davdud101
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'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?
Thanks a ton, this'll help me out a lot!
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Re: 'Technical' term for...?
December 02, 13 6:28 PM
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I think the term you're looking for may be "sequencing."
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davdud101
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Re: 'Technical' term for...?
December 02, 13 6:43 PM
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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...?
December 02, 13 9:28 PM
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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...?
December 03, 13 7:54 AM
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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...?
December 03, 13 12:40 AM
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In the film world we call that a "Mock-up" or MIDI Orchestration.
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Re: 'Technical' term for...?
December 03, 13 7:58 PM
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MIDI Orchestration also known as
Qualified
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Engineered and
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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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rumleymusic
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Re: 'Technical' term for...?
December 05, 13 12:30 AM
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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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