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Subject: What makes a tron sound like nothing else

From: kinchmusic@...
Date: 2006-06-29

I've been thinking more about the tuning issues raised by Martin, and fully agree that the seriously out of tune notes should be pulled back into line. However, the one sound I would not want to have tuned is the mk2 violins as I think it's their slightly "out of tuneness" that makes this particular tron sound so distinctive. Put them perfectly in tune and it becomes just like any string sampler.
I therefore advocate fixing the real bad ones but leaving those slightly dodgy notes alone....If you have think about whether a note needs fixing, then it probably doesn't.
Andy K