On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 12:01 PM, timothy price wrote:
As I understand the technology, the downloaded samples
that you are listening to are probably not the same 32 bit sounds which are
generated by the instruments you are mentioning, especially with MP3
compression from the web.
Well yes, I understand that. These have been recorded to 16-bit, 44.1 KHz MP3s, in most cases with a 128 bps bitrate. But since I know what *real* pianos like when they have been recorded to 16-bit, 44.1 KHz MP3s with a 128 kps bitrate, I have some idea what kind of audio information tends to get lost in the translation, and what is preserved. This gives me at least some place to start. But if I hear a piano sample with bad, clumsy velocity switching in the MP3 demo, that problem is only going to be *more* annoying when I hear it live.
You are trying to by a diamond from a TV image.
Actually, I'm trying to narrow the possibilities. The vast majority of the piano samples I've heard are totally unacceptable, and I know there are going to be totally acceptable even if I went to hear them in person. So I won't waste my time doing that. But of course I'm planning on trying out the better sample libraries in person before I plunk down the cash.
- Darcy
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