RPM 2010 deadline approaches!

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Tony Hardie-Bick wrote:

> Andrew Tarpinian wrote:
>> As in they sound unrealistic? I have just been grabbing in the dark  
>> at
>> this sample library trying to find the limits and what's appropriate.
>
> The woodwind and percussion sound (on a casual listen) much like the  
> real thing,
> but the strings are harshly bright. Not unlike a sound that real  
> orchestras
> sometimes go for. Possibly you're playing samples that were recorded  
> with the
> instruction "fff", so that subsequent use as samples could be  
> moderated by the
> use of slight filtering.

Yea, I think I just went overboard on'em. They are solo instrument  
patches so are a lot cleaner, thinner and brighter than the other  
instruments used (4 flutes patch, 6 French horns patch etc..) - also I  
think I was pushing them too much in velocity at points and in the mix.

As far as the "fff" you are talking about, if I am understanding you  
correctly EastWest handles that either in a certain patch version for  
each instrument, called Round Robin, or for patches that don't have  
that feature built in, there is a repetition button that varies  
parameters at random every note. All of the arpe'd stuff has  
repetition engaged but not sure about the string sounds, might be the  
portamento feature will have to check.

There is really a lot to play with in terms of getting full  
expressiveness and realism with all the different articulations and  
features, and then plain ol' velocity and mixing.