Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer

Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer
Author: Andrea Pejrolo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136124136

Get complete guidance on both traditional orchestration and modern production techniques with this unique book. With effective explanations and clear illustrations, you will learn how to integrate the traditional approach to orchestration with the modern sequencing techniques and tools available. You will discover how to bridge the two approaches in order to enhance your final production. The accompanying CD includes a comprehensive and wide selection of examples, templates and sounds to allow you to hear the techniques within the book. By covering both approaches, this book provides a comprehensive and solid learning experience that will develop your skills and prove extremely competitive in the music production business.

The Guide to MIDI Orchestration

The Guide to MIDI Orchestration
Author: Paul Gilreath
Publisher: Focal Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780240814131

THE book for composers who want successful and realistic MIDI orchestrations

Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production

Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production
Author: Andrea Pejrolo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0240519604

Pejrolo is an experienced musician, composer/arranger, MIDI programmer, sound designer and engineer. In this illustrated guidebook he focuses on the leading audio sequencers: ProTools, Digital Performer, Cubase SX and Logic Audio, showing how to get the most out of them. The accompanying CD includes examples of arrangements and techniques covered in the book.

Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production

Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production
Author: Andrea Pejrolo
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2012-07-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136114068

An inspirational guide for all levels of expertise, Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production shows you how to get the most out of the four leading audio sequencers, Logic, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, and Cubase. Using real-life examples, Andrea Pejrolo demonstrates a wide range of technical and creative techniques, giving you tips and new ideas to help you take your work to the next level. If you are producing music and looking to build your skills in orchestration, composition, and mixing you will find all the techniques and practical advice you need in this book. Featuring essential tools, that are now part of the everyday creative process in a digital production environment, to give you the most recent and cutting edge techniques- including swipe-comping, time-stretching, pitch correction, elastic-time, advanced-freezing, and new software synthesizers. The material on the website contains loops, templates, audio examples, and end of chapter exercises to practice new skills, this illustrated practical guide provides all the tools you will need to give your music the vital edge. Whether you are a student or amateur aspiring to more professional results, or a professional wanting to master new skills, this book will help you to improve and take the quality of your work to the next level. *Covers all key sequencing topics such as recording and editing techniques and automation groove quantization, converters, sounds layering, tap tempo, creative meter, tempo changes, and synchronization *Teaches mixing techniques that takes advantage of plug-in technology, maximizing the use of effects such as reverb, compressor, limiter, equalizer, and much more *A website loaded with more than 90 examples of arrangements and techniques, giving you advice on how to troubleshoot those common mistakes and perfect your music production.

How MIDI Works

How MIDI Works
Author: Peter L. Alexander
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2001
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780634020834

A beginners guide to MIDI, sequencing & digital audio recording with chapter summaries and practice exams.

Professional Orchestration

Professional Orchestration
Author: Peter L. Alexander
Publisher: Alexander University, Incorporated
Total Pages: 693
Release: 2009
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780939067930

Alexander details dozens of woodwind and brass writing techniques previously known by only a few top professional film orchestrators, composers, and arrangers which are applicable to both live performance and MIDI mock-ups.

The Guide to MIDI Orchestration

The Guide to MIDI Orchestration
Author: Paul Gilreath
Publisher: Musicworks Atlanta
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2004
Genre: Computer sound processing
ISBN:

Handleiding voor het gebruik van MIDI om realistisch klinkende orkestraties te maken voor games, televisie en films.

Contemporary Orchestration

Contemporary Orchestration
Author: R.J. Miller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 786
Release: 2014-12-17
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1317806247

Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians teaches students how to orchestrate for a wide variety of instruments, ensembles, and genres, while preparing them for various real-world professional settings ranging from the concert hall to the recording studio. Unlike most orchestration texts, it includes coverage of contemporary instruments and ensembles alongside traditional orchestra and chamber ensembles. Features Practical considerations: Practical suggestions for choosing a work to orchestrate, and what to avoid when writing for each instrument. Pedagogical features In the Profession: Professional courtesies, considerations and expectations. Building the Score: Step-by-step construction of an orchestration. Scoring Examples: Multiple scoring examples for each instrument. Exercises: Analyzing, problem solving, and creating orchestration solutions. Critical Thinking: Alternate approaches and solutions.

The Technique of Orchestration

The Technique of Orchestration
Author: Kent Kennan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781292042923

As in the earlier editions, the emphasis is on the practical fundamentals of orchestration. The Sixth Edition has been expanded and revised to reflect new developments in instruments and orchestral practice, and a new listening compact disc has been added that contains selected examples of orchestration.