PaulTreff wrote:
What should I have to choose from the dropdown list if I upload a new track made with a saxophone VST using my midi keyboard? Keyboard, saxophone or sequencer? Is it cheating if I sign the saxophone?
Hey :)
Sorry, could have joined this thread a little earlier I guess :)
Now, most things that have been stated already describe the situation quite well, let me try to wrap this up once more:
First of all, it is correct that there is a "historical" aspect to the sequencer-declaration on wikiloops, as explained quite well by apsummerlin. It indeed used to be used for ANY kind of multi-instrument-upload, as some sort of wildcard declaration (such tracks got out of the way of the search-by-exact-line-up function on wikiloops that way).
The instrument declaration on wikiloops is rather intended to reflect "What will I get to hear when clicking on this tracks listing" then to reflect "what instrument was played to create that sound".
If I'm looking for a track without drums, I don't want it to have drums, no matter if they are acoustic or electronicly created. To be able to find suitable tracks, we need the tracks whichinclude some kind of beat to be labelled with "Drums", even if that beat was played on a midi keyboard or programmed.
It really is more of a technical approach with thought to the track search engine, and of people browsing for a certain type of track.
I do admit I sometimes feel we should have added more distinction options, but when thinking about where to draw lines, I end up noticing that these are not clearly connected to the used instruments.
If I find a great sounding, awesome drum beat, I don't really care much if it was programmed or played.
If someone plays an awesome horn section that does just what you'd expect your horn section to do, then I wouldn't mind if that was played on a keyboard at all.
It's those rare moments when I find poorly programmed drums, or synthesized sounds that simply don't sound like the real deal where I feel they don't do their instrument declaration justice...
but that comes down to a matter of taste, and that's not a good thing to incorporate in the system, right?
So, to get back to Pauls question:
I wouldn't say declaring a midi-played sax as saxophone is "cheating" or against any wikiloops rule.
If you were out to play some very un-saxophonish experimental type of piece whichs only connection to saxophone is the VST sound librarys name, you could label that as sequencer to indicate this is not the usual type of sax thing, but that really remains up to you.