Hi everyone,
I tryed to make an existing orchestral piece sound as real as I can with my Libary. That is the state so far. What do you think about this "comes close to feel real" ambition ?
Where is the work that still has to be done?
Greetings
Very nice work! Especially since you only have the special edition 1! I own all of the VSL insltruments in full vlersions, and it makes a BIG difference. But, it is horribly expensive, as you know.
I agree that you could back off a bit on the reverb, but it is a very nice sounding reverb, so personally it is OK with me the way it is. I have many CD's in my collection that were made from 1970's era recordings (you know, the ADD CD's) and it is interesting that classical recordings had more reverb in the 1970's and 1980's than they do today. It is really just a matter of taste.
If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion, it would be to make your next purchase the Vienna Instruments Pro player. It adds a number of features including amazingly cool humanization features to the standard Vienna Instruments player. With VI Pro you can humanize both timing and pitch, to any degree you wish. Using VI Pro will for sure immediately improve your realism.
I also own both MIRx and MIR Pro. MIR Pro is fun to use, but you get excellent results with MIRx for something like 1/3 the cost. It would probably be a better investment to get MIRx then gradually add full libraries for some of your most used instruments. You get credit for every penny of your investment in the Special Edition so there is no waste.
Thank you so much for posting this. I love classical music, and I love hearing folks using VI's to learn from and enjoy classical music.