well after yesterday’s dramatic NotePerformer announcement, I’ve busy trying to see if any of my scores actually show an improvement with NPPE5 as opposed to 4. The good sides of the sadly-no-longer-to-be-developed model are increased dynamism, crispness and timing, the downsides are the often acidic string tone and a host of bizarre hissing, whooshing and wheezing artefacts (which show up particularly, though far from exclusively in solo strings) . But on the whole, I prefer my 6th symphony with the new model, despite the limitations and I’ve only made a few token corrections here. So let this be a farewell to what isn’t meant to be – unless Arne can sort out the legal issues and do a U turn