Maartin, SAM TRUMPETS - Any idea when??

[Maarten Spruijt]

Hey Colin,

We expect SAM Trumpets to be finished by the end of August. That\'s as accurate a release date as we can give you now.

As for the true legato. Of course it\'s not as easy as just \"incorporating the tool\". You need to have all the intervals sampled to begin with. If you want it to work completely sample-based. Who knows... images/icons/smile.gif

Uhm... and it\'s \"Maarten\". images/icons/wink.gif

Maarten

[scores4film]

Maartin,

I\'m looking forward to your trumpets. I really like the sound of the preview samples on your site. Any general estimate as to when they will be available?

One other question for you. Have you ever discussed with Herb the possibility of partnering with Vienna somehow- incorporating the Vienna perf tool into your library? What I would give to have p leg samples with the SAM hall sound. I like VSL trumpets, but much prefer the warm reasonance of a trumpet in a large hall.

Thanks,

Colin

[Adrian H]

Hi Maarten,

I\'ve just been listening to the Sneak Previews of the trumpets and they are sounding good.

I have one question, however, will you be doing a straight mute aswell as cup and harmon as this is the most used orchestral mute? (In fact there are both metal and fibre straights, but the metal would be most useful.)

Many thanks for some great products,

Adrian

[Anders00]

Maarten, can\'t wait for those trumpets!!

-Matt

[Nhick Ramiro Pacis]

Can hardly wait too! I am a SAM fan now!

Nhick (\"http://www.mp3.com/npacis\")

[Eric G]

Here\'s seconding the motion for straight mutes! I\'m surprised by this common omission in brass libs.

Looking forward to the trumpets!

--Eric

[Hudson]

And here\'s a third vote for the mutes.
-Hudson

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Eric G:
[QB] Here\'s seconding the motion for straight mutes! I\'m surprised by this common omission in brass libs.

[Maarten Spruijt]

Hello all,

Thanks for the kind words.

The site info about mutes wasn\'t correct, we did do straights. So there will be:

- Straight mute long note, crescendo, staccato
- Harmon mute long note, crescendo, staccato

Two totally different sounding mutes. I\'m sure that will please all of you. images/icons/smile.gif

Best,

Maarten

[Eric G]

Originally posted by Maarten Spruijt:
Hello all,

Thanks for the kind words.

The site info about mutes wasn\'t correct, we did do straights. So there will be:

- Straight mute long note, crescendo, staccato
- Harmon mute long note, crescendo, staccato

Two totally different sounding mutes. I\'m sure that will please all of you. images/icons/smile.gif

Best,

Maarten <font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">Wooooooo!! Consider this post evidence of frothing at the mouth.

Frothfully,
--Eric

[Adrian H]

Thats great news Maarten.

Now all we need is the full SAM Brass Band release with Tenor Horns, Flugels, Baritones, Euphoniums, Cornets and Bb & Eb Basses!

[folk prophet]

Originally posted by Adrian H:
Thats great news Maarten.

Now all we need is the full SAM Brass Band release with Tenor Horns, Flugels, Baritones, Euphoniums, Cornets and Bb & Eb Basses! <font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">Don\'t forget the piccolo trumpet. images/icons/smile.gif

Actually, I\'m hoping that after tmpts they\'ll go for winds next. Not that there aren\'t some fairly decent winds out there. But I suspect projectsam would make other wind libraries look pretty shoddy. (Not that I\'m totally familiar with all the wind libraries out there either...so if you happen to have a really great wind library, no offense intended. In fact, let me know because I\'m always on the look out.)

[Aenigma]

RE: Intervals

I was under the impression that on the trumpet section you WERE doing all intervals from m2 to octave, up and down (sampled chromatically, I am assuming). And that the solo trumpet would have a slightly limited set of those intervals. (Oh how I wish you were doing them all!)

Beyond that, anyone who has the samples could theoretically \"map\" them to work with the Vienna tools, or any other interval/slur tool that comes along that uses the same basic concept, which has been posted by myself and others on this forum several times.

I (and surely others) also have found a way to map full slurred intervals, m2 to octave, up and down, that doesn\'t require any extra \"tool\", that is still quite functional even in realtime playing. Something I\'m happy to share with anyone, along with my ideas for taking interval samples even further. It should be quite obvious to anyone who has heard the Vienna demos, that intervals are a huge leap forward in realism. It really makes me excited to see other libraries going to the HUGE and time consuming efforts of recording intervals. It\'s quite worth it in the end.

I had planned to make my own commercial library, but I just don\'t have the means or capitol right now to do anything more than a few instruments for my own use.

Back on topic now, the trumpet demos sound fantastic and I plan to pounce on it as soon as you\'ll accept my money.