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Re: [exs] Oboe Sounds (was: guitar libraries)

2003-02-11 by Mark Hiskey

If you're not yet familiar with the Vienna Symphonic Library, I encourage
you to check out the info and, more importantly, the demos on their website:
http://www.vsl.co.at

A guaranteed learning experience... and soon to be EXS native, BTW.

-Mark
ILIO

On 2/10/03 8:20 PM, "Murray McDowall" <murraymc@...> wrote:

> Bill Canty wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> Probably the Vienna has a darker, Germanic sound
>> 
>> Ahhh, so that's the problem...?
>> 
>> 5 terebytes of perfect orchestral samples ruined by an oboe that doesn't
>> sound like what the rest of the world thinks an oboe should sound like! :-(
> 
> 
> Someone please correct me if I am mistaken but isn't the Vienna Sympony
> Orchestra a rather distinctive orchestra -- until recently all male and made
> up
> almost exclusively of players trained  in the tradition of that orchestra with
> rather specific ideas about tone etc -- not just for oboe but for strings etc?
> 
> If it is indeed the one I am thinking of this approach gives the orchestra a
> unique sound and that would be what was being marketed in this library.
> 
> Regards,
> Murray
> 
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