Some questions for our "super" computers: Do these computer orchestras vibrate unison (I mean the string vibrato) ? Do the winds make feel the breath ? How about following the human nature of the singers ? Or how to adjust to a certain soloist personality ?
Forte is not to be measured in decibel nor is piano. How about the colours of the tone, the personal feeling ? How did the composer/soloists play/conduct their creations ? Absolutely the same way every time ? Hey ? This would be too simple, but right for the lazy minded: study once how to turn on the machine (push the button to ON position) & reproduce it like a puppet. How boring the world would be then ? Very simple, buy the device, buy the CD-ROM, buy the machine, let the machine do the job, perhaps also programmed to find the way to the job by itself, so you can sit down at home & enjoy TV & food & die quickly because of cholesterol accumulation in the whole body including the brain. Hallelujah ============================================================ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 3:16 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Sonata in D Major by George Fredric Handel (trio for2clarinets and horn.) In a message dated 1/18/2004 7:00:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >RE: Ouverture in D Major by George Fredric Handel (trio for 2clarinets > and >horn.) ....... I was wondering where I could find recordings of > >this piece so we can get a better picture of the style of this piece. > > > I own 2 recordings. The 1949 Parlophone with Dennis Brain has been > reissued on a Japanese CD "A Resurrection of Dennis Brain". I'm not > sure if it is available in the USA but it may still be > available on line > from Paxman in London. Make your own. My son just got back from the NAMM show in LA. They are demonstrating a sampler where they sampled every possible skill of all the musicians from, he recalls, a Viennese orchestra, including legato playing of every possible interval, many dynamic ranges, and several attacks for each note randomized into the mix by the computer. My son does a lot of sampling and mixing, and says the only thing they could do to improve the realism is to throw in a few clams. It takes two hard discs to hold it all, but only costs $5000. So far, it's only available for classical orchestra, but in another demonstration they had a 'groove sequencer', which can not only put the sampled mix in the groove, but gives several different grooves to choose from and the ability to micro adjust each element by percentages until it sounds just right. This should just about do it for any musicians not playing live or relying on royalties and residuals from recordings for a good part of their income. This should do to professional musicians what the introduction of CAD did to the professional draftsman. I suppose we'll be seeing VR orchestras and conductors with laser pens, so they can just shut off the orchestra when they're done with it. Since all composers now use notation computers, I guess we should all be glad that we can finally hear the music just the way they intended, without all the expensive, prima-donna interlopers and unions sticking their greedy hand in for a piece of the pie. CD prices should plummet, don't you think? _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
