On 15 Jul 2005, at 3:27 PM, dhbailey wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
What's better, a Finale+GPO rendition of a concert band work that
contains every concert band instrument except saxophones
(substituting clarinets or double-reeds on their parts, as I do now),
or a Sibelius rendition of the same work with no tuba, no piccolo, no
xylophone, and only eight instruments playing?
Neither is better in my estimation -- imagine sending a recording of a
work you want published or performed to a potential publisher or
director and having to explain that it's not actually a realistic
sound becaue those extra clarinet or bassoon sounds aren't really
extra clarinet or bassoon parts but are supposed to be saxes.
I have done exactly that, several times. Sure, it's less-than-ideal,
but *every* MIDI rendition is less-than-ideal in any number of ways.
It certainly hasn't been deal-breaker.
Now, imagine sending a recording of a work you want published or
performed to a potential publisher or director and having to explain
that due to software limitations, the recording only includes 8
simultaneous instruments!
- Darcy
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