JVIOLIN
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Back in the day when I was a composition student Northern Sounds was the go to place. I just took a 20 year break due to performing live music. Now coming back to the forums it seems like VI-Control is where everyone is at.
That's a fair assessmentBack in the day when I was a composition student Northern Sounds was the go to place. I just took a 20 year break due to performing live music. Now coming back to the forums it seems like VI-Control is where everyone is at.
That makes sense… thanks. When NS was falling apart was about the same time I went back to performing.From the Home Page of this website:
"VI-Control was founded in 2004 by Frederick Russ as a place where people could speak freely about composing and sample libraries. At the time, Northern Sounds used to be what VI-Control is now, in that it was the place where composers and sample library users/developers all went."
If you go through the Internet Archive, it's still there technically. It doesn't function the same way, but you can download the webpage and each of the corresponding flash files to play in VLC as you read through.I remember they had a really good interactive version of The principles of orchestration. Does it survive anywhere?
It was two guys. Papa something was one of them, I've long since forgotten the other guy's name.Amusingly, after NS lost most of its membership, the owner (I can't remember who was the owner, who I think was different from the admin - Canadian, though, hence the name "Northern" Sounds)
Do you have a link? I wasn't able to find it.If you go through the Internet Archive, it's still there technically. It doesn't function the same way, but you can download the webpage and each of the corresponding flash files to play in VLC as you read through.
It would be nice to have that brought online again, either entirely as it was with the Garritan samples or updated to use something more modern. Quite a lift though, a lot of work went into it, which is why it's a shame it's difficult to access.
Man I remember that. I participated when it first came out, but only got halfway through before getting distracted by life. By the time I found it again, maybe 10 years ago, it had already become too creaky to use easily.I remember they had a really good interactive version of The principles of orchestration. Does it survive anywhere?
And King Idiot!Wow, them were the days! So many of us came over from NS.
And whatever happened to choc0trax?
Ashif Hakik (King Idiot) sadly died a year agoAnd King Idiot!
Oh ... that's sad news to me. :-( ... While I never met Ashif in person we had several very nice e-mail conversations in the early years of VSL - last time more than a decade ago, however, when MIR got released.Ashif Hakik (King Idiot) sadly died a year ago
He was a very talented and sweet guy, also involved in new sampling techniques and if I remember well also contacted by VSL when it was a startup (we chatted about this stuff with him in our #midi-mockup IRC channel, getting several of us banned from NS, several times, because they thought we were conspiring against them).Oh ... that's sad news to me. :-( ... While I never met Ashif in person we had several very nice e-mail conversations in the early years of VSL - last time more than a decade ago, however, when MIR got released.
He will be remembered, that's for sure. It was people like him who made places like Northern Sounds special. I was always fond of his online persona over there.