EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

This is true for just about *any* string instrument. Is there anyone 
from VSL out there on this list? I'm really curious to know how you 
guys at VSL deal with this issue. Do you see any solution/workaround? 
Thanks in advance for any comments and I hope I'm not asking for any 
of your trade secrets.

Best,

Andy

>At 3:10 PM +0200 4/21/04, Sascha Franck wrote:

>there's one very critical thing that you will perhaps never get out
>of a sampled piano library.
>The whole piano itself will resonate, no matter which piano it is, no matter
>which note you will play. Of course, these resonating things (be it the
>metal frame or the wood) might get recorded along with the samples as well,
>but obviously that's not the same. It might work for one note, but just
>imagine what would happen if you'd play a bunch of notes - on a real piano
>the resonating sounds won't exactly add to each other, they would eventually
>(no, most likely) influence each other, due to their overtone structures and
>the way the frame, wood and so on would react to this.
>The whole thing must even become worse as soon as the sustain pedal is used.
>Obviously, a whole lot more strings (maybe even all) will ring along in one
>way or the other.
>IMO you can't recreate such things with samples too well - but they might be
>a pretty much important part of piano sounds in general.
>
>I don't remember whom it was, but when people were trying to get a real
>"boomy" guitar sound, they tried placing their amp pretty close to a grand
>with the sustain pedal pressed, just to have all those notes ringing along -
>now, try this with a sampled piano ;o)
>Of course I'm not 100% serious on this, but if you think about it, this is a
pretty much important part of a piano sound as well.
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