EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 04:22 PM 3/15/2005 +0100, you wrote:

>Well I thought there would be some kind of reaction to my email :)
>
>Anyway, I've a piano in front of me, and if you have one, just sit and try
>to play 16 levels of velocity! And I do not attack the developper, I just
>say somehting true!
>
>Ok lets demonstrate this. You are sampling 88 notes, with 16 level of
>velocity, 1 min each note (plus recording, stop, failed ones etc...) let's
>say 2 min. It is a total of  1408 min. And you have sampled the pedal as
>well? Ok 2816 minutes of pure recording! That means that you have spent 46
>hours in front of this piano, woooooow!

Knowing how long the developers work on this stuff, 46 hours is a minimum, 
and they would actually be happy if it took that short of time!

>About saying things publicaly, this is a list, and it is exactly the place
>where things like this must be discussed. Everyone can express his opinions,
>and each will have his own point of view.

Then you have to use the sort of language that communicates opinion. 
Statements like "All these piano[s] with 8 level[s] of velocity are [a] 
scam" may be your opinion, but that's really not how you worded it.

It's probably better communication to add an "I think" before that, because 
guess what: you may be wrong, which you were in SampleTekk's case, and in 
PMI's case - and Alta Vista's, and others.

BTW, the CP70 in Sonik Synth 2 is my CP70 (not a CP70B, mind you) which I 
sampled with - guess what - 8 velocities. When developers say they don't 
have a life, there's a reason for it - they're sitting in front of pianos 
all day. =) Just go to NAMM one year; you'll see how socially dysfunctional 
they are because of it. =)

A good dialog that could arise out of this could be "what's the usefulness 
of 8 or more velocities? Does it really make for a better piano? Is it 
really necessary? And why or why not?"

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User