virtual band with Sibelius and sound libraries

[gilbert engle]

Hello

I just joined.  I have more than 325 composition/recordings.

I use Sibelius and sound libraries to put together new compositions.  I compose to staff and then when I play back, Sibelius uses sound libraries for the actual instrument sounds.  These instruments include voilin, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, etc...electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukelele

I have been able to create big band jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra, and blue grass with real instrument sounds.  Incredible virtual bands!

Anybody interested in learning how to do this?  I am think about putting together some videos but that would obviously be a lot of work, so I am trying to figure out how many people might be interested

thanks

[Rodney Carlyle Money]

Sorry Michael, but I am a little confused with your reply namely the "but." Could you please explain more?


Michael Lofting said:

Hi Rodney

Listened to your piece on Youtube.

Liked it. But this is a means to an end, namely getting a band interested in playing it.

Used Sibelius to produce an mp3 of my piece but delighted to get even a rehearsal run through with mikes not well placed and a little rough round the edges.

Have attached first minute as virtual sound vs real players. I know which I prefer.

[Michael Lofting]

Hi Rodney

Surely our aim as composers is to get our music played ..... by real musicians.

[Johan Roeraade]

This is an issue which seems to pop up all the time. I see it in the following way: The purpose of film music is that it is  used interactively in a film ( or am I wrong?) When I hear film music, I always wonder for which film it is composed, and I would like to see this movie, and hear how and where the music is utilized . And due to it´s purpose, there is basically only a  need for one single performance. In principle,this could be an optimized playback, performed by a computer.

The purpose of concert music is, that it is performed in concert by live musicians. Nobody will go to a concert and pay for an expensive ticket to listen to a computer playback. Producing a perfect, ledgible score is therefore of crucial importance for people, who are composing this kind of music. The only exception is when musicians are playing improvised music (jazz for example)., where a simplified lead sheet may be sufficient. 

 
Bob Porter said:

Not to go off on a tangent, or anything, but there are many here who do not write with the goal of a live performance. Music for games and short films(or low budget films), for example.

[Rodney Carlyle Money]

I am the biggest advocate concerning music from live musicians, Michael, but this thread is about using sampled libraries with notation programs. Maybe you can start another thread concerning the topic of live vs. sampled libraries but now you are getting everyone off topic. Your use of dots before you said, "by real musicians" almost comes off rude thinking that I am bound only by the inspiration of sampled sounds. I know you don't know me, but let me say this, everything I write I get to hear played live. I hear some pieces performed so much I get sick and tired of hearing them, and then I hear some of my pieces misinterpreted so much that I am close to just start making recordings myself.

Michael Lofting said:

Hi Rodney

Surely our aim as composers is to get our music played ..... by real musicians.

[Michael Lofting]

Hi Rodney
Sorry if my comment seemed rude. Not my intention at all. My sincere apologies.
I use just Sibelius 7.5 with the lite sound set to realise my pieces so I was interested in a conversation about better and better sound sets.

[Rodney Carlyle Money]

It's all good.

Michael Lofting said:

Hi Rodney
Sorry if my comment seemed rude. Not my intention at all. My sincere apologies.
I use just Sibelius 7.5 with the lite sound set to realise my pieces so I was interested in a conversation about better and better sound sets.

[Robert Hunter]

Hi Gilbert:

I'd be interested. I currently use Sibelius for writing and playback and would be interested in any tips and tricks you might have to make playback sound better. I use East-West with Sibelius but am considering others like VSL and Berlin so would be interested in how you get VSL to work with Sibelius.

RH

[Andrew LeFevre]

Hi guys,

I'm trying out Sibelius to see if i will end up buying it but i can't get Garriton Personal Orchestra to work with Sibelius 7.5. I tried downloading the sound set for it but that didn't work.

[Andrew LeFevre]

Ive heard mixed things about the included sounds. But the demo is actually a fully featured trial version for 30 days, so the only thing that changes when you buy it is the registration.

Bob Porter said:

I'm not sure you can get libraries to work with the demo. I know people use GPO with Sibelius. So, you'll have to make the call on buying it. You might be surprised at the quality of sounds that come with Sibelius.

[Rodney Carlyle Money]

If you are going for sound, you will soon hate Garritan and the money you wasted on their products.

Andrew LeFevre said:

Ive heard mixed things about the included sounds. But the demo is actually a fully featured trial version for 30 days, so the only thing that changes when you buy it is the registration.

Bob Porter said:

I'm not sure you can get libraries to work with the demo. I know people use GPO with Sibelius. So, you'll have to make the call on buying it. You might be surprised at the quality of sounds that come with Sibelius.