@Grandma: Ah, of course. I feel embarassed that I didn't make that out by myself.
@da power pwnerer: Pah, you listen too closely...
Well, the thing is that my cello patch has the nasty habit of having its velocity controlled not only through the modwheel, but also by the attack velocity. Sad as it is some times, Sibelius randomizes these in order to simulate live playing (which it by all means does pretty realistically) and there is no way to override that, so that causes problems with such patches :/
Also perhaps some of the tubular bell hits could have been a tad mellower, but yeah... as said, I'm no mixing expert (yet
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About that Canon, I didn't really think about it, but I agree that the first bars are very reminicent of it. In my defence, the chord progression used is common to nearly half of all adagio movements I've ever heard, so that was intended. The unfortunate plagiatizing of the alto violin was pretty much unintended. But maybe I did it subconciously, who knows...
Anyhow, thanks for the appreciation
