EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Andy Hardwake [mailto:digitalmechanics@...] 
>Also, I had played piano for quarter century 
>before I switched to electronic music, and I have totally given up 
>the idea of playing, say, Chopin on a sampler, even with the best of 
>the best sample library, cause it will never sound as good as the 
>real thing no matter how much RAM or how many velocity layers or 
>whatever else it may use, 

I still have hope :-) but I think the solution will be brought by some
plug, like Virtual Guitarist, clever programming with synthesis and
samples, some randomizing, all in one black box. They need to
incorporate things like half sustain/damper techniques (a la Bartok),
una corda and sostenuto pedal.  Then we may start to think about playing
the proper piano repertoire.

Herbert Boland
herbert@...
www.zepmusic.com