EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

on 5/10/04 9:57 PM, fictionmusic2000 at david@... wrote:

>> http://www.newmeyer.org/Glassy_Sea_GOS.mp3
>> 
>> 
> Beautiful stuff Don...nice writing, great textures...

Thanks!

>smart idea to 
> replace the cello with your own..it's probably my least favorite
> timbre.


Do you mean the sound of a cello or the way it's sampled in these libraries?

A cello section like that of the Phila. orchestra can be amazingly
beautiful. But I find that the cellos in both GOS and SISS, at least in the
lite versions, are too flat and lack vibrato, almost like those ensembles
that use ancient instruments. But then, as Gary Garritan wrote to me once,
if you're a cellist, you won't be satisfied with any sample library. I
haven't tried VSL, but I suspect it's not perfect either. Missing from the
SISS Mini library are the legato espressivo patches, which may be what I'm
looking for. Eventually I may upgrade to the full SISS and find out.

Don