Comments on: Listen … http://www.fauxharmonic.com serving composers and soloists since 2003 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:44:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Rice http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-51693 Dave Rice Fri, 15 May 2009 21:02:47 +0000 http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-51693 Astounding music. Emulation may eventually open doors never before possible because of the expense and logistics associated with an orchestra. (No, it will never replace "the real thing" but it may find it's way into the hands of common musicians with sufficient talent to create orchestral music for all to enjoy. I am only a humble songwriter who uses an arranger keyboard to provide backing for my songs as I sing and play... and to think that this "new digital medium" might one day be available for me to use is breathtaking. Bravo Paul Smith! Astounding music. Emulation may eventually open doors never before possible because of the expense and logistics associated with an orchestra. (No, it will never replace “the real thing” but it may find it’s way into the hands of common musicians with sufficient talent to create orchestral music for all to enjoy. I am only a humble songwriter who uses an arranger keyboard to provide backing for my songs as I sing and play… and to think that this “new digital medium” might one day be available for me to use is breathtaking. Bravo Paul Smith!

]]> By: Mattias Hansson http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-44418 Mattias Hansson Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:54:26 +0000 http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-44418 It sounds very good, technology is improving. On the other hand, music is not created by following the notation (with dynamics, accents etc.) only. Music is created by musicians, regardless if they use acoustic instruments or computers. Beethoven was writing for acoustic instruments. Trying to substitute that with samples is a heavy task... Don't get me wrong, I write music both for musicians playing acoustic instruments as well as music solely made with computers. And to use samples for getting a feeling for how it will sound live is great! But for me it's not a substitution. The music I hear here gives a very good idea of how it will sound with a real orchestra. But it's stiff, lacking a lot of musicality (I could go into details but won't write an essay here...) and is far from music as I know it. Still, a big hand to the fauxharmonic orchestra! A great tool, as long as you remember it's only a tool and not the real deal. It sounds very good, technology is improving. On the other hand, music is not created by following the notation (with dynamics, accents etc.) only. Music is created by musicians, regardless if they use acoustic instruments or computers.

Beethoven was writing for acoustic instruments. Trying to substitute that with samples is a heavy task… Don’t get me wrong, I write music both for musicians playing acoustic instruments as well as music solely made with computers. And to use samples for getting a feeling for how it will sound live is great! But for me it’s not a substitution.

The music I hear here gives a very good idea of how it will sound with a real orchestra. But it’s stiff, lacking a lot of musicality (I could go into details but won’t write an essay here…) and is far from music as I know it.

Still, a big hand to the fauxharmonic orchestra! A great tool, as long as you remember it’s only a tool and not the real deal.

]]> By: YuHirà http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-31871 YuHirà Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:42:39 +0000 http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-31871 Dear Mark Goretsky In my opinion what you're claiming here is wrong. Digital photography doesn't recreate reality: it's just a new way to record the reality. In music, it happened a long time ago:we digitally record music and nobody feels it's a problem. What Fauxharmonic does here - orchestra emulation - is more than recording. In my mind, emulation has rather to be compared with computer graphics. Well, but 3D techniques are far away from realism. And music emulation is likewise far away from realism. Fauxharmonic sounds don't depart from the rules in my opinion. I'm not convinced at all. Dear Mark Goretsky

In my opinion what you’re claiming here is wrong. Digital photography doesn’t recreate reality: it’s just a new way to record the reality. In music, it happened a long time ago:we digitally record music and nobody feels it’s a problem. What Fauxharmonic does here – orchestra emulation – is more than recording. In my mind, emulation has rather to be compared with computer graphics.

Well, but 3D techniques are far away from realism. And music emulation is likewise far away from realism. Fauxharmonic sounds don’t depart from the rules in my opinion. I’m not convinced at all.

]]> By: Ion Muniz http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-24602 Ion Muniz Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:46:37 +0000 http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-24602 I'm impressed by what these guys were able to accomplish. I was a teacher at Sibelius-Akatemia, in Helsinki. There was a studio that used to make the music for the guys that wrote music for orchestra. It was just tto have an idea of how it would sound. What I hear is amazing. I’m impressed by what these guys were able to accomplish. I was a teacher at Sibelius-Akatemia, in Helsinki. There was a studio that used to make the music for the guys that wrote music for orchestra. It was just tto have an idea of how it would sound. What I hear is amazing.

]]> By: Mark Goretsky http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-23914 Mark Goretsky Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:58:52 +0000 http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-23914 People who rebel today against digital enhancements of music should remember what happened to those who rebelled against digital photography that eventually triumphed. No doubt the same outcome will be with music. And here is only one reason/example for this. Yesterday I was listening on the radio for the orchestrated version of Beethoven's Quartet #14. Every element - the orchestral arrangement, conducting, and the Orchestra itself - were famous on their own. But result was mediocre. Enlarged group from four instrumentalists to some 20 or more added very unpleasant noise to the music. This wouldn't happen with digitized music--it would remain clear and enjoyable. Namely such absence of noise allowed me to guess correctly the "digitized" Beethoven. And I wish I could control the acoustical performance of my stereo. People who rebel today against digital enhancements of music should remember what happened to those who rebelled against digital photography that eventually triumphed. No doubt the same outcome will be with music. And here is only one reason/example for this.
Yesterday I was listening on the radio for the orchestrated version of Beethoven’s Quartet #14. Every element – the orchestral arrangement, conducting, and the Orchestra itself – were famous on their own. But result was mediocre. Enlarged group from four instrumentalists to some 20 or more added very unpleasant noise to the music. This wouldn’t happen with digitized music–it would remain clear and enjoyable. Namely such absence of noise allowed me to guess correctly the “digitized” Beethoven. And I wish I could control the acoustical performance of my stereo.

]]> By: Mark Goretsky http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-23605 Mark Goretsky Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:39:48 +0000 http://www.fauxharmonic.com/now-playing/#comment-23605 Dear Mr. Paul Smith, I was pleased and excited listening to all samples you generously provided on this site. I love all of them. I have been listening to classical/serious music for over 50 years and think you should be proud of such a great achievement--that clear and so natural (woody!)sound of the strings! Great music, great interpretation, great sound! Best wishes to the you and Fauxharmonic Orchestra, Mark Goretsky Dear Mr. Paul Smith, I was pleased and excited listening to all samples you generously provided on this site. I love all of them. I have been listening to classical/serious music for over 50 years and think you should be proud of such a great achievement–that clear and so natural (woody!)sound of the strings!
Great music, great interpretation, great sound!

Best wishes to the you and Fauxharmonic Orchestra,

Mark Goretsky

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