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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2008/02

From: "Eric Dannewitz" <ericdano@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] oboe featured in Wii game "Nights"-are electronics replacing us?
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:07:48 -0500

A lot of video games do not even use the sound card to make the music.
Most of the music is already recorded, and is looped. The Sims is one
such example, going way back to 199X or something. Not sure where you
got that quote from. Call of Duty has a real soundtrack done by a real
orchestra. There was an article in Mix magazine about it last month I
believe.

Being "replaced by sampling" has been going on for decades now. I
don't see why you are bringing this up as something new. Does it
really matter?

On 2/13/08, Mike Benthin -MUTS oboe support <benthin@-----.net> wrote:
> My question was to ask how people feel about being replaced by "sampling"?
> -This from daughter:
> That link you found plays only the beginning, middle, and end
> (it has funny ''fast forwward' parts. XD they
> sounded funny.)
> Here I made it only 2 Megabytes of good quality direct
> download for you :) Hosted on my site, to send to
> your list
> http://www.geocities.com/the_fider/Sumi/CrystalChoirsmall.mp3
>
> "At least half of the music from the game uses the
> Wii's soundboard, or part of it for the songs (like it
> may use a real track of a violin or singing, and
> overlay that in parts onto Midi sound from the Wii's
> soundboard). Games nowadays have to use it at least a
> little, cause you can only fit so much music and sound
> on a CD or DVD already crammed with visual and
> programming imformation. But videogame systems
> nowadays have such good soundcards you can't tell half
> the time. That's why I was asking you cause to me the
> Oboe sounded really real, but I wasn't sure."
>

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