My layout

[wizzarts]

Well, I start with (don't kill me) with Finale 2008. But only primaries, no expressions and so on. Then I export it as midi and xml. In Sibelius I am doin' all the layouts, expr., articulations and so on to get a printable result.

In Cubase I import the midi-file and add all needed sounds, edit the whole pallete of midi-control-entries such like breath, variation, pitch, velocity, volume, pan, reso-filters.....

Sometimes I am using Sonar 8.5 to do this. There are great guitar-sounds coming along with it.

The advantage is to have more control on the sound and of course to have all intruments on its own Channel-output on the mixer.

My sound-libs are: Garritan Marching Band, Garritan Jazz and Bigband, EastWest Colossus, EastWest Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Edition. I am not using the Essentials coming with Sibelius being that this Plugin has no DFD (Direct from Disk) which kills the performance when there are more than 40 instruments on my virtual payroll.

I do the mixdown on my D4800 Digital mixer and mastering with either Sonar or Samplitude 8.

Being a pro-audio-engineer I prefer hardware, knobs and faders to create sound

see you soon

3ndy

[Kevin]

Do you ever go straight from composition to live performance at all?

[wizzarts]

Well, no laughter, please

I always start with a dream. I am dreaming my music. This will normally take about 2 weeks. Then I sit down and write everything I hear with my inner ear (by hand) using self-designed note-sheets
with all remarks for orchestration.

Very often it will be live-performed a few weeks later so I start engraving the score and parts.

MP3 is only used for studio-recordings or for (very pro ) publishers who are not able to read a score....

So long

Wizzarts

[Kevin]

It amazes me that you can compose in this way wizard.

[wizzarts]

Well, my problem is that I am not able to hear the full orchestra-sound when composing with a piano. I cannot get rid of this piano-sound. My focus is too strong. I also loose all other lines created in my head.

This is the only method that fits my capability. too sad....

I wish I could do better....

[Kevin]

According to the film "A Song for Summer" Delius visualised the orchestra when composing at the piano.