and sometimes some light percussion and harpsichord. The genre falls between pop and light classical, and the style is
Spanish if one considers the characteristic harmonization and melody/scales structure.
So, what I'd need from Finale is to insert these instruments/voices into it in score form, than replay the songs, rewrite if I am not satisfied, then replay again and if satisfied, record. If the rendition is half decent realistic, and away from the MIDI sound, I'll be very satisfied.
I don't know whether the above exposition is clear. If not, please all of you let me know.
John.
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:32:12 -0400 dhbailey <
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> John T Sylvanis wrote:
> > Greetings all!
> >
> > My question is a very direct one:
> >
> > Finale is claiming that through Kontakt 2 the rendition of what
> is
> > written onto its staves is very "realistic". In other words,
> > a trumpet will sound like a trumpet, a violin like a violin and a
> soprano
> > or baritone voice like a real soprano or baritone.
> >
> > IS THIS THE CASE?
> >
>
> Yes that is the case.
>
> Do they sound like your ideal image of a trumpet, violin, etc? Only
> you
> can answer that.
>
> Do they sound mechanical at all? Yes.
>
> Are they cheaper than hiring musicians to be on standby for that
> perfect
> rendition of a newly created masterpiece? Definitely.
>
> There is no single, best-for-all, idea of what a trumpet should
> sound
> like -- Maurice Andre? Louis Armstrong? Jon Faddis? Miles Davis?
> Wynton Marsalis? Adolph Herseth?
>
> Same goes for violin -- which is the ideal tone -- Heifetz or
> Charlie
> Daniels or Stephane Grapelli or Joe Venuti or Ray Nance or Itzak
> Perlman?
>
> Some will love these sounds, some will hate them, some will use them
> for
> what they are to most users -- a reasonable representation of the
> instruments they purport to represent.
>
> Kontakt 2 does claim to do a better job, when linked with Finale
> Human
> Playback, at making the sounds seem more "human" but again that is
> open
> for debate as to what that really implies and what ideal it is to be
>
> compared against.
>
> Find a finale2007 user in your area and pay him/her for an hour of
> time
> to show you what it sounds like.
>
> --
> David H. Bailey
>
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