SimonCharlesHanna
Senior Member
I am in dire need of a Viola!
How soon????
How soon????
I am in dire need of a Viola!
How soon????
Looking forward to Exp. 2 for the Violin. Thanks for the update.
Very happy Bohemian Violin and Cello user. Looking forward to EXP2!Hi there everybody,
Viola is currently planned for Q4 2018 and as it runs on the Violin EXP2 performer, we aim to release it at the end of the quarter 4 or early in Q1. We are working towards 2018 release if humanly possible. Current priority is EXP2 for the violin, which we hope to push to beta as soon as possible (Second Half of September is when we hope to share more details about EXP2 and what it contains as well as more exact release date). We have upscaled it considerably as adding one thing meant we wanted another and so on, so now EXP2 is similar size to EXP1 which meant that we had to tackle number of computer resource issues, to keep our libraries below the 2gb ram mark , but we are not yet ready to give out exact release date. In terms of the cello, it is based solely on the schedule of the cellist and his availability and as he is a very sought after professional, it is bit of a challenge to arrange these, but we will announce more details once the recording schedule is fully complete as this will give us much clearer indication of the release window. At the moment we aim for Q1 2019, but this is subject to change. In our current schedules we aim to complete the Soul capture Violin, Viola and Cello by summer 2019, so this will give you a clear indication of where we want to be.
As always we aim for highest quality like with EXP1 and that means that keeping fixed schedules is very difficult and that is why we have started the developer tracker, so instead of giving dates, we open up our progress to you guys, so you can see where we are at -https://www.virharmonic.com/blog/developement_2018. We have very high hopes for EXP2, and we can not wait to present it in it's full glory as it brings about a lot of cool stuff for the future of Soul Capture series, but as usual we won't rush it as quality is paramount to us. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Warm Regards
Ondrej
I also prefer the first violin to the second, which has more range of expression but for me doesn't react as musically to my playing.I may be going against the general consensus with this, but I prefer the previous cello player actually over the current one due to the (in my view)intensified vibrato in the last version.
Hopefully non vibrato and/or progressive vibrato will be added so its range of use in music can be increased.
Current vibrato level ( even in the softer mode) is too much in the ‘emotional and dramatic ’ corner to my taste.
However progressive vibrato also has its chalanges because I rarely hear a cellist play every note that way. So It would need to be a first note progresive vibrato with consecutive notes with vibrato.....sort of.
Maybe add some AI to the performer ? ;D
@Virharmonic
is it possible to keep doing an monthly update on your dev tracker blog on your website?
Apart from your informative interview some time ago I do look from time to time how things are getting on.
Thank you for your support and patience and I will carry on pushing on towards the Beta Release candidate. Personally I can not wait to showcase how EXP2 evolved
Hi Ondrej,
Thanks for the message.
Indeed, there is an expectancy created to see a montly increase of the final 82% (ah, and just updated to 84%), but that's totaly on my side, not yours :D
Anyway, I would say" if you can't wait, show us what you have now so we can drool over what we would realy like to appear in our download box....
So I'm a little late to this update as I never got around to installing it. Now I have it on my 2nd rig which is the one that will go out live. Depending on the piece I actually prefer the original cello sometimes.
Since I won't be back in the studio till tonight am I able to keep both versions on the same machine?