"It'd be tough to sample violins in an anechoic chamber though. Intonation would be a bitch and the sound would be terrible since one of the ways a player works is responding to the surrounding acoustic."

Where there be a will, there be a way. We've been to the moon! Probably. But really, let's just say as dry as possible then. There shouldn't be reverb tails on samples. That's my opinion anyway.

"But orchestral players play differently when together than when playing in isolation on their own."

Yes, they play with less accuracy because they can't hear themselves as well, and (free pitch instruments) try to tune to each other more. Many solo instruments offer a variety of bowings styles and violins. Companies should really offer a variety of solo instuments as a feature. Perhaps they will. About the rest... there will of course be limitations with current situation, but thinking of individual 'players' is what you get in the real world anyway. At least you don't have to feed them. In future, software will probably take this approach, combining individual 'players' into full orchestras intelligently.

P.S....

...I just had to 'Agree' to the SOS Forum rules thing... probably because I called my computer a "b****"? Is this a new 'computer rights' motion I've not heard about?

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