I've have been following this lively discussion from the ringside and it seems to me the ultimate control over dynamics can only be achieved at the post-production level, in an exacting sound engineering environment where the decibel is king. In the MIDI world, this means mastering the simulaneous u...

I must say the Surfwhammys version of the Prince of Denmark's March is a match, dB for dB, for the massive victorian rendition delivered by the combined forces of the State Trumpets, the Massed Bands of the Household Regiments and the organist of St.Paul's Cathedral, London. on July 29, 1981... As a...

Very well, George! I also wish to react to Surfwhammy's comments on "spicing up" classical music with artefacts like compressors, expanders, filters, equalizers i tutti quanti. While these devices are bona fide tools in any recording studio and cosmetic enhancers in rock, pop, metal etc., ...

Greetings from snowbound Montreal! I might be jumping aboard as the train is leaving, but I have to say I was fascinated by the liveliness of the exchange pertaining to "classical" use of Notion. My two cents worth here about staccato: my impression is that the standard staccato implemente...