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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/06 16:36:20
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Hi Terry, Check out the samples; http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/DimensionPro/ Just a note on strings, not trying to teach you to suck eggs or anything, but strings will only sound authentic if you arrange them realistically: playing block chords on a keyboard with a realistic violin sound for example will sound unmistakeably like a synth.... It's all in the detail with strings - legato, attack, velocity, counter melodies, overlapping lines, postioning in the stereo field...tricky stuff. Have a listen to Andy Riggle or Randy Bowser's work for examples of how to do it convincingly.
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lawapa
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/06 20:25:48
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This is also true for a lot of instruments. Not just strings. How real a sample set sounds has much to do with how it's sequenced. This of course is the tricky part. Knowledge of a particular instrument helps a lot but you don't have to be proficient on a instrument to understand this but it does help you. I love the dpro soundset/instrument. It's my go to synth for real sounds.
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/07 08:08:35
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Just wanted to agree on two points:
1) Dim Pro is a very useful instrument - my first choice every time (my default template comprises a few instances of it, just to get me going!)
2) SO much depends on how you play, as jamesg and lawapa say. If you have some basic understanding of how an instrument works, you can avoid playing strings as you would a piano, you can make guitar picking realistic by using the notes that are in the basic chord shapes, etc.
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stratcat33511
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/07 14:09:46
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it's my #1 goto synth I use anywhere from 2-5 instances of DImPro On any given Rock Pop song that I play/write and record
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groveendroad
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/13 22:08:11
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I Have instrument that come with sonar 5. It it better then those or the same?
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dougsyo
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/13 22:33:26
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ORIGINAL: groveendroad
I Have instrument that come with sonar 5. It it better then those or the same?
Nothing anywhere close to DimPro ever came with Sonar 5. The closest was Dimension that came with P5V2. Doug
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lawapa
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/14 00:01:04
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The SFZplayer that came with sonar is the little brother to Dimension and Pro.
Cool player but no real competition to big daddy. Dpro and Dimension read only the sfz format but the sfz player can load soundfonts.
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Nick P
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/15 02:53:04
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It be soundin' so good that stratcat33511 is going to replace his avatar with a new picture of himself smiling.
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groveendroad
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/15 09:57:33
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(in reply to groveendroad) I don't like the piano sounds in the sonar 5 Cakewalk TTS-1. in the past I have not been happy with any cakewalk Softsynth. Is Dim any better?
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/15 10:13:26
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DimPro is IMHO - I am not a professional pianoplayer - so much better, it's not even fair. To be honest, I find the saxophones as they come in DimPro not as 'convincing' as the piano's even, you'd have to really use those well in your mix to fool anyone with a really critical ear - but the grand piano's could fool me 'naked' , I figure. There's demo's though, I thought?
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/15 11:15:40
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the TTS is more of a general midi style synth. DimPro knocks the sox off it (as would just about any other modern softsampler). An order of magnitude better. I guess Tori Amos wouldn't be happy, but she lives in her recording studio, so .... But for a sampler, it sounds pretty natural.
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/15 16:42:50
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It be soundin' so good that stratcat33511 is going to replace his avatar with a new picture of himself smiling.
When it works for me that is ....... I think I have the work around
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whitefalcon
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RE: How good Dimension Pro sound?
2007/05/16 00:49:59
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I like the strings in Dimension, especially the variety of violin parts... I was comparing the pianos in Dimension with the True Pianos Plug in. Its on sale right now so I am deciding wether I have what I need in Dimension or should I add in another piano? I compared Rapture, Dimesion Pro and True Pianos as well as 4Front Piano. 4Front Piano is a free Vsti, you should get it. It has a bright on the surface sound not much depth to it but it is good if you are processor busy in a mix. I have to admit that True Pianos does have a very full sound to it. You can download the demo and try it for 40 days to see what you think. It does not use as much processor as Ivory or The Grand 2. I also tried an experiment where I played Dimension Grand and 4Front at the same time. That was an interesting sound. I am trying to find a bank Alien Pianos, now with all the new banks in Rapture I cant remember where it is... Ahhhh What a pain searching through all the banks trying to find it. So If I were you I would get the demos and compare for yourself. It really depends on how important factors like Ambience and resonance and clarity and overall tone and editability of sound are to you. Dimension is great but its not easy to edit. What do you think?
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