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. Beethoven's Piano Sonatas on CD
I have burned Beethoven's piano sonatas No. 30, 31, and 32 from his later years on CD to give to a friend in Germany. In doing so, I took strict lessons from my teacher again and made a lot of changes. Every time I did it, I was always impressed. I was always impressed. So this year, I decided to make CDs of the piano sonatas that I have been working on, except for the three piano sonatas of the latter half of the year, by dividing them into several periods. I am planning to burn about 3 CDs of the piano sonatas from No. 8 (Pathetique) to No. 29 (Hammerklavier), not all of them. I will also take this opportunity to ask my teacher to give me a lesson on each of them again and review them. It will take a lot of time and effort. I don't think I will be able to finish it in a year.
2. selection of piano sound source
When I was first introduced to DTM, I learned to type using Ivory 2 as my piano sound source. Later, when I started to type Beethoven piano sonatas, I switched to Synchron D-274 from Vienna SymphonicLibrary. That would be about 5 years ago now. I also used Synchron D274 when I made the CD mentioned above, and here I am upgrading two piano instruments I have on hand.
1) Pianoteq8
(2) Ivory3 (windows)As a feature of both sound sources,
The connection between sounds is quite smooth.
The firmness of the hammer can be controlled, allowing for a softer sound to the touch.
Can control the resonance of the pinot strings.
I tried a number of things late last year, and here is what I have come to so far
(1) The sound quality of the pinoteq is suitable for polyphony, where each note is heard clearly while maintaining harmony.
(2) In a piece like Beethoven's Piano Sonata, where many notes are played over one another, the thickness of the overlapping notes seems to vary, and Ivory3 is more suitable (Pinoteq seems to be able to adjust various factors, so it may be possible to make it better in this respect, but I have not examined it. I haven't considered it).
So, I decided to use Ivory3 for further review of the new Beethoven piano sonatas.
3. Digitally performing strings
I have been typing some pieces on violin and cello. However, in the case of solo pieces, the reality is that I have yet to reach a sound that I am satisfied with. I don't blame the sound source, but that was the result of my own ability. Physical sound sources such as SWAM sound sources are still lacking in rawness, and I think they need to step up their game a bit more. I have high expectations that AI technology, which has been rapidly gaining strength recently, will enter this area as well, and that we will soon see sound sources that are even easier to use and produce sounds that are closer to those of live instruments.