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This is a realiztion of a movement from one of Albinoni's sinfonias done with VSL's Solo Strings I.
Tomaso Albinoni - Sinfonia No. 3, Mvt. 1
P.S. Thanks to the folks over at vi-control for some tips on improving this realization.
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I listened to this the other day from vi-control. You've done a great job with this. I was impressed how you were able to entirely avoid any "machine gun effect" throughout the piece.
Congratulations!
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Just awesome! It would be tough for someone to tell this from a real performance.
I see you used a lot of detache?
btw the machine gun effect is not there because of repetitions in VSL. Anand Kumar
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Splenidi job, high quality perfomance and well selected articulations. Nice mix and rendition too!
Congratulations,
Max
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This sounded really good thoughout, but at the end the slower portato/detache (or whatever you used) attacks were slightly artificial sounding, perhaps because of being too accurate. The articulation could be repetition legato or something like that as it slows down, and should be humanized more to reflect the lack of perfect timing characteristic of both slower tempi and ritardandos.
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Really, very, very good job Leslie. Congratulations !!!
Best.
Philippe
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This is a beautiful rendition, very well done.
It brings up a question for me, though. It seems to me to be recorded very loud. What is everyone's opinion about volume levels of classical music recordings? Most commercial recordings I have tend to be pretty quiet (average about 12db). That's generally what I aim for when recording my own work, with peaks at maybe -2 to -4 dbs. Some recordings I listen to here, on the other hand (such as this one) seem to be pushing peaks of 0 or higher. I find myself immediately reaching for the volume control.
I'd be interested in thoughts.
Michael
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Originally Posted by: agitato  I see you used a lot of detache?
Some, but the ones that got the most action were the staccato and marcato/sustain articulations. I'd start a run of 16th notes off with the staccato articulation and follow them with the marcato/sustain articulation.
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Originally Posted by: William but at the end the slower portato/detache (or whatever you used) attacks were slightly artificial sounding, perhaps because of being too accurate.
I agree. That slow part was tough, you should have heard the first version. :) But it's still not as good as it could be.
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Originally Posted by: mjmyers60 It seems to me to be recorded very loud. What is everyone's opinion about volume levels of classical music recordings? Most commercial recordings I have tend to be pretty quiet (average about 12db). That's generally what I aim for when recording my own work, with peaks at maybe -2 to -4 dbs. Some recordings I listen to here, on the other hand (such as this one) seem to be pushing peaks of 0 or higher. I find myself immediately reaching for the volume control.
That's very interesting. Usually, I normalize to -0. I try to never go above that as you will get instant digital clipping, as you know.
I think what happens for me is that I listen to other styles of music in which the loudness war is raging. So I get used to having the volume of my soundcard set to a certain level. My recordings, even after normalization, sound quiet in comparison. I had never thought about comparing them to actual classical recordings. I'll do so in the future. Thanks for your comment.
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Thanks for everyone's response. It means a lot. I really appreciate it.
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