Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 2003/03

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Fwd: Save Broadway Musicians
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:27:19 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. Rite [mailto:b1rite@-----.net]
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> <><><> I wrote:
> Are they basically glorified CD players, or something else?
>
> <><> Mark Charette wrote:
> Something else.
>
> I appreciate the humor, but I would like to know: are they (perhaps)
> synthesizers that can also play recordings and take aduio inputs?

They are complex synths that are run by one or two people, can follow
singers automatically, have an incredible number of samples, etc. They don't
play recordings, but follow an (electronically mastered) orchestration with
the samples. Since they play sampled instruments, you could perhaps stretch
the definition of "play recordings" but they're a lot more sophisticated
than that.

The "average person" can tell the difference between the virtual orchestra
and a real one; however, considering that some people think that the theme
from "Law & Order" has a real clarinet playing, I'm not so sure about that.

Mark C.

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