Reply To: New SoundPaint V 4.0 FREE – More Than a Dozen Free Deep Sampled Instruments

[peter]

On locrian said

Sadly, “deeply sampled” does not mean full, natural range of timbral variation with velocity.  The timbre of 8dio instruments sounds the same whether a gnat lands on your keyboard or you drop an anvil on it.

And that’s why I rarely use Soundpaint; its VIs lack expression.  It’s a shame b/c it’s a really nice and well-supported plugin!

Your posts I’ve replied to — for the second time — have received a WOW reaction from someone. Now, it’s perfectly fine for someone to have a WOW reaction, that’s why that emotion icon exists. But I think when I’m involved in a thread — especially when it’s for a developer I know and have consulted to — it may cause people to think I did that reaction and could result in the community mistakenly thinking I’m not okay with people expressing their honest opinions — positive or negative. Consequently, I just want to be clear that I am 100% good, and actually appreciative, of Locrian sharing his honest opinions/criticisms. I want people to feel very comfortable expressing their views, and I think Locrian is a very smart thinker who does a very good job of expressing his opinions, and that adds value to this community.

I know from DMs and chats with folks here — and a few Google Meets — that some of you have experienced censorship at various forums like VI-Control, GearSpace, Cakewalk Forums, etc. I want to make clear that one of the things I greatly value and want here is to have people feel they’re in an environment where they don’t have to agree with everyone else (and that includes disagreeing with me). There’s never a problem with respectfully sharing positive and negative opinions about products, services, and companies as long as we always keep it respectful.

To make the nerdiest post ever, in college, I fell in love with Socratic dialogue and the idea that we can all learn from one another without having to conform to the same ideas. Subsequently, the incivility and culture wars commonplace on social media and in my nation these days is beyond disappointing. I love debate, not people in a battle to demean each other. I want this community to be a place where people can agree to disagree and still be respectful and kind to one another. We can share a wide range of opinions without losing our sense of respect and kindness for one another.

Sermon over.  🙂

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