14 Aug
2012
14 Aug
'12
2:31 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 08:05:16AM -0400, Brett McCoy wrote:
Especially when you are talking about orchestral
instruments, finding
the players who can perform all of the notes, articulations, different
levels for velocity layers, etc etc etc, is a daunting task.
Commercial sample library producers hire full orchestras and the
production is as elaborate and expensive as recording a film score
live. Musicians who are skilled enough to record samples cleanly and
accurately don't like working for free, either. You might find a small
community orchestra, but the playing skill levels vary with those, and
those orchestras typically will not perform for free either,
especially for the long hours it requires to record a sample library.
It's long hours and requires all involved to be concentrated
up to stress levels.
Two years ago I recorded something like 15 hours of single notes,
scratches, squeeks and whatever weird sounds that can be made on
a single violin or viola, to be used for an electro-acoustic
production.
The work was divided over three evenings with a week in between
each time. Present were the two players, the composer and me.
All completely exhausted each evening. But it was quite interesting.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)