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. About piano sound sources (VSTi）
As for piano sound sources, I 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. Only this Piano is equipped with "Fourth pedal" and it's sounds were also sampled. It is very interesting to note that "the volume is lowered without changing the timbre, and the same overtones and resonances are played to achieve a soft but very clear and transparent sound".
However, the world is experiencing an AI boom, and the boundary between sampled sound sources and physical sound sources may disappear, so this is a promising field.
3. Digitally performing strings
Last year, in between performing piano sonatas, I inputted Beethoven's string quartet "CavatinaI typed in "I am looking forward to continuing to work with you this year. I hope to continue to do so this year. When playing with multiple strings, as in a symphony, it seems possible to put together a sound that is somewhat like 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, but to my ability, I chose to use a type of physical sound source, Sample Modeling's "Solo & Ensemble Strings" was the easiest to use.
Meanwhile, AI is entering this area as well, and recently."MelismaA system being developed by a Japanese person called "MusicXML" is beginning to attract a lot of attention. It seems that it reads MusicXML, not MIDI, to produce sound. The sound source in this system is called "NOTE PERFORMER 4This is a comprehensive orchestral sound source that analyzes the "score" created in Finale or Dorico and plays it using AI technology. The result is astonishing. I have a feeling that these new technologies will change the world of DTM.