KVR Audio

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:02 pm

emdot_ambient wrote:
Mr. Tunes wrote:...film composers and classical folks are the ones it's marketed to...
...and who should already have access to a real grand piano and someone who can play it.

i already said above - it offers more flexibility. especially in film where musical cues get FU'd all the time.

spacefox · Post by **spacefox** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:28 pm

Actually, these are 4 distinct pianos , so around 60GB per piano - assuming they are all the same size). Also - they mentioned various mics, with at least 3 positions - so 20 GB per recording.
Still crazy though.

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:58 pm

i know all of this, my point was the fact that it comes on DVD's not on a hard drive

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:47 am

i think it's a cycle - like when stuff started shipping on dvd-roms i'm sure the people who didn't have the drives were annoyed. or the dongles, most of us have them by now but at first everyone was going crazy about how they take up usb ports.

Epiphany · Post by **Epiphany** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:46 pm

270 GB for chords that still sound like crap.

I'd wait for the 99999999999999 TB version with actual note interaction.

Message to library producers: give up.

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herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:29 pm

Mr. Tunes wrote:these products aren't meant for the average producer - film composers and classical folks are the ones it's marketed to. we can sit here and call it ridiculous all we want but at the end of the day it's not intended for us.

Film composers, yes.

But classical pianists, I assure you, don't use sampled pianos.

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herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:55 pm

shallow wrote:
herodotus wrote:
Mr. Tunes wrote:these products aren't meant for the average producer - film composers and classical folks are the ones it's marketed to. we can sit here and call it ridiculous all we want but at the end of the day it's not intended for us.
Film composers, yes.

But classical pianists, I assure you, don't use sampled pianos.
but classical guitarists might

Classical guitarists are the bastard sons of the classical world. They are only allowed to enter the party through the servant's entrance; if they are allowed entrance at all, that is.

Percussionists, on the other hand, are given places of honor (even though they aren't given much to do except sit around and wait for their cues).

It's a crazy world.

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Distorted_Mastermind · Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:52 pm

270 GB is insane, but something I haven't hear mentioned yet is the mobility. Sure a grand piano is nice and it can't get any more real than a real piano, but what about moving it each time you have a gig.....not very practical.

Pianists seem pretty picky about the sampled pianos they will use. I can see how a product like this will appeal more than film makers and classical composers.

The hard drive thing is a good idea, but do you expect them to set a new standard. I've yet to see anyone release a library on hard disk (doesn't mean it hasn't happened, I just haven't seen it). Maybe now that it has been brought up more people will consider that in the future.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:58 pm

Several sample libraries have been released on hard drives, though I couldn't name them just now. Saw the first one at least two years ago and I was probably behind the curve at that.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:31 pm

Distorted_Mastermind wrote:...but what about moving it each time you have a gig...

I find it hard to imagine that many gigging musicians will feel they need this level of detail. What kind of music are you talking about and what kind of venues? Pianists are picky about sampled sounds, but they're way more picky about piano interfaces. Which to me means they're way more likely to look for dedicated piano hardware keyboards than they are to buy a MIDI piano controller and laptop to gig with stuffed with over 1/4 a terrabyte of piano samples.

But I suppose there are all types out there.

is the world just crazy