The Open Octave Project Pipeline - Technical Overview Videos

[ccherrett]

The Open Octave Project Pipeline - Technical Overview Videos HD

There is video technical overviews at youtube:

part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lAjxb25hpI

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcKz3Aw8zP8

part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv65yBQIdOg

You can find out more about the pipeline here:

http://www.openoctave.org

Enjoy!

[typewriter]

Nice!

When I look at your tracks I see that you seem to have the same instruments on more than one track: e.g. bass ensemble 1, bass ensemble 2, bass ensemble 3, bass ensemble 4. Are these the same VSL samples / banks on each track to make the sound "bigger" when all tracks play at the same time? Or do you have another reason for multiple tracks of the same instrument? Do you use the VSL performance sets, too? I did never understand if the performance samples were really new samples or just the samples of the regular pro edition in a special mapping for the use of the performance tool.

Anyway: Great job! If you provide people with an out of the box mapping of the complete VSL library I am sure they will love it. My experience is that it can be very frustrating to get a working orchestral template that sounds good.

[ccherrett]

Nice!

When I look at your tracks I see that you seem to have the same instruments on more than one track: e.g. bass ensemble 1, bass ensemble 2, bass ensemble 3, bass ensemble 4. Are these the same VSL samples / banks on each track to make the sound "bigger" when all tracks play at the same time? Or do you have another reason for multiple tracks of the same instrument?

I have them there to provide the ability to layer in case I need to add more realism. The other reason is just to give the flexibility to breakout articulations into separate tracks if things get complicated. But mostly for layering to get the realism of the slight differences you would hear in a real orchestra.

Do you use the VSL performance sets, too? I did never understand if the performance samples were really new samples or just the samples of the regular pro edition in a special mapping for the use of the performance tool.

The Performance Set are separate samples. They are derived from the original samples but have midi switching information in them that allows them to "intelligently" pick the right samples with the transition note from the note you are leaving to give realistic legatos. It does other things as well for repetitions and articulation changes.

I own the entire Performance Set, however I do not use them. Alex has shown me that they are more hype than functional. I can achieve everything they can offer without the limitations of The Performance Tool. Their tool only has 4 ports and sounds mechanical at times. I would rather use our new bank and program change functions and have no limitations on what we do.

Anyway: Great job! If you provide people with an out of the box mapping of the complete VSL library I am sure they will love it. My experience is that it can be very frustrating to get a working orchestral template that sounds good.

I can offer something like this. People will have to change the location of their samples to match their own hard drives. But the mappings are all done.

I guess I will cross that bridge when someone asks me for it.