@frienell_3530 said:
Hi Goran,
I used VSL libraries and Sonic Implants (old gigastudio files) for some strings parts and Fr. Hrns. I completely wrote it in notation software Notion. Use Vienna Suite Convolution reverb and Vienna Suite limiter. I have Mir Pro24 but in combination with Notion I have some problems. For the spatial position therefor I made use of Virtual Sound stage. The Sonic Implants library the instruments are already in place
I love to write in Notion but I think with Logic you can have a far more realistic performance with more feeling in it. I always am in conflict what to choose. How do you compose? Do you start in notation software or in some other DAW?
Frieda
Hi Frieda,
thanks for the info, nice to see you making good use of Vienna Suite ;-)
What you are saying on Notion/Logic is true - a sequencer with good MIDI editing possibilties is always superior to a notation software application when it comes to shaping the finer (and sometimes not even finer) nuances of a sample-based orchestra music performance.
I myself compose (orchestral/chamber/piano music) with paper, pencil and piano only (no sample libraries involved). Orchestrating using sample libraries is also completely foreign to me (though I have nothing againts it for any reasons of principle - there are many people who are used to work (and work well) this way) - I orchestrate on paper only. After I have a detailed score sketch, I write it into Sibelius and then convert the score into MIDI. From that point on, the sample libraries come in - the production process begins. Only after I have advanced far into making a decent sounding performance of a piece will I start using the result for a revison of this or that orchestration solution or detail.