Buggy Whips [was]Re: [sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[harrybissell]

LOL. Of course you would not use something with (presumably)
Windows (of any ilk) in a "mission critical" application.

But for this gig you have to bring your own piano... up to my coffeehouse.
You know the one, its that loft in the downtown area... third floor walk-up ?

(want to change your mind, just this once ?   :^)

H^) harry

hichakhok wrote:

> If on a gig i have a choice between my ti laptop with all the giga
> pianos and a bashed up yamaha £1000
> upright, the upright will win every time. For me the best sampled
> pianos are not even close to expressive power of cheap uprights.
>
> best
>
> leonm
>
> On 31 Dec 2004, at 23:33, harrybissell wrote:
>
> > a point that has not been adequately made... we are comparing samplers
> > to
> > the archetypical grand piano... in perfect condition and tune. Compare
> > them to
> > the (lets say) 'better than average' piano... (perhaps an upright?)
> > and we
> > would
> > have a more level playing field.
> >
> > Complaints about the velocity and touch are another problem. Again the
> > comparison
> > is between the BEST PIANO one has ever touched and a mass produced
> > Roland
> > or
> > Fatar.   Why not compare ten pianos (lets say) at random agains ten
> > synth
> > controllers.
> > I bet there is a lot more consistance in the synth controllers.  Like
> > it
> > better, or not is another
> > issue.
> >
> > The sampler will not ever (imho) match the top .05% of acoustic pianos.
> > It will give the
> > rest a real run for the money.
> >
> > thank GOD we are talking keyboards and not guitars.
> >
> > How many guitarists does it take to change a lightbulb ?
> >
> > FIFTY !!!
> >
> > one to change the bulb and forty-nine to lament how the "new bulb is
> > just
> > not the same
> > as the old bulb..."   :^P
> >
> > H^) harry
> >
> >