Quantum Leap Pianos that is. Last week I took advantage of the two for the price of one sale at SoundsOnline and bought QL Pianos and StormDrum2. It's been taking me several days to install the 35 dual-layer DVDs: 10 disks each for the Bechstein and Bosendorfer, 8 for the Steinway, and 5 for the Yamaha. Each disk takes about 30-40 minutes to copy. I still have the Bosendorfer to install but so far the piano sounds I've played are awesome! SD2 has some pretty cool percussion sounds. I watched X-Men Origins last night and I recognized a percussion sound as one I had heard from playing with SD2. Danny Elfman used SD2 for Terminator Salvation. I might just rent it just to hear what he did with it even though I hear the movie kind of sucked. Now that I have it maybe I can land a soundtrack gig on the next blockbuster. I wonder if by now the SD2 sounds are too recognizable. I guess it's all in what you do with it. The 2fer sale runs a couple more days until April 15. Anyway, I'm done for the year on gear purchases. -- MICHAEL FANNING, http://www.soundclick.com/michaelfanning
The killer robot "Michael Fanning" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > It's been taking me several days to install the 35 dual-layer DVDs That's too damn big!!! Hehe, one of my favorite pianos is a 6.4mb soundfont that's a sample of a sample. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5A58B28F7C7BrownShoesDontMakeIt@188.40.43.213... > The killer robot "Michael Fanning" <> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > > It's been taking me several days to install the 35 dual-layer DVDs > > That's too damn big!!! Hehe, one of my favorite pianos is a 6.4mb > soundfont that's a sample of a sample. I'm sure it sounds great in your music, but I probably wouldn't want to perform a classical piece with it I've always been curious on those pianos with the HUGE library. Hey Michael....when you get it all up and running can we hear what this thing sounds like? Poly
"polymod" <> wrote in message news:4bc5e329$0$22522$... > > "Glennbo" <> wrote in message > news:Xns9D5A58B28F7C7BrownShoesDontMakeIt@188.40.43.213... > > The killer robot "Michael Fanning" <> grabbed the > controls > > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > > > > It's been taking me several days to install the 35 dual-layer DVDs > > > > That's too damn big!!! Hehe, one of my favorite pianos is a 6.4mb > > soundfont that's a sample of a sample. > > I'm sure it sounds great in your music, but I probably wouldn't want to > perform a classical piece with it As with all my piano samples too Poly
The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> That's too damn big!!! Hehe, one of my favorite pianos is a 6.4mb >> soundfont that's a sample of a sample. > > I'm sure it sounds great in your music, but I probably wouldn't want to > perform a classical piece with it That piano by itself is *not* impressive sounding. What *is* impressive about it, is that it plays nice with other instruments in a mix. Something most of my biggest piano samples don't do as well. I was so disappointed when I got Giga Piano, because I thought "a whole gig of samples has got to sound great", but it never sat well in a mix with other instruments IMO. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5A6F5F442B5BrownShoesDontMakeIt@188.40.43.213... > The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls of > the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >> That's too damn big!!! Hehe, one of my favorite pianos is a 6.4mb > >> soundfont that's a sample of a sample. > > > > I'm sure it sounds great in your music, but I probably wouldn't want to > > perform a classical piece with it > > That piano by itself is *not* impressive sounding. What *is* impressive > about it, is that it plays nice with other instruments in a mix. Something > most of my biggest piano samples don't do as well. I was so disappointed > when I got Giga Piano, because I thought "a whole gig of samples has got to > sound great", but it never sat well in a mix with other instruments IMO. I hear ya. That's why I think these huge pianos are meant for solo recording. When it's mixed in with other stuff, all the nuances get lost. Poly
The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> That piano by itself is *not* impressive sounding. What *is* >> impressive about it, is that it plays nice with other instruments in >> a mix. Something most of my biggest piano samples don't do as well. I >> was so disappointed when I got Giga Piano, because I thought "a whole >> gig of samples has got to sound great", but it never sat well in a mix >> with other instruments IMO. > > I hear ya. > That's why I think these huge pianos are meant for solo recording. > When it's mixed in with other stuff, all the nuances get lost. Yup. I think you're correct. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
On 4/13/2010 7:08 PM, Michael Fanning wrote: > Quantum Leap Pianos that is. Last week I took advantage of the two for > the price of one sale at SoundsOnline and bought QL Pianos and > StormDrum2. It's been taking me several days to install the 35 > dual-layer DVDs: 10 disks each for the Bechstein and Bosendorfer, 8 for > the Steinway, and 5 for the Yamaha. Each disk takes about 30-40 minutes > to copy. I still have the Bosendorfer to install but so far the piano > sounds I've played are awesome! > After reading how long it takes to install that library on their forums, I crossed that off my potential buy list.
