I definitely subscribe to what you express, Emilo. We do not know the consequences of Notion becoming a Presonus product yet, and I am left with the same set of ambivalent feelings that you describe. On the one hand, StudioOne seems to have very happy users, and an integration between StudioOne and ...

Thanks for your thoughts, and sorry for not having given feedback to all of you (busy times, you know...). Yes, Yves & Fabio, you easily become trapped by the sound of the lush,"cinematic" libraries floating around, and it is tempting to write watered down "classical" music i...

Thanks a lot!

FYI,the guys at Virharmonic have recently released a new version of the Voices of Prague (v1.5). I have been playing around with it for a few days, and it really seems to make it easy to write choral music with lyrics in Notion. I have uploaded a short choral test piece at YouTube (please turn on HD...

'Maestro' -- not bad, but you make me blush, Fabio.

Mi fai arrrossire, but thanks a lot anyway

Very inspiring music! Being a keyboard man, I particularly enjoyed listening to the piano music you have made for the Pirandello-piece. BTW, I have fond memories of reading Pirandello (and Italo Svevo) as I studied literature. That's when I started to love Italy. Returning to Moneglia for vacation t...

I really enjoyed listening to your Septet, Fabio. Very nice whole tone moods!

Otto

Thanks for listening, Claudio. I appreciate your comment!

Thanks a lot for your comments, Fabio, Emilio and Claudio. I agree, Claudio, that the sonata could have gained from pushing the clarinet more forward in the mix. That would have brought the piece closer to reality -- but I just finished it off in order to send a demo to the performer. My main focus ...

Many of us Notion users look upon ourselves as composers of some kind of 'classical' music, I suppose. But what are our stylistic options today, within the 'contemporary classical' compartment? Are we left with the opportunity to select remnants from the 'grand' tradition that lasted until the break...