'Technical' term for...?

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2013/12/02 18:08:49 (permalink)

'Technical' term for...?

I heard the use of the term 'orchestration', which I've taken to mean arranging a previously 'unconverted' work into one that is playable by a different set of instruments... generally for orchestra-type instruments. (?)
But now I'm wondering; if one composes or arranges a song as MIDI or writes it out, and then takes it into a DAW and then actualizes that as a realistic sounding version of thier composition or arrangement... What might one call that?
 
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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/02 18:28:53 (permalink)
    I think the term you're looking for may be "sequencing."

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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/02 18:43:18 (permalink)
    ah! Perhaps that's it; either 'sequencing' or 'synthesizing'. Thanks for jogging my mind, sharke- case closed XD

     
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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/02 21:28:31 (permalink)
    You can call it "orchestration" if you like. Many do.
     
    Hey, some people insert one note into the prv to trigger an arpeggiator and call themselves "producer" :) The terminology police won't come after you if you want to call yourself an orchestrator.


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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/03 07:54:11 (permalink)
    There are several definitions to the word. I guess it depends on  what you are doing as to how you use it.

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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/03 12:40:06 (permalink)
    In the film world we call that a "Mock-up" or MIDI Orchestration.  

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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/03 19:58:34 (permalink)
    MIDI Orchestration also known as
     
    Qualified
    User-friendly
    Engineered and
    Enhanced
    Frequencies
     
    When I think of the term "Orchestration" I always associate it with "an Orchestra" layers of strings, winds, brass and percussion.

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    Re: 'Technical' term for...? 2013/12/05 12:30:21 (permalink)
    Orchestration technically means the selection of instruments in a composition and choosing which musical element each instrument plays.  Due to time restraints, many film composers will write music for a generic 5-line staff or other outlining method and leave the orchestration to someone else (but will generally leave instructions).  Whether you are writing it for a real instrument or for a sampled sound,  I think the term "orchestration" still works.  

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