The killer robot kitekrazy <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > After reading how long it takes to install that library on their forums, > I crossed that off my potential buy list. After installing 5 double sided DVDs to get the samples installed for Superior Drummer 1, the kit I like the best consumes only about 480MB. I could actually kill all the rest of the kits that came with Superior Drummer 1 and Superior Drummer 2, but I'm not hurting for disk space. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Hey Glennbo, you're right. It is too damn big! It would've been a bummer if I didn't have the hard disk space for it. M.F. -- MICHAEL FANNING, composer, arranger, producer http://www.soundclick.com/michaelfanning "Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5A58B28F7C7BrownShoesDontMakeIt@188.40.43.213... > The killer robot "Michael Fanning" <> grabbed the > controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> It's been taking me several days to install the 35 dual-layer DVDs > > That's too damn big!!! Hehe, one of my favorite pianos is a 6.4mb > soundfont that's a sample of a sample. > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
> I've always been curious on those pianos with the HUGE library. > Hey Michael....when you get it all up and running can we hear what this > thing sounds like? > > Poly > > Hey Poly, Yea. I'd be glad to post something for everyone to hear once I get it together to record/produce something with it. I don't have a grand piano sitting in my living room to compare it with but QL Pianos sounds darn realistic to my ears. M.F.
In news:01rxn.224417$ the killer robot "Michael Fanning" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > Hey Glennbo, you're right. It is too damn big! It would've been a > bummer if I didn't have the hard disk space for it. Do post some samples of it playing something, once you get it sorted out. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Yes, please post it playing something for us! May I suggest you *not* choose 4'33"? -- Sue Morton "Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5AB1473622BBrownShoesDontMakeIt@69.16.185.250... > In news:01rxn.224417$ the killer robot "Michael > Fanning" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship > cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> Hey Glennbo, you're right. It is too damn big! It would've been a >> bummer if I didn't have the hard disk space for it. > > Do post some samples of it playing something, once you get it sorted > out. > > -- > Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email > ________ __ > / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ > / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ > / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / > \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo > Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits > Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
LOL! Well, being I am not so great a piano player people might prefer me doing "4'33" M.F. "Sue Morton" <> wrote in message news:hq63ti$8t7$-september.org... > Yes, please post it playing something for us! May I suggest you *not* > choose 4'33"? > -- > Sue Morton > > "Glennbo" <> wrote in message > news:Xns9D5AB1473622BBrownShoesDontMakeIt@69.16.185.250... >> In news:01rxn.224417$ the killer robot "Michael >> Fanning" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship >> cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> >>> Hey Glennbo, you're right. It is too damn big! It would've been a >>> bummer if I didn't have the hard disk space for it. >> >> Do post some samples of it playing something, once you get it sorted out. >> >> -- >> Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email >> ________ __ >> / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ >> / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ >> / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / >> \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo >> Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits >> Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms > >
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5AA5F3C8BD0BrownShoesDontMakeIt@188.40.43.213... > The killer robot kitekrazy <> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > > After reading how long it takes to install that library on their forums, > > I crossed that off my potential buy list. > > After installing 5 double sided DVDs to get the samples installed for > Superior Drummer 1, the kit I like the best consumes only about 480MB. > > I could actually kill all the rest of the kits that came with Superior > Drummer 1 and Superior Drummer 2, but I'm not hurting for disk space. Do you still have/use the cocktail and percussion kits? hehe...I like your 'real' cocktail kit the best! Poly
The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> After installing 5 double sided DVDs to get the samples installed for >> Superior Drummer 1, the kit I like the best consumes only about 480MB. >> >> I could actually kill all the rest of the kits that came with Superior >> Drummer 1 and Superior Drummer 2, but I'm not hurting for disk space. > > Do you still have/use the cocktail and percussion kits? > hehe...I like your 'real' cocktail kit the best! I've got it all still installed. Everything that came with Superior 1, including it's cocktail and percussion, everything that came with Superior 2 including it's cocktail kit, and everything from EZ-Drummer, including it's cocktail kit. So I have three digital cocktail kits, and they all kinda blow. They are all real loose and rattley sounding. My acoustic cocktail kit is all muffled up with felt strips on the bass drum, and felt pads on the snare and tom so it sounds more similar to a normal kit. The pitches are not that of a normal kit though, as the snare sounds like a little firecracker snare, and the kick sounds more like a big floor tom, but they aren't loose sounding or rattley like the Toontrack cocktail kits. One day, I might sample my acoustic cocktail kit and put it up in DR008 format or something for fun. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > Do you still have/use the cocktail and percussion kits? Oh, and in direct response to the *use* question, I used the Superior 2 cocktail kit just last week on my "Fuzz Drum" song, where I ran the kit through an instance of Freeamp set to fuzz distortion. Here's an isolated section of just the drums from that song, when the fuzz amped cocktail kit comes in. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=403575&songID=8975402 -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5B71E348863BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62... > The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >> After installing 5 double sided DVDs to get the samples installed for > >> Superior Drummer 1, the kit I like the best consumes only about 480MB. > >> > >> I could actually kill all the rest of the kits that came with Superior > >> Drummer 1 and Superior Drummer 2, but I'm not hurting for disk space. > > > > Do you still have/use the cocktail and percussion kits? > > hehe...I like your 'real' cocktail kit the best! > > I've got it all still installed. Everything that came with Superior 1, > including it's cocktail and percussion, everything that came with > Superior 2 including it's cocktail kit, and everything from EZ-Drummer, > including it's cocktail kit. > > So I have three digital cocktail kits, and they all kinda blow. They are > all real loose and rattley sounding. My acoustic cocktail kit is all > muffled up with felt strips on the bass drum, and felt pads on the snare > and tom so it sounds more similar to a normal kit. The pitches are not > that of a normal kit though, as the snare sounds like a little > firecracker snare, and the kick sounds more like a big floor tom, but > they aren't loose sounding or rattley like the Toontrack cocktail kits. > One day, I might sample my acoustic cocktail kit and put it up in DR008 > format or something for fun. Yea ! ! ! ! I'd like that for sure<g> Poly
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns9D5B743CF2705BrownShoesDontMakeIt@81.169.183.62... > The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls > of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > > Do you still have/use the cocktail and percussion kits? > > Oh, and in direct response to the *use* question, I used the Superior 2 > cocktail kit just last week on my "Fuzz Drum" song, where I ran the kit > through an instance of Freeamp set to fuzz distortion. Here's an > isolated section of just the drums from that song, when the fuzz amped > cocktail kit comes in. > > http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=403575&songID=8975402 hehe...that sounds kewel! Poly
The killer robot "polymod" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> > Do you still have/use the cocktail and percussion kits? >> >> Oh, and in direct response to the *use* question, I used the Superior >> 2 cocktail kit just last week on my "Fuzz Drum" song, where I ran the >> kit through an instance of Freeamp set to fuzz distortion. Here's >> an isolated section of just the drums from that song, when the fuzz >> amped cocktail kit comes in. >> >> > http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=403575&songID=8975402 > > hehe...that sounds kewel! Through a fuzz amp is the only way that kit sounds ggod! -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
