dr.hash
Ok i started in the instrument forum and no response. I am at the moment for my masters degree trying to replicate the track Strawberry Fields by The Beatles. The problem is the cello, its 99.9% there but how do i emulate the bowing, that is when you play two notes that are the same, one note is bowed forward and one is bowed back. The samples included with dimesnsion pro are all good but this is the only thing i cannot emulate. Do i need the expansion pack or am i missing somthing. Please help its driving me insane. The track is sounding thunderous and i think lennon would have approved just got to fix these damm cello notes.
This is why people spend thousands of dollars to get a sample library. The VSL orchestral cube, for example, which I use, costs upwards of $7000. It's not just the sheer number of samples (the solo violin alone has somewhere around 25-40,000 samples) but the quality of recording as well. Besides having a fine library, you have to have midi sequencing techniques that are focused on phrase-shaping. MIDI makes things possible, it doesn't make things easy. There's still a lot of work to do in order to get a natural, organic, musical sound out of sampled instruments. If this is all too much trouble and/or expense, hire a cellist...
JG
www.jerrygerber.com