MDesigner
11-18-2002, 08:28 PM
OK. I\'ve thought about this a bit. And I\'m sure everyone else on this forum has come up with this too.. but here goes
It would be great if sample library authors would put more efforts into both the demo, and the list of instruments. The problem with demos now is this: they usually (not always, mind you) showcase only a few instruments by themselves, then at the end there\'s some funky musical piece using some or all of the instruments.
Well, the problem here is that not all the instruments had their little solo routine. If I\'m going to pay $600, you can bet I want to hear every single instrument in the sample library. Let\'s take QL Rare Instruments for example. The demo is pretty good, but since I may not know what an alpen horn or a sarangi sound like, I won\'t know it when I hear it in the demo (if it\'s in the demo). At least it would be easier to figure it out if each instrument were played by itself only.
The second problem I have with these sites is when they fail to list ALL instruments, or do not list the breakdown of each instrument (articulations, etc.). Yes, it\'s a lot of text, but as I said above, when people are shelling out $300, $400, $800 for samples, and there is no try-before-you-buy (that I know of), we should be able to preview as much as possible. It would be great to see a list of samples within the instrument.. for example, taking QL Rare Instruments as an example again, instead of just saying \"TABLAS\" (.com), it would nice to see what we would see if we expanded the instrument in GigaStudio, and get a list like:
- Tablas
Bols (C1-A1)
KEY rhythm
or for bagpipes:
- Bagpipes
Drone
MW Chanter Reed
LAY Drone/Chanter
So what do you all think? Or am I just being whiny again? images/icons/smile.gif I\'d just like to see the next big library do all this stuff.. so we can REALLY preview a library well. SAM Horns was a good example. Didn\'t have too much in the way of a list of samples, but the demo rocked. There was a guy narrating and going through all the different things you could do with SAM Horns. That\'s the way a demo should be.
Your thoughts on this?
It would be great if sample library authors would put more efforts into both the demo, and the list of instruments. The problem with demos now is this: they usually (not always, mind you) showcase only a few instruments by themselves, then at the end there\'s some funky musical piece using some or all of the instruments.
Well, the problem here is that not all the instruments had their little solo routine. If I\'m going to pay $600, you can bet I want to hear every single instrument in the sample library. Let\'s take QL Rare Instruments for example. The demo is pretty good, but since I may not know what an alpen horn or a sarangi sound like, I won\'t know it when I hear it in the demo (if it\'s in the demo). At least it would be easier to figure it out if each instrument were played by itself only.
The second problem I have with these sites is when they fail to list ALL instruments, or do not list the breakdown of each instrument (articulations, etc.). Yes, it\'s a lot of text, but as I said above, when people are shelling out $300, $400, $800 for samples, and there is no try-before-you-buy (that I know of), we should be able to preview as much as possible. It would be great to see a list of samples within the instrument.. for example, taking QL Rare Instruments as an example again, instead of just saying \"TABLAS\" (.com), it would nice to see what we would see if we expanded the instrument in GigaStudio, and get a list like:
- Tablas
Bols (C1-A1)
KEY rhythm
or for bagpipes:
- Bagpipes
Drone
MW Chanter Reed
LAY Drone/Chanter
So what do you all think? Or am I just being whiny again? images/icons/smile.gif I\'d just like to see the next big library do all this stuff.. so we can REALLY preview a library well. SAM Horns was a good example. Didn\'t have too much in the way of a list of samples, but the demo rocked. There was a guy narrating and going through all the different things you could do with SAM Horns. That\'s the way a demo should be.
Your thoughts on this?