Garritan
01-24-2003, 04:14 PM
We are pleased to announce our next guest in the series of GOS \"Meet the Artist\" Interviews: ERIC PERSING.
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It is an honor to have one of Northern Sound\'s most notable contributors as our guest.
Eric Persing is considered to be one of the top designers of sound libraries in the world and his libraries are among the very best. Eric has pioneered the development of Virtual Instruments and is a legend in the sampling community.
\"It is almost impossible to go a day without hearing the work of Eric Persing. The thousands of original sounds he has created are used constantly by top composers and musicians from all over the world.
Persing is the founder of Spectrasonics, a company specializing in developing World Class sampled sound libraries on CD-ROM since 1994. He has produced over 25 of the industry\'s top selling titles. Eric\'s ground breaking Distorted Reality series of sample libraries are the best selling and most widely used collections in the world. Spectrasonics samples are used on thousands of major film, television, record and multimedia productions.
In addition to being the Creative Director of Spectrasonics, Eric has been a consultant and the Chief Sound Designer for Roland Corporation Japan since 1984, creating the key sounds for many popular Roland synthesizers, samplers, CD-ROMs, expansion boards, etc.
As a studio musician, producer and composer/arranger in Los Angeles, he has also contributed to numerous Grammy award winning albums and Acadamy award winning film scores, working with an eclectic group of artists including Marcus Miller, Sergio Mendes, Luther Vandross, Quincy Jones, Danny Elfman, Herbie Hancock, Riverdance, James Newton-Howard, Eddie Jobson, Michel Columbier, Diana Ross, Arif Mardin, Mezzoforte, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Roby Duke, Deniece Williams, The Katinas, Larry Carlton, Sandi Patti, Hans Zimmer, Leonard Cohen, Adam Cohen, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Richard Souther, Randy Newman and Celine Dion, amongst many others.\"
We are now invitng questions for Eric from forum members. If you have any questions you would like to ask Eric about the sample libraries he has produced, the state of the art, projects he is working on, the future of sampling, about Virtual Instruments, the sampling business, or have any other questions; now is your opportunity to ask him. At the end of the questioning peroid, your questions will be presented to Eric and we will then post his response in interview form.
Please post your questions at the Northern Sounds GOS forum (\"http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=000439;p=1#000 004\"), or post them below, or email them to me at gary@garritan.com. Once we gather your questions, they will be presented to Eric for his response. We will then post his answers in interview form here.
I anticipate this is going to be a very interesting, informative and captivating interview. Thanks Eric for your willingness to do this interview.
And thank you all for your participation,
Let the questions begin!
Gary Garritan
http://www.gigastrings.com/images/ericpersing2.jpg
It is an honor to have one of Northern Sound\'s most notable contributors as our guest.
Eric Persing is considered to be one of the top designers of sound libraries in the world and his libraries are among the very best. Eric has pioneered the development of Virtual Instruments and is a legend in the sampling community.
\"It is almost impossible to go a day without hearing the work of Eric Persing. The thousands of original sounds he has created are used constantly by top composers and musicians from all over the world.
Persing is the founder of Spectrasonics, a company specializing in developing World Class sampled sound libraries on CD-ROM since 1994. He has produced over 25 of the industry\'s top selling titles. Eric\'s ground breaking Distorted Reality series of sample libraries are the best selling and most widely used collections in the world. Spectrasonics samples are used on thousands of major film, television, record and multimedia productions.
In addition to being the Creative Director of Spectrasonics, Eric has been a consultant and the Chief Sound Designer for Roland Corporation Japan since 1984, creating the key sounds for many popular Roland synthesizers, samplers, CD-ROMs, expansion boards, etc.
As a studio musician, producer and composer/arranger in Los Angeles, he has also contributed to numerous Grammy award winning albums and Acadamy award winning film scores, working with an eclectic group of artists including Marcus Miller, Sergio Mendes, Luther Vandross, Quincy Jones, Danny Elfman, Herbie Hancock, Riverdance, James Newton-Howard, Eddie Jobson, Michel Columbier, Diana Ross, Arif Mardin, Mezzoforte, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Roby Duke, Deniece Williams, The Katinas, Larry Carlton, Sandi Patti, Hans Zimmer, Leonard Cohen, Adam Cohen, Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Richard Souther, Randy Newman and Celine Dion, amongst many others.\"
We are now invitng questions for Eric from forum members. If you have any questions you would like to ask Eric about the sample libraries he has produced, the state of the art, projects he is working on, the future of sampling, about Virtual Instruments, the sampling business, or have any other questions; now is your opportunity to ask him. At the end of the questioning peroid, your questions will be presented to Eric and we will then post his response in interview form.
Please post your questions at the Northern Sounds GOS forum (\"http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=000439;p=1#000 004\"), or post them below, or email them to me at gary@garritan.com. Once we gather your questions, they will be presented to Eric for his response. We will then post his answers in interview form here.
I anticipate this is going to be a very interesting, informative and captivating interview. Thanks Eric for your willingness to do this interview.
And thank you all for your participation,
Let the questions begin!
Gary Garritan