

So no march no money.Hard to get anybody to listen to them with all this new waves music.But ho knows, maybe a Mozart or Bethoven will be born again in this school. The band get paid at every time is a football game ,but the symphonic orchestra can not march.

So right off the bat you have the Peter Seidlaczek stuff, Kirk Hunter, and other string libraries to choose from. The orchestra is kinda the black ship of the school. The standalone version of the Garritan ARIA Player effectively makes your computer, audio hardware, and MIDI keyboard into a virtual instrument that can be played independently of other programs, making it ideal for practicing. Some of these CD-ROMs are relatively inexpensive. Garritan Personal Orchestra 5 can be launched by itself and played live via MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controllers. Same goes for Gigasampler (to a limited extent). Haven't tried it, but there's the MOTU symphonic instrument as well.Īnother way to go would be get some Akai-based orchestral CD-ROMs (these can be translated into EXS24 format - without the need for additional conversion software).

It's got its own learning curve (stock programs aren't velocity sensitive to volume - you have to ride the mod wheel to control dynamics) but IMO you're not going to achieve the huge, glorious "Hollywood" string or brass ensembles from that collection. If you want to get by on the cheap, get Garritan Personal Orchestra. And every orchestral library will have its strengths and weaknesses. Overall, are you looking for a big sound or an intimate sound? Those kinds of things. Yours is a hard question to answer because you haven't mentioned what style your score is going to be.
