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Comments from Kip McGinnis, Owner and Software Instrument Developer of Bardstown Audio Quite often I read comments on internet user forums as to why don't I incorporate all of the latest programming features into Bardstown Audio sampled instruments that are available in software samplers, such as scripting, performance programming, legato programming, dynamic programming, etc., etc. Here are the reasons as follows... For the last few years many other software sampler developers and sampled instrument developers are always trying to come out with what they are trying to pass off as being "new revolutionary programming features, and they claim that these new programming features make for more realistic sounding software instruments." These so called "new revolutionary programming features" that many developers are trying to pass off to their customers are pure garbage. All of these "so called new programming features" are nothing more than artificial processes that most other developers and companies are using these days in order to hype their inferior sounding software instruments. These artificial processes they use take away from the true character and real sound as to what real music instruments are supposed to sound like and sound rather syrupy and sickening to people who know how real music instruments are supposed to sound. The bottom line is this... THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR DEVELOPERS TO PRODUCE BETTER AND MORE REALISTIC SOUNDING SOFTWARE MUSIC INSTRUMENTS. Companies that claim they have new advanced programming features in order to produce superior sounding software music instruments are selling garbage by brain washing customers with their deception. Furthermore, many software developers and music instrument software companies like to come out with new upgraded software every year in order to SELL more software. They try to convince people that their new upgraded software is a "must have" upgrade, even though all they've done is to add more completely unnecessary whistles, gongs, and bells, which is pure garbage and not at all useful or needed. There is absolutely nothing that can be added or developed in software upgrades in order to enable us to produce better sounding music audio with virtual sampled instruments, and this has been true for the last several years. Money would be much more wisely spent by investing in better converters, mic preamps, mics, and other recording gear if needed, in addition to improving the acoustics of your studio environment. What makes for great sounding software instruments are instruments that have been professionally sample recorded and edited by professionals with the appropriate articulations that are appropriate for the individual instruments, and with absolutely no artificial processes in the programming of the instruments as discussed in the proceeding paragraph. Most product reviews and comments that you read in the magazines, such as Keyboard, Electronic Musician, etc., and the internet discussion forums, are most deceptive. MAGAZINES ARE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY, so therefore companies and developers who spend several thousands of dollars a month with these magazines for advertising will ALWAYS get the very best stellar reviews on their products that are inferior because magazines and the magazine reviewers will not "bite the hands that feed them." These magazine reviews most often state that these newest software products they are reviewing are "the best yet," which is the furthest thing from the truth. Internet discussion forums are extremely deceptive as well because many music instrument software companies and developers log onto these internet discussion forums and post comments under several different user names in order to deceive and brain wash people into thinking that their products are the very best by hyping their products with lies and deception and condemning their competitors' products because they realize that most of their potential customers do not trust their own ears while listening to various product mp3 demos, and that many of their potential customers want to read in the magazines and on the internet what the best products are and what they should spend their money on. I fully realize that many will lash out and condemn me and Bardstown Audio sampled instrument products on the internet for what I have stated in the proceeding paragraphs. I am most confident that most people who listen to our product mp3 demos and compare them with what they hear on other company product demos will trust what they hear with their own ears and make their purchasing decisions based on what sounds best to them, and not base their purchasing decisions on deceptive magazine and internet reviews. Kindest regards, Kip McGinnis |