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I came across a most unique collection of loops. It's samples of classical musicians in Moscow playing both solo and together phrases of symphonic music. I think it was composed specifically for being sampled. There is no information about the musicians or the music. It's labeled "modern" but I wish there was more dissonance.

Who would use this? Certainly not a classical composer because they are not into remixing samples. A producer/Hip Hop artist might use a few of the samples as a novelty.

While the fidelity isn't the best, (what do you want for $39?) I will have fun with this.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/orchestral2

heh, interesting.. i guess symphonic samples in hiphop is more common than I remembered. lots of gothic sounding minor cadences. It's interesting that such a product got produced.

You can use a pitchshifter for more dissonance

just an example of just how quantified everything, especially music, is today. hey, if the tv producer's calling for you know, that "modern clasical crap", a collection of appropriate royalty-free loops is important for getting it done by deadline...

This is sonic material and Zer's idea would the one I'd follow.
Torturing the thing till it screams

sure, sounds are sounds...

There are lots of possibilities. It would be cool if they did this with a real symphony by a genius such as Beethoven. Record every phrase with a pause at the end of it. One of the things I love about recording my sax is that I have to breath which creates many edit points.

haha, that will be my next project name: Too many edit points

I also, as a circular breather, enjoyed that concept

not many composers these days. most are only assemblers of other's work....