Happy New Year! May this year bring you peace and tranquility!
Now, at the beginning of the year, I have been thinking about how to proceed with DTM this year.
1. Burning Beethoven's piano sonatas to CDs
Last year I burened Nos. 30, 31, and 32 to a CD. I have been performing 13 sonatas out of 32 in total. So at the beginning of last year, I decided to burn them on CD. I 'm now thinking about the complete the rest Considering the capacity, etc., it looks like it will be 5 CDs. Last year, I burned his last three pieces (Nos. 30, 31, and 32) on one CD under the title "Digitally Performed Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1". The plan for the future is as follows.
2 .Consideration of a piano sound source
For a piano sound source, we have so far settled on "Ivory3″ by Synthogy, which is a sampling sound source. Last year, "SYNCHRON FAZIOLI F308″ sampled from FAZIOLI F308″ was released. It seems that the sound using fourth pedal, which is equipped only on this model, is also included.
The "fourth pedal" is a very interesting one, as it claims to be able to "lower the volume without changing the timbre and produce the same overtones and resonance, and achieve a soft but very clear and transparent sound.
The world is in the midst of an AI boom, and the boundary between sampling and physical sound sources may disappear, so this is another promising field.
3. Performing Strings
Last year, in between performing piano sonatas, I inputted Beethoven's string quartet "Cavatina". I hope to continue to do so this year. When using multiple string sound sources as in a symphony, it seems possible to put together a sound that is somewhat similar to a symphony, but this is not the case with a solo string quartet. The first violin, second violin, viola, and cello must be able to ensemble their solo sounds well to make music. For this reason, the choice of solo sound source is key. I tried various sampling sound sources and physical sound sources, and found "Solo & Ensemble Strings" by Sample Modeling, a kind of physical instrument, to be the easiest to use for my ability.
AI is also entering this area, and recently a system called "Melisma", which was developed by a Japanese person, has been attracting a lot of attention. It seems that it reads MusicXML and not MIDI to produce sound. There is a comprehensive orchestral sound source in this vein called "NOTE PERFORMER 4", This is an excellent sound source that analyzes a "score" created in Finale or Dorico and performs it using AI technology. The result is amazing. I have a feeling that these new technologies will change the world of DTM.