Apropos. I remember seing a music video on ( :oops: MTV) a couple of years ago. It might have been that band. It was full of animated vector/3d graphics about human life, mechanical processes and the like. Perhaps an airport, a building, a power plant... Anyone remember the name and if it was Roykso...

Good luck Steve, sounds like you could use some good fortune, so this could be it.

That acoustic guitar sounds promising! The common denominator for these samples is a superficial reproduction with simple sounding harmonics.

True. I suspected Yamaha would be at the forefront, having experienced their, compared to the competition, superior MIDI softsynth.

Is there any place where one can get samples (they don't have to be complex) of these physically modelled instruments or effects?

It's probably futile to discuss this subject further, I may have touched a nerve, so yes, software synhesizers it is! :wink: I'm firmly interested in physical modelling, and have always been so. But I've never heard truly convincing physical modelling. Do you have any good references to check out? I...

I'm out, but have fun.

XO: My mother actually HAS heard her music on my studio speakers... and yes, she says that she can hear a difference, but to her, it matters more that the speakers are places so that they look nice, no matter how silly they are placed (usually at different levels and near the roof! :shock: ... and ...

XO: There you have it! :D It's a matter of taste, and no two people have the same taste (thank god for that!)... and luckily enough, taste is not debateable... those who care about extreme fidelity... well do that, and those who don't... don't. That's right. Though initiatives such as Intel HDA and...

... even my own mother cannot comprehend when I tell her, that Shania Twain sound better on a pair of HIFI speakers to a pair of lowcost ones... "It's still Shania! can't you hear!?"... she says :lol: .... The situation in a nutshell , but as an enthusiast, I don't really care for the ave...

In the end, it's up to each individual to decide how far he will go and how much effort and money he will put into this. I fully agree with ABX testing being a good idea and I firmly believe a minority of people ever experience the reproduction equipment necessary for objective listening. I suppose ...

I'm ready for a blind test, if said system is used. It has to be a high quality tweeter with zero distortion and preferably in an optimized listenig room. Accuphase... It's okay and expensive (no relation). So what speakers? I still would like to invite you one day. I doubt you ever heard treble lik...

As I added to my last post (oh how I dispise the "edited" tagging of posts...) The end-user will be getting more fidelity by default with Intel High Definition Audio, the replacement for Intel AC'97, which is and will be available to a lot of consumers. But read my last post again. :) Audi...

MP3 is fine in high bitrates. To really appreciate DXD I'm sure you'll need a superior reproduction system, but even if you don't quite have that, I think you might hear the difference. It's on my to-do list at least. DXD is future proof. It may be over the top for most people today, but what about ...

If you believe Peter Schelke in his observations and his technical explanation, and if you believe the manufacturers and media companies and institutions that use it, then yes, it will benefit quality. It will do so on multiple levels: it will make it possible to mix/master a production in DXD and c...

DXD is highly editable. In fact it is one of it's motivations, as a mastering format for DSD since delta coded data cannot be mixed, it needs to be transcoded to PCM form and then mixed. Perhaps you are referring to software? I don't know much about professional audio software but DXD is catching on...