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In the regulations of a music competition, the one announced by 8Dio with a deadline of 25/7/2012, I found this wording:
All submissions must use Soundcloud’s mp3 format at 192 kbps compression. Submissions will not be accepted in any other format.
I understood that it wants an mp3 with a bitrate of 192kbps, but what is the Soundcloud format...? If I do it with Nero, is it the same thing...?
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I think they mean that the pieces must be uploaded directly to the website www.soundcloud.com, you probably need to register and upload what you have written.
I just read about the contest, and sure, whoever tells them that I have at least 10 pieces to send but I don't have any 8dio products, will they give me the money to buy it?
What the hell are they writing when they say that one can use any software available if you then need at least one of their products?
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Ah ok, I understand, I think I read that you can also send them the mp3, attached to the email with the various pieces of information, so I was wondering: if I do the conversion to mp3 at 192kbps with Nero, is it still okay...? On the other hand, if the procedure is done via Soundcloud, what do you send them, the link?
Anyway, I have several 8Dio products and they are very well made, in particular the Steinway legacy 1928; some were distributed for free, so they can be found around specialized sites...
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I really don't know about this, if you want to send them the mp3 directly, it's even better at this point, so you aren't forced to register and they will get the track or tracks anyway.
I would like to get the Adagio violins package, it sounds really good and it would be useful for me, but others are no less good either.
Yesterday I found Truepianos, a piano synth in stand-alone and VST that sounds quite good; the price isn't exactly affordable, it's about 150 euros, however
you can try the demo for 40 days.
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Anyway, one thing I wanted to say: on the website the demos sound absolutely monstrous, I've never heard such quality, but the quality of the raw sample is obviously lower, so don't let yourself be misled by what you hear in the demos; rather, try to listen to the raw sample loaded in Kontakt and not within a mixed and mastered track; maybe on YouTube you can find someone playing the sample in real time so you can realize it.
Adagio violins are beautiful, but they cost quite a lot; if it were the entire string section then yes, but they are just the violins and I think they cost 500 dollars...
In my opinion, for someone who already owns EW, it's an expense that isn't worth undertaking; it's a different story if you don't have a serious violin library...
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If I could, I would use them instead of the East West ones; I don't use the latter anymore, I sold everything.
On their website, I listened only to the articulations, I didn't rely on the demos, and what impressed me favorably
are precisely those in staccato and similar ones, where East West falls short.
