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) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
