Hello Sonar Musicians,
 
My new article on virtual orchestration and production is now posted online on Cakewalk's ezine:
http://static.cakewalk.co...Newburyport_Update.pdf

This article is based on the my new CD, Virtual Harmonics. Here are a few tracks and scores from the album:
http://www.jerrygerber.co...alharmonicspreview.htm

Jerry
http://www.jerrygerber.com
 
 

Thanks for the contribution!

Yeah, I thought it was a really good article, even for those who aren't involved in orchestration. A lot of the comments on arranging apply to all kinds of music. Great stuff IMHO.

I will definitely check this out later today! Thanks!

Very impressive - a nice read.

I like the article, thanks for taking the time to write it, and I also like your music.

Thanks for taking time to write this!
 
I read the whole thing.
Max Arwood

Jerry -
 
Thanks for the article. There is a lot of good info! I will look into assigning CCs to attack and decay time. That isn't something I've tweaked much, but thinking back I'll bet it could have helped in a couple of places. I also haven't used volume envelopes on the exported final wave file. That's also something I'll need to give go to. Great thoughts.
 
Thanks again for sharing your expertise!
 
- Dave

Terrific article, Jerry!
 
Which reminds me...
 
Back when I was using Studio One v2, I picked up a few S1 training videos from AskVideo. When I switched to SONAR at the S1 update to v3, I basically forgot about those training videos.
 
And the other two I picked up on a special they were having.
 
Orchestration 301 - The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism
https://www.askvideo.com/...stra-enhancing-realism
 
Orchestration 302 - The MIDI Orchestra - Designing Templates
https://www.askvideo.com/...al-designing-templates
 
74 videos total. 388 minutes. Time to make the time investment, since I've already made the $$ investment.
 
Jerry, are you aware of those two courses? Are you familiar with the author (Peter Schwartz)? If so, any feedback?

TheMaartian
Terrific article, Jerry!
 
Which reminds me...
 
Back when I was using Studio One v2, I picked up a few S1 training videos from AskVideo. When I switched to SONAR at the S1 update to v3, I basically forgot about those training videos.
 
And the other two I picked up on a special they were having.
 
Orchestration 301 - The MIDI Orchestra - Enhancing Realism
https://www.askvideo.com/...stra-enhancing-realism
 
Orchestration 302 - The MIDI Orchestra - Designing Templates
https://www.askvideo.com/...al-designing-templates
 
74 videos total. 388 minutes. Time to make the time investment, since I've already made the $$ investment.
 
Jerry, are you aware of those two courses? Are you familiar with the author (Peter Schwartz)? If so, any feedback?

Hi,
 
No I am not aware of these courses.  The only book I know of on MIDI Orchestration is one that was published in 1997 by Paul Gilreath.  The title is a bit misleading, it isn't really a book about orchestration because the author only uses extremely basic examples of his own music and spends the bulk of the book on then-current sample libraries, which are now outdated.   The best books on orchestration are by Adler, Piston and Kennan.  I think one of the best ways of studying orchestration is to get CDs and scores from the composers whose music you love and listen to the music while reading the score, and then doing score analysis without listening.  Finally, there's no experience like direct experience, so if you really want to know orchestration you have to do it, do a lot of it, and either hear your works performed live or use computer technology to realize your ideas.
 
Jerry
http://www.jerrygerber.com