http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117832128175492832-6e_Kq7tucUrrETbn0osjv8AXOgM_20080504.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
I was skeptical, but the clip played in this WNYC show is very convincing and nearly fools Jon Schaeffer (who admits if he didn't know one of the three clips played was synthesized he probably wouldn't notice the difference)
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2007/06/19
It's also pointed out that these are short clips, and that flaws would become more apparent in entire works. Still, it's pretty incredible.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 04:57 (eighteen years ago)
I can't wait for someone to pervert this technology and make it worth while.
― filthy dylan, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 06:24 (eighteen years ago)
The main point made in favor of the tech was that it gives composers who lack funds (meaning most of them) a chance to hear roughly what their works would sound like performed and/or make demo tapes for a lot less than it would cost to rent and record an orchestra. It's still expensive software and it's still an extremely labor-intensive process.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 06:28 (eighteen years ago